Bruxie=Yum!

Bruxie: Deliciousness in Waffle Form.

 We love to visit The Circle in Old Towne Orange. Not because of the antique shops or pleasant old school charm(I lived in Old Towne my first 19 years of life-I'm over the charm Ü)...we like the food! In the last few years so many new restaurants have moved into the old shops, I can't even keep up with whats where. We've only been to a few because we are way too set in our boring culinary ways(kids love Red Robin what can I say?)...but sometimes we get an itch to try something new.

The girls had been bugging me to try Bruxie...how I could resist...I have an unnatural love for food that can be held; burritos, taquitos, food on sticks, cupcakes....so I was in.

Bruxie has been open for about 6 months and has been very popular. Being next to the college doesn't hurt either. They serve everything on an amazing crispy-on-the-outside-but-soft-on-the-inside waffle. 

How do they do it? Don't know. Don't care. Just want more.

This has a lemon creme with berries. Oh.sweet.heaven.

The breakfast sandwich was fabulous too...egg, cheese and crispy chunks of bacon. I ate half of mine two hours later..still fabulous.

They serve chocolate with a splash of milk. Rich!

  Meeting friends for breakfast made the morning even better!

  This little girl "FaFa" must be the most loved cat around!

You Capture: Summertime

Swim lessons. A summer favorite. 

Last year: hesitation, some tears and a non-violent sitting protest in refusal to jump....

This year was different:

Insta-Friday

This was the first official week of summer vacation. The first of nine weeks. By the end of day one with my darling girls bickering nonstop, I wondered why I was so excited to be home with them...I just don't get the whole "sibling" thing. They can't not argue, but if both are home they can't play apart. It's ridiculous how many times I say, "just stop talking to each other!" I'm sure I'm scaring them for life and teaching them horrible coping skills...someday a therapist will thank me.

The week wasn't entirely filled with drama...

we had a few fun moments:

We went to the beach. 

Bolsa Chica State Beach. Because to me $13 is worth not having a neighbor within a 30 foot radius.

We attended an Open House for a neighboring city's Police Department. Seeing the police dogs and jaws of life always excite us!

This is what goes on when I let them play with my phone...I was filling out the paperwork to be a Bone Marrow Donor. I did cheek swabs and everything...too bad I had just had fish tacos...poor lab person!

Fathers Day Brunch + 5 Generations...

 Grandpa Russ and the girls (Russ is my Dad)

Great Grandpa Frank and the girls 

(Frank is my Grandpa -Russ' Dad)

Great-Great Grandma Rita and the girls 

(Gma Rita is MY Great Gma - Frank's Mother - Russ' Grandmother)

I make the 4th generation, but am strategically NOT in these pictures.

These are my new favorite things!

Me & Bob...he's getting fresh.

 

We went to this: The Wall The Heals. Very neat.

The Simple Things...

The The Wall That Heals was near our house this week. This is a replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Washington D.C. (which during our four day crazy trip there last Spring we missed). The people and volunteers that run this are so nice and dedicated. It is open 24 hours a day.

I went late one night earlier in the week and only two other people were there. I took my girls yesterday and the emotions were flowing. It was very busy. Photos, dog tags, letters and flags now surrounded the wall.

I can't stand to see people sad...a woman was sitting in front of the wall crying, I just had to touch her shoulder(I touch strangers often). She held my hand for a moment and smiled. As we walked away Juliet asked me "why the wall makes her so sad?" I held her hand and tried to muddle through what the wall meant..brave soldiers..not all come home..a way to remember them..fighting for freedom..and so on. The beauty of being five years old is that this answer was enough and wasn't pondered any further. My ten year old however (who's fourth grade teacher served in Vietnam) wanted to know more about the war, how did it start? Why? Thankfully there are beautiful displays and plaques to read(because when it comes to history I'm not helpful).