Category: Our Family

Sandy has flown up for a visit and will be here for the week. The kids just love having her around and want her for everything. They are so cute. And Sandy really likes being around the little kitties in the basement, and they LOVE the attention and treats that she passes out 😉

Kyle and I took the kids yesterday to go pick out their pumpkins. We went to Wal Mart and they had pumpkins for $2 each. The kids were so excited and changed their minds several times before they decided on just the right pumpkin. Dinah was sleeping, but Jeremy picked a pumpkin out for her. I wanted to get a pie pumpkin this year, but Wal Mart didn’t have any, so Kyle and I went to Macey’s after I picked him up from work and I got to pick a pie pumpkin there.

Dinah is teething today. She is quite grumpy and just acting miserable, grabbing at her mouth and walking around crying. I put my finger in her mouth and there is tooth #5 popping it’s way through. How exciting 😀

We took a road trip to Grandpa & Grandma’s house, and got to go to Disneyland yesterday. Ethan was about 2 the last time we went to Disneyland, and Tyra just 6 months old or so, so when I said that we were going to Disneyland they didn’t want to go, and wanted to go swimming in Grandpa’s pool instead. I said, we can go in the pool later. We are going to Disneyland today. It was Jeremy’s and Dinah’s first trip to Disneyland. I am sad that Kyle couldn’t be here with us 🙁 Jonathan and Tiffany were with us the whole day. We spent a lot of time in Fantasy Land, doing little kid rides, although Jeremy and Tyra didn’t really like Mr Toads Wild Ride. They all had fun on the Carrousel and on Casey Jr’s Train. Jeremy wasn’t sure if he liked the Dumbo ride. Tyra was laughing the whole time on Dumbo but was clinging to the side. Tiffany and Jonathan took Ethan, Tyra and Jeremy on the Teacups, and I got them on video. We went on the Pinnochio ride and when we got off Jeremy said “Me like dat!”. Mom, Wendy, Jenny, Tom, Tommy and Annaleah joined us around 4, I think it was. Then we went to do the Haunted Mansion, since Ethan had requested that one. Jennifer took Dinah and Annaleah on Winnie the Pooh while everyone else did the Haunted Mansion. Tommy got one look of inside the Mansion and totally started crying, so Tom took him to wait for us to get off. So the rest of us went in. We got in the elevator and the door closed and the lightning hit and Ethan Tyra and Jeremy all started freaking out. I had to laugh it was just funny. But after we actually got ON the ride they seemed to be ok. Then we went to go on Winnie the Pooh. Jeremy really liked that although that ride just makes me sad that they pulled out the Country Bear Playhouse. 🙁 Then we went on Autopia, while Tiffany, Jonathan and Wendy were in line for Splash Mountain. Ethan really liked Autopia and said, “I want to come back tomorrow and go on Autopia again.” I had to explain that Disneyland is an every once in awhile thing to do, not an every day thing to do. 😉 Jenny & Tom and their family left about dinner time and the rest of us stayed till the park closed. We had dinner with mint julips to drink and fritters for dessert (yummy). Then we went on Star Tours since Ethan just LOVES Star Wars, and he really liked it, but I kind of think Tyra liked it more. The final ride of the night was the Nemo Submarine ride, and Jeremy really liked that one too. Ethan said he wanted out of the sub, but I think he enjoyed it anyway. All in all it was a good day.