Disneyland Trips

This is going to be a few different D-land trips all lumped together, but it's the theme we're going for here! :-)

I took the Kids to D-land alone [I've decided to be brave]. I had to fight to get Shelly to go on "Mr. Toads Wild Ride." We ended up getting on and she hid in my side the whole ride... They had fun on the car outside the ride though!

Jason and his mom...
Katie came with us and we had fun in Ca Adventure in the Bug's Life area.

Shelly and Aunt Katie

Wow - who knew kids could have so much fun getting so cold and wet?!

Becca the border enforcer: 'Jason, you shall not pass!'

Shelly trying to waving to the camera. She was way cute that day!!

Jason with Uncle William and Aunt Danielle

Shelly sured liked the carousel with Aunt Katie!

Aunt Danielle the enforcer! 'Jason, my legs were there first!'

Shelly waving at one of the bush animals on Small World [they carve the bushes into the shapes of different animals. It's pretty cute!]

This was stinkin funny! Jason hears any sort of beat and starts 'rocking out'. Here's an example from Small World (for real - it's Small World. It really doesn't take much for him!)

I'm pretty sure you can't see a thing, but I started laughing so hard when I watched it that everyone in the room told me I had to add this... It's Jason in the Tiki Room.

Halloween

We're starting with Halloween. Here are some fun pics from 2 months ago.

We spent the afternoon at 'Googleween' with Grandpa G. The kids spent the most time with the shuffle board...

Jason [aka Darth Vader] didn't quite get how to play the game...

The kids found our stash of Halloween costumes and wanted to put on some new ones
Jason actually trick-or-treated as an elephant, but Shelly really wanted to be a Lion again

It's way past time...

Ok, I've been getting quite a bit of slack for not updating this recently. I'm not sure why once a month isn't good enough! :-) I still have Halloween pictures I haven't put up yet! Man, I struggle...


So, it's an updating day. Hope you're up for it!!

I love this background!

You don't have to like it, but I love it! I've been missing the snow lately. I'm not even sure why... From what I seem to remember it was quite cold and wet. I did love curling up under a warm blanket watching a storm though. There were also the times when it would be snowing at night when Mark was supposed to be coming home soon, and I'd worry that something would happen to him while he was driving. His vision at night is weird - we're not sure if it the contacts or not, but lights at night do weird things to him, and it's worse in the rain. So it would be snowing, 11:00 at night, and I'd be up wondering if he was going to be ok. Let's not mention that he's driven in the snow a LOT more than I ever have or will dream of doing. Still, I'd fight the urge to call and check up on him, knowing that just about the only way to make things worse would be to have him driving at night, in the snow, and having to talk on the phone calming down an, undeservedly, overly worried wife... So, I'd think about sending him a text message - but that's not any better :-) Eventually I'd realize that if I just waited he would get home safe, and strangely enough he always did! I know it was my worrying that helped!! ;)

Despite all that (or maybe a little bit because of it) I miss the change in seasons. I didn't have it growing up. I didn't even know there were seasons. I remember the first time I experienced 'fall.' I looked outside the apartment one day and realized that all the leaves were on the ground. It was a strange experience! They used to blow leaves in Southern California, but it never occurred to me they didn't do it all year round, or that all the trees might actually lose all of their leaves!! There's almost always many trees around here with some type of foliage on them.

I also remember going into a store looking for a window air conditioner. It was probably March or April and the guy in the store said 'I haven't seen those yet this year.' I truly did not understand what he was saying. It had been months since the new year, did they really do such a poor job of stocking their shelves that it would take 3-4 months to get stuff in!?! I was in silence for quite a while why I tried to process that and realize what it meant. It's a good thing that my Mom was there to help - she grew up with seasons and knew what he meant... Of course I didn't want to seem a fool and actually ask - so it took a while to really figure out what he was talking about, but a good year and half later I did eventually catch on :-)

So, strangely enough, I miss the snow right now - knowing that any that I get to experience will be brief at best this year. The background is helping temper some of that for me :-)

I found a picture!

Ok, I just cleaned out my e-mail and there it was, but it's still a photo! I've been getting braver and taking the kids to D-land all by myself!! I even take the tram! It's usually easier to just walk in, but it takes a lot longer (we found out when we raced with Becca and her friends while they were visiting) and makes me more tired before we've even started. The most recent time we went (last week sometime - Thursday??) we went on Buzzlightyear twice. The kids loved it. I totally stole the gun from Jason the first time, but had pitty on him the second time (for the first 30 seconds or so - then I stole it back since he wasn't using it anyways...) Geez, I'm a horrible jerk of a mom!!


Like how the only visible face is the one who's not holding a gun? :-) At least he seems to be enjoying himself... I was pretty impressed with Shelly getting any points at all, let alone 3,300! Go Shelly! The first picture didn't show up - technical difficulties or something, but I did better the first time, 240,000ish... (since I didn't let Jason have it at all that time) and Shelly did worse the first time, only 2,400 points.

Jason's 18 Month Checkup

Jason got to go in for his 18 month checkup on Monday. He's officially tiny!! (at least compared to my oversize side of the family). He was in the 20-25 % for both height and weight (one was 20 and the other 25, but I don't remember which was which and I don't have my paper in front of me). It's quite the switch from Shelly who was in the 60+% for most of her 1st year or so and then jumped to 95% at some point. Jason still fits into 12 month closes, while Shelly at this age was in 2-3T. I even found a 6 month outfit in his dresser just today! (I put it away without seeing if it would still fit - I couldn't handle that it might still fit him :-)

I've been meaning to get pictures off my camera and update this thing, but we've been busy around the house - and there's stuff blocking my drawer where the uploader thingy is, and I'm too lazy to get it out when I think about it, and when I have the energy I'm not thinking about it.

Shelly has taken to stripping to go to bed. We'll get her all dressed in pajamas (or just leave her in whatever clothes she's been wearing all week - we've done both) and while she's sleeping/napping she'll take off all her clothes and sleep in her diaper! We haven't figured out why yet... We have been able to tell when she's actually ready for bed at night though. If she comes to the door and hollers for something and still has her shirt on - she's not ready for sleep yet. Last night I got her a glass of water about an hour after her bed time and she was fully dressed for bed, then 10 minutes later when we went to check on them, she was a 'naked baby.' I love the way Shelly says 'naked baby'! I can't duplicate it, but it seems to sound like 'nekey baby'. It's adorable!

The other day Shelly was super cranky so I tossed her in the office to take an early nap, (I seperate them at nap time, they both sleep better apart during the day) and let Jason watch George while I finished doing some small stuff around the house. When I came back about 15 minutes later, he was passed out on the couch - sitting up. He is his father's son. I could never fall asleep sitting up like that! I don't know how they do it, but I wish I could take notes or something...

One of these days I'll get some pics out of my camera and put some up - maybe even with some small explanation of what's going on in them (they also help me remember what I've been doing with my life). Until then, I got nothing. :-)

I Voted!!

I hope you all remembered to go out and do the same!