Disneyland

We had a blast taking the kids to disneyland, kids definitely make it more fun. I was relieved that the twins werent scaredy cats like Bastien was last time we took him when he was 3. They were open to riding everything, even Haunted Mansion. They were all great sports considering it rained almost the whole time & the only option of staying dry besides our 1 umbrella was to buy three- 6 dollar trashbag ponchos for the kids. freaking greed face mickey. No, I think when you go to Disneyland you just have to be open to spending 15 dollars on a squirtbottle that Bastien had to have, or a 7 dollar piece of pizza, or 5 dollars to use the restroom.its all part of the happiness!

We really did have a great time with the kids & there were no lines!

After getting to our hotel that was right by dland, we walked to Downtown Disney& ate dinner & just hungout. I also saw that this Jazz Kitchen place had "Beignets"!(like a french scone/doughnut covered in powdered sugar) I've always heard of them-(like on Princess & the Frog) &wanted to try them. They were amazing, but the kids ate all four of them before i could take a picture.

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bastien saying "worst rain ever!"

buzz lightyear ride

asleep on pirates

Bastien was brave enough to go on splash mountain, his face is so cute here., he kinda cried after the big drop but laughed when he saw this picture.

my fav ride had to be how they redid the haunted mansion ride"nightmare before christmas" it was way cool, they should just leave it like this all year.

yummy chocolate-caramel minnie mouse apple!

the next day we drove to the beach, since newport is pretty close. we drove to the same exact spot we stayed at in August. It was way different! as in Freeezing! The kids didnt seem to mind except for Embry.

if you noticed something weird about bastien's eye in these pictures..there was. the morning we left he got eaten by mosquitos the night before. And one bit him on his eyelid & started swelling, its happened before on his hand, to where we thought he jammed his finger cause it was so swollen. at disney land some lady said " his eye is really swollen"

..for reals??? i just thought it was normal for him to look like sloth from goonies?

i knew he'd be okay with benadryl, but i was just worried it would be painful for him on his fun disneyland day, but he wasnt bothered by it.

the day we got to cali

disneyland day

the day we left

my silly boys

Bastien makes me laugh so much! He's been very skeptical about Santa lately. He kept asking me questions the other day & he said "whats that stuff santa gives us if we're naughty?" & I said "coal" then Bastien said " what does coal do?" me, " it helps start fires" then Bastien said, with lots of sarcasm & attitude" OH, Santa wants us to start fires?"

i love that my boys are such good buddies, there was a while where it seemed like they fought more than they loved..but its so cute to hear them laugh in their room at night& see them occasionally share toys with eachother:)

one night when it was bedtime, embry hid by daddy under his hat. i love that perfect little curl on his head.

my niece Maizi's 4th bday was back in august. my nieces are so cute!

we have started our pumpkin carving early again this year! well, steven has. this one is already a week old, has been sitting outside every day & the kids tortured it a bit with markers & forks. so imagine it originally looking better than this.

oh & the these nerf bullets that jasper is holding dont last longer than a few hours at my house. the twins cant resist biting them apart. I was saying to steven "dont you remember like wanting to bite erasers & stuff when you were little?" (or the clear bow that i had when i was 5 that had sprinkles in it) But Steven loooves to act like i'm really weird & say

"ummm no. i never did that, now we know where the twins got it, though"

yesterday there was a big box of diapers, unopened on our couch. & Embry was walking around saying "change me, I pooped" But steven & i were both eating lunch so we were just waiting for the other person to do it. a few minutes go by & embry is sitting on the couch by the box of diapers & he's managed to eat through the corner of the box like a little puppy. we all started laughing & Embry says, spitting out some cardboard.."change me, mommy!" he really is a little creature!

*oh & today is my mother in law's (would be) birthday! She would have been 54. We miss you so much Delma...so much! The holidays are alot barer without you. I know Steven loved his mom so much. I've never heard him say a single negative thing about her, ever. even before she passed. Yesterday, I was saying to Steven "Boys really are so sweet to their moms..they'll give me a kiss whenever I want" & he's all "Boys love their moms..they are their favorite person!" I hope my boys always love me as much as Steven loved his mommy!