Mother's Day at Disneyland

For Mother's Day, we went up to Disneyland. It was a fantastic way to spend Mother's Day - the happiest place on earth with my family. We were able to hit all many rides in our short visit. We got there around noon and left about 5pm. 

We started off in California Adventure and rode a bunch of rides. Jeff and Emily rode the Ariel ride. Kyle didn't want to ride it and Aaron was asleep. 

We then headed over to the rocket ships, which is usually not running for some reason or another when we want to ride it, but it was today! We all rode, except Aaron so we took turns. They said he could ride it if we wanted - he just had to be in his own seat belt and could be propped against us. Um no. While Emily and I were waiting while Jeff and Kyle rode, we were chatting with the ride operator. He told us we had to go on Toy Story, but said the line would be over 40 minutes. I told him we weren't 40-minute-wait-in-line-material and he then pulled out a card that let us go in a special, right to the front of a ride line for any ride we wanted and said we should go to Toy Story. Yes, please! So we did! It was AWESOME! And so was the ride! Kyle wasn't so sure about going on it at first, but kicking and screaming he did go on it. I rode with Emily and Aaron.

And if Jeff sees an arcade, we have to stop. So California Adventure also included some games for us as well. 


We also went on the Roaring Grizzly Rapids ride. Jeff and I both got soaked on our turns. Somehow Kyle and Emily stayed reasonably dry. Jeff took Kyle and I took Emily in separate turns. Aaron was a good observer. 

After the water ride, we got some lunch and headed over to Disneyland for Small World and the carousel before heading home. Like Kyle and Emily when they were super young, Aaron took in Small World very cutely. He stared around at the lights and movement and sounds. About half way through he had enough and was content to rest on my shoulder. 

And some ice cream. No trip to Disneyland is complete without Mickey Mouse ice cream. And for Emily, no ice cream containing any sort of chocolate is complete without getting it all over your face. 

And this is what we did to the car in the hopes that Aaron would like his car seat. He did very well and only got upset with about 15 minutes left in the ride up to Disneyland. The way home he was unhappy off and on. But all in all, it was a successful car ride for him. 

Aaron pictures

Just some pictures of Aaron from the past week or so. We think he's pretty cute.

Sleepers

Goodnight my little sleepers!

Go bears

A cute little (but actually big boy) Bears fan! That's Aaron at nearly 2 months old. He's a long boy!

3 monkeys

Kyle loves to hold Aaron. Even if he is crying. Kyle is usually holding Miko at the same time anyhow so he just purrs on Miko while Aaron cries. It doesn't seem to faze Kyle one bit.

Chicks dig me

Kyle had a onsie that reads, "Chicks dig me". We put it on Aaron the other day and the kids found it funny. Here is Kyle's explanation of what it actually means. Such innocence!    

How Kyle soothes Aaron

This is how Kyle soothes Aaron. Kyle is a really wonderful big brother.

Home Depot

I took the kids to Home Depot Saturday. We had a lot of fun putting together planters. Kyle and Emily sure have come a long way with their Home Depot projects. They can now pretty much do it themselves with little guidance. The main thing for them is making sure to do the hammering on the solid floor rather than the floppy wooden tables that make hammering frustrating. They did a great job working together to finish. Aaron was a good observerer - noisy (crying) at times but no louder than the hammering going on. 

Early Mother's Day present

While I took a brief nap on the couch, Emily and Kyle put together a sweet early Mother's Day present for me. They even wrapped it up for me too! What sweet kids they are! 

My first French braid

I did my first full French braid for Emily today. My mom has French braided Emily's and my (growing up) hair plenty of times, but I have never been able to do it properly for Emily. Until today.

Aaron meets Spike

Spike came to meet Aaron and hang out with us. We had a great time despite only having 2 burritos in her entire visit. 

Cheese stick

This morning I was getting ready so Aaron was chilling in his crib. Kyle walks over to Aaron's crib and says, "I smell a cheese stick! Aaron smells like a cheese stick!" Yes, I do suppose baby spit up does smell a bit like a cheese stick! 

Then Kyle jumped into Aaron's crib with him to play and help soothe him a bit. And he wanted to be closer to the monkey mobile. He called it his monkey hutch. 

Emily's fairy house

Emily is still on the hunt to catch some fairies in her fairy house. She diligently checks it each day and sleeps with fairy dust under her pillow. I think the next fairy to visit her will be the tooth fairy! She has a bottom tooth that has already poked through behind her baby tooth that is currently slightly loose.

Thank you Kyle!

Kyle usually brings Miko along for the ride to school for some extra purrs.  Well, Aaron was fussing in the car on the way home from school and Miko came to his rescue. Thank you Kyle!