Looking Forward to a Funfilled Year of Disneyland

It has been a while (I think a year and a half) since our last Disneyland passes expired. So, the kids were quite excited when we decided to get passes again this year. Our first trip with our new passes was with almost my entire family, which was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from our fun filled Disneyland expedition.

A picture with Christmas Minnie - hooray!

Against the Wall outside California Adventure:

Tea cups make me woozy, so Elise had to depend on her Aunt Kathryn to take her for a spin.


My two brave kiddos riding the roller coaster in Toon Town with Dad and Papa:




More Toon Town Fun:


Driving!:

Toon Town again:

Elise loves jerky (she kind of eats like a man - she is a steak and potatoes, anti fruit and veggie kind of girl). Santa put this HUGE piece of jerky in her stocking and she thought Disneyland would be the best place to enjoy it, so we had to bring it with us. Funny girl.

We love Dumbo. Good thing we had Nana and Papa to stand in as copilots because Dad gets super dizzy on Dumbo.








These two cute kiddos definitely have a love - hate relationship. Oh how I love it when the love part shines through. And how could it not when you're at the Happiest Place on Earth?

A small part of our crew:

Little Miss Fashion

The other day I told Elise to go get dressed so she could go outside with dad. It was cold outside, and she is not always a very good judge of dressing appropriately for the weather, so I specifically told her to put on long pants with a long sleeve shirt. She came back in dressed, and pleased as punch with what she had put on. She told me she wanted to wear a pair of shorter pants, so she put on matching knee socks with them so her legs would be covered. What they were matching I'm really not sure, because they were definitely not matching eachother. I guess they did at least match the blue and white owl on her shirt. Funny girl.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

This morning when we were eating breakfast, Steven said he wanted a drink of water and then looked at me and said, "Chick, get me a drink of water." I was most certain that I had misunderstood him so I said, "What?" And her repeated it again, no mistake about it. It was all I could do not to laugh out loud as I explained to him that we do not call anyone chick and we need to say please when we ask for something. I have no idea where he would have heard that. He is definitely one to repeat everything he hears so we try to be very careful about censoring what he sees and hears, but I guess sometimes kids just pick things up from who knows where. Funny kid.

Rose Parade Fun

Three Cute Kids!

I just love these three little adorable faces! Aren't they the cutest?

Thanks Santa!

Santa was good to these three kids this year. Perhaps too good. Maybe good enough to keep these kids on best behavior until next year so they can have another great Christmas morning. Thanks, Santa.

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Soccer

Elise's last soccer game was in December. She was actually quite an aggressive defender, and she scored her first goal at their last game. We have signed Steven up for a soccer class that starts this week, so we will see if he takes after his sister and loves it too. Elise will be taking a break from soccer until next season as she wanted to take an art class. I will have to post her picture from the first class sometime - it was quite impressive!

Gingerbread Houses

Here are a few pictures from our Annual Cousins Gingerbread Party. The kids had a ton of fun decprating.