So, after the previous long day of gallivanting about SF, we laid in a little and cleared more laundry, did more packing and did the same routine as the day before. Truly, by the time we wash up 4 people, change, pack the day-bag... assess our wardrobe and change because of mis-matched clothes (I just needed to put this down so that the husband and I will remember this and be able to laugh about this - now. At that point it felt extremely &%^@*!) ... it was again lunch time when we set off.
Just for the record, my gf A has this sort of routine in her home. The household wakes up, Papa goes off to work, A does the school run and drop the kids off at school (they are in the same school) and comes home for brekkie and heads off to work. It is during this coffee-time of hers that I get to hang with her a little and chit chat and talk about our (non-exciting) plans for the day. The fact that we found a way to fit into their routine with (hopefully) minimal disruption and catch up in the morning/ end of the night after we get back, while eating through her pantry and having our laundry done in her comfortable home - it was bliss. I'm so thankful that she is so kind and warm and welcomed all of us #feelingblessed.
So, on this day, the weather was warm and sunny, the winds were cool and K was finally feeling better. She wasn't in tip-top shape, but I think she wasn't as bad as the day before where she practically slept her way through SF in the pram.
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| The gangster siblings |
Both of the children requested for "CHINESE FOOD LIKE YESTERDAY!" quite unanimously and even though I didn't really crave it anymore, it was pretty tough to turn down their earnest request. So off we went.
K managed to stomach more bits of dim sum and food (hooray) and turns out that our son was quite an adventurous consumer!
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| Chicken feet like a true Chinese boy |
We parked off the car at the Bart station and again, headed to take the Bart into the city.
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| So much love for these two men |
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| Someone was happy he got a candy! |
The husband had a shopping itch to scratch today, so we decided to head into the mall. First stop, coffee/milk for him and I.
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| Cheers to getting our fix! |
Admittedly, it wasn't a very exciting day for the kids, as the husband and I pushed them through shop after shop, as we did our own shopping. They self-entertained with sporadic moments on the youtube/ running in between clothes racks... or in K's case, just sitting in the pram and chilling/snoozing. My favourite buys of the day were my Lululemons!
In the evening, we decided to take an ice-cream stop. Yummy in our tummies.
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| Making the effort to get off her bum because ice-cream is a huge treat |
It was also at this point that we realised J soiled himself and we had to change him out of his soiled bottoms and thank goodness we had an extra pair of pants.We did more walking around and shopping. By then, the skies were dark and it felt so nice to walk about the night scene of SF. It started to cool down a lot and we sought comfort in the warmth when we stepped into the shops. We spent some moments just sitting in the dark in Union Square. Talking about random stuff for a bit. I remember thinking, wonder why it's so significant this place? And while I cannot say that I embrace the history, I do remember being there with the husband many years and being in the same place again years later with our offsprings - that did it for me.
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| Making himself comfortable |
For dinner, we decided to eat The Cheesecake Factory - giving it a second shot after
our first day in LA. It turned out to be pretty good. We were so stuffed with the food that we had to takeaway several cheesecakes to share with our hosts.
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| K still had the runs, but it was way less frequent (phew) and at least she could muster some disinterest in taking this #OOTD in the bathroom haha |
So on the way to the Bart station, we tried for a family shot with the famous cable cars of San Francisco. Our pic the day before was so sad, with sickie K and I'm so glad we managed a pretty pic for keepsake.
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| Happy family! |
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| This was us on the way back |
Once again, we got home safely and crashed to bed. Today felt rather similar to
our yesterday but not really. TGIF.
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