The Stanford Wife: Out N About

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

To The Park We Went

Never did I expect to find so much joy at a park again since I grew out of being a rambunctious child. But, thank heavens, joy is contagious and that's why I keep this little cupcake around and take him to the park almost everyday. It's been said that we don't have very much good weather left and when the heat decides to roll in I'm going to throw a grieving party. We will all wear black and weep.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Valentine's Picnic

For Valentine's day this year, I asked one of my new girlfriends if she would be interested in throwing a surprise lunch picnic for our husbands. This is what we did...

We each made a map puzzle for our husbands and told them to open the envelope at 12:30pm the next day.

We set everything up right before the guys got to the park. It was a beautiful day, perfect for a picnic. My friend made these fancy basil pesto sandwiches for us and she even wrapped them up all cute with twine. The little ones had fun running around on the field and blowing bubbles. Ethan had the best lunch of his life: bread, crackers and dip with corn in it (he luuuurvs corn), grapes (Oh my goodness, graaapes!), and juice (gasp!). He was practically in heaven. And to top it all off, he ate a strudel all by himself for dessert. Rest assured we brushed his teeth super thoroughly tonight :)

We should definitely go on picnics more often. Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Phoenix Open

Golfing was never my thing; it was a miracle that I never hit anyone's head with the club or, worse yet, fling it into the fake volcano and the hideous windmill when we used to go mini golfing on dates before the bug was born. But watching professionals golf is a completely different ball game. I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Phoenix open on Monday. It had finally stopped raining after almost three days of downpour and it was simply beautiful on the course.

The most scandalous event of the day was when we were waiting for our car at the valet, a server offered me a drink that was "high in vitamins and minerals". The drink tasted like orange soda and man was it good. Now let me just tell you that I rarely drink soda (maybe half a dozen times a year), and I don't drink caffeinated soda. After consuming 10% of the drink the lady offered me, I was speaking 50% faster and my voice was one whole octave higher. Then six o'clock hit and I suddenly felt as tired as an eight-week pregnant lady. And man, the headache! The headache!! I vow here and now to never ever consume any "high in vitamin and mineral" drinks.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Heard Museum

We heard lots of good things about the Heard museum (pun intended) so we jumped on the 2 for 1 groupon deal a few months ago. We finally got around to going during Jake's Christmas vacation. Another reason we went this week is because the groupon expires at the end of the year. I have found that buying Groupons actually adds stress to my life; I get extremely upset when an unredeemed groupon expires. Anyhow, we had a fun afternoon at the Heard. I was mostly fascinated by the "baby carriers" and I wish that I had one to carry Ethan in when he was a newborn because it would be so much easier and less awkward to carry around than the carseat we had. The museum also has an area for kids with simple crafts and coloring projects. That was pretty fun for me.

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