Ethan Antics

So my kid is a jokester. No really, he thinks everything is hilarious, makes the funniest/weirdest faces all the time. I was fortunate enough to catch this on camera, so I am adding it here for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome in advance. For the LOLS that is.

This is what happens to broken routers in our house…

Avoidance

You must be wondering why there is a picture of an iron on your screen. It's an easy answer really. This instrument of torture, death and demise is haunting me.

You see, I really freaking hate ironing. I know, I know, buy a steamer, take it to the dry cleaner (that's really effing tempting), yes these are all viable options for your everyday run of the mill housewife. I however insist on ironing my husbands 1.75644566 million shirts every week to -get this- save money.

I always tell myself, oh it's not that bad, it's cheaper than buying a steamer or dry-cleaning it. Then I find myself writing a blog to avoid it. The pile of to-be ironed clothes stalks my every move through my house, want some lunch? Oh there's the god-forsaken pile on the table. Want to go to bed? Of course it's on your spot! The only way I can get out of it is to ignore it for a week and let my husband do it.

Let's just say the results aren't exactly appealing. I guess I have some ironing to do.
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Art in the streets @ MOCA

Ethan and I at the depot

We ended up going to this AMAZING exhibit in Little Tokyo yesterday. First off, we took the train which is always an experience. Don't get me wrong, I love taking the train. If I could take it everywhere I would, there are so many plus sides; no parking to worry about, you get exercise, and you actually get to see the people who live around you. No cars, no road rage - just relaxation and scenery seeing! If you don't look at the scenery, you can look at the guy getting arrested at the depot (no joke), the person talking to themselves on the train, it goes on and on!
But! It's not a bad thing. Los Angeles is a very urban place, and it certainly reminds you that you don't live in the country.

The "Uncles"

Ethan was absolutely amazing! He just loved hanging out with his "Uncles". I have to say, they love him too. They spend most of their time hanging out with him, trying to make him laugh. I think it really comes from having such large (read Catholic) families. They have all been introduced to small children and the thought of holding one is not scary in the slightest. They really do save my butt from time to time (frustration wise).

So we took the Metro Gold Line, which I highly recommend taking if you want to go to Olvera Street, Chinatown, Pasadena, Mission St in South Pasadena. There are so many stops, if you buy an all day pass (I think it's 5 dollars right now) you could spend a whole day seeing the sights, and still have some left at the sun sets!

The sign from the line

So the train ride took about 30 minutes, which was absolute bliss. We finally got off at the Little Tokyo/Arts stop, and found the Geffen Center. Man, the line was long! We had read a bunch of stuff online which said admittance was free. LIES! Admittance was only free on Thursdays or Mondays (and the Mondays are for a limited time). So, we ended up paying 10 bucks a person, which turned into 30 for us since Mikey didn't have any cash (what else is new haha). However, I think anyone will agree with me when I say if you wait in line for something for an hour to 1.5 hours, you'll pay amounts you never would have if the line were only 10 minutes long. I have to say it was worth it. I'm really glad that I got to see the entire exhibit. Pictures cannot do some of this art justice! Words can't either, as it turns out. Here are some of the pictures we took!

My favorite exhibit, I didn't catch the artist's name though!

Love this little dude!

See any similarities? I'm kidding.

Oh no not YOGI!

This piece looks much different farther away than closer. Did that make sense?!

Austine made his own art with this blurry picture!

Banksy. Love. Him.

In the city...

Crazy neon room

Dark alley...is this the real LA?

 

City of...graffiti?

Our family on the way back! Pickle is a bit tired.

We loved the exhibit to say the least. While a lot of things just weren't my style, there were several things that really grabbed my imagination and ran away with it. After the exhibit, we headed to Orochon Ramen nearby, which was delish. I really wish I had taken a picture of the place because it was really amazing! You get your choice of three soup bases, plus the level of spiciness, plus any addons you want (think egg, extra meat ect). It was so delicious, I am hell bent on finding something in our area (which shouldn't be too hard). I wish I could recreate it in my kitchen... Hope you guys enjoyed the post, I know I enjoyed writing about our amazing time!

Construction!!

I've been feeling really dissatisfied with my blog layout recently; as such, I've decided to remove it completely. I married a graphic designer (lucky me) so sometime this weekend I'm going to sit down and have him make me a new (simpler) background and logo. For now, I'm just going to have to deal with the ugliness that is the default blogger template.

Bridal Shower Scrapbook

Just some tidbits from my ongoing Bridal shower scrapbook. I have been seriously lagging behind on all the books I have planned. It is really hard to believe that in October Austine and I will have been married for two years! I guess I should really be working on our wedding scrapbook now haha. Once I am done with my bridal shower book I will be moving onto the wedding, then Ethan's book. Here are a few pages I recently finished:




Loved this game!





The skewed stickers kinda bug me. I should have taken more time!





We had sandwiches from Claros. Such a great Italian deli!

I'm thinking about working on it some more tonight!


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Mom App: Cozi Family Planner

So I haven't written about any good mom apps recently. Cozi is a great apps that helps me organize and sort my life; something any list addict (like myself) would love.

In order to use Cozi you must make a login name. What's great about this is it's not user specific, meaning your husband/significant other can log in with the same name and see the deets for the day. This brings new definition to the "honey do" list:






The shopping lists are great for groceries as you can sort them by section, or method or any other way you prefer to make a "real life" list.






This has been making my life super easy, I really just have to update my grocery list when I remember things we need to buy. You can also log into Cozi from your computer, which makes list making even more easy.

The family calendar is pretty amazing I have to say. It color codes the calendar by person, so you know who needs to be where, and when.









It's really handy for planning ahead. The best part is that Cozi is completely free! There are some ads included in the free version, but they aren't really intrusive. Check it out in the app store!


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