It's Gonna Be MAY!! - May 1

About this time last year we made a fairly significant decision to purchase Disneyland annual passes knowing that if we were able to make the trip a few times in the year for a few days each we would actually SAVE money taking our little family vacations. Well, if you are one of the possibly 4 people who read this blog you will know that this will be our FOURTH trip within a 1 year period. LOL. We went in May(last year), again in October, again for Chloe's birthday in January and now again for the last week of April. Will we do it again this year? Who knows! Everybody says kids will never remember stuff like this when they are older and that might be true but their kids may not have their stupid dad running around photo documenting their lives a week at a time so figure that out. LOL. Anyway, it's something Heather and I have always enjoyed and it's nice to be able to take a little time off and take your kid to do/see something the enjoy so much as well. I'll be the first one to tell you, trips like this will not be for everyone. We brought Chloe for the first time when she was 22 months and it was..difficult. Each subsequent trip has been easier and easier but even at 4 it's a difficult age to have an entire trip without a meltdown over something. We have fun, though and as she gets older she becomes more adventurous and excited to do new things. This time they finally reopened the "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" which Chloe really enjoyed. She is tall enough to go on the Matterhorn, believe it or not, but we have not tried that one yet. Actually, on Tuesday the one day we tried to get there as early as possible they had a lot of problems with rides going down due to power issues. Combine that with it being 96 degrees and windy it just made for a sloooooow day. We almost were stuck on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad as the power went out probably 2-3 trains after we got off the ride.

All in all it was a pretty laid back trip. We couldn't believe how flippin hot it was down there. That's why we like to go in March, I guess. =)
Just some random pics from the trip..Have a great weekend!
-B

Oh side note those ears Chloe is wearing were actually a gift from our neighbors probably 2 years ago after they went to Disneyland and really until now they have never even fit Chloe's head. She found out they fit and she wanted to wear them the entire time! =)















































And this is what it looks like when you are one of the first "regular" entry guests into the park. They have an "extra magic hour" for certain pass holders(which we are not) so we get to line up and wait to get into the park at 10am. There was a 3 hour line to meet the characters from Frozen so again, we had to skip that. This was our attempt at beating the line, no way, Jose.





One of the most random but adorable things I have ever seen

Hunt'n Eggs - Apr 25

Last weekend was a busy one for us. On Saturday, we took Chloe to her first A's game with my Brother's family and my parents. We got there a bit early and "tailgated" in the parking lot. The funniest thing was when I realized that I had been telling Chloe all week that we were going to a baseball game. She would get all excited but then I realized she literally had no idea what a baseball game even was. Hard to tell if she could even follow what was happening but I can tell you here favorite part of the whole thing was..dot racing. Of course. =/

Sunday was Easter. Chloe's favorite part about Easter, of course: egg hunting. We don't do the..I mean..the Easter bunny doesn't do big candy filled Easter baskets rather just some special gifts that he/she(?) knows she will like. =) Chloe got to do 3 Easter egg hunts starting inside our house that morning and again at each grandparent's house later. Once again, to be a kid not knowing why this is a thing but just simply enjoying it. Just a few images to share..have a great weekend.

B

Eggs-actly The Right Color - Apr 18

Easter is upon us and with that, of course, comes Easter EGGS!! A lesson we learned last year with these egg dying kits is that you need vinegar in order for the colors to actually dye the eggs, lol. This week we had our little family project night where we took turns dying eggs but I would say mostly Chloe created the various egg masterpieces we ended up with. She really enjoyed it as she enjoys most projects that involve working with your hands and the chance to get dirty or make a mess. =)

Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!

Brian

Welcome To Sunnyside, Folks! - Apr 11

Last week for a change of pace Chloe and I watched an "old" favorite, Toy Story 3. Fast forward to this week I get a package from UPS on Monday and Chloe immediately lays claim to the box it came shipped in. OK, odd. Little did I know when she immediately started dumping her toys into the box she was immitating the scene from the movie where Andy's mom brings a box of toys to donate to the daycare. I cannot believe how many hours of entertainment this box has provided us this week but who am I to argue. It started with her loading up the box and wanting me to tape it shut and it quickly progressed to HER wanting to be INSIDE the box and have it then taped shut. Hmm. Anyway, thought it was funny so of course some pics to share. Have a great weekend!

Brian

Photo Booth! - Apr 4

Holy moly it's April!
The way I know for sure it's April is because we celebrate the start of April with singing and birthday cake. It's awesome! Ok, so it was also my birthday. With every passing year April fools day becomes less and less of a "thing". Does't bother me. It's still my birthday and I'm still old. =)
So, because I have an awesome wife(and I'm still in shock over this) she apparently worked up a little surprise party last friday with some of our friends. Little did I know what I thought was just an invitation over to our friends house for dinner when we got there lots of our friends were there and all of their kids too! Heather took off work earlier that day and helped get food and stuff for the kids..I was shocked. Lots of fun. =) On my actual birthday it was a typical Tuesday around here except for the addition of pouring rain all day and we went to dinner as a family that night. 35 and feeling old!

Speaking of birthdays, Chloe got this little photo booth kit thing for her birthday and we had an opportunity this week to do some inside things. I don't know that Chloe immediately got what we were doing but she's a fast learner. This kid. She's my fav.

Have a great weekend, folks.
-B