Weekend in Chico (woo!)

Kyle and his friends (who all grew up together in Chico) always say “woooo!” after anyone mentions Chico, so it’s become a habit for me too.  So that’s what the post title is about.

I’ve written about Chico visits before, and we usually got to the same spots, so I won’t elaborate too much on the food.

Friday night I had my fantasy draft and Kyle went to poker night.

In spite of my half assed research, I came out with a decent team (I hope?) but it was very stressful…hence the chocolate wrappers.

 

I made us a yummy quinoa and kale salad with miso tamari baked cod for dinner.

Costco is where it’s at yo.  All the food we;ve been eating lately is either Costco produce or Costco frozen fare.  I’m starting to think I may never cook for reals again…it’s so easy to do Sandra Lee semi-homemade stuff.

 

Anyway, Saturday morning we got ourselves packed up after breakfast and drove a couple hours up to Chico to stay with friends.

 

I finally had the cinnamon roll from Mariposa.  If I had more thumbs I would put them all up.  It was amazing.  Not too bready, not too hard, not too gooey, not too crumbly…soft and doughy, but still the perfect size.  I had an egg on the side too, for the record.

I had a peanut butter Nature Valley bar on the way to Chico because my stomach didn’t get the memo that I’d be in the car for 2 hours.  And I’m really glad I did because we didn’t make it to lunch until 2 pm.

 

We went to Burgers & Brew (I’ve been to the Davis location previously) and even though Kyle and I were the first to order, I got my food dead last.  Out of 9 orders.  I went with the Caesar salad, which doesn’t seem to be a very complicated or lengthy thing to make, but who knows…  Also, they were out of tofu (which they didn’t know until way after I’d placed my order) so I ended up getting a veggie burger instead. 

The veggie burger was really good, and I’m glad they could do that instead of the chicken, although I’d still prefer tofu in the future.  In fact, the whole salad was really good.  I’m not sure why I’m surprised, because I liked my meal at the Burgers & Brew in Davis too and they are the sister restaurant of Crepeville which is another fave of mine.  So yeah, lunch was a winner.

Afterwards, we hit up the ‘bucks.  I hemmed and hawed over what (if anything) to get and finally gave in.  Short decaf with soy milk = sweet tooth satisfied.

 

Kev likes watched the baristas.

The afternoon flew by!  We had so much fun just hanging out, letting the kiddos play, and being lazy parents.  It feels so awesome to have boys that are so close in age.

 

With more on the way!

 

[Flashback pics…]

 

[We missed you Cindy]

Patty-cakes wasn’t a huge fan of the beard at first…

 

His pout is epic, and everyone who gets to see it thinks it’s the funniest thing ever.  He seriously makes the perfect frown.  I may sound like the worst mom ever but it’s hard not to laugh when he makes it.

 

Fortunately the beard grew on him. :) 

 

And then he couldn’t get enough of it.  He’s so into textures and grabbing / massaging with his hands.  Funny kid. 

 

We snacked on treats from Tin Roof (they have pretty incredible macaroon flavors – including chili lemon and maple bacon) in the afternoon, and soon P’s eyes were droopy and we decided it was bedtime.

 

No internet pics of the boys’ shared bath (but it was incredibly cute).

 

We got take-out from Thai Basil for dinner.  I had double the plate shown above (including pad see ew, basil tofu, and peanut tofu curry with white rice).  All of it was awesome, but when is Thai food ever not awesome.  I love you greasy fried tofu.

 

The next morning we woke up to a cranky baby, so my shower was lightning quick.  He didn’t have any (of his usual) patience once he realized we were in the same room and awake as well.  He still slept through the night, fortunately, but he got up 30 minutes earlier than usual.

After I nursed him, Kyle and I walked to Tin Roof for decaf coffees.  They have almond milk!  More reasons to love the place!  Definitely gonna have a real meal there next time we are in town.

Kev ate breakfast, the rest of our friends came over to join us, and then we all walked to Cafe Coda for breakfast.  I’ve blogged about this place before.

Kyle got the chilaquiles with veggie sausages, I got the “simpleton” with 3 fried eggs and herbed potatoes.

We both cleared our plates and waddled back home after.

Pacman fell asleep on the way so we kept walking to let him nap.  It also let our friends’ little one nap in his own crib while we were out. 

P was all smiles after his nap. 

We played some more.  Went over to our other friends’ house to swim in their pool.  And finally hit the road back to Davis.

We got food for the car trip at the Chico Co-op (nuts, goat cheese, Mary’s Gone crackers, carrots, banana chips, and dark chocolate covered coconut). 

Now we are back home, P’s in bed, I had leftovers for dinner and way too much chocolate for dessert, and it’s time to start the work week.