Date Weekend

Wozers! James Bond is in our midst! Chris surprised me with his amazingly gorgeous tux. He purchased it for a special date night weekend to Los Angeles. 

We loved getting all dressed up and spent the evening eating amazing food and meeting new and interesting people. A big thank you to Grandma Faiola who took care of our kiddos for a full 3 days and nights by herself. It's not as easy as it sounds! Our little Lily and Jamisen have more energy than any little people that ever have walked the face of the planet. 

Freight elevator selfie! 

Another hairdo for another fun evening. Noted to self: middle parts; meh. 

We are so excited that our Handmade Beauty Box Kickstarter was a huge success, raising 5X the original amount requested. We're almost up to our full goal for December shipments. Last week, we sent out 75 kits to our PR team in NYC to start press efforts in earnest. 

Jamisen loves his kitchen and has taken to building 'forts' around it where Lily is not allowed to tread. It seems silly to get Lily her own kitchen but with Jamisen not sharing (ever), it might be necessary to keep the peace. After all, she deserves her own toys too!

Here Jamisen is making maple syrup cottage cheese. Yum? He loves cooking. He loves helping. He loves mixing. He loves creating. Jamisen is creative and asks to smell almost everything. 

Here Lily is helping me unpack from the Los Angeles trip. She continues to learn words daily - bird, up, down, help, more - and loves to say 'Oh no!' and 'No no'. She has such an adorable inflection that it's impossible not to laugh and smile, even as she says 'no.' Lately, she's been trying to get away with something naught: crawling from one end to the other of the glass table before we can catch her. She sneaks off and generally waits until we're in eyesight, gives us a 'heh heh' look and rip roars on all fours across the glass. It's funny now but really, it's a terrible idea and also unsafe. 

She is definitely a little 'monkey see, monkey do' child, copying everything Chris, I and Jamisen do. Here she is, rolling out her tight tendons right alongside Mama. We love our precious children so much and are so thankful for our couple time away but much happier to be back home.