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Project 52 – Motion

by Adel Posted on March 16, 2012

I have not spent much time on this week’s theme. I had some interesting ideas to try but most involved being outdoors. And since we’ve finally got some much needed rain here in the city, we’ve been staying inside for the better part of the week.

So here’s my submission this week.

No problem catching these two in motion. The hard part is getting them to sit still. This is SO our lives.

And just for kicks, here are a couple more.

Gotta love the expression on their daddy’s face.

Stay dry this weekend!

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Sunday Breakfasts

by Adel Posted on March 12, 2012

Just a peek into my Sunday morning breakfast with my SWAT team at our neighborhood Sandbox Bakery and its sister deli, 903…

We come here A LOT.

Hope you had a great weekend too. Rain puddles forecasted on our week here.

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Project 52 – Breakfast

by Adel Posted on January 7, 2012

To kick off the new year, I have decided to take on a new photography project. It’s a pretty simple one and since it runs once a week it doesn’t require a whole lot more energy on my part and I can focus on getting a real good shot since I have all week to work on it.

There are several sites around the blogesphere that run Project 52s. The one I’m going to be following is part of the Clickin Moms Forums. They post a new theme each Sunday in a thread on the forum. This past Sunday’s theme was breakfast. I spent a lot of our breakfast morning time during the week trying to come up with something creative. In the end I decided on this one.

Girlfriend eats nothing like she eats yogurt.

That first shot is the one I posted on the Clickin Moms Forums. I thought I’d share the outtakes here in my post each week too

It’s pretty dark during school days at breakfast. So I told Rex to eat by the window. Ha.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that my breakfast every morning is my coffee.

Grizz is scraping the bowl for every drop of yogurt for her and she still doesn’t trust that he’s getting it all.

I’m off to prep for a special day tomorrow. Hope you’re enjoying good weather wherever you are! It’s gorgeous here in SF.

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Thank You Note And A Breakfast Walk

by Adel Posted on October 6, 2011

Rex’s godmother was here recently and spent the night with us. (He adores her!) She brought him a great Star Wars calendar. Such a perfect gift for him. The woman knows her god-son. Or reads my blog. Either way, he loves it. He wanted to start using it right away unfortunately we have to wait another 3 months before we can start making notes and drawing pictures of important occasions on our new calendar.

He came home from school the day after she left and decided he wanted to write her a thank you card. And no I did not plant the idea in his head. He just decided he wanted to all on his own. So I let him select some tools to make his godmother a card.

Of course he wanted to use his Star Wars stamps along with his alphabet stamps and some markers

He told me what he wanted the card to say. I wrote it out for him on our craft paper lined table. And he copied it word for word all by himself onto the card. Then he started decorating with the stamps. I realized that this whole thank you card thing might have been an excuse to play with his star wars stamps but if it was, it was a good one.

I’ve also noticed he likes to decorate everything the same few ways – Hearts, flowers, stick men and crossing things out with a slash or an “X”. For the colors he either chooses pink. Or orange and black. (He has ALWAYS loved pink)

And of course Jack-Jack wanted to write her own thank you card too.

The child threw the biggest tantrum ever when at first I wouldn’t let her. So in the end to keep the peace and allow my son to make his card without her yanking at him every 2 seconds, I set her up with a couple of washable markers and some paper. That was all she needed and was completely happy with her little art-making-station. So Godma, if you’re reading this, the other paper in there with a whole bunch of *ahem* abstract art, well that’s from Jack-Jack just for you.

After we were finally done with our card (the project took 2 days since my Rex wanted to take breaks and only wanted to work on it when his creativity sparked. Artists! *sigh*) we had to mail it. The closest mailbox in our neighborhood is in front of our favorite bakery. We bundled up and walked up the street for some coffee and breakfast…

…and to mail our card

And no I don’t know the whole look he was going for with his outfit that morning. I asked him about it casually and he mentioned something about being an FBI Police Officer. I didn’t dig any deeper. Hey, it looked like a legitimate FBI Police Officer to me

But then he wanted to switch it to a traffic cop look at one point I think… I don’t question too much anymore. I just enjoy the imagination and creativity his little 5yo mind comes up with whenever I can

We sit and enjoy the warm sun coming up with our apple juice…

…and iPhones

My little gadget-crazed family. I love them with all my heart.

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Big Breads And Giant Flowers

by Adel Posted on July 26, 2011

When we hit the farmers market on the weekends, it’s usually the one at the Ferry Building. Once in awhile we venture over to Noe. We NEVER go to the one just down the hill from us. In my opinion it’s the least pretty.

Lately though I’ve been feeling a little “done” with how the Ferry Building farmers market is so over-run with tourists. It’s always crowded now even when it’s cold and foggy. When the city gives us a sunny Saturday morning, well you better be ready to deal with long lines and no parking at the Ferry Building.

This past Saturday we decided to stay local and stock up on our produce at the market closest to home. Wow. I was pleasantly surprised at the selection and prices. Forget the Ferry Building. We’re sticking to a 2 minute drive from now on.

The flowers were everywhere. And they sure seemed taller than average.

The selection of produce was amazing. We picked up some of the corn and bbq’d them later in the evening and it was sweet as honey.

It was crowded though. But definitely a non-tourist kind of crowd. Everyone there probably lived up the hill on Bernal or in the Mission and were just out grabbing their greens and fruits for the week. Like us

The kids kept themselves entertained. I love that my son pretty much entertains his sister just by entertaining himself. I guess that’s what they mean by playing together. But at 4.5 years apart they don’t really “play together” quite yet

And then he always takes it one step too far. I’m pretty sure I had to break it up right after this shot

Oh and I can’t forget to mention the bread. We stopped to purchase some focaccia. The baker (I’m guessing he had a hand in baking this since he was so proud) had watched me photographing random stuff around his little “bakery stall” and said to me “I got something you’ll want to take a picture of”. And then pulled this out.

Seriously. This thing could feed a small town.

And he had more

Well all that fresh food made us hungry so we stopped for some taco truck goodness

Jack-Jack is not into tacos yet so she had her own special meal – Sandbox Bakery’s Bacon Epi. Doesn’t the name of it just sound so wrong? In such a right way? Trust me, it tastes just as good.

Well our jaunt to our neighborhood market was definitely a success. It may be a little less regular that you see a post from me on the farmer’s market at the Ferry Building.

By the way, have you checked out my Project 365? It is now live on a separate blog. You can link to it here if you’re interested in keeping up with me more!

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Why Monday Morning Was So Rough

by Adel Posted on June 9, 2011

This past weekend we had some old friends in town for the Escape From Alcatraz race. Besides the race itself we got to spend some fun times with them running around the city. Mostly at restaurants though…

My little Jack-Jack learned to dance which made her walking better. And my Rex found a new love interest. He’s heartbroken she lives on the other coast.

After her Happy Hour dance marathon to start the weekend, she decided to tackle the streets of SF. I can’t believe how quickly she gave up the crawling once she decided she was done.
Yes that’s a spoon my little klepto walked out of the restaurant with.

I squeezed in some shopping with my son at some point. He picked out this rain jacket from Zara kids. He has yet to take it off other than to take a bath and go to bed.

We ended the evening with more delicious food at Slanted Door at the Ferry Building.

And after the kids left with their sitters, the adults topped of the night with some stiff cocktails at the new Burritt Room.

Good times. But I was definitely hurting Monday morning!

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Wintry Farmers Market In May

by Adel Posted on May 20, 2011

It’s May.

It’s cold, damp and foggy.

It’s official. Summer is here.

I’m sure we’ll get the occasional glimpse of sunshiny days but for the most part of our summer it’s pretty darn cold!

On days like these we try and stay inside the ferry building a little more. Rex loves the bookstore so we spent some time reading in there reading with dad.

Overpriced Japanese carry-out for lunch at Delica. Delicious and healthy but not much bang for your buck here.

I did a quick sprint through the market for my weekly greens while the boys read and splurged (read $25) on middle eastern goodness! I LOVE this stuff! My favorites are the chimichurri and of course baba ghanoush!

It totally looks like this was taken in the fall doesn’t it? Just a few weeks ago I was in shorts running around this same market. Sigh… that’s our city’s summer. But we’ve grown used to it and the kids don’t know any other way summers should be.

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Mothers Day!

by Adel Posted on May 9, 2011

I hope everyone of you amazing moms out there had a wonderful day yesterday. I started my day with instructions to stay in bed and wait for breakfast. That was the first time I had ever had breakfast served to me in bed!

And since my 5yo can’t really manage a tray full of food on his own yet, he manned the camera! These were all taken by him. We’d never let him use the d7000 before so it was cute to watch him with the strap around his neck, hold it so carefully and snap away at me. Just like he’s seen me do it to him thousands of times I’m sure.

Well dad took over the camera pretty quickly so the kids could show me their card and gift. It was a little chaotic on the bed with a baby and a tray full of food and hot coffee! So we moved it all to the dining room after awhile. It was still nice to get served in bed though.

My card my baby boy made for me at school. He couldn’t wait till Sunday so I actually got this on Friday. I love how literal 5 year olds are. Melts my heart.

My lovely roses from my husband…

I just LOVE my snoopy card! And my son insisted on pulling out a single rose that was just from him to me. <3

It’s days like these I wish my mother were still around so I could tell her how much I truly appreciated everything she did for us. Only now, with kids of my own, do I get how amazing she really was.

Happy Mothers Day!

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Market On The Bay

by Adel Posted on May 7, 2011

We love the farmer’s market at the Ferry Building. Especially on warm sunny mornings like these. I’ll pay a little more to shop for my weekly greens under the sun and by the water.

The mostly empty benches are great props for photographing my baby. It’s new, off the ground and she hasn’t figured out her escape route yet, makes it easier for me to snap away. (I hate that she won’t keep a hat on sunny days like these. Drives me nuts!)

We’ve come here dozens of times with my oldest over the years. He still manages to find something new to ask about every time. I love watching those same phases come through again with my little one now.

Oh and the blooms! This time of year the market is filled with spring flowers. The colors pop brightly everywhere. We brought a little bit of their beauty home with us.

As usual the 5yo is the first to tire of all the shopping, photo-taking and general slowness of his parents. He’s ready to go home and wants us to know it.

I’ve learned to slowly coax him out of his sulky mood. Maybe a little bribing with some cookie or chocolate treats later…

And there’s that ONE smile he allows me for the camera. Now mama’s happy she got her shot she wanted and he gets to go home.

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Moonlight Breakfast

by Adel Posted on April 24, 2011

Just another typical weekend morning. Our favorite thing to do is stroll up the street for coffee and breakfast at one of the cafes. As usual we cover a broad range of emotions over an hour of eating.