Despite our change in plans this past weekend, we still managed to busy ourselves. If you must know, you can ask him. The weather was just GORGEOUS, so on Sunday, we had a lovely family outing to Fisherman’s Wharf. Since Mads is still on her Nemo kick, our intention was to visit the Aquarium of the Bay, whose exhibits are specific to the animals and ecosystem of the SF Bay and surrounding waters. Instead, we had lunch at the Sea Lion cafe, with view of the sea lions, bien sur.

Before the Fish ‘n Chips at the Sea Lion cafe

Then we walked to Ghiradelli Square for a…sigh…sundae. We walked, right? Mads is in this vicious cycle of walking on her own-riding in the stroller-being carried (ugh, which is the worst because she is tres lourde right now). She, of course, enjoys walking on her own, and refuses to hold hands with mama or papa.

She did share…eventually

…as mentioned above

Ma-donna? Have you heard Madonna’s new single, 4 minutes? Well, it’s very NellyFurtadoLoose and reeks of Timbaland, and I L-O-V-E it! What a lovely surprise when I logged onto Rhapsody this morning. Madge’s record groups also released a special remix album of the song she did with Missy Elliott (Into the Hollywood Groove) for the Gap commercial and the infamous 2003 MTV performance with Christina and Britney.

So, there’s an unspoken rule in our house that we won’t allow too much kiddie-centric music, read: Raffi, The Doodlebops, etc. As of late, Mads is getting a complete diet of Diana Krall, John Legend, Kayne West, Fergie, Carla Bruni and Feist (or whatever we’re listening to at the moment). I’ve also been trying to get her to dance when music comes on, but she seems to be very particular to which songs she will dance to. Last night, she went absolutely W-I-L-D, WILD! when Sea Lion Woman (go figure?) was playing. I’m talking crazy woman here – unfortch we didn’t catch it on video…perhaps next time.

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