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.

Summer Fun

Where to begin. I hate that I'm so behind!

Let's start in May.

We hit up Pretend City. That is such a fun place! Both girls absolutely l-o-v-e-d it.

Play time at the mall.  Boston was "King of the Tire"

Lots of playtime at our favorite park. Liberty Park in Cerritos.


And we enjoyed a few last days at Disneyland before our pass was blocked out for the Summer.

The girls and I went to Cedar the end of May for Morgan's graduation. The drive up was awesome. The girls couldn't have been better. And absolutely NO traffic.

We played at the new aquatic center in Cedar, which was awesome. I'm so happy they have something like that now! Utah has much stricter laws when it comes to pool sanitation.  All babies and toddlers must wear a swim diaper AND plastic pants in order to be able to swim.  They also did a check every hour, clearing everyone out of the pool. Then the lifeguards would do a check and remove anything floating around. Awesome.


Boston with my oldest brother Garrett.  He and his family moved to Texas just a few days later, so it was really nice to be able to hang out with them before they left.

Brighton also got to give her first manicure.  She was in HEAVEN. My mom told me later that it took her like 10 minutes a finger to get the paint off. Oops!

Morgan's graduation was the same day as Boston's birthday.  We celebrated both with a bbq with family.


My dad is always saying that "he doesn't shoot people" when it comes to his photography.  I guess that explains this picture.

Sisters. Tiara, Sundee, Morgan and Mu-ah.

My sweet birthday girl. Oh how she enjoyed her cake.

Me and the happy graduate.

Our whole family pitched in and surprised Morgan with a sah-weet laptop for college. She is heading off to Utah State in Logan in the Fall.

We drove home on Memorial Day. Not my brightest idea. But we had a fabulous little girls trip, and I would do it again in a heartbeat :)