Saturday was our first monthly Santa Barbara Beach Clean-Up! The Mamas hung back with the kids at the playground while the Dads went out and picked up garbage on the beach. Once they came back with bags full, we all switched jobs and the moms combed the beach for trash while the dads watched the kids. When we were satisfied with a job well done, we all shared Adam's famous Bloody Mary's!!! Adam was even Earth-conscious enough to use reusable plastic cups. It was a great start to our Saturday and can't wait for the next one!
After breakfast we let Owen run around the beach for a while. He was very interested in playing with two other boys who were building a castle. They were sweet and let him in on their games. I think all Owen wanted was a rock that they were burying in the "castle." When they were tired of playing in the sand, they handed the rock to him and said that he could have it now, they were done with it. Too cute! 
Once we left the beach we took a short Sunday drive up through Hope Ranch....After Owen was done playing in the car first of course. We can't wait for this phase to end. He has to explore the car before and after we go somewhere EVERY TIME. 
Giving Hoppa a ride on his giraffe in the morning : ) 
The date did end in tears sadly. Owen decided to stick his finger in her mouth for some unknown reason and she did what any toddler would do; chomp down! He was fine, after some hugs from Mommy and Daddy. He still has 10 fingers, I think he'll live!
Lately Owen has been trying to delay his bed time for as long as possible. When I pick him up to put him to bed, he makes his whole body go limp and heavy so it's harder to pick him up. He pulls out extra books to read, he starts to get wound up and runs all over the place to show that he's not tired, he says he has to go "pee pee" when he doesn't, etc.... the list goes on and on. Once I actually get a hold of my little heavy noodle we walk through the house and say good night to everything we see, the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, Elmo, flowers, etc.... This seems to do the trick. I then put him in his crib and he seems satisfied. He usually goes right to sleep.
We went to the Yacht Club for brunch with my Mommy and David and his mom, Zena. Owen was an angel all day (well, as long as there was a plate of food in front of him anyway). We came home a few hours later and all took naps. I don't remember the last time I took a nap! It had to have been when Owen was still an infant and I was only getting a few hours of sleep a night. 
For being pampered all day, I am pretty tired still! Good night!
He is totally over his crayons (unless he is having fun dropping them by the fist fulls on the ground), and has moved on to markers. This is all fine with us as long as the markers stay on the paper. However, as you can see, he likes to draw on his face, and his hands as well. He will draw on his hands and then look at me and say "owie" so I will kiss it. Somehow he found a purple marker while we had our backs turned and decided to color all over the ottoman. Haven't had a second to clean it yet, let's hope it's easily washable. Now I remember why we decided not to buy white furniture.
If you ever wondered what Owen would look like as a Mexican with a brown mustache, look no further. This is the result of a chocolate covered frozen banana. Adam and I were cracking up and just had to take a picture and share!
Yesterday Owen was given his own garden hose with the water turned ON at Nanna and Pappy's. Pappy was watering the garden after a really hot day. Owen thought this was pretty amazing! He was soaking wet from head to toe, but as happy as could be!
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