Yesterday, Dawson & I visited his Nana & Pop's new house. They moved more towards our side of town and they now have a pool! Dawson went swimming for the first time and he totally loved it! Afterward, we went to Kabuki for some sushi during Happy Hour, and let me just say, it was DELICIOUS! On the freeway on the way home, we noticed a huge black cloud of smoke and while driving closer, we realized it was right by my house! I freaked out, thinking it was either my house, or my biffle Cristina's house. But it turned out to be the recycling plant right by my house.

Anyway, onto the pictures!









Daddy ordering sushi, while Dawson points at what he wants.



He's a little monster.





I love iced tea.



Dawson's "kid's meal". Really?! This was like an adult meal! Not bad for only 6 bucks!



Rainbow Roll.



Vegas Roll.





Rose Roll.









Aftermath. My tummy was SO full. Yuuummy yummy sushi!




The smoke from the fire coming off of the freeway.

In (late) celebration of my brother's birthday, we went to Cheeburger Cheeburger for lunch. We've been there about two times before and it's ALWAYS delicious! You basically get to build your own burger and add the toppings you'd like. They also have a lot of shakes, my absolute favorite being the Birthday Cake Shake! Have a peek:





(Birthday Cake Shake!!)










Dawson's kids meal


My burger!


My brother's POUNDER!


Yuuumbo!

Here's Dawson today:



And here's Dawson last year on my birthday at Cheeburger Cheeburger:



Craaazy how much he's grown, right?!

This would be me after we got home and I changed into some comfy clothes



Annnd this would be my first attempt and total failure of cheetah print nails



The light pink color is so pretty, but it was a pain to work with. It took 3 coats until it was finally as opaque as I desired. I don't know if I got a bad polish or if Color Club's formula has changed. But if so, they really need to fix it.

I've been dying to paint my nails for a while now, but they've been bare because I haven't had time until recently. This semester is OVER! Yesss :) I'm waiting anxiously for my grades to be posted. I got a 95A on my MATH final! I'm horrible at Math, so I'm super excited that I got an A on the final and raised my grade. Studying for two days straight really does pay off. I also got a 100 on my final photography project. My professor said it was "amazing" and also strongly suggested I pursue a career in photography. I feel really good about that. Anyway, onto the nail pictures.

(EXCUSE the terrible dry cuticles, I haven't taken very good care of them.)



This is Zoya Kelly with my first attempt at a glitter gradient with an L.A Colors silver chunk glitter.







This is Sinful Colors "Love Nails" with my second attempt at a glitter gradient. Isn't this color gorgeous?! I love this shade of blue. I got this polish at Walgreens for .99 cents. The little stars are apart of this glitter polish I picked up from Clarie's a really long time ago.

I've been trying to get healthy, so I've been on a bit of a fruits and veggies only diet. It's been tough, especially with all of my baking going on.. I'll admit, I cheated on this diet quite a few times.. But I have been enjoying the healthy stuff too. Here's everything I ate on a good, non-cheating day!

Steel cut oatmeal with fresh cut strawberries




Broccoli and cheese for lunch


Strawberries & bananas for snacks


"Healthy" Mac & Cheese with Chicken chunks.

On Sunday, we went to visit my Dad and then we had lunch at Giuseppe's. We had the biggest burger I've ever seen in my life. It was DELICIOUS.



See?! HUGE! We got two to share amongst the four of us. But I could only eat 1/4 of the burger I shared with my older brother.

Anyway.. the pictures speak for themselves.







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We stopped by a thrift store recently to check out what kind of books they had. They actually had a pretty great selection of books and they were priced AMAZINGLY. Hardcover books from $1.00-$2.00? Plus paperbacks were 25 cents - $1.00?! Awesome stuff. I picked these amazing like-new quality books. And not more than $6.00 was spent. I cannot wait to read them.



On another note, I found these at Target! I had no idea they had Vanilla flavored Pandas! They also had strawberry but I'm not really a fan of artificial strawberry flavorings.

We took Dawson to the park today and he was so excited! He kept pointing at the ducks and the waterfall saying "Ooooh! Look!" He loves whenever we go out and he gets to go exploring. Little adventures with Dawson are the best. Afterward, I treated him to some frozen yogurt at U-Swirl.





















And now for the frozen yogurt!


Mommy's (NY Cheesecake with fresh strawberries and cheesecake bites)


Dawson's (Cakebatter with fresh strawberries)