Just creeping around the chef’s kitchen

Dining with the chef herself

Yes this child woke up after sleeping for 2 hours and was wide awake allllll night. This is way past jet lag issues so we’re going with teething issues or just plain insanity. In case you were wondering what Sabs looks like at ungodly hours in the morning…here is her wide awake face. She was singing and dancing…not yawning. Where was Pooks you ask…sleeping of course, so she would be ready to wake up just hours after Sabs conks. I can’t remember what day this was, not sure why??? Happy to report we are all still alive.

It is no secret that Pookie likes to play chef and create recipes for everyone. Dada is usually the recipient of these creations (thank the heavens…gummy bear peanut butter sandwiches). This morning Sophie decided she was going to make breakfast for everyone. She was pretending Sabs was her customer and she was the chef – Sabs was a very happy customer. I was the bus boy obviously. Apparently Sabs ordered an open face cream cheese smiley face tortilla sandwich, or perhaps she just ordered the chef’s daily special. Will woke up to Pooks cream cheese and honey tortilla creation. As any good Dada would, he ate a piece and hid the rest.

Lucky for Sabs (maybe not so much for mama bus boy) the chef stated that she has all these ingredients in Costa Rica and can make these again when we all get home.

There she stands! Right on our block. See post below for more explanation. Typing this while Will is at meeting with owner of this ATM :).

Some of the girls playing in the store while Dada chats Bitcoin.

Then some yummy muffins and cafe

Shopping selfie

Another pic for PaPa…mounds of Gelato

Random drawings that appear all over the city. Not sure who the artist is

Another Pookie size car

The girls

A stop in the 18.00 caprese salad hotel. We stop in to use their bathroom b/c if their salad is 18.00 lord knows their bathrooms should be clean- muhahaha

And finally the park! Sabs must be watching her sis socialize and today she decided she was going to give it a go all on her own. She saw another little pint size mate walk past her with her mom. We saw her eye the girl down so we said Sabs you can go play with her. Go ahead. Little peanut ran her hiney across the entire park to meet up where the little girl was playing. Too bad the girl was shy or not into it but Sabs had no clue and it was super cute to watch her run off on her own like her big sissy.

I am days behind again…but here are some pics from move in day on monday. This apartment is next door to a vegetarian restaurant and toy store. Ideal location. It seriously is in the perfect location. It is in between the first apt and last apt. This could not have worked out any better! Of course as soon as the woman left after showing us the apt, Pookie had to strip naked and get comfortable.

Teething Sabs

Ironically, a few doors down is one of very few (possibly single digits) Bitcoin ATM’s in Italy. Will went in and chatted with the owner of the store and found out that his son was on TV last night talking about Bitcoin. Will is actually at a meeting with them now as I type this on Friday morning. So strange how things work out. I have some more pics from inside that I will post after. Can’t figure out what day is what so this is all a bit blurred together.

Here is a pic for PaPa…I haven’t had one yet but I will make sure to taste one before we leave Italy.

Sophie made this the other day all by herself. She now knows how to write and spell Sabi’s name on her own. So proud!

Whenever Sabs wants to nurse she says “Want Buba”. Lately she had been asking all the time b/c she has some molars coming in and I keep saying No More! Pookie felt bad for her and said “Here Sabs, want my Buba?”. Sabs said yea. Sophie pulls up her shirt and Sabs pretends to drink the Buba. We crack up laughing so Sabs now does this all the time and asks Sophie for her buba. It is so cute and hilarious…until they do it on the train, and in the middle of the store. Then i duck and pretend i have no clue what these crazy kids are doing…or whose they are. xo

Sabs famous “NO” face

Since we got to Italy Will has been enjoying a big craft beer each night since he doesn’t ever get that in CR. In CR for whatever reason we don’t usually drink at all and esp not beer since they really dont have any great beer that is reasonably priced. Anyway, Sophie kept saying Dada is beer healthy? I dont think beer is healthy for you. You shouldn’t drink it. Then she came and asked me if it is healthy. I said well no not really but neither is ice cream and you have that in moderation. Then Will said Sophie do you not want me to drink beer? She said yes. So he has not had a beer since. Hahahaha. Meanwhile, apparently wine is healthy and I can continue to drink that b/c Sophie hasn’t mentioned it once.

We were trying to figure out where this all came from and finally got to the source of it. One night before bed i told Sophie the story about my Pop pop who drank a bunch of scotch and died (not that abruptly but that was the gist). When she asked me what scotch was, I said it was like beer. The other night she told Will that she didn’t want him to die like Momma’s grandpa. She wanted him to live. I dont think he will ever drink beer again. So glad i didnt compare it to wine. hahahaha!

So we kept throwing around going to  visit another area of Italy. We let go of the idea of going to Spain next and decided to make that another adventure on its own with less luggage. Next time we come to Europe I am going to try and just pack backpacks for everyone b/c getting around with two kids and all our suitcases is a bit limiting when it comes to trains and small planes. Anyway, we are having so much fun and loving Florence so it really worked out.

We looked into going to Naples and traveling around there but I found myself saying well guess we can’t go here then, and too bad we didnt get to do that, or I just want to check this out before we leave…etc. Then i thought, well we really don’t have to leave yet and that is the beauty of not planning ahead.  Will agreed and to another apt in Florence we go!

This one takes the cake. Will found this place by looking the day before and it is gorgeous and in an excellent location!! It is beautifullllll! It’s so high tech that even the garbage can opens and closes itself when you walk over. The kitchen is stocked with the best cookware and there are two tvs in the kitchen alone. Nutters. This is two bdrms, two bathrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, and views of the Duomo from the bdrm. Again, no clue why anyone would stay at Four Seasons.