November 2017

On November19th, Rabia, Aden, and mom arrived for their visit! That afternoon, we went to Lalla Oceanside Grill in Cannery Row for dinner, where Rabia got her fave local dish, sand dabs, and the three of us enjoyed bread pudding and tres leches for dessert while Shiraz took the 3 kids to Dippin Dots!  The next day, we went to Aabha for lunch, then into Carmel-by-the-Sea to walk around. The girls wanted to play on Carmel Beach, and the others didn't want to get sand in their shoes, so Shiraz took mom, Rabia, and Aden for a ride to Big Sur, all the way down to Bixby Bridge. At one point Shiraz took Aden and the girls to Olive Garden, Rita's, and then later to Costco for samples and for crepes that Aden really liked, so he could take them back to GA! The next day I took them all to Pacific Grove. we stopped at Cafe Arianna for gelato, browsed Bookworks, and strolled through downtown PG. Afterwards, I needed to take them home in two batches since Shiraz was tied up, so I first took Aden and mama, and stopped at Perfect Crumb since he hadn't found a dessert he liked. He got a blondie, and mom got an apricot scone, both of which were huge hits with them. Aden's been texting me and Ilana since then asking when we can get him another one! Rabia had taken the girls and walked down to Lovers Point, so I picked them up from there.