The Limas Go Green/Get Green

The Limas collectively covered a lot of ground today without ever starting a car, and we are $50 richer for it! You see, the girls and I had planned a bus trip to the park and Souplantation (because the bus is awesome, that's why!) so we left a little early, before Erik. As we were bumping along on the bus I got this text from my honey, "Locked myself out of house." Whoops. "Did you try [the manager]?" Then, "Not home, getting on bus." Bummer. Follow me along the rest of our day full of AWESOME! in pictures:

Well, the girls and I managed to have a fabulous morning. At the bus stop, Violet and I played "I spy" on a quarter and Violet got a little history about our first president, George Washington. Remember that. At Souplantation Daphne sat in a highchair for the first time, and Violet ate a rainbow (she reeeeeeealy likes beets):

We got home, and it was time for Violet to have a little rest in her room. She decided to rest on her beanbag so she would have better access to all of her books. Well, somewhere amongst the piles of books at her disposal, she found a calendar with a full sheet of date stickers at the end. She was so excited about this discovery when I came in to get her! Very proud of the stickers all over her, you know. But that's not all. She had saved one for me, still on the sheet. As we were about to leave her room she says (in a conversational, adult, "I almost forgot" tone), "Oh, and look Mommy! It's the America man!" as she hands me the President's Day sticker with, you guessed it, George Washington. It was mine to wear for the rest of the day. After some painting and circle time, it was time for both girls to take a bath. Fun for them. No extra hands for pictures for me.

So then we had to figure out how Erik was going to get home from work. Our cars are tandem parked, and Violet only has a car seat in my car. That makes switching cars very difficult for one person to do alone. So I magnanimously offered to walk to Erik's work... and walk home with him. He wasn't too impressed, but I guess it beat the bus so he agreed. I stopped at Trader Joe's on the way (brought my own bag oh yes I did!), but I didn't have any company (I love how Violet is sleeping with her leg crossed):


Erik didn't know my secret plan was actually to walk back up to Santa Monica Blvd. to attend the West L.A. Neighborhood Council free summer concert series: 80s night! He agreed, we walked, we danced, it was so very fun. We met our council member, Bill Rosendahl, and his assistant took our picture with him (wholesome little family that we are) and immediately posted it to his facebook profile. HA! (See my fb wall.) As we were about to walk home at intermission, I took Violet to the potty. While we were gone, Erik learned that the band was being paid with $ from a raffle. He used the $1 he had in his pocket to buy a ticket, figuring he'd give it to a kid when we left. Well, they did that raffle right then and there at intermission, and what do you know? Erik's ticket was the first one they called! And, they gave out the grand prize first! So now we have a $50 gift card for a trendy little bistro/wine bar just down the street. Anyone want to babysit? Here's a picture of 80s night/the end of our super cool day:

I love summer. I love my little (accidentally) green family.