Easter

Hope you had a lovely Easter.

Legoland!

We went to Legoland yesterday with some families from our school group. One of the moms in the group called Legoland, and I don't know how she did it but she finagled a great price for us. It was busy, it is spring break, after all. Despite that, you know we had a good time. Even with the crowds, the sun that would pop up peridically and the long, long lines. We cannot or will not be deterred! Here are some photos. I can only take credit for the ones that Robert is not in, otherwise they were all taken by him. The park closed at six and by then, it really was time to go. We had dinner in downtown Carlsbad at a great Mexican restaurant and a nice drive home that wasn't filled with traffic. All in all, a very good day.

Welcome! Of course it is made entirely of Legos.

A little preview of the much anticipated, Star Wars Miniland...

Audrey's first ride!

Every bit as cool as it looked...

Oh Chewie...

Don't let that smile fool you. She didn't know whether to be scared or not. Either way, she LOVED it.

Everyone loved this one...

Yay for Bob the Builder!

Aquazone fun...

Mapping out our next adventure...

True love...

Good acting boys, I'm sure everyone will believe it is cold...

CA history day

Hello! Still here, I just like to keep you guessing. :) Just kidding. We had a great December and a really nice January too. Maybe I will get on the ball and post some pics. from last month. After all, it was a big deal around here. Audrey turned 3! And in December, Harrison turned 10! Double digits. We had a lot of fun on his birthday, we took a tour of a local airport with his friends. But for now, I am posting pictures from yesterday. We went out to Orange to the Irvine Ranch Park. It was a beautiful day, I am glad it was yesterday and not today. Today it is raining lightly. The park put on a California History Day for 4th graders complete with a train ride, a gold mine, panning for gold and a visit to a miner's camp. We all went and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We met up with a few families from our school group and went on our tour with them. Here are some photos. Enjoy!

flop

Well that December daily(ish) business sure was a flop, wasn't it? I had great intentions, yes I did. I have a computer full of photos just waiting for captions. So what happened? I wish I knew.

But today was definitely worthy of a post. Not just because it is 1/11/11, well that and it happens to be my parent's anniversary. :)Happy anniversary mom and dad.

December daily (ish)...

The boys performed in their school's Christmas program on Monday night. It was very cute. Of course it was. However, the school failed to recognize the importance of a Christmas program and ran out of chairs. There were a lot of people left standing. Robert and I thankfully, were seated. On the upside, it was only about 40 minutes long. Just when you thought, how long is this? It was over! I know how awful that sounds, but there is only so much I can take other people's kids singing off key. There. I said it. Afterwards we went out for ice cream. Robert stayed in the car with Audrey and took the picture of us in Baskin Robbins. I discovered it today as I loaded the photos. Charlie has the stomach bug again. Today around lunch time he was miserable. I thought for sure he would get sick, but he managed to keep everything down. I am hoping it doesn't come back, tomorrow we have one of my favorite traditions to attend to. We are going painting at Color Me Mine. We have been doing this since Harrison was in kindergarten, and I have an adorable collection of painted ornaments to show for it. Hopefully I'll have some more photos tomorrow. Happy weekend.

December daily (ish)...weekend addition

Well, we did it. A week ago we bought an artificial tree. (Artificial sounds so much nicer than fake) I know. I know, I know. Why, you ask? The same reason other people do. I mainly wanted it to be able to put up all of my heavy ornaments that rarely make it on the tree because there aren't enough thick branches. I also am tired of the dust/dirt and pine needles. Safety is always a concern as well. Harrison also has allergies and I am hoping this might help. I never thought we would. It might not be permanent. We'll see. But gosh, it sure is pretty.

So, yesterday. Busy day. I had every intention of posting a photo of some decoration that I love. I decorated the house yesterday. Moved boxes, once, twice, three times I'm sure. What do I have to show for it besides the house which as I said is decorated, but a mess nonetheless. I went to bed late with an aching back. I was so looking forward to sleeping in this morning but that was not to be. Charlie woke us up around five, complaining of a tummy ache. He got into bed with us and it was impossible to fall back to sleep. (Not for Robert) He was in a lot of pain. About an hour later he got up to try the bathroom and ended up throwing up. That happened once more and unfortunately it was not while he was in the bathroom! I got to spend a little while cleaning vomit off the carpet and couch, which is about as fun as it sounds. I am happy to report that he is feeling much better, in fact he made a rather quick recovery.

December daily (ish)

Friday was the last day of school at the program the boys are in. We are on Christmas break for now. Technically we are not because we are still working at home. Anyways, there was a Christmas party on Friday at a pizza place which reminded me a lot of Chuck E. Cheese except that it was about 3 times the size. Seriously. This little cutie sitting with Audrey and Charlie is Audrey's newest "fwend", Laurel. The neat thing about her (beside her just being her) is that her mom and I were in the same hospital on the same day, each having a baby girl after two boys. Laurel is one day younger than Audrey. We did not know each other at the time but I distinctly remember my girlfriend Kerry telling me that she was going to visit her other friend that just had a baby girl too. Small world.