Tuesday, May 20, 2014

California Vacation

We took our 2nd annual spring vacation to California, spending time at Legoland and Disneyland.  The week was hot and dry, to say the least.  We spent 2 nights at the Legoland Hotel (in Carlsbad) and the day we were driving to Anaheim, 3 wildfires broke out... it was amazing to see the large fires as we made our drive!  

Clara enjoying a little boat ride with mama

It was so hot - splash pad!





this is how we roll!

love her!


lego friends!

Legoland hotel...we love it!  so family/kid friendly and such a fun place to be!


Out to dinner celebrating Patrick's b-day in Anaheim

these two!

Good Morning, Disneyland!

temperature was in the 90s....so so hot!



These fan/water bottles were lifesavers and definitely worth $16!

Meeting Princess Ariel....Charlie may have been just as excited as Adeline!  Check out that red hair!!




The merry go round was a hit with all the kids!

waiting for the parade to start








Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April in Review

One of the downsides of learning to walk during the winter is that outdoor walking is a little different...not everything is perfectly flat and smooth...poor Clara....bad mommy to not catch her in time!

One of our favorite toys (Thanks Liz & Nate)!  - I don't even know the name of them, but we got them for our trip to Hong Kong from the Ammermanns.  They are little soft plastic things that have suction cups on both ends.  They suck to other pieces as well as any hard surface (like airplane trays and windows, etc).  But today, we discovered that they also stick to our foreheads....the fun never ends around here.



Addie is super excited that she has a double stroller (stollers tied together by a bungee cord).


Enjoying the warm weather

Shortly after getting back from Asia, I caught a terrible cough.  I put off going to the doctor thinking it would just go away after time (and very stubborn to just go to the doctor).  But the cough kept getting worse, and I was getting no sleep.  Finally, after several weeks, I decided to go to urgent care on a Sunday morning (when Patrick was on a work trip)....took all 3 kids with me.  The wait wasn't too bad but always longer than one would hope.   But seeing a doctor and her telling me I had bronchitis and mild pneumonia, she gave me a prescription.  I have never been so excited to go to Walgreens to pick up my meds!  Here's to mommy's medicine and surviving going to urgent care together!!

Happy Easter!  He is Risen!




Kindergarten Openhouse...we visited Deerwood Elementary, met all the kindergarten teachers, saw all of the classrooms, toured the school...excited for next fall!




What???  They have books about underwear at the school library??


Mommy & Addie date - Starbucks, a mocha for mommy and hot apple cider for Addie (her first one ever!)....we chatted and colored.

beauty shop!

every day, all day, this girl does gymnastics in the house...