Watch us grow!
This evening, we went to Lawry’s for dinner to celebrate Mama and Uncle Johnny’s birthday. Everyone cleans up so nicely.
Look at the cute cups they give to the kids!
Everyone enjoyed some prime rib and all the sides.
It was so nice to have the whole family together at one of our favorite restaurants of all time.
We also went out for dessert at milk bar.
We couldn’t resist not following this request. 🙂
Last night, Janie was complaining of pain in her foot. She couldn’t walk or stand on it and couldn’t sleep. This morning wasn’t any better so she stayed inside to play.
Meanwhile, Peanut got one last ride on the bike in the backyard.
Before heading back up to Alameda, we got all the cousins together for a photo.
We also got our big family group photo done too. It was cool to have Koa still in the photo in the background.
I’ll have to dig up our earlier photos for comparison.
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!!!
We went to Thai Nakorn for dinner tonight for our annual Christmas Thai Feast with Mama’s cousins and kids. It was a smaller crowd this year with Uncle Pish out of town but we still had a good time.
This evening, the kids went to Snowflakes with Ta, Yai, Uncle Johnny, Auntie Joy, Alice, and Leela.
The girls got shave ice and Peanut had some of Yai’s Dole Whip.
It was their last night together before heading back to the Bay Area. What fun it has been to be able to spend so much time with family.
Uncle Johnny and Auntie Joy took the kids to Legoland today!
There were rides and LOTS of Legos, of course.
We celebrated Leela’s 1st birthday at Heritage Park today.
She had a smash cake and had a good time eating it.
This morning, we went to Alice and Leela’s house to play and eat breakfast. Janie and Alice were keeping Peanut from going into their tent so Uncle Johnny made him a fort.
He later played some songs for Leela and the girls made up a pretend Disneyland for the Octonauts.
We also managed to get a photo of the cousins all together. So cute!!
It’s Christmas Eve and we went back to Disneyland once again! We entered from the Monorail and it was so much faster than the main entrance!
We were able to get onto the Finding Nemo submarine ride with just a 10-minute wait!
Janie also got to drive a car at Autopia and got her very own driver license!
Peanut didn’t go to Autopia so he got some apples and time to run around.
Then we headed up to Mickey’s Toontown and visited Minnie Mouse at her house.
We had a FastPass for It’s a Small World and had a short 10-minute wait. Yippee!!
The girls got to sit up front in our boat.
Peanut loved the music and sang along to “Jingle Bells”.
After lunch, we went to see Winnie the Pooh and Santa.
Janie brought her Pooh Tsum Tsum to show him.
The kids took a photo with Santa.
Our next FastPass was for Space Mountain and Janie agreed to try it. She is way past the 40-inch mark for these rides so we felt she was ready!!
It was all smiles as we boarded but she held tightly to Mama’s arm and closed her eyes for the entire ride.
We are so proud of her for trying something she was scared to do.
It was almost parade time so we found a spot near the Matterhorn and set up camp. We had a few minutes to kill so the girls went for a spin on the carousel.
While we waited in line, they got a photo with Cinderella who happened to be riding the carousel too!
After the parade, the kids got their light-up toys for the rest of the evening. Hooray for Target’s bargain section!!
Next challenge for Janie was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. She rode between Dada and Mama and held on tightly.
She conquered another fear and decided to go a second time!! Woohoo!
After dinner, we went out to see the lighting of the castle and it started to snow!! Peanut kept yelling “on my head!!”
As a reward for all her bravery, we stopped at the candy store to pick out a special treat. The girls chose to get Jelly Bellies. Yum.
We love Disneyland at night. All the lights are so pretty!
All the kids were wide awake still so we went back to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo. Weeeeee!!
Before the fireworks started, Janie decided to go on Space Mountain one more time.
Can you see her hiding in Mama’s arm?
Meanwhile, Peanut rode Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and LOVED it.
He loved it so much that he went a second time at the end of the night and left the ride saying “that was fun, pew pew!”
We had a full and exciting day at Disneyland with both kids really toughing it out without any meltdowns. Peanut also took a good nap and the two strollers really came in handy at the end of the night. We took this photo as we exited. Janie was passed out and Peanut was still fired up from his “pew-pew” ride. Until next year!!
For dinner we had a belated birthday celebration for Mama and Uncle Johnny at Trabocco. We actually managed to get a decent group photo this evening!
For dessert, we went to Loard’s for ice cream!! Yay!