Back from Disney

Whew... what a weekend! We had a blast at Disneyland. I think we covered all the ground riding everything one can ride when they are under 40" tall. A lot of things were just as we remembered when we went as kids (Dumbo, the tea cups, it's a small world), but there was a bunch of new stuff too. Here are a few pictures....



Dumbo was clearly a favorite - she had to ride that more than once. Other favorites included the Mad Hatter's tea cup ride and also the lady bug ride (from A Bug's Life). When we went to Toon Town, Caroline got to meet Mickey Mouse and also Minney and Pluto. We caught the end of Mary Poppins and Bert singing a number on main street, but didn't get to meet them (which caused a few distressing moments - that would have probably been the highlight if we could have pulled that off). We had street sightings of the Mad Hatter, Goofey and the evil witch from Snow White (a little too scary for a photo op!).

We're off to Disneyland!

Tomorrow we are taking Caroline to Disneyland for the weekend. We decided to do something really fun with her before baby brother arrives, so we have 3-day passes and we're making a weekend out of it (who says you can't stay in a hotel an hour away from home?!?). I'm not sure who is more excited, Caroline or us. Loving the Disney years!

Birthdays and such...

Josh's birthday was last week. Mimi and Pappy were here for a visit at the time so they took a quick family photo of us behind the delicious but simple cake I made for him (I think I've made the same cake for him every year for 10 years, come to think of it).
As always, my mom wanted a pic of the girls. We did a little self-timed thing so it really should be cropped, but in case you want to see my ever expanding waistline... here it is. It's actually not so bad from the front view, but he's all in front and my profile these days is ridiculous. Six weeks and change to go!

Visit to the Firehouse

This was actually from a couple of weeks ago but I just got the pictures from one of the other moms who actually thought to bring her camera (unlike me!). With fires being so prevalent here, you can imagine that firemen are all the rage with the kids... superheroes in the flesh. Our playgroup visited our local firehouse to meet the firemen, see all the engines and get a tour of the firehouse.

Swimming

Caroline has been taking swim lessons since the beginning of the year and is really making progress. One great thing about living at the coast is they really know how to do swim schools here. She has been going to Murray Callan Swim School in San Marcos and loves her teacher, Marcie. She takes lessons with one of her good buddies, Mikey, and his mom took some great pictures of them recently during their lesson.

I'm 3!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Caroline!


She had a great day today. This morning we had our playgroup Valentine exchange party at a playground and finished our day with an evening at Chuck E. Cheese's (her first time to go). She has been very excited to tell everyone that she's 3 now and enjoyed getting lots of birthday cards in the mail over the last few days.

Here are a few pictures from the day: a little girl talk on the slide with friend, Sophia, and livin' it up at Chuck E. Cheese's with Dad.

Happy Birthday to our little Valentine!

Birthday Bash

We had Caroline's 3rd birthday party on Saturday. It was lots of fun (although the weather didn't cooperate so there was no bounce-house to be enjoyed) with her playgroup friends. Here's a picture of the birthday girl about to blow out her candles...


Later in the afternoon, high on all the sugar, she was running around with her "cape" being Super-Duper Caroline. I think this is a cross between Super Grover and the Wonder Pets... not quite sure, but we caught her on video so that is the latest video at the top of the page. (I'm not sure why her hair looks so red in this picture below... something with the light, I guess.)