Nicole comes to visit!

 Nicole came out to the West Coast for the week of my birthday.  The weather was amazing and we had some quality girl time.

lunch at Georges

birthday dinner at Herringbone with my girls! (Me, Nicole, Marty, Celena)

yummy fish head

Batman and his side kick

New York Fashion Week

My long-time friend Nicole has been living in New York and working in the fashion industry for about seven years now.  I have been out to visit her a couple of times but this time was during New York Fashion Week... BONUS!!!  She got me into some pretty amazing shows... we had thee best time!!!

Cynthia Rowley

Zac Posen

Theyskens Theory

outside of the Theyskens Theory show

a runway model from Theyskens Theory

Philip Lim (my absolute fave show)

Philip Lim

Brood (an up and coming designer)

Badgley Mishka

Model Petra Nemkova (and Me! to the left and middle, above the woman in striped blazer)

Singer Colbie Caillat, left, actress Chloe Bridges, and model Selita Ebanks (and Me!  In the top right corner with my eyes closed)

Badgley Mishka

Drinking Goggles

My little helpers...

 Asher and Elie did such a great job brushing the challot with egg whites.  They were so meticulous!

Torrey Pines

 The boys LOVE hiking Torrey Pines.  It's ideal for them because it's a very easy trail, not too long, stunning scenery (it's very common to see dolphins) and it tires them out (my favorite part :-))  In fact, last time I took them Elie fell fast asleep on the way home and all Asher wanted to do when we got home was relax.

The Zimmerman Ladies

 I feel so fortunate to have met Celena shortly after moving to La Jolla.  She took me under her wings and I don't know what I'd do without her!  She's like the sister I never had!  I took these pictures when we were sitting in my front yard on a gorgeous afternoon.  Gaby was looking so adorable that I had to seize the moment. 

Gaby

Celena

Jamie (I took this for her Bat Mitzvah)

Hike at Torrey Pines

When Tio Gaby came for a visit we went for a hike up Torrey Pines which is stunning.  You've got the ocean

Good morning!

Besties

It is the cutest thing to see your kid make his first best friend.  Asher and Zachary are in the same preschool class and the majority of what I hear Asher talk about at school is Zachary Coughlin.  Zachary just had his 5th birthday and invited him to Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate with him. 

My boys!

Chag Purim Sumeach!!!

Originally the plan was for Asher to go as Wayne and Elie as Garth from Wayne's world but Asher just wasn't feeling it.  So Papi filled in for him.  Party on!!! Excellent!!!

Roller Coaster

Every time I take the boys to Sea World Asher begs to go on the roller coaster.  But we never can because Elie is to little to ride.  Asher will say, "Well Elie can just wait for us!"

On Martin Luther King day I took Asher while Elie stayed home with the house keeper to nap.  As usual when we arrived the first thing out of Asher's mouth was, "Can we go on the roller coaster?"  "Yes!" I said.  He was sooooo excited and couldn't believe this day finally came.  So we rushed through the park making a bee line for the roller coaster.  My heart sank for Asher when we arrived to see that it was closed for construction!

I promised him I would take him once it opened back again.  He took it really well!

Elie Recounting the La Jolla Farms Hike...

This past weekend Moi and I took the boys for a quick hike at La Jolla Farms.  It's a horseshoe shape trail jutting out with cliffs next to the ocean on one side and an ecological reserve on the other.  We saw a whale blowing water through its blow hole with its tail splashing, making some waves.  We also saw dozens of dolphins making circles, leaping out of the water and splashing.  According to a lady along the trail, dolphins were very common but whales were quite rare.  We were pretty excited!  And last but not least, on our way back from the trail loop we saw a bunny rabbit that Elie was very excited about!  We tried to creep quietly along the trail but of course he kept  his "safe" distance.

Zzzzzz!

Whenever I take the boys out of the bath, they like to curl up in a little ball on the bath mat with the towel wrapped around them.  Last Sunday after bath time I was in my room getting ready to take the boys to the farmer's market.  After a few minutes I noticed Elie was being awfully quiet.  I went to check on him and he had fallen fast asleep on the bath wrapped in his towel like a taco!