Disneyland Day 1

Disneyland!

I love Disneyland! It brings back so many fun memories for me and the kids love it! We headed out early Saturday morning to drive to California. My kids are champs in the car. We made 2 stops where they got out the whole way down! We made it to the hotel and June immediately knew something was up. I don't know if it was the pictures of Mickey in the hotel room, but she was excited. Before I could even get us settled in, she had climbed into her stroller and was ready to go!

Even though we knew it was busy, we headed over to the park. We tried for a picture out front, but the girls were anxious to head in!
June checked out the map, while Mom picked up autograph books.

Then it was straight to the Small World ride. June was a little nervous at first, but soon loved it!

Afterwards, we decided to try and see Mickey. There wasn't much of a line so we headed in. June loved looking around his house, from a distance. Then we watched the movies and soon, the big Mouse himself. Bella ran right up to him, but June was a little leery. She eventually handed him her book to sign. (I think part of the problem is this weird Steamboat Willy outfit they have him wear. We just need the normal Mickey!) She warmed up to him and was pretty excited. Everything seemed pretty crowded, but we decided to brave the line for the Matterhorn since it would be closed for the rest of our trip. Bret and Bella tried it and she hated it. Eventually, I convinced her to try it with me. (Thank goodness for switch passes.) We got on the ride, buckled in and just as the ride headed into the mountain, she decided to bolt. She jumped up and said "I'm not doing this!" I managed to hold her down as the ride operated is running for the emergency stop. We got her situated and took off again, but I did have to hold her tight. She was so upset she made me hold my hands over her eyes for the entire ride. She will never go on it again!

After that, we walked by Pixie Hollow. Bella's favorite place!

There were no fairies, but the girls had so much fun climbing on mushrooms and posing on flowers.

They peeked into Tinkerbell's teapot house, but they couldn't see her.

After that, the girls were so tired! We headed back to the hotel for a good night's sleep. What a fun start to our vacation!

Special Leader

Today was Bella's turn to be the special leader at school. She got to bring the snack for the day and lead the class from room to room. She really looks forward to this and tries to be very creative with her treat. The letter for today was "V" so she chose veggies.

I tried to get her to be serious for a picture, that didn't happen!

I tried, only one month of preschool left! I can't believe my girl is ready to head off to kindergarten! Where did the time go?

Cheese

I realize this is not the best picture, but it is important. Junie has a thing for cheese. She is so funny about it. If we are in the car for more than 15 minutes she begins to ask for it and always seems amazed that I don't have it. She is also a little picky, she has to have the till-a-moos. One day, it will end, but for now, I love to hear "Momma, cheese, cheese."

Kite Flying

Tonight seemed like the perfect evening for flying the kite and a picnic.

Bella helped to get the lite up.

It took a couple of tries to get the details worked out.

Dad made it all work in the end!

Then it was time for climbing!

Chasing the kite tails!

June getting ready to test out the slide!

Bella loves to climb. I hope this isn't our summer for a broken arm!

June always loves the slide!

What a fun way to spend the evening!

Boots and Piggies

I attempted real piggy tails on June today. I think they are too cute! You may have noticed these boots in other pictures. They are June's favorite shoes and she insists on wearing them everyday! Maybe she is my little cowgirl!

Easter Morning

Easter morning!

Bella loves to run around finding eggs. She is many interested in the fake ones and we had to remind her to get the real ones too!

June was shocked to find a Mickey Mouse egg!

She was happy to just put Mickey in her basket and be done. After a little encouragement, she kept going. She was a pretty good spotter too.

Bella making sure we found them all!

It took a little while for them to even notice the baskets.

June figuring out there was candy in the eggs. She was done after that!

Polly Pockets rule at our house! (And the vacuum loves them too!)

Happy Easter again!

Coloring Eggs

We spent the afternoon decorating eggs for the Easter bunny. I got out all kinds of scrapbook supplies and just let the kids go crazy!

June was a little concerned about the whole thing at first. She did not like the idea at all!

Bella was very excited, especially to glue on jewels and make her eggs extra sparkly!

She quickly figured it out and was throwing them into the dye cups with a great splash!

We ended up with some very special eggs this year!