Going Camera Crazy

The night after the kids' birthday party Kayley opened her new camera. She loves to take pictures now! I went through her memory card last night and discovered lots of pictures of people we don't know at Disneyland. At Rubios she captured the beauty of the soda fountain and the fake display of chili peppers. She even got one of the girl taking our order. When it flashed in her face the girl asked "Did she just take a picture of me?" I said yes and she said, "oh, that was weird." She totally had an attitude and I don't think she liked kids. I laughed and sternly told Kayley not to take pictures of people she didn't know. It's not like we were going to post them on the internet or anything. Ha, who would have thought I would have to teach my child what's appropriate to take pictures of at age 5.

For your enjoyment, here are the pictures of her and her camera on the night she opened it.

Contrary to popular belief, my daughter is not a 40 year old tourist in the 80's.

Wordless Wednesday

I know this is supposed to be wordless (and I'm pretty sure making the font smaller doesn't make it any less wordful) but you have to click on the picture to see that my mom's biting Joanna and my dad clearly disaproves of all behavior.

Disneyland

We all had a blast at Disneyland! It didn't rain at all. It was a bit chilly in most of the day but that didn't stop us! Joanna joined us for a few hours, too.



They gave each person one of these pins. Almost every time an employee saw the kids they would say "Happy Birthday!" Cole spent a lot of time behind me doing the shy thing while Kayley beamed with pride.

Kayley and Cole with Dad before the carousel

Coley on the Carousel

Sissy on the Carousel

On Dumbo. I'm not sure why he's looking at me funny!

Auntie and Kayley on Dumbo too!

Me and Tyler waiting to see the princesses

Kayley was so excited to see the princesses. I think it's funny that Cole is in the pictures too but hey, it's what he wanted. Oh, and although the second one is with Mulan Cole was sure it was Jazmaaan.

Playing in Goofy's yard

Snuggled up and ready to see the show before heading home

Birthday Party Pictures!

So right when I sat down to do this our neighbors' really, really fat cat was in our yard. Tyler tried to chase it out but every time it jumped up the fence it didn't even make it halfway. It did this about six times before Tyler opened the gate to let it out. I believe a cat becomes more of a dog when it's too fat to jump a 5 1/2 foot fence. Haha. I hate cats.

So here's how the day went:

We arrived at Imagine That at 12pm. The party starts at 12pm. Funny isn't it? They couldn't get us in until then. So people arrived the same time I did but it was fine. We set up and the kids played and the adults talked. We had lunch and then the kids played some more. After cupcakes they kids made a little finger puppet (princess for the girls, Nemo for the boys). Then they opened presents. Madness I tell you. It's hard enough with one kid, try two. Anyway, the kids had a lot of fun! They were happy that all of their friends, except for one or two, were able to come. And now it's just all a blur. Kinda like my wedding day where I talked to everyone but I still don't remember half of what went on that day. Ha! Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Kayley and Mom before the party

When we first arrived

Kayley enjoying her sandwich, fishies and juicebox

Cole enjoying the same

This is the room where we ate. Through those doors (behind my mom) is where the play area is. As you can see, the tables were filled with hungry kids.

More playing...Cole would be riding the pink bike

I think this is Grace Prinzing. She wore that pink tutu and twirled around the entire time! Please notice Cole still riding the pink bike in the bottom right corner.

I don't know why we don't have any pictures of Kayley playing!

Blowing out their candles

Sadly, Nemo was partially erased when we took off the plastic wrap. Later Cole told Krista he took a lick of the middle before we did cake. Silly kid.

Opening presents

More presents

Coles' fave presents

So there you have it. There are plenty pics of my beautiful face to enjoy but none of Tyler. He was there, I promise!

Post Birthday Party, Pre Disneyland

Ah, what a day filled with twenty adults and eighteen children! The birthday party was a success! I survived it and my kids came away with way too many presents! The biggest hits were the shoes from Krista, the digital camara for Kayley from grandma and grandpa, Cole's woody and Jesse car from Momma K and the gift cards for the kids for Disney from Ashley (that we'll use at Disneyland tomorrow). I will post pictures of the party (I promise) but not now. It takes so long to upload them all! We ended up having the party at Imagine That. It's a childrens indoor play center and it's really cool! And, they were able to take us with only a one day notice.

One day of fun and kids down, one to go!
Auntie Jo Jo is coming too!

Goodbye Tahoe, Hello Magnum

This is our new car!
Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to star jones.

Any ideas for what we should call it?

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-UPDATE-

Although I'm tickled by the name, this car is not little. It's longer than our Tahoe.
More suggestions please.

Coley Oley

It appears we have a little Michael Jackson on our hands. Perhaps with a Village People twist:)