Chinatown Nights with Dahlia

HELLO ALL!!!

During the summer, LA was promoting different parts of the city, and one of the events going on around town was 'Chinatown Nights.' Never planned on going because I am not a fan of crowded areas and craziness but when we were invited to go with Heather and her entourage of two others (haha), figured Sophia would have a blast with Dahlia and, really, I shouldn't knock it 'til I try it... so... Chinatown, we went =)

Decided to go by subway (yes, LA has a subway, not a lot of people outside of LA are aware of that) to save the bother of parking and traffic. Turns out that the time it took us to figure out the subway pay system and which line to take didn't save us that much time... at one point, we saw our train take off as we were stepping onto the platform; so, needless to say, we had extra bonding/standing around time =) It was a memorable ride to and from, haha... but don't think we'd do that trek again, but definitely something worth looking back on =)

We were 'traveling' long enough that the girls needed to rehydrate with sugary artificially flavored beverages =P

When we got there, we made our rounds to the various food trucks that were there. And got to grubbing...

Model: Dahlia / Photographer: Sophia

Yeah, she still needs a little practice... but I suppose we could always photoshop Sophia's hand out, haha!

No festival can be complete without a popper or two or three or... TEN! That's just how these little kiddies roll =D

Started off with one and then...

...this happened o_O haha

Love Dahlia's pose and smile =)

As a kid, I loved watching the dragon performances, especially acrobatic kind

They even went shopping!

I know, not a great photo and Sophia looks possessed (haha), but just showing that the poppers went well into the night. And, as usual, Eli was kind enough to carry all of Sophia's purchases =)

The girls would have stayed longer, but us old fogies were tired o_O

But the night didn't end there for the girls... sweet Dahlia came over to continue to 'party' with Sophia with a sleepover! YAY!!!! I love how excited Sophia gets when a friend spends the night... she gets so full of excitement, I can feel it in my heart... if you that makes sense =)

Before bed, they were getting their turns on the massage chair to relax them, haha... all the kiddies love sitting on that thing!

Phew! That was a long night!

Dahlia suggested they try to stay up all night... that lasted for about a little over an hour and Dahlia knocked out cold, haha. 'A' for effort ;)

'til the next outing...


:: LOVE ::

xxoo cookie & mama xxoo

Busy Bee

There has been so much going on lately... Or I feel as if there is 😳 I've recently just began using iPhone's reminder list... All I've got to say is--"why the heck have I not been using this friggin' thing sooner??" It's the perfect pairing to my calendar that is accessible in various places--without it, I'd be terribly lost. Now, with the reminder list, I'm able to keep track of EVERYTHING that needs to be completed and by when... Technology--I FRIGGIN' LOVE IT!! 

Um, how did I get so far off track?? Oh, who knows??

Anyhow... Ah, yes, I had began by mentioning about being so busy lately. I feel like I've been on the go with and without Cookie ever since the school year began! I feel like school just began but it's already 2 mos into it!! Seriously!! Where did the time go?? And there are so many activities going on, this mama sometimes get confused. I feel like I'm going to miss something 😳 not a good feeling, boooo...

Even when it's not my week with her, I try to get my butt over to Cookie's school as often as I can--either to volunteer or just to watch her have her violin/hip-hop class. Gives me an excuse to get my dose of Sophia hugs and kisses 😍😘 And I enjoy volunteering in the class so that I can see how she is in class and I know that kids love and enjoy seeing their parents volunteer ☺️ 

As I'm sitting here typing away, I keep on kicking myself cause I keep on saying that I would update this blog more so as to not fall behind... Haven't been so successful with that 😞 Hmm, but now that I got the blogger app on my phone, I think the updates will be happening more frequently. And probably even more so when I get the new iPhone (in 4 weeks, back ordered) that has a 8 MP cam, I believe. 

This post has definitely been a weird turn than what is normally on here... Eh, whatever... Mama will do what mama wants 😜 I think it was more to test out this blogger app, haha!

Well, can't end this without posting AT LEAST an uno (or dos) pic of Cookie! 

The LOVE of my life for forever and ever!!! 😘