Mickey's House

I had quite the birthday celebration at Disneyland. It seemed to take us forever to drive there from Ventura. Mr. Trevor and his constant drinking of the juice seems to always catch up to him and we had to stop in the ghetto! We decided the safest route would be to pee in a drain at a car wash! Once we got to Disneyland our day couldn't have been more perfect. As soon as we walked in our favorite pal was standing right in front of us saying hi!!! The boys were pretty much in shock! After Mickey, Pluto is Trevor's favorite and he was happy to give him a high five! Shane was pretty cool and got "nuckles!" Then on to another potty break before a ride!

Our first ride was Dumbo and then Trevor wanted to go on the carousel. Shane was excited until I told him all the buildings around us had ride INSIDE them! Daddy put all the BAD GUYS into jail! It was so nice having my parents there with us! The boys loved playing In Toon Town pushing all of the buttons and hearing the sounds.

Look at those muscles!

Off to Mickey's REAL house and Trevor couldn't be more excited! That is his "trying to stay cool smile." He could not believe he was sitting in Mickey's chair.

Shane loving everything about Mickey's house too. We pretty much had no line and just walked our way up to see Mickey!

Trevor shook Mickey's hand and Shane said hi. Mickey liked their shirts Mommy made with him on them!

Pretty much throughout the whole day this is how Shane felt... ultra excited and ultra cool!

Trevor was brave and rode on every ride he was tall enough for! Look at those hands in the air!

Trevor's favorite ride was Pooh. He kept saying again and again! We did it twice (which we did on most rides because there was no lines) and he cried when we didn't go on it a third time!


All of us on Pirate's! It was scary for Shane at first. I'm pretty sure that had to do with Damon telling him all the pirates were real! Once we were done he said he wanted to go again! Grandpa, Daddy, and Shane went again while Trevor needed another potty break. You should have seen the huge smile on Shane's face when he came out the second time. He was so proud because, "It was kind of scary the first time. But the second time, I LOVED IT!"

You can't go to Disneyland without some frozen treats! Of course Shane picked the most messy one. No birthday cake for this birthday girl but instead a frozen banana, yummy!!

Grandma bought Trevor his VERY OWN cotton candy and he enjoyed each and every sticky bite!

The Classic Jungle Cruise seemed so real to a 2 and 4 year old!

At one point, Shane followed the instructions of plugging your nose in case the boat sinks! See Damon's smile? Yes, he enjoyed Disneyland. He loved taking the boys on the roller coasters and having a blast with them.
Shane loving his Mickey hat and time with Daddy! They had just gotten off Shane's favorite ride... Space Mountain! He asked me if I saw a rocket ship blast out into the sky. I told him I sure did! He couldn't believe it and told me HE was on that rocket!

Trevor had some good aim shooting on the Buzz Lightyear ride! I however, beat Daddy's score and will never let the sharp shooter live that down!

Grandma and Shane pretty serious with their aim!

We had the perfect day with no crowds and lines. The longest line we waited in was Finding Nemo for 20 minutes.

Shane wanted another roller coaster before we went home so Daddy and Grandpa were going to take him on Matterhorn. Trevor was tall enough but I worried he was too young for that fast ride. Grandma, Trevor, and I were going to another ride when Trevor asked where Shane was. I old him on a fast ride. Trevor got excited and said I want to go on a scary ride! Here we are before and Trevor loved it! I guess it goes along with his daredevil personality!

Our last ride was Peter Pan, which Trevor loved and wanted to go on it again but the park was closed!

Once the park was closed the boys were so upset that their magical day was over! They didn't want to leave. They wanted more rides. More fun. There was nothing we could do but make one last stop here...

Grandma let each boy pick out a special toy. Trevor picked out Lightening McQueen, the same we could buy at Target! Oh well, he loves it and sleeps with it each night. Shane was happy to find a pirate Mickey set and loves playing with it! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.

Although they didn't want their day to end once we got onto the tram they were tired. It took Trevor about 1 mile outside of Disneyland to fall asleep. Shane conked out a few minutes later.
Thanks Mickey for such a great birthday party and good memories with the ones I love!

Randoms

I have been tagged by my friend Olivia. Her blog is private so you can't see how absolutely darling her 2 little girls are, sorry! Rules: complete the tag. Complete it on the day you are tagged (didn't do this one). State 6 random facts about you!

1. I have been living in slipper socks. My mom put some in my stocking at Christmas and they are so cozy during these cold months. I have found more and love them! If I am home and not sleeping (I hate sleeping with something on my feet) they are on my piggies!

2. I may have an OCD. Damon says it's a sickness but SOMEtimes I put too much energy into things that don't matter but I can't help myself. I love little projects. I love making my boys happy on holidays. I absolutely love birthday parties and generally have the theme picked out for the next year's party a few months after their current birthday. I look around for things the next 10 months or so. I have a binder full of fun ideas and can't wait to use them all! Many object to this and say it doesn't matter to the kids but they are wrong. Shane still remembers his second birthday and remember last year when he cried on his birthday because there were no decorations or people there?! He loves having such a special day!

3. In public restrooms I cannot use the first part of the toilet paper. I gag just thinking about who might have touched it with their dirty hands! Ewwwww! I always and I mean always tear off about 1 foot of TP before I use it.

4. I need my water. If I don't have a sip before 10 a.m. I start to feel nauseous and when I take a drink I feel fine. I prefer a nice tall pink cup with ice that has been sitting for about 30 minutes. The water just tastes better that way and the ice isn't so hard to crunch on. I get that ice crunching from my Grandma Beebe. I remember watching movies with her and her crunching away on her ice!

5. I hate tomatoes. So many people like them so I try real hard to like them but I just can't do it! However, I love everything derived from a tomato such as salsa, ketchup (even on my eggs), spaghetti sauce, COOKED tomatoes on sandwiches or pizzas, really anything but a slice of a fresh tomato!

6. Sometimes I pinch myself thinking about my life. When Damon and I started dating this is the life I pictured us living. He adores me, we have beautiful children, I'm staying at home to raise them, being a 50's wife I enjoy serving him with cooking, ironing, and other little things throughout my day. Our life isn't perfect. He can sometimes frustrate me and we always want more time together, but it's about perfect for me. I don't have serious want in life. I don't see my children suffer. I have a supportive man in my life. Really, it couldn't be better!

I know those are all randoms but that is what this tag is about! Now I tag Julie and Lanae because they are needing to update their blogs! haha

Heart Day

We sure felt the love for Valentine's Day this year. Shane enjoyed making Valentine's for his friends at school. I was lucky enough to get the cutest idea ever from my friend, Leslie! They were easy and oh so cute! If you notice his face he enjoyed some chocolate while he assembled the ipod's!

Here they are all finished! They didn't take too long but then again there are only 6 kids in his class! I had to make some Valentine's too and make these bubble baths for Shane's teacher and the girls I visit teach. Erica, I know you were out of town so I got us covered for this month! On Valentine's morning I made the boys pancakes while Damon was at work. They love, love, love pancakes! You should see my year supply of syrup!
Trevor being so serious about his pancakes!

We had a birthday party and then home for lunch of hearts! Heart PBJ, heart apple slices, and heart cheese and crackers. Trevor loved the cheese and was happy to have fun shapes on his plate! Shane only ate 2 apples and didn't want anything else.We were lucky enough to have our friends and neighbor's over for lunch. The boys have so much fun with Morgan and Shelby.And what is Love Day without sugar cookies dripping in pink frosting and covered in sprinkles. Trevor enjoys frosting only but Shane likes the entire cookie! Shane and Trevor made Damon and I each our very own special Valentine's cookie too.

We usually make sugar cookies each holiday but I love the looks of the simple pink hearts, it's my favorite!

Once Damon was home for work we had our Valentine's Day dinner. We decided to not go out since we'll be have 9 days ALONE and away in 2 weeks!!! My mom always made pink food like mashed potatoes and heart meatloaf but I was being lazy and did spaghetti formed into a heart on a plate! It's red, right?! Don't laugh at my art skills either. I made each boy a mailbox and filled it with their favorite goodies.


There they are the THREE loves of my LIFE! My number one love gave me beautiful wild flowers which are my favorite. The first year he gave me those flowers was back in 1995! I love it!

We hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with love. I love that we can be together and show each other our love on Valentine's day!

Pismo Beach

I don't know how we got so lucky but we hit it just perfectly. While in California Damon's parents took us up to Pismo. The weather was perfect and the crowds were gone. It was a relaxing couple of days just to enjoy each other and the beach.
As soon as we arrived into town we hit the beach for my favorite thing... a nice long walk on the beach. We just walked around collecting shells, playing in the sand, and wading in the water. I knew the weather was going to be nice but figured there would still be a cold breeze in the air since it was February, but I was wrong! Poor Trevor got shocked by the cold water then fell down and got all wet and I didn't have extra clothes!! He stayed away from the water and even if I got too close he would scream , "No water, no water!" He also said things like, "I hate that mean water. It got me wet." "Not nice water." It was pretty cute. Grandpa took us back into a cave at low tide and we explored all by ourselves. Shane found some pirates gold and kept digging for more!

The weather was perfect but the water was still freezing! I about died the few times I touched it. However, Shane didn't seem to mind the numbing water on his skin! He didn't want to leave.

Since I wasn't prepared I decided to turn the beach into a nudest beach! Look at those white little tooshies!

Somehow Damon always talks me into some adventure. I was always the girl reading the book on the beach and relaxing but now that Damon is around I have to always try something brave! Here I am scaling a rock that dropped off into the water. The picture doesn't look like the drop is far but it was!! I'm glad I went because the view around the rocks with the water crashing on us was romantic and amazing.

Damon enjoying our private moment. You can't see in the picture but there are sea lions on the rocks behind him. The kids loved it! We explored the morning away and found sea anemones, hermit crabs, shells, and crabs.

Another important stop was to see the monarch butterflies as the migrate. It was amazing. They would just hang from the tree branches. It looks like it was just dripping with butterflies. That entire orange clump is butterflies in the picture below NOT leaves! It was breath taking.

Trevor liked the ones up close that we could look at.

The boys liked the telescopes to look through and Trevor loved being on Grandpa's shoulders. I think almost 20,000 migrate from November to February.

The great thing about Pismo is the large sandy beaches. You can ride 4-wheelers and your cars on the beach and it's oh so much fun. Grandpa drove a little too crazy for me at times but the boys loved every second of it!!

We collected more sand dollars than we know what to do with! This is only about 1/4 of them and now Shane has a collection and loves looking at them.

The trip was perfect. We always enjoying being together and having a good time. Being at the beach for a few days always relaxes me even if I don't get a tan!

We are back!

Yes, we are back from the happiest place on earth. This is pretty much what my life looks like right now. Lots of unpacking and laundry just to repack it all again for this week-end but I'm not complaining because it means a week-end alone with the girls!
Yes, we had a blast! These two pictures pretty much sum up how we felt at Mickey's house... pure joy! That is my cute mom behind Trevor and Damon!

Yes, there will be more pictures to come but I have a lot of work to do tomorrow for the blessed week-end away! Until then, enjoy!