Post Busy Season Vacation!!!

As tradition we always try to go to Disneyland after busy season. Jeff has been doing this since he was a kid. Some years it falls on spring break so it can be VERY crowded. This year was the BEST year we have had in years!! The lines were SO short and it wasn't extremely hot the first day!!! We decided to get a hotel close to Disneyland and go for two days since we have not really seen much of Jeff since December. It was a great treat and it was so nice to be together as a family. It worked out perfectly Noah's birthday fell on the second day. And what better way to spend your birthday than skipping school and going to Disneyland. We stayed at the Embassy Suites about a mile away from Disneyland. It was a perfect hotel with a breakfast buffet each morning.!

These pictures are in reverse order......Noah has been saving his allowance for a month I have been so proud of him saving and that combined with some birthday money he was able to get a huge Lego.....the fire plane!!
Our second day at Disneyland was a bit rough.....Poor Rhys had a slight teething fever and was pretty miserable he took it in stride and slept most of the day in the stroller poor guy!!
Another major mishap was after lunch we were heading on the jungle cruise and Ryder barfed inline. It was pretty awful. Still not sure what happen could have been the heat the star tours or what. After a nap in the stroller he was perfectly fine and has been since. The only good thing about barfing at Disneyland, free water and they clean it up for you! But I still hope that it was a first and last experience.
Noah was so proud of his Birthday button. He chose most of the rides all day and got to be a part of the star wars show!

End of the first day! the boys did great we were at Disneyland all day. Noah and Sawyer walked all day and even ran through California Adventure so we could make it to our shuttle and not have to wait another 30 minutes!
Eating cotton candy waiting for world of color to start.....
Yummy BBQ dinner it was Delicious! Definitely will go back some day!

Thank you Grandma Jody and Papa Rich for a fun day at Disneyland!
Disneyland nap!!


Noah and I got to ditch the babes for a little California Screamin I love that he loves the roller coasters. He has no fear and loves to go on Everything. The faster the better!!





Until next year!!!

Open House

We had a great time at Noah's very first Open House!! He had so much fun showing us all over his classrooom and all the things he has had fun doing this year. Noah has had a rough start this year. I am sad that he truly hates school. I am hoping over the summer we can find some things that can make it a bit more fun for him. He has such a LONG school career ahead and I really want him to do well and enjoy it.

Here he is with his teacher.......he keeps doing this fake smile in EVERY picture. Grrr drives me crazy!!

By far the highlight was the slide show the teacher had put together. He loved seeing himself and his friends.

Before Open house we met Jeff and In-N-Out for dinner. I realized I had dressed the boys all in monkey shirts so I had to get a picture. I love Paul Frank tee's on the boys!!

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Some day they will give me a decent picture!

4 more days of school I am so excited for summer!!! (Yes I am sure that will only last a week)

Carnival

Noah's school does a carnival every year. It was so much fun. I wish we had gotten there a little earlier so we could have met up with more of Noah's friends. At least we know for next year.

They had a ton of cute games and the boys had a blast!

Sawyer had a ROUGH day so as a punishment he had to sit in the stroller I told him no games at all. But we gave in and let him play a little.

We probably shouldn't have let him out because he didn't learn his lesson. I am working on trying to stick with my punishments. We have lost control around here and I am desperately trying to take it back!

Mothers Day Celebrations

By far my favorite thing about Mothers Day is celebrating with my little boys at school.

Thursday I went to a Luncheon with Sawyer put on by his preschool. They do such a cute lunch and I love spending time with him and his friends and hearing about his day to day activities. We had a yummy lunch made a craft and the kids sang.......

On Friday Noah's kindergarten class put on a cute mothers day fashion show. It was so fun to spend time with him and see him so excited to show me the things he made.

It was a great start to Mothers Day weekend. I so needed this day like I said in my last post these last few months have been rough. It was nice to be able to be reminded of why I do this and that I love my family very much. Although it is a huge challenge I wouldn't trade being there mom for anything!

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Someone had a birthday!!

And in true fashion we CELEBRATED!! This kid is completely spoiled. There is no other Birthday's in April so we basically celebrate the whole month!! Lucky us. These are in complete reverse order...oh well.

Since Noah was on Spring Break I promised him we could go to Temecula and spend time with cousins and Grammy and Grampy. We spent the afternoon with Cari and Heather. Cari brought lots of snacks and cupcakes. Noah was thrilled. After the park Grammy, Grampy and Leslie took us to Chuck E. Cheese. It was so fun!!

On the way home Noah said it was his best Birthday EVER!! Oh and he told me how we could move to Temecula.....I told him he had to take that up with his father :)


Tuesday was Noah's actual Birthday. He woke up and of course wanted to open his presents. I was a mean mom this year and promised the boys Birthday parties. But with a new baby and a super busy husband I took the bribery route and promised the boys other things if they got over having a party. Guess what it was perfect. Noah wanted a DS and LOVES it. He plays with it constantly!!

Monday night we went out to dinner to celebrate too. he chose Outback...and ate every last bit of his steak.

The other hit presents were DS games and Legos. He has had so much fun building or watching mommy build and then laying with all his toys!!

On Noah's Birthday we went to Disneyland. Ryder and I had fun taking pictures while the big kids were on rides. It was crazy crowded and we didn't last too long.

Noah has been saving his money and talking about a remote control car since before Christmas ever since the Ride Makerz store opened in Downtown Disney. We ventured off so he could build his car.

Noah was one spoiled boy. I don't think he could have had a better day!!

Happy Birthday to our favorite 6 year old!!!

Karate....

Noah has been begging for months to start Karate. I got an email from groupdeals

for a month of unlimited Karate. He is absolutely loving it.

It is becoming a great reward for him when he does well at school. He is really enjoying it! And the rest of us are having fun watching him do it!!

I want to ride my Bicycle......

Noah learned to ride his bike in the last few weeks!! He was very ANTI riding it with out training wheels......but he did awesome and now he loves it!!! Jeff and I were so surprised at how fast he caught on!!!

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I'm cheating I didn't actually take this one today. Noah spent the afternoon at the skate park with our neighbors. Talk about heaven for him!

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Perfect day at Disneyland with Grammy and Leslie! No lines and a perfect way to spend a Friday night! Noah and Sawyer especially loved Leslie and her friends Chewy and Yoda back packs.

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Someone is joining the Space Program.