A quiet, little thinker.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Vacation Weekend
We had a nice long vacation weekend.
Ahh, the beauty of I-5,
Colby enjoying his first In-N-Out milkshake,
Until you hit S.CA and I-5 turns into this. We were stopped on the freeway at a standstill for about an hour while there was some hold-up for a murder suspect about 4 miles ahead of us. They stopped the freeway going both ways throughout the whole thing. The other side started up a bit before us, which was quite a tease. Our side going South took a lot longer to get started, since the suspect's car was still in lane 2, which we all got to stare at while passing. Ugh.
My goodness, we must have saints for kids ;) We left at 10am on Thursday and didn't get to Coronado until 10pm. We were doing fine and actually only took two breaks. One for In-N-Out and one for gas, which only took 10 minutes tops. The boys didn't complain, drive us crazy, or even make much of a peep about the drive.
Friday, Jackson got to see the elephants at the San Diego Zoo!! Haha, I know he doesn't look thrilled, but that's probably because I was bugging him watching them trying to get a picture.
We rode the double decker "Bertie" bus around the zoo. It was so great to see the animals from above and Jackson was thrilled to sit in the front on the top.
Saturday we watched both of the kid's baseball games, had a great lunch, and then went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner for Elsa & Donnie's birthday. Jackson tried calamari, crab, and clams and liked them all!
The whale show at Sea World on Sunday. Oh how I miss when there used to be trainers in the actual show, it was so much better then! But, I still did get a bit teary. I couldn't help it while sitting there watching the boys watch the show and hearing all of the narration about the next generation.
Whoops, found out later you weren't supposed to take the starfish out of the water :)
Bacon-wrapped hot dog at Sea World. Yes, please!
Chocolate funnel cake, with strawberries, a la mode. And a margarita for us on the side,
As you can tell, our kids just love characters,
After our horrific drive down, we decided on Monday to split up the drive, by going that day to Disneyland! What a pleasant, make me happy, decision. We aren't planning to go back to Disneyland until Colby passes his 'terrific' twos, so it was nice to get one day with him as an easy guy in. He is SUCH an easy guy at the moment.
Seeing your child's name stitched in cursive on Mickey ears has to be one of the best things ever!
Could eat him up,
Jackson was such a different kid this time at Disneyland. We waited 45 minutes (which was the longest line in the whole park, it was such a quiet day) for Splash Mountain because Jackson just had to go on it after he saw it. Surprisingly, he is 41 inches tall and made the height-limit. He easily waited in line and wasn't even scared after seeing the huge drop. Such a change from a year ago when he could barely wait 10 minutes in a line!
We ate dinner at Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue. Family & cowboy-style rib BBQ. It was so great to sit, relax, and have dinner brought to us after day 3 of walking! Colby loved it all,
We stayed at Ramada Inn Maingate, where I always stay with my family, and Donnie and I have stayed once before. Donnie and Jackson went swimming when we got home, and Colby and I sat on the floor and shared our caramel apple. He was so darling and happy.
At the same In-N-Out on the way home.
We had a great vaca! Everybody probably has 5lb to lose after the weekend, but ehh, as it should be after a great vaca.
Ahh, the beauty of I-5,
Colby enjoying his first In-N-Out milkshake,
Until you hit S.CA and I-5 turns into this. We were stopped on the freeway at a standstill for about an hour while there was some hold-up for a murder suspect about 4 miles ahead of us. They stopped the freeway going both ways throughout the whole thing. The other side started up a bit before us, which was quite a tease. Our side going South took a lot longer to get started, since the suspect's car was still in lane 2, which we all got to stare at while passing. Ugh.
My goodness, we must have saints for kids ;) We left at 10am on Thursday and didn't get to Coronado until 10pm. We were doing fine and actually only took two breaks. One for In-N-Out and one for gas, which only took 10 minutes tops. The boys didn't complain, drive us crazy, or even make much of a peep about the drive.
Friday, Jackson got to see the elephants at the San Diego Zoo!! Haha, I know he doesn't look thrilled, but that's probably because I was bugging him watching them trying to get a picture.
We rode the double decker "Bertie" bus around the zoo. It was so great to see the animals from above and Jackson was thrilled to sit in the front on the top.
Saturday we watched both of the kid's baseball games, had a great lunch, and then went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner for Elsa & Donnie's birthday. Jackson tried calamari, crab, and clams and liked them all!
The whale show at Sea World on Sunday. Oh how I miss when there used to be trainers in the actual show, it was so much better then! But, I still did get a bit teary. I couldn't help it while sitting there watching the boys watch the show and hearing all of the narration about the next generation.
Whoops, found out later you weren't supposed to take the starfish out of the water :)
Bacon-wrapped hot dog at Sea World. Yes, please!
Chocolate funnel cake, with strawberries, a la mode. And a margarita for us on the side,
As you can tell, our kids just love characters,
After our horrific drive down, we decided on Monday to split up the drive, by going that day to Disneyland! What a pleasant, make me happy, decision. We aren't planning to go back to Disneyland until Colby passes his 'terrific' twos, so it was nice to get one day with him as an easy guy in. He is SUCH an easy guy at the moment.
Seeing your child's name stitched in cursive on Mickey ears has to be one of the best things ever!
Could eat him up,
Jackson was such a different kid this time at Disneyland. We waited 45 minutes (which was the longest line in the whole park, it was such a quiet day) for Splash Mountain because Jackson just had to go on it after he saw it. Surprisingly, he is 41 inches tall and made the height-limit. He easily waited in line and wasn't even scared after seeing the huge drop. Such a change from a year ago when he could barely wait 10 minutes in a line!
We ate dinner at Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue. Family & cowboy-style rib BBQ. It was so great to sit, relax, and have dinner brought to us after day 3 of walking! Colby loved it all,
We stayed at Ramada Inn Maingate, where I always stay with my family, and Donnie and I have stayed once before. Donnie and Jackson went swimming when we got home, and Colby and I sat on the floor and shared our caramel apple. He was so darling and happy.
At the same In-N-Out on the way home.
We had a great vaca! Everybody probably has 5lb to lose after the weekend, but ehh, as it should be after a great vaca.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
rand..om
The chickens are out of the garage, woot! Will post pictures as soon as their home is complete :)
Roxanne!
Not much cuter than some baby chubs. Too bad all chubs, chunk, and cellulite is not this cute.
Oops, this might be just as cute.
Underwear streaker with a winter hat!
A boy, swimming, and a box of animal crackers, not much better in life.
Roxanne!
Not much cuter than some baby chubs. Too bad all chubs, chunk, and cellulite is not this cute.
Oops, this might be just as cute.
Underwear streaker with a winter hat!
A boy, swimming, and a box of animal crackers, not much better in life.
Monday, April 30, 2012
3 1/2 Years
Jackson, you're are 3 1/2! So close to four, and don't we all know it. You talk constantly about your birthday, even though it is still a half of a year away. We'll see if you still want a dinosaur birthday party before then. Right now you want a volcano cake with dinosaurs and trees.
I googled how to do this especially for this picture, which you loved taking,
You love preschool. The teachers often ask if you're always so quiet and polite at home. Ha. You a chatter-box most of the time, although yes, for the most part you are extremely polite, thoughtful, and kind.
You're by yourself at swimming class at the moment and love it. You have more time to yourself to talk to Mrs. Diaz and show off all by yourself. Now you constantly ask if it's a swimming day.
We're going to Sea World next week, just so you can see some elephants. There were none at the Sacramento Zoo and you've been dying to see some. You see the Sea World commercials and have been dying to go. It will be so exciting for us to see how excited you are. I can't wait for the whale & dolphin show & for us to all share some funnel cakes. (And of course see your uncle, aunt, and cousins, which is the main reason we're going!)
You put your hand in your pocket all my yourself for this one. Maybe you were just saving some rocks.
We have "I love you" battles. Who loves more, and who loves the biggest. You say you love us bigger than the universe plus the solar system. You have us stumped a lot of the time.
You remember things from so long ago that it's crazy. You went to monster trucks this year with daddy and you said last year everybody went, even Colby in my belly. If we promise you something, you don't dare forget that.
You're just a joy!
And we hope you get every wish,
I googled how to do this especially for this picture, which you loved taking,
You love preschool. The teachers often ask if you're always so quiet and polite at home. Ha. You a chatter-box most of the time, although yes, for the most part you are extremely polite, thoughtful, and kind.
You're by yourself at swimming class at the moment and love it. You have more time to yourself to talk to Mrs. Diaz and show off all by yourself. Now you constantly ask if it's a swimming day.
We're going to Sea World next week, just so you can see some elephants. There were none at the Sacramento Zoo and you've been dying to see some. You see the Sea World commercials and have been dying to go. It will be so exciting for us to see how excited you are. I can't wait for the whale & dolphin show & for us to all share some funnel cakes. (And of course see your uncle, aunt, and cousins, which is the main reason we're going!)
You put your hand in your pocket all my yourself for this one. Maybe you were just saving some rocks.
We have "I love you" battles. Who loves more, and who loves the biggest. You say you love us bigger than the universe plus the solar system. You have us stumped a lot of the time.
You remember things from so long ago that it's crazy. You went to monster trucks this year with daddy and you said last year everybody went, even Colby in my belly. If we promise you something, you don't dare forget that.
You're just a joy!
And we hope you get every wish,
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