Last Disney Day

Our Disneyland pass expired the end of last month :( Sad day.  I chose to go the day after presidents day for our last trip... bleh. SO crowded. But we made the most of it.

Horsies

Tea Cups

Buzz

We waited 45 minutes to see Tinkerbell. Brighton assured me over and over that she wanted to say hi, and that she wouldn't be shy. (I knew better, but still wanted to go by her word).

Here she is hiding.

Here she is screaming bloody murder when Tink tried to say hi.

Dumbo

Bye dland. Hopefully we'll come back sooner than later!

Epic Disney Day

We had the funnest day at Disneyland yesterday! In the morning we met our friends Leslie & Harley, and Stacy, Tami and Adalie for a few hours.  Lines were non existent, so we walked onto most things.  A perfect day for Harley's first time.

We got home literally 2 minutes before I had to teach piano. I threw the girls in their beds and they slept until 5! Needing something to help wear them out, so they would go to bed at some point, I decided we should just go back for the evening. Nothing wears them out faster than the over stimulation of Disney.  We didn't get in the park until almost 6:30. It was more crowded than during the day, but we still didn't have to wait too long for our rides.  The girls were absolute angels. Not a single melt down, or an "I don't want to look at you right now" was even thought about.  Brighton was even hamming it up for the people behind us in every line and at some point said, "Mommy, do you want to take my picture?". I was in heaven.  So much heaven we didn't start heading out until 9! (If you know me, you know that is SUPER late for me to keep my girls up).  With the firework traffic (oh. my. gosh. that was ridiculous), we didn't make it back to our car until 10. The girls were still being good, although completely exhausted.

After such a fun day, I couldn't help but think, "It's actually really nice having a couple of toddlers, no baby, and not being pregnant!"

Most of October

We have lived down the street from a McDonalds for over two years and I finally broke down and took the girls there to play one day.  No offense, but McD's playlands kind of gross me out... But, it was actually pretty clean, and I'm sure we'll go back. 


We also played at Pretend City. Boston made sure to ride every single car, motorcycle, fire truck, etc., there. The water area, as always, was the favorite.  The grocery store was a close second for Brighton. It was fun, although I don't know if I'll go back while both girls are so good at running in opposite directions.

That same day we went to a Chick Fil A in the area. They had a different play area than the other ones I've seen. It was a jungle theme, and both girls loved it. An interesting fact about that location: they only had caffeine free diet coke. (not that I had a problem with that ;)

This little princess...

...hit the jack pot when we went to Disneyland.  I've never seen any of the princesses, and we saw 3! And Mary Poppins.

Of course Brighton through complete tantrums once it was our turn for a picture. This is the only one I got.

We did have fun on a few rides too.

Next on the agenda was a field trip, with Tot Lot, to Pa's Pumpkin Patch.

 Boston's little face poking through makes me giggle every time.

My orange baby loved all of the pumpkins.

After Pa's, we again, ate at Chick-Fil-A.  This time resulting in a foot to Boston's face and a black eye :(

Our ward had our Halloween Party on the 22nd. Which at first I thought was lame, but now realize it's quite nice to have things broken up a bit. The Young Women were put in charge of the decorations, so I took on the task. I died rice yellow and black and had alternating vases on each table. Black rice with orange ribbon, yellow rice with black ribbon.  Then I did balloons around the exterior and a few pumpkins and spiders on the food table.

I had big plans to turn this Cinderella tutu into something more, but... that didn't happen.

Our princesses:  Adalie is on the right, and that is her cousin Chloe in the front.

The good news is... Brighton won the cutest girl award for the 2nd year in a row.

The bad news is... she threw herself on the floor screaming, "I don't want to win!"

After dinner, face painting, awards and tantrums, we went outside for the trunk & treating.

 

Thanks for the cute jammas Grandma!

Tot Lot threw a fun Halloween party last week. They have a lot of our events at Monte Verde park. It is so nice! It's private, small and completely gated.  There's no playground, but a fun walking trail that goes around the perimeter, and tons a running room. It would be really pretty for family pictures, FYI.

Belle and Rapunzel (Makayla)

Tot Lot is great, because this little puppy gets to come to all of the field trips and parties.

And THAT, is most of our October happenings.  The End.