Ariel Has Legs!

Our trip down south wouldn't be complete if we didn't stop at Disneyland at least once. On our most recent trip down at the beginning of May, we decided to go back to Disneyland and actually go on some of the rides. We had visited Disneyland during Spring Break two weeks before and BOY was that a NO NO. There were so many people that we could barely push the stoller around. We got to go on 3 rides the entire day.

This trip was much better. We also decided to take the girls to Ariel's Grotto for lunch. It was our first time there, and probably our last. Lunch was tasty, but sooo expensive! I guess it was worth doing once just to see Ariel with legs. Not to mention getting to see all the princesses in one shot and not having to stand in line and hunt them down throughout the day.

The funny thing was that Lauryn was sooo excited to meet all the princesses that she would not stop talking saying, "Mommy! Look! There's Snow White!" "There's Belle!" "Oh, I hope we're next!" "When are they going to come to our table?!" And then when each of the princesses actually got to our table, she completely clammed up.

Snow White asked her, "Which one of the Seven Dwarfs is your favorite?" Lauryn looked up at her and said, "Cinderella."

And when Belle came over and said, "Hi! What's your name?" She looked up at her and said, "Cinderella." I don't think I've ever seen Lauryn so star struck.

I'm glad to be able to say that finally when Ariel came by, she was able to show her the new Ariel cap she got and tell her that she's going to have a princess birthday party.

I Love It When She's Smiling!

My girls

It's always so hard to get a good shot of both of the girls smiling and looking at the camera, so when I do get one, it becomes my favorite.

Vegas Baby!

The highlight for the kids during this trip to Vegas was going swimming at the Monte Carlo.

They had a Wave Pool that sent waves crashing on to the makeshift beach. Both the girls really enjoyed that one. They also had a Lazy River that you could float down. It was nice and shallow so Lauryn could touch the bottom if she needed to. And although the weather was a nice 90 degrees while we were there, the water in the pools was icy cold! So it makes sense that Lauryn's favorite turned out to be the hot tub.

The highlight for me was going shopping at the outlets - of course. And I think the highlight for John, Jeffy and Sarah was eating at Lotus of Siam twice while we were there.

Happy Birthday Sydney!

This was my favorite shot of Sydney sitting with the cake John got for her.

We celebrated Sydney's 2nd birthday 3 times. 1st with John's side of the family during their early Mother's Day celebration at Todai. The 2nd time was on the day of her birthday. Jeffy and Sarah treated us to one of the kids' favorite places. Lauryn calls it the place with the Big Red Chicken, aka, Red Robin. And 3rd was with my family during our Mother's Day celebration at our house.

Here are the girls with their cousin Jamie at Todai: