It's been a while

I know it's been a while since I posted anything. I have been too caught up in reading. My new favorite author is Harlan Coben, if you want to check him out! Anyway, we have just been up to more of the same. The girls start basketball this Saturday. I will take some video and post it by next week. They are really excited. Oh, and I have one quick funny story. The other night Morgan would not take more than one bite of her dinner. I told her, "You won't get any snacks later, Morgan. You need to eat. This is dinner!!" She stood tall, grabbed her plate, and glared at me while going to put it in the sink and announced, "Dinner is over!" I don't know how this will read, but believe me it was hilarious!

Running Super Fast

I wanted to add one little video, though many of you will not think it as cute as we do. This is the second day at Disneyland and we are heading to the park about 5 minutes to opening time. Apparently, the girls did not think we could get there soon enough because the refused to walk with us and insisted that we "run super fast!" You can just tell that they think they are going about 100mph! It was adorable! They could not wait to get back on the rides!! Oh, you will also notice that Morgan keeps her left arm bent while the right one flings about! This is because she is used to running with Bear Purse on her left arm. It gives her a sort of Phoebe run!

Disneyland

I know everybody is wondering where my post is about our trip. Well, here it is. We spent 5 days at Disneyland with the girls while we left Miles home to be passed around by Grandma and aunts. We are SO appreciative of everyone who helped watch him while we were gone.

Anyway, we had so much fun. I didn't realize how much "kid" is left in me. I was almost giddy with excitement on Space Mountain (my favorite ride of all time!). Morgan was really nervous about all of the characters, but Elle would run full speed towards them and push aside any poor child or adult who happened to be standing between her and the character. She couldn't get enough. We chased Buzz Lightyear around the park for 3 days, and finally caught up with him on our last day. She was ecstatic! Both girls' favorite ride was the teacups...not mine though! Morgan loved to spot Sleeping Beauty's castle and the Matterhorn in the park! Didn't you used to be able to walk in the castle and go up stairs and look at things? Maybe not.

We also got to eat dinner with the princesses. They would go around to each table and sign books and take pictures. I don't think Elle has ever been happier in her whole life! Every time we get in the car now, she asks me if we are going to Disneyland. When I tell her that we are just going to the grocery store or to pick up Morgan, you can see her heart just drop. We will definitely have to go back in a year or two. Oh, one more thing. The girls also loved throwing money into fountains. We told them to make wishes when they threw in their pennies. Morgan would always say, "I wish I was a princess!" and toss her coin in and we would ooh and ah over how cute she is. Then Elle would shout, "I wish for money!" and chuck her coin in, too. It was adorable! All in all, a wonderful vacation!

Slumber Party

We had Ava over for a slumber party last night. The girls had so much fun! Everyone made their own mini pizza, each with a face made of peperoni, olives, and green peppers.

Then we decorated sunglasses with ribbon, jewels, and flowers! They were so ugly that they were cute! Morgan's are my favorite!! Then we painted toenails and the girls got in sleeping bags and watched My Little Ponies with cookies and popcorn. At 9:30, I couldn't stay awake any longer. Matt said they were still up when he was ready for bed, so he had to stay up longer to turn the movie off after everyone was finally out! It was so much fun for me to watch these girly girls together!!

My first Photoshop

I have been working hard to try and understand Photoshop. These are my first creations, so I am really proud!!!

Miles Walks!

Miles took four steps this morning! Of course, as soon as I got out the camera, it took me five tries just to get him to take one or two steps, but that was good enough for me! I can't believe how big he is getting. He is so much more responsive now, and loves to follow Matt around the hosue when he gets home from work, crying "dadadada" until Matt picks him up. Then you should the smile that he gets! He is such a happy kid!

Morgan's Birthday

We had so much fun at Morgan's birthday party!! The kids wore Backyardigans masks, played games, and ate lots of cake!!! Elle made good use of the stickers that came in the party favors! Morgan mostly got clothes, which she is so excited about! She loves the new selection she has to choose from every morning when getting dressed. Thank you to everyone who came and gave presents...she loves everything!