I think it's time to finally go private. Its been on my mind lately, so I think I should follow my feelings. So let me know if you want an invite. I know there are quite a few cousins and other relatives and friends I don't have email addresses to, so if you know or think I don't have it, send it to me so I can invite you. Blogging is great, and I love keeping in touch, so I'd love to invite you.
So I think I've used the word "so" enough now, so... I'm done now. ;)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
What will I miss?
I was helping Ethan get some food to eat this morning as he goes to get his chair and pushes it across the kitchen floor. It made that sound that only a chair moving across a floor can make. The one that is so noisy, and so annoying, especially when you just got your 5 month old asleep like 10 minutes ago. And I started think about getting after him, only to decide it didn't matter. Then I started to think about things that my kids do that I may miss in about 20 years when they are all grown, especially the things that bother me now. I think these thoughts came from feelings I was having earlier today as I watched Jayden and Ethan playing. They were so cute and sweet to each other, and they played for well over an hour without any fighting. I was also holding Austin and talking to him, getting some big smiles out of him. I couldn't help but feel so happy and so blessed. I love my children so much, and I love watching them grow.
I love babies, I have always been drawn to them since I was little. I can't help but hug and kiss my babies tons of times each day. I love their cute little chubby faces, their smiles, their sounds, the way they grab your face and try to eat you. I know the feeling. I love them so much, I want to "eat" them, you know... how you kiss and kiss their faces. I think that is they way they feel too as they try to eat you. I love when they will snuggle into you and just love you. I had two snugglers (Ethan and Jayden), and it was so much fun to just hold them. I love the peaceful looks of a baby sleeping, and any child for that matter. It is amazing the love you feel as you look at your sleeping child. I have heard the advice to watch your child sleep. Especially one that you may be struggling with. The love that you feel seems to make it all a little easier to take.
Will I miss potty training my kids? That is what we are doing right now with Ethan. I don't think that is something I will miss. Ethan actually just had an accident. Lovely. I will miss his "what Mom, what?" that he asks dozens of time each day. I will definitely miss the sounds of this little boy playing with his toys. His imagination works a lot like Dylan's and it is fun to see that again at this age. His favorite thing to have his toys say to each other is "Hi, friend."
I know all the sound and craziness gets to me at times, but I am sure I will miss it in 20 years. My house will be quiet a lot of the time. Sure, eventually there will be grandchildren, but not in my house constantly; there to greet me in the morning, throughout the day, all afternoon, and to tuck in at night. I will probably even miss the craziness of 3 and 4 extra kids in the house when friends are over playing. I won't be saying "go play outside or in the basement, the baby is asleep." I won't be annoyed when after all my effort, the door slams 2 or 3 times as the kids head to the backyard, and then the baby I was trying to keep asleep is awake anyway.
Two things that I always hear that I will miss are the fingerprints and the laundry. I can maybe see missing the fingerprints, funny as that is. But I just don't know about the laundry.
I will probably miss having to constantly be reminding my sweet Dylan to get his socks and shoes on. I will miss how it can take him an hour to go upstairs and get his socks, and still not even have his socks on. I will definitely miss the way he loves our babies like I do. Wanting to hold and kiss them and touch them. All our boys have had their cheeks poked just like this as he tries to get them to smile. He loves babies, and the neat thing of when he is grown, will be to see him as a dad.
I will miss his "good morning Austin" or insert any other babies name here. He loves to kiss the baby goodnight. I will miss all his imagination. I hope he never loses it. He has the greatest ideas. I love how he pretends his hands are robots. One is a good robot, and one is a bad robot. One had his pointer is the head, and on the other hand the middle finger is the head. I have debated whether to say anything or not. So far I haven't.
Will I miss finding his homework on the counter after having told him to put in it in his backpack 10 times the night before because it was due today (this happened today)? Or finding it still in his backpack several days after it was due?
Or how about the 5 am waking up to play and often getting his brothers up in the process. To miss that I don't think I'll have to wait 20 years... probably just until he's a teenager and never wants to get up before 10 am. Already he is starting to do it a little on the school days, and then on weekends seems to magically be able to get up early again.
I will miss seeing this boy do his potty dance. I will miss him telling me he doesn't need to go, when I ask, and then about a minute or two later, he is racing to the bathroom, and I can hear him frantically trying to not have an accident. I will miss his sweetness. His "okay mommy." His "what job can I do today?" His "I love you mom." I hope that stays with him - all of that sweetness, I am sure it will. I will miss how much he asks to play the Wii, watch TV, or play the computer. I will miss how he calls all of those things "wasting time." He will ask "have I wasted my time today?"
There are probably a million more things I will miss, but at least my recording them here will help me to remember them, if not make me a little more grateful for my children, even the things that I may not love now.
I love babies, I have always been drawn to them since I was little. I can't help but hug and kiss my babies tons of times each day. I love their cute little chubby faces, their smiles, their sounds, the way they grab your face and try to eat you. I know the feeling. I love them so much, I want to "eat" them, you know... how you kiss and kiss their faces. I think that is they way they feel too as they try to eat you. I love when they will snuggle into you and just love you. I had two snugglers (Ethan and Jayden), and it was so much fun to just hold them. I love the peaceful looks of a baby sleeping, and any child for that matter. It is amazing the love you feel as you look at your sleeping child. I have heard the advice to watch your child sleep. Especially one that you may be struggling with. The love that you feel seems to make it all a little easier to take.
Will I miss potty training my kids? That is what we are doing right now with Ethan. I don't think that is something I will miss. Ethan actually just had an accident. Lovely. I will miss his "what Mom, what?" that he asks dozens of time each day. I will definitely miss the sounds of this little boy playing with his toys. His imagination works a lot like Dylan's and it is fun to see that again at this age. His favorite thing to have his toys say to each other is "Hi, friend."
I know all the sound and craziness gets to me at times, but I am sure I will miss it in 20 years. My house will be quiet a lot of the time. Sure, eventually there will be grandchildren, but not in my house constantly; there to greet me in the morning, throughout the day, all afternoon, and to tuck in at night. I will probably even miss the craziness of 3 and 4 extra kids in the house when friends are over playing. I won't be saying "go play outside or in the basement, the baby is asleep." I won't be annoyed when after all my effort, the door slams 2 or 3 times as the kids head to the backyard, and then the baby I was trying to keep asleep is awake anyway.
Two things that I always hear that I will miss are the fingerprints and the laundry. I can maybe see missing the fingerprints, funny as that is. But I just don't know about the laundry.
I will probably miss having to constantly be reminding my sweet Dylan to get his socks and shoes on. I will miss how it can take him an hour to go upstairs and get his socks, and still not even have his socks on. I will definitely miss the way he loves our babies like I do. Wanting to hold and kiss them and touch them. All our boys have had their cheeks poked just like this as he tries to get them to smile. He loves babies, and the neat thing of when he is grown, will be to see him as a dad.
I will miss his "good morning Austin" or insert any other babies name here. He loves to kiss the baby goodnight. I will miss all his imagination. I hope he never loses it. He has the greatest ideas. I love how he pretends his hands are robots. One is a good robot, and one is a bad robot. One had his pointer is the head, and on the other hand the middle finger is the head. I have debated whether to say anything or not. So far I haven't.
Will I miss finding his homework on the counter after having told him to put in it in his backpack 10 times the night before because it was due today (this happened today)? Or finding it still in his backpack several days after it was due?
Or how about the 5 am waking up to play and often getting his brothers up in the process. To miss that I don't think I'll have to wait 20 years... probably just until he's a teenager and never wants to get up before 10 am. Already he is starting to do it a little on the school days, and then on weekends seems to magically be able to get up early again.
I will miss seeing this boy do his potty dance. I will miss him telling me he doesn't need to go, when I ask, and then about a minute or two later, he is racing to the bathroom, and I can hear him frantically trying to not have an accident. I will miss his sweetness. His "okay mommy." His "what job can I do today?" His "I love you mom." I hope that stays with him - all of that sweetness, I am sure it will. I will miss how much he asks to play the Wii, watch TV, or play the computer. I will miss how he calls all of those things "wasting time." He will ask "have I wasted my time today?"
There are probably a million more things I will miss, but at least my recording them here will help me to remember them, if not make me a little more grateful for my children, even the things that I may not love now.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
California Adventure Part III
Off to Sea World we went on our next day. The drive wasn't too bad - like an hour and a half. Other than the constant "are we there yet" that began 5 minutes after we left, we actually enjoyed it as Dylan and Jayden saw the ocean for their new first time. They both loved playing on the beach in New York, but nearly 3 years have passed since they last did that, and it was like seeing it for the first time all over again. Dylan was the most excited about it.
At Sea World I went to pull out my camera for some pictures.... and nothing. My battery was 100% dead. I was so devastated. Luckily our iPhones have a camera. Not great, but better than nothing, so at least we have some record of our fun at Sea World.
Awesome. I am trying to remember what this is from. A megalodon, I think.
Riding manatees is so much fun!
Austin had to get in on the fun. Notice the hand that the manatee sprung on its bottom side.
While we were playing on the manatee we got a fun experience of having these flamingos walk past. Literally. There was nothing between us and them. The Sea World people were taking them somewhere - it almost looked like just for a walk. The people walked behind them, and the flamingos seemed to know where they were supposed to go. I thought I got a picture of one right next to Jayden - I think it even walked around him, but my camera must have been to slow, because I'm not finding it. But still - it was fun to see.
Here we are waiting for the sea lion show. It was so fun - I wished I could see it a second time, but we didn't get the chance. The last sea lion show we saw was at the Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead NY, and that show was absolutely dreadful compared to this one. We laughed so much here!
We love petting the rays. We used to do this all the time at the Atlantis Aquarium. The ray pool there was the one of the best things they had and tough to beat. This ray pool is nearly as good, and the rays did come where you can reach them well. All the boys loved it!
The killer whales was one of the main reasons we came to Sea World. Dylan loves to learn about things so much, and I knew how much he would love to see this show. When they were cancelled for about a week, we were debating about whether to come or not. They do the show again, but no one gets in the water with the whales anymore. Kind of a bummer - but the boys didn't know they missed anything.
Again, I am so bummed I only had my iPhone. I could have had some really fun pictures, but this will have to do!
Apparently because of the tragedy, they have also taken the whales off display. In the tank where the whales should be, we only found these dolphins. The boys still had a lot of fun.
The boys got a little crazy here, and were running back and forth, trying to race the dolphins. I think the dolphins enjoyed it, too. They seemed to come by a little more once the races started.
The polar bears were something Dylan really wanted to see. When we went to Hogle Zoo last year, they weren't out at all.
I really wanted to take the boys to the beach, and I originally intended to spend at least half a day at the beach, but we ended up filling our days will theme parks because we couldn't decide what not to do. So as we left Sea World, I hurried and called my Mom to find out how to find a good beach. Growing up she spent her summers in San Diego because my grandpa would work on the Marine Base (or Army, or Navy, or whatever you call it) each summer. So she sent me to Coronado Island - right where the base is. Its only like 10 minutes south of Sea World, so it was perfect. She loves the beach, and was wishing she was with us, and said how she would live on the beach each summer. We ended up driving to the Base, and found a beach right next to it. You can see the fence of the Base behind us if you click on the picture to make it big. This picture above is Dylan.
In the foreground is Jayden, and Dylan in the background. The sun was setting quickly, but we had lots of fun racing the water back and forth. Ethan was worn out from Sea World, and fell deep asleep on the short drive, so I held him the whole time on the beach. He did wake up, but still had me hold him. He laughed and laughed as we ran away from the waves.
Dylan and Jayden got caught in the water, and they loved it. They were soaked by the time we were done, but it didn't matter. I brought clean pajamas for them, so I let them get as wet as they wanted. It was so nice to let them run and play, since they hadn't had much of that at the parks. It was such a wonderful end to the day!
At Sea World I went to pull out my camera for some pictures.... and nothing. My battery was 100% dead. I was so devastated. Luckily our iPhones have a camera. Not great, but better than nothing, so at least we have some record of our fun at Sea World.
Awesome. I am trying to remember what this is from. A megalodon, I think.
Riding manatees is so much fun!
Austin had to get in on the fun. Notice the hand that the manatee sprung on its bottom side.
While we were playing on the manatee we got a fun experience of having these flamingos walk past. Literally. There was nothing between us and them. The Sea World people were taking them somewhere - it almost looked like just for a walk. The people walked behind them, and the flamingos seemed to know where they were supposed to go. I thought I got a picture of one right next to Jayden - I think it even walked around him, but my camera must have been to slow, because I'm not finding it. But still - it was fun to see.
Here we are waiting for the sea lion show. It was so fun - I wished I could see it a second time, but we didn't get the chance. The last sea lion show we saw was at the Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead NY, and that show was absolutely dreadful compared to this one. We laughed so much here!
We love petting the rays. We used to do this all the time at the Atlantis Aquarium. The ray pool there was the one of the best things they had and tough to beat. This ray pool is nearly as good, and the rays did come where you can reach them well. All the boys loved it!
The killer whales was one of the main reasons we came to Sea World. Dylan loves to learn about things so much, and I knew how much he would love to see this show. When they were cancelled for about a week, we were debating about whether to come or not. They do the show again, but no one gets in the water with the whales anymore. Kind of a bummer - but the boys didn't know they missed anything.
Again, I am so bummed I only had my iPhone. I could have had some really fun pictures, but this will have to do!
Apparently because of the tragedy, they have also taken the whales off display. In the tank where the whales should be, we only found these dolphins. The boys still had a lot of fun.
The boys got a little crazy here, and were running back and forth, trying to race the dolphins. I think the dolphins enjoyed it, too. They seemed to come by a little more once the races started.
The polar bears were something Dylan really wanted to see. When we went to Hogle Zoo last year, they weren't out at all.
I really wanted to take the boys to the beach, and I originally intended to spend at least half a day at the beach, but we ended up filling our days will theme parks because we couldn't decide what not to do. So as we left Sea World, I hurried and called my Mom to find out how to find a good beach. Growing up she spent her summers in San Diego because my grandpa would work on the Marine Base (or Army, or Navy, or whatever you call it) each summer. So she sent me to Coronado Island - right where the base is. Its only like 10 minutes south of Sea World, so it was perfect. She loves the beach, and was wishing she was with us, and said how she would live on the beach each summer. We ended up driving to the Base, and found a beach right next to it. You can see the fence of the Base behind us if you click on the picture to make it big. This picture above is Dylan.
In the foreground is Jayden, and Dylan in the background. The sun was setting quickly, but we had lots of fun racing the water back and forth. Ethan was worn out from Sea World, and fell deep asleep on the short drive, so I held him the whole time on the beach. He did wake up, but still had me hold him. He laughed and laughed as we ran away from the waves.
Dylan and Jayden got caught in the water, and they loved it. They were soaked by the time we were done, but it didn't matter. I brought clean pajamas for them, so I let them get as wet as they wanted. It was so nice to let them run and play, since they hadn't had much of that at the parks. It was such a wonderful end to the day!
California Adventure Part II
Here we are, ready for another fun day!!
Dylan and Ethan are on the second row of horses in this picture. Dylan loved pretending he was riding a real horse.
The carousel was definitely a favorite. I think of the rides that we rode repeatedly, this was the most repeated. Part of it was probably the shortness of the line because they can get so many kids on at once. The other part was that they just loved it!
Here are the funny faces before the ride started.
And here is the fun. Ethan was laughing so hard. Dylan loved letting his body get thrown around. Daddy and Jayden had fun making it spin.
We all needed a little ice cream, so we sat on some benches near the circle in front of Cinderella's Castle and enjoyed these Micky Mouse Ice Creams.
See how clean they are eating?
Well, okay, maybe they didn't stay so clean. Ethan was the cleanest because he gave his to me after eating part of one ear. I didn't mind. And it came in handy when Jayden's fell off his stick, and I could give him the rest of Ethan's. Of course then when Dylan's did the same, I didn't have a replacement. By the time his fell off there was hardly anything left, so he had to tough it out. It was fun to watch things going on in the circle as we ate. Lots of cars, buses, and bicycle riding people were going by. The funniest thing was the comments and looks we got as people passed us and saw these three cute boys eating, and the messes that were being made.
Ethan was such a trooper, playing and being pretty happy. Most of the afternoons he eventually wanted his blanket and would just go to sleep in the stroller.
Jayden was so much fun to take on just about any ride we wanted to. He would often ride once with Dylan and Devon, and once with me.
We love Mater and Lightening McQueen at our house!
These little bumper cars were fun. Dylan was three days short of being 7, and they still wouldn't let him drive alone (he had to be 7), so we had to wait in this line 3 times for each of the boys to do it once, while Devon stayed with Austin and those also not riding. It took forever!
Dylan and Ethan are on the second row of horses in this picture. Dylan loved pretending he was riding a real horse.
The carousel was definitely a favorite. I think of the rides that we rode repeatedly, this was the most repeated. Part of it was probably the shortness of the line because they can get so many kids on at once. The other part was that they just loved it!
Devon took the boys on the teacups. Devon was the designated rider for anything that spins in circles - I don't do circles. The teacups is one of the rides he really enjoys of those kinds of rides.
Here are the funny faces before the ride started.
And here is the fun. Ethan was laughing so hard. Dylan loved letting his body get thrown around. Daddy and Jayden had fun making it spin.
We all needed a little ice cream, so we sat on some benches near the circle in front of Cinderella's Castle and enjoyed these Micky Mouse Ice Creams.
See how clean they are eating?
Well, okay, maybe they didn't stay so clean. Ethan was the cleanest because he gave his to me after eating part of one ear. I didn't mind. And it came in handy when Jayden's fell off his stick, and I could give him the rest of Ethan's. Of course then when Dylan's did the same, I didn't have a replacement. By the time his fell off there was hardly anything left, so he had to tough it out. It was fun to watch things going on in the circle as we ate. Lots of cars, buses, and bicycle riding people were going by. The funniest thing was the comments and looks we got as people passed us and saw these three cute boys eating, and the messes that were being made.
Dylan thought it was so cool they had a Golden Gate Bridge here, so we had to take a picture.
Ethan was such a trooper, playing and being pretty happy. Most of the afternoons he eventually wanted his blanket and would just go to sleep in the stroller.
Jayden was so much fun to take on just about any ride we wanted to. He would often ride once with Dylan and Devon, and once with me.
We love Mater and Lightening McQueen at our house!
These little bumper cars were fun. Dylan was three days short of being 7, and they still wouldn't let him drive alone (he had to be 7), so we had to wait in this line 3 times for each of the boys to do it once, while Devon stayed with Austin and those also not riding. It took forever!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Treadmill Video
My sister Rachel posted an awesome YouTube video that I just have to share. Here is a link to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
I am not as high tech as her, apparently, and I hope that my link works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
I am not as high tech as her, apparently, and I hope that my link works.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Stinkin Cute
I love this little boy so much! He is getting to be so happy, I think largely to the fact that I have figured out his schedule and all. Also, the big news around here is that he is rolling over! I was visiting Sister Cruz (a great friend from New York who just moved to Utah), and I was telling her how he has been trying so hard to roll over, but his elbow keeps getting in the way. Of course just as I say that, he rolls over completely. Now he loves to do it all day long.
I have been eyeing this outfit, wondering when he would fit it; it is 6-9 months. Last week I put it up by him to see if I thought it would fit, and I decided it wouldn't. Today I figured I would just try it on, and its a good thing I did. It isn't all that big on him, and it will fit even better after I wash it. I should have washed it already, since it is new, but I couldn't resist putting it on him anyway. Time to bring out all the 6-9 month clothes! Its a good thing it is getting warmer, because most of those clothes are summer clothes. Luckily I did get a few warm clothes in that size as gifts - this being one of them!
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Great California Adventure Part I
Our family went on a super adventure to California, and what a blast we had!! (Sidenote: brace yourself for lots of pictures). The boys did awesome driving the whole way in one day. Other than Ethan throwing up just outside of Las Vegas, and a traffic jam from a bad accident between Baker and Barstow California that added another hour or hour and a half to our drive, we were able to get through the drive without any big problems.
In case you wanted to know... the McDonald's in St. George on St. George Blvd has these awesome saddle chairs!
Can I just say I love Getawaytoday. We made our reservations through them, and they are awesome! We paid an extra $30 to be able to change anything about our trip: hotel, dates, park tickets. We took full advantage of that by changing dates by a week, changing hotels, and then changing back, changing tickets and then also changing back. It was nice to know we could do it and not pay any fees. We stayed at Camelot Inn and Suites which we loved! We were right across the street so we didn't have to load in the car, and load onto a shuttle before getting there. We also had a suite that had a second room so we could sleep the boys in one room (that did not have an outside door), and us in the other room. And really, the price wasn't bad. A little more than if we had stayed a little farther away, but not that much, and it was nice to know if we needed to head to the hotel for a nap with a couple of the boys, we could. One night Devon headed home with everyone, except Jayden and I stayed to play for a little longer. It was nice to have that freedom.
Here we are on Main Street waiting for the rest of the park to open. Our first day in Disneyland!
Apparently Ethan never heard that Disneyland is the "happiest place on earth." He refused to smile for any pictures at first.
...storm troopers come out on the stage.
Then the stage begins to lift up, smoke is flowing, music is playing...
Ethan was not so sure about seeing this villan in real life.
And, next out came Darth Maul. They did a great job making him look so real!
Dylan conquered Darth Maul.
We weren't very good at getting pictures of Austin. He was a trooper. He was fairly happy, and slept well in the stroller when he needed his naps.
The classic Disneyland picture. I wish we got a whole family picture, but we never bothered getting someone to do all of us. I love this picture, because it is so Disneyland!
Girls want pictures with the princesses, boys want cool, tough guy pictures. They loved this armor.
I told the boys a brief version of the sword in the stone, and they had fun trying to pull the sword out.
Dumbo seems to be a favorite of any kid who visits Disneyland.
Ethan's favorite things definitely were the trains: The monorail and the steam train. This is him on the steam train. He loved it!
Jayden went on every single ride. He loved all of them, even though space mountain made him a little sick and scared, the hill on splash mountain made him nervous (see picture above), and he didn't so much like the ghosts in the haunted mansion. He loved Indiana Jones - it was his favorite.
Dylan tried everything except space mountain (he didn't want to, and I knew he wouldn't like it so I didn't push it). Of those big scary rides, his favorite was Splash Mountain. He did not like Indiana Jones, Thunder Mountain Railroad, or Haunted Mansion - a few more years and I'm sure he'll like them better. 
I saw this hat and had to take a picture with my iPhone, which is why the quality isn't so good.
In case you wanted to know... the McDonald's in St. George on St. George Blvd has these awesome saddle chairs!
Can I just say I love Getawaytoday. We made our reservations through them, and they are awesome! We paid an extra $30 to be able to change anything about our trip: hotel, dates, park tickets. We took full advantage of that by changing dates by a week, changing hotels, and then changing back, changing tickets and then also changing back. It was nice to know we could do it and not pay any fees. We stayed at Camelot Inn and Suites which we loved! We were right across the street so we didn't have to load in the car, and load onto a shuttle before getting there. We also had a suite that had a second room so we could sleep the boys in one room (that did not have an outside door), and us in the other room. And really, the price wasn't bad. A little more than if we had stayed a little farther away, but not that much, and it was nice to know if we needed to head to the hotel for a nap with a couple of the boys, we could. One night Devon headed home with everyone, except Jayden and I stayed to play for a little longer. It was nice to have that freedom.
Here we are on Main Street waiting for the rest of the park to open. Our first day in Disneyland!
Apparently Ethan never heard that Disneyland is the "happiest place on earth." He refused to smile for any pictures at first.
We saw on that there was a "Jedi Training" show, and knew our boys would probably love it. Little did we know how awesome it would be. They have some Jedi Masters come out at the beginning, and choose some of the kids to be padowans. We were lucky and both Dylan and Jayden got picked. Hooray, hooray! Some of the kids sitting by us had been to 2 or 3 shows, and hadn't gotten picked yet (they got picked this time too).
(Dylan is on the stage at the right with the blue light saber, and Jayden is in the front middle of this picture in the green t-shirt)
They took the kids up on the stage and put robes on them, and gave them training light sabers. Then they taught them some moves.
They took the kids up on the stage and put robes on them, and gave them training light sabers. Then they taught them some moves.
Then we hear Yoda's voice saying there is a disturbance in the force and...
...storm troopers come out on the stage.
Then the stage begins to lift up, smoke is flowing, music is playing...
... and (dun, dun, dun), there's Darth Vader! Awesome!
Ethan was not so sure about seeing this villan in real life.
And, next out came Darth Maul. They did a great job making him look so real!
Then the padowans got their chance at fighting these evil villains.
Dylan conquered Darth Maul.
And Jayden took on Darth Vader. I love this picture. Doesn't it look like David and Goliath?!
We weren't very good at getting pictures of Austin. He was a trooper. He was fairly happy, and slept well in the stroller when he needed his naps.
The classic Disneyland picture. I wish we got a whole family picture, but we never bothered getting someone to do all of us. I love this picture, because it is so Disneyland!
Girls want pictures with the princesses, boys want cool, tough guy pictures. They loved this armor.
I told the boys a brief version of the sword in the stone, and they had fun trying to pull the sword out.
Dumbo seems to be a favorite of any kid who visits Disneyland.
Ethan's favorite things definitely were the trains: The monorail and the steam train. This is him on the steam train. He loved it!
Jayden went on every single ride. He loved all of them, even though space mountain made him a little sick and scared, the hill on splash mountain made him nervous (see picture above), and he didn't so much like the ghosts in the haunted mansion. He loved Indiana Jones - it was his favorite.
Dylan tried everything except space mountain (he didn't want to, and I knew he wouldn't like it so I didn't push it). Of those big scary rides, his favorite was Splash Mountain. He did not like Indiana Jones, Thunder Mountain Railroad, or Haunted Mansion - a few more years and I'm sure he'll like them better.
We also did the Pirates of the Carribbean, which the boys didn't hate, but it wasn't their favorite either. I love it though. That and Indiana Jones are probably my favorite rides.
Star Tours of course was a hit for both Dylan and Jayden. I don't even know how many times they did it with Dad. Ethan and I would do Buzz Lightyear while they were on it. I got pretty good at it too. I was a Level 4 whatever (I can't remember the name).
I saw this hat and had to take a picture with my iPhone, which is why the quality isn't so good.
And that is the end of this chapter. More to come...
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