Watch us grow!
We went to Toni and Thomas’ house for Christmas Day. The kids all got to play with each other while Dada and Uncle Jason prepared the standing rib roast.
Of course there were lots of presents to open that day. Some were opened in the morning and some were opened in the evening.
We love having everyone together again.
Merry Christmas!!
It’s Christmas Eve so we went to Disneyland!!! We got our tickets online so we entered the park via Monorail. Peanut was so excited because there’s a monorail in his truck book.
We rode a bunch of rides today and Peanut was fired up about “driving” Dumbo up and down.
Janie was a little worried at first but she rode Thunder Mountain Railroad TWICE and loved it. The first time, she sat with Mama and Alice. On the second ride, she got to ride with just Alice. She’s growing up too quickly.
At Critter Country, we got a family photo with Pooh. Janie was brave enough to give him a hug this year. Unfortunately, Peanut was not so into him.
When it was time for Peanut to take a nap, the girls took a ride to Tom Sawyer’s Island to do some exploring.
Peanut kept sleeping so we went on a few more rides.
One of those rides was Space Mountain!! Mama and Janie got a front seat and the ride was SO FAST!!
Here’s the photo that was taken of us at the end of the ride.
After Peanut woke up from his massive 3-hour nap, we hurried over the It’s a Small World
He was also fired up to ride the Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters ride.
Janie also rode Matterhorn for the first time even when Alice was too scared to go. We were so proud of her.
Peanut LOVED riding the Astro Orbitor
At the end of the night, we managed to get some photos taken in front of the castle. The middle one of the kids always makes me laugh.
Before heading home, we took a ride around the entire park on the Disneyland Railroad. The kids were able to stay up until the park closed at midnight. So fun!
What a fun day!!!
It’s officially Christmas time so we bought our tree last night and the kids helped decorate it with Mama.
Dada helped put the lights up on the house and now we are all set for the season!
For our little family of four, we had a giant table of food enough to feed at least 8 more people. Dada doesn’t know how to downsize.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
As a fun little activity, we picked up a gingerbread turkey kit from Trader Joe’s. The kids had fun decorating it with icing bags and candy.
Mommy only helped with making a border for all the candy and assembling the pieces. They did the rest and it was a sugary fabulous mess!
Here’s the finished product!
Janie made pumpkin pie today! She read the instructions on the can and had a little help with measuring and pouring.
Here is the pie when it was all done. It tasted yummy too!
It’s Thanksgiving Day and the kids started their morning sorting cranberries for Mama. They had to separate the mushy ones from the solid ones.
Later, Peanut did some “cooking” with the leftover berries.
They also set up a restaurant with a cranberry theme to their menu.
It’s Mama and Dada’s 16th Anniversary today so we went to Hang Ten Boiler to celebrate.
Janie took this photo of Mama and Dada. Pretty good!
It’s Halloween and the kids had a kung fu theme this year.
Here we have Bruce Lee.
And here we have Chun Li from Street Fighter.
The kids really embraced their roles and had a lot of fun going trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.
Peanut’s buddy Ethan also joined us and they all came home with lots of loot.
Here’s our house and Gavin’s house all decorated for the evening.
