Sophie and Blake: Spring Break ... Annie and Yuli style

I might have previously mentioned that I was at the very least slightly afraid we'd spend the two weeks of spring break relaxing but majorly bored. Andrew has been traveling a lot for work lately and spring break was no different. To my complete horror, I learned about a week before break that Andrew was going to be traveling the first if not both weeks of spring break. I thought that was a terrible idea (Andrew traveling during break) and though I tried my best to convince Andrew that we HAD to come along on his business trip (hint, hit ... Mall of America anyone?), he was not to be convinced. So he traveled and we stayed in LA ... I was definitely nervous - stay busy, stay busy, stay busy ...

But wouldn't you know it, we kept very busy.

As I mentioned earlier, I would have never survived Spring Break 2012 without my Shabu Shabu Besties, Annie and Yuli. They kept us busy and entertained that very first week ...

The first stop of the week, a little indoor playground called Pintsized.

Calling ... Dr. Sophie!

I think Sophie seen her mommy drink way too many cups of coffee ...
always "making coffee" ... she thinks it's a way of life.

Buying fruit and veggies at the "market"

We headed to Annie and Nicole's after lunch and had a playdate

Sophie, Nicole and Danica have a teaparty

Blake (10 months) really looks up to MJ (18 months) :)

The next day, we headed to Danica's dad's (Brock) beach house ... it was amazing!

Blake's special smile ... love him!

My happy, happy boy!

Eating sweets with the sweetest friends ... Danica, Sophie and Nicole

Danica eating some dried mangos ... yum!

We headed to the beach ... right outside of Brock's apartment

Even Blake loved being at the beach ... eating snacks!

Later that night, Andrew arrived home with good news,
no business trip the following week ... yay!
The next day, we headed out to sushi and the mall (and dinner too!)
for some fun with a friends ...

Sophie in some train maze
Obviously having a great time ... check out that bow!

Sophie and Daddy on the carousel

Easter photo with friends
Danica, Meredith, Sophie and Nicole

The 2nd week of break, Yuli and Danica headed to Florida to visit grandma ...
so though us friends left in LA still hung out (shabu shabu anyone?),
we also took the opportunity to relax and do other fun things ...

Relaxing at home
A pretty typical everyday photo op of my kiddos ...
Cheese - and an adoring little brother

Eating Cheerios

We visited Pau Pau at the Getty Center ...
but I'll save that story for another post.

Then on Good Friday, we met up with our friends at the Malibu tidepools.
We stayed for about 45 minutes before the wind really picked up -
and we were just about blown away ...