Month: January 2013

So hard to find the most perfect one:

(Elliot told me: Mom, I’m not in the mood for pictures.)

My sister-in-law and my mother-in-law are amazing women! We got to see them finish their marathon:

(The boys saw them near the end, and ran for 2 seconds with them.)

AMAZING!

Cat jumping with joy across the finish line!

Grateful for these amazing women, and their influence on my children’s lives.

Thanks for being so inspiring! Love you guys!

Lorelei chose out her outfit, what do you think? 🙂

This ‘Ghoul Bus’ Shirt was Elliots favorite and he wore it every other day for at least 2 months. Thank heavens we have a washing machine.

Not such a happy surprise, I’m more of a warm weather type of girl!

All of us adjusted pretty quickly though, because it meant Hot Cocoa for snacks, and even for an occasional breakfast. 🙂

After a morning of swimming, shuffle board, rootbeer floats, ping pong, mini-golf and teetherball (The condo had so many fun things to do there!)

We headed to Balboa for some window shopping and chocolate covered bananas (Elliot and Lorelei had hippo cookies instead 🙂 ) Tucker and Truman got to choose their toppings

THat was our last night in the condo, the boys slept well, and we drove home the next day. 🙂

Thanks Grams and Gramps and Eric for such a wonderful vacation!

As soon as we get to the beach, Toph loves to dig a giant hole, and he’s not the only one who enjoys it. The kids and him, love it!

What’s not to love about playing in the waves.

Tucker dug and dug and dug, and filled his whole bucket full of sand crabs (somehow the crabs got cut out of the picture!!! bad photo moment!)

We were on a little private beach, and Truman went over to the other side, and spent about 15-20 minutes doing ninja moves. It was pretty awesome, and I wished I’d had my video camera!

It’s not a beach day unless someone get’s buried right?

More hole fun:

Toph tried his hand at body surfing for the first time this trip, and this was not the ideal beach or waves, and he got pummelled to the bottom of the ocean. Hence the nice scratch on his head.

Let it be noted, that Lorelei spent a majority of the time with Grams, who dutifully fed her snacks, I believe it was Dried Fruit and Trail Mix. So fun to be able to travel with Grandparents. 🙂

At the Condo, before we left, in their cute ‘ears’:

I think I can say, our families favorite part was cars land:

Although, seeing Phineus and Ferb was exciting too! Elliot danced with the firefly girls, dancers, and Perry! 🙂

There was lots of walking 🙂

ALways love the bugs life show, and cute glasses:

More Rides:

A comfy mid-afternoon nap:

Truman finally found his Davy Crockett hat!

We saw a little Minnie Mouse show, and got to meet her:

More rides:

And more rides:

You know it’s been a good day, when:

Swimming at the Condo:

And riding the shuttle to Crystal Cove to visit the tide pool and play in the water.

Can you say perfectly beautiful!? This is Toph’s Idea of PERFECTION.

Some great moments captured by the staff at Disneyland 🙂

I’ll let the pictures and videos speak for themselves

Training:

Here comes the bad guys:

Truman fighting Darth Vader

Tucker fight Darth Maul:

A truly magical day.