Easter Fun

Caroline's playgroup had a big Easter party this morning with games, crafts and an egg hunt. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a blast. I was skeptical of how an egg relay race would go with a bunch of preschool/toddlers, but Caroline seemed to get the gist of it and had fun. The egg "hunt" was a hoot since the eggs were basically scattered in the grass and you practically had to avoid stepping on them and they made bunny shoe covers to hop along with them.

Girls' Morning

Caroline and I visited the Carlsbad Flower Fields this morning after swim lessons. I didn't think this would be something Josh would be too interested in, so we had ourselves a little girls' outing to enjoy the beautiful day. The pictures don't do it justice. It is just beautiful, set on a hillside overlooking the ocean. We took a wagon ride through the flower fields, enjoyed some fresh squeezed lemonade and played on the playground after walking through the gardens.

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.