Traveling in style

We have made it to the west coast, to Carmel to be exact. (For the record it is very different from Carmel, IN). Caroline was a bit out of sorts yesterday, but was a champ given that she is only two. She played a lot during the first leg of our trip and slept almost four hours on the second. We are in an adorable place that is the good parts of a bed and breakfast without the bed. (Cookies in the afternoon, yummy breakfast, little flowered wallpaper and no strained conversation with people you don't know over coffee.)

We got to see Jack's Grandma Jean yesterday for a bit. She was spry and lived the pictures from her great-grandchildren we brought her. (We will have to tell Katelyn that she was particularly impressed by the hugs and kisses on Katelyn's card.)

Today we saw friends from college--Lisa Piini Randell and her husband and son for lunch. What a great time! We went to Big Sur and walked on the beach--beautiful. We came back to Carmel and had a fantastic Italian dinner. Pizza, salad, spaghetti, what a great combination. We were all impressed by the nice restaurant that had a great kid's menu (a full cheese pizza for $5), that had jumbo crayons and a kind staff, but also a pear, arugula and gorgonzola salad and squid ink pasta for dinner for mommy. We are happy to report that Caroline tried beets and olives (but did not like this variety). She ate octopus twice today, as well as clams and crab. She ran on the beach and tried to pick up huge rocks there. After all of that excitement she is passed out on her tent with bubby, dead to the world.