One Last Hurrah (or, déjà vu from 2007)

Our Disneyland passes are expiring next month and we are not renewing right now. So, we came for one last visit. It's a little reminiscent of what happened three years ago exactly:

Buzz Lightyear, 2007



Buzz Lightyear, 2010

It was actually a good feeling to be there and to be DONE with Disneyland (or D-land as Joseph calls it) for now. I'm saturated, and was ready to go home. The crowds were already getting uncomfortable and I could hardly walk. But we had a fun time. We did Woody's Roundup, Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters, the carousel, Tarzan's treehouse and the Jedi training academy. Doesn't seem like much, but like I said, the crowds are already getting bad.

Farewell, D-land, till we meet again.

Three cooks in the kitchen

Recently I was supposed to bring dessert to a get-together when I had my little pre-labor scare. I didn't want to be on my feet that day and so was going to show up without dessert, but without even being asked, Warren and the kids came through for me and made a batch of chocolate chip cookies. It was fun to see them in the kitchen together since Warren doesn't usually bake! And, I have to say, he's come a long way since our dating days. These cookies turned out great and weren't burned!

Cute

(Btw, for anyone who gets bored of so many pictures of my kids, just remember, both sets of grandparents live overseas, so we are sharing lots of our daily life for their sakes.)

JOY

I know a lot of you only link to this blog, not my California Muse, so for those that have told me they like a little reminder, you can read about my current journey of joy HERE.

Happy Valentines Day 2010!

For Valentines Day I'm sharing with you Rebecca's sweet thank you card to her daddy. No one told her to do it, she surprised us completely. You might need to click on it to be able to enlarge it and read the words.

For Valentines Day I'm also showing you what my son wore to church today. It wasn't his fault. I let him sleep till the very last second because we had had a late night and so brought his clothes with me. Alas, when it was too late to turn around (because I was the organist responsible for the prelude music) we realized I had brought everything but the shirt. I thought it would look a little strange to have him in a vest and pants, so we left the pj's on. I was embarrassed enough that instead of our usual spot near the front we sat in the overflow (after all, it was ward conference today and the whole Stake Presidency was visiting), but I wasn't embarrassed enough to go home afterwards and get his church. He went to nursery in his jammies. When we got home and were taking his jammies off he said: "Mommy forgot my shirt, and my pants..." (which was only half true) and he laughed and laughed at how funny he thought that was. Glad that was his reaction.

Happy Valentines Day dear Friends and Family.
I love and appreciate your friendship, your comments, your emails, your phone calls, your kindness and love. I hope you had a wonderful day today.

Joseph's plans for the future

"When I grow up I want to be a garbage truck guy and a digger guy and a builder guy and a spaceship guy."

Daddy Daughter Date

Rebecca all ready for Daddy.
Joseph wanted to be in the picture, too.

Rebecca's school hosted a Daddy Daughter Dance. I'm not sure who was more excited-Rebecca or me. I couldn't wait for her to have this experience. She picked her hair-do off a hair-do website, I let her wear some blush and lip gloss and she was ready to go. Joseph could tell that something special was going on that didn't include him and it made him sad. So after they left I made sure he felt special, too. We had mommy-son time and took some crazy pictures, had a bubble bath and cuddled at bed time. When we were taking pictures Joseph would instruct me on what kinds of faces to make. Even though I'm alone with Joseph every day while Rebecca is at school it somehow still felt special to have an evening date with my little guy.

Rebecca loved the dance and had a great time getting her dad's full and undivided attention. The next day she wrote him a thank you card all of her own making. So sweet.

Grumpy

Surprised



Silly

Happy