Gramma and Grandpa's Trip to California

After Disneyland, the boys (and us) were exhausted. The next day, Scott and I went on an overnight date which was nice to have our own one on one time. Sunday, we went to a biker bar for lunch. The boys were the only kids there. That was quite the experience. It is a biker bar on the Pacific Coast Highway. The food was awesome! Afterwards, we stopped at the beach but the weather was really cold. Monday, we went to ChuckECheese. I love how excited the boys were when Gramma said she wanted to go to ChuckECheese. They were shocked that grown ups would come up with that place to go. But just to get things straight, the grown ups played games too. Tuesday we went to Underwood Farms for some pumpkin pickin’. They have a lot of games, rides, corn maze, hay rides, animals to feed, etc. It is more than a pumpkin patch. Tuesday night, we celebrated Grandpa’s birthday. Happy Birthday Grandpa! And Wednesday, it was time to say good-bye. William woke up crying because it was time for them to go. He even made the comment, “I wish God didn’t make the airport so they can’t go home.” And as we pulled into the airport, his tears started flowing. He is a very sensitive little boy. His tears didn’t stop soon and he kept asking to go back to give them “one more hug and kiss.” He has already requested to mark on the calendar when they come back so he can count the days until they do. Two is the ideal amount of days until the come back :)

Halloween 2011

This year has already been eventful.  The boys have been wearing costumes for the last month so who knows what they will actually be tonight.  We definitely get our moneys worth out of costumes.  The boys had their preschool party on Thursday.  Harry was a different kid.  As soon as he walked in, he was in character and was playing and showing off with other kids.  Harry is usually very shy and does not participate.  Maybe I should send him to school in a costume every day?  At church, we had  a Halloween Themed Family Fun Night.  It was so much fun.  My friend, Shelby, and I decorated one of the rooms into a haunted room.  We stayed late one night to do this and it actually turned out scarier than we planned.  There is a sliding glass window in the room that Scott grabbed the older kids as they walked by.  He even scared me and I knew he was there!  We played Halloween Bingo, musical chairs, made crafts, watched Casper, etc.  It was a very fun night.  I made pizza with fingers in it, noodles with eye balls, chips with bugs, dirt with worms (brownies with gummy worms), etc.  It was a lot of fun.  Now to see what tonight holds

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DisneyLand/California Adventure Day 2

Scott's parents came to visit last week. A special treat they gave us was season passes to Disneyland and California Adventure. We spent two days down there hopping between the two parks. I purchased a software program called, “RideMax” and it is the best thing ever! You just plug in the things you want to do and see, schedule breaks, etc and then it computes where you go in the day by the shortest wait time, shortest walking distance between the 2, etc. It was awesome. We fit in so much and I would definitely recommend this program to everyone visiting Disney. The boy’s favorite ride was Buzz Lightyear and I think it ended up being all of our favorites. Mom and I really enjoyed Color of Wonder. It is a fairly new show at California Adventure. It makes me want to buy the older Disney/Pixar movies and watch them again. It was a very magical show. We stayed the night down there and I think the boys enjoy that just as much as anything. They loved that we has a staircase in our hotel room and that we got to have a slumber party Gramma and Grandpa.

The second day we spent most of the day in California Adventure. We rode a lot of rides, took a bakery tour, watched a lot of shows (Phineas and Ferb, Pixar Pals, Disney Jr, etc).
And we went back over to Disney at the end of the day to see Mickey’s Parade. You can see from the one picture that we had to write, “My name is Harry. My daddy’s phone number is….” He had a tendency to run off and “I don’t care” attitude when we told him why he can’t do that. Oh that kid! It was a very fun trip and we are so thankful to have gone. Thank you so much Gramma and Grandpa A.