Disneyland

OK, So I'll be the first to say that my kids have been spoiled! Sydney has been to Disneyland more times in her short 13 months, than I had up until I got married. But what can I say?? I think if Jerry could live in Disneyland he would. In our defense, Ebay for tickets and Priceline for hotels are our friends. We were able to go to Disneyland last week with my brother & Sis-in-law, Joseph & Angela and their cute kids. It was so much fun. A lot of work, but tons of fun. We realized that when you have two families with 6 children under the age of 6 it is kinda busy. The only thing that would have made it better would have been one more day to just hang out at the hotel, let the kids swim and play with each other, and enjoy some relax time. The time just went too quickly.

Hayden and Rebecca were so excited when we got there Monday morning. They couldn't contain their excitement.

I realize Sydney's eyes are a little funky in this picture, but I still wanted to post it.

She was excited to ride on Dumbo.

We were lucky to catch Peter Pan hiding in the bushes!

Main Street

The beautiful castle. I think Rebecca was the MOST excited about the castle. Because it meant princess!!

Waiting in line for "Small World"

Hanging at Toon Town

I think the thing Hayden was looking forward to the very most was the Lego store in Downtown Disney. The kids had been saving up money for a couple months before we went but we told them they couldn't spend their money till the second day because I didn't want them to buy something, but see another thing they wanted more the second day. It didn't matter for Hayden. He knew all along he wanted to buy Legos. He was so excited to go there. He and Ethan, his cousin are both Lego fanatics.

Indiana Jones has Hayden caught by the neck.

We also loved California Adventure. The Bugs land is so fun and cool to see.

No, not a great picture of our whole family, but believe it or not it was the best one we got in front of Mickey.

Here is Joseph and Angela and their cute family.

We went home on Wednesday, but we didn't want to get back into real life, so we stopped at Knotts Berry Farm before coming home. We just walked around the shops and by the little lake. We like to go there and feed the ducks.

It was a very hot day so the kids wanted to put their hands in the fountain to cool down. Next thing we know they were soaking wet, but very refreshed.

I'm so glad we were able to go. I think it gave us the vacation bug. A few days after we got home Jerry had already scheduled our next trip to Disneyland, next month. This time we'll be going without the kids though!!

Fun new classes

We decided to put Hayden and Rebecca in some fun classes at the rec center. Hayden is in a T-ball class, and is loving it. I'm so glad. He played soccer last spring, and he liked it, but when we asked if he wanted to play again he wasn't so sure. We figured we'd let him take this class to see if he even likes playing. It is a hit. I like it because it's just a small class that is teaching all the skills and he loves getting up to that Tee and hitting the ball. he's actually not too bad either!

Here he is up to bat.

Rebecca has got some natural rhythm. I've been so excited for her to turn 3 so she could take a ballet class from the rec. center. She LOVES it. She wears her leotard (or as she called it her "ratatioulle" for a couple days because she couldn't remember the name) pretty much every day. The class is for 3 - 5 yr. old girls, so there are a lot in there that have been there for a while, but it's still a beginning class and she is having so much fun. I'm so glad we live close to the rec. center that offers such fun and cheap classes for the kids.

Before her firs class.

Showing me her own ballet poses that she created.