Nate is the craziest kid sometimes, and he just cracks me up with what he says sometimes. His newest thing that he likes to say is, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" We were with my dad and he asked my dad that, in which my dad sarcastically replied, "No, Nate, no one thinks like you think." Well Nate got really mad and said, "Grampy! You can't be on my pit crew because you aren't thinking what I'm thinking!"
What a wonderful and creepy night we had on Halloween. My three cuties dressed up as a dragon, Alice in Wonderland, and a race car driver!
I think this was one of the few times we could actually get Nate to walk and not ride in a stroller. All the anticipation for a bucketful of candy was good motivation for him!
Happy Halloween!We finally were able to cash in our winnings and redeem our trip to DISNEYLAND! Back in April, I won a trip to Disneyland from the radio station. We also got a two night stay at the Disneyland Hotel. We had a MAGICAL time! Here are some pictures of the grounds at the hotel.
Ready for Disneyland . . .
and my father in law came, too.
And what Disneyland trip wouldn't be complete without a face painting fit for a princess. Livvy saved her money for this, and wanted to look pretty for when she met the princesses. I did my best to make her hair "princessy," and then she put on her Snow White dress.
Olivia loved every minute and liked all the rides. Nate was a little leery of most things, and did get quite frightened with the character rides. Too many scary images, I guess. He loved Mullholland Madness, but when he rode on Thunder Mountain, he yelled to me, "This ride is not safe!" It was so funny. And Zack, was Zack. So easy and calm and happy about everything, no matter what! Personally, my favorite is California Screamin' and Midway Mania. We are so grateful that we had this wonderful opportunity to go to California and go to Disneyland. It was great!We had a fun weekend in Las Vegas to go see my dad race in a vintage car race.
On the drive up, we stopped in Kingman, AZ and went to Mr. D'z Route 66 Diner for dinner. This was one of the places Oprah ate on her cross country trip with Gayle. I thought it would be fun to check it out. We loved it. They had excellent hamburgers and they make their own Root Beer.
I loved the cute high chair they put Zack in. Jeremy wasn't too thrilled about the color, nor was he too thrilled that I took a picture of our boy in it! Hee Hee.
The kids liked the bathtub the best out of our trip in Las Vegas. It was a jacuzzi tub. They had a lot of fun! It was a little shocking the first night when the jets started shooting water everywhere. We were laughing so hard.
The race was a success. After a rollar coaster day of the clutch breaking, and not being sure if he could fix his car, my dad was finally able to race.
Woo hoo! You win the checkered flag in our book, Dad.Over Fall Break, Jeremy and I took the kids and my sister to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. We had a really fun day and enjoyed our time together. The best part was that the kids were excellently behaved! That always makes things nice!
The kids had a lot of fun playing in the cockpit of this airplane.
Wouldn't it be so much fun to have this in your backyard. My kids could play for hours in this. We had to tear them away.
My little astronauts . . .
We took a tram ride around the 80 acres of outdoor musuem.
At this point I decided I should probably take some pictures of the airplanes since I hadn't taken any yet! I really liked this one because it was so HUGE. I forget what this one is, though.
At the end of the day, we took a trip around the AMARG boneyard. This was the reason we came, actually. Jeremy saw it in an email, and decided we should go check it out. It is the only place in the U.S. that stores all the old military airplanes. It was a sight to see! It was like a sea of airplanes. All in line and in rows. It was cool.
We had a most excellent day, and the weather was beautiful. My favorite part was on the drive home when I asked Nate if he liked seeing all the airplanes, and he responded, "What airplanes?"
On Saturday, we had a huge garage sale. I also made a huge discovery. My daughter is a nut!
A lady was looking at an umbrella, and was asking me how much it was. I told her $2 and she proceeded to open it up. I noticed that the tips of the umbrella was covered with marshmallows. I said out loud, "Why are there marshmallows on the ends of this umbrella?" Olivia told me she had done it. Why in the world would she do that? Like I said, she's a nut!
So if you back up an hour, Livvy was playing with the umbrella and was bumping into people. Jeremy told her to stop playing with it, and noticed that the ends were pokey. He told her to put it away before she hurt someone with it. Well, her little genius mind thought of a way to make it safe, and so she ran inside and grabbed the bag of marshmallows. She safely covered all the tips so they would not hurt anyone. Silly, silly girl!
I told the lady she could have the umbrella for a $1 since now it was sticky, and she bought it. She didn't know her umbrella would be a good snack, too.
I got hit by a craft bug yesterday. I decided to make a 'bow board' for all of Olivia's hair bows and clips. My friend made one and it turned out so cute, I had to do one too! Here's how it turned out:
It was a very easy project.
After that, I made some more hair clips for Livvy. Ya know, those flower clips are all the rage right now. I made lots to match her school uniform colors. Here are some of my favorites:
Now, I plan on making lots of bows once I get a tutorial! :)
Olivia started first grade today. She looked so cute in her little uniform dress. She was very excited! She was excited about her teacher, taking a lunch with her new matching lunch box and backpack, seeing her friends, seeing her brand new school, and wearing her dress.
She had a great day and was all smiles when she came home. She said it was fabulous! I am sure it will be a great year!
Just a quick story about our Olivia, who is way too mature for her own good! While driving in the car with our family this week, Maddie, our cousin, was kicking her brother, Robbie's seat. Robbie was getting really irritated and was asking Maddie to stop kicking. Robbie and Maddie's mom, Jenna, was telling Maddie to stop, and then said to Robbie, "See, it is not fun when your chair gets kicked, is it?" (Obviously Maddie isn't the only one who kicks people's seats in the car.) So, without a moment's hesitation, Olivia chimes in and says, "Robbie, you are getting a taste of your own medicine!"
Zack tried his first helping of rice cereal. As expected, he wasn't too sure about it! I loved watching his expression when he tried it. His eyebrows went up in a look of worry. He didn't quite know what to do with the cereal when he got it in his mouth, and most of it came out the same way it came in. Here's a video and some pictures.
Of course, after trying it, Daddy (the rule breaker) admitted to Mommy (the rule follower) that he had given Zackary a little taste of ice cream a week or so ago. Well, no wonder he didn't like the rice cereal! Daddy has already ruined him at 6 months!
