Out of the mouths of babes

While at the store picking out Valentine's Day cards, Kelsey found on that said, "To a sweet girl."


I explained that we were picking out a card to give to dad and without missing a beat, although not quite understanding, simply said, "And we're not sweet."


A couple weeks ago we were going out on a date and Kelsey asked, "Why are you and dad going on a date?"


Me: "Because we like to go out and sometimes we go out with you and sometimes we get a babysitter and just go out ourselves."


Kelsey: "'Cause you're sick of us?"


Sometimes she just says the funniest things.

Kelsey's camera

We haven't figured out all the features on Kelsey's camera, course when would we have the chance when all she does is carry it around with her everywhere. And while I was taking all the images off her camera I came across this. At first I thought it was just a picture Katelyn took while she was running away, but look and listen closer.

If your kids have your camera, do you know what's on it?

Natural History Museum

For preschool a couple weeks ago, Kelsey got to go to the Natural History Museum with lunch at the park afterward. What I love about the preschool she's in, any extra activities that are scheduled, Katelyn gets to tag along. So while I'm not sure if Kelsey loves it, it makes Katelyn feel so big. All her other preschool classes come too, so it's totally crazy chaos and so much fun. The more the merrier. Kelsey brought her camera so most of the pictures are compliments of her since she wouldn't relinquish it to me the take any.

The first room they went into and actually got to touch these bears. Katelyn didn't believe at first they weren't going to move or jump out and get her!! But she eventually warmed up to the idea. And then she couldn't get enough.

Then it was off the Africa room and with this display you could push a button to make the lions roar. With Bass Pro Shops in town and one we visit frequently this was child's play for the girls and they weren't afraid at all.

We then moved over to the dinosaur room and all the kids were so amazed at this sight. Wow, that's a lot of kids. And Katelyn on the far left in the pink, sat right down with the rest of them!!

These 2 were the most impressive for the kids. And once they found the button to activate the Tyrannasaurus Rex, they couldn't get enough!!
The girls playing in the science room

How 'bout that for a class picture!!

The last room we visited was the aquarium. This was a small tank with 3-5 of each of these just swimming around. I think this was the highlight of the whole trip for everyone. Then it was off to the park for some serious energy release. What a great field trip!!

What to do when you're turning 30?

Go to Disneyland, of course!! That's what we decided to do for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't come up with anything else that I wanted for my birthday so I decided on Disneyland. And when you can get in free on your birthday, what better chance since we won't ever go for Kelsey's birthday and the next time we could go would be for Katelyn or Dave's birthday and by that time, we have to pay for Katelyn because she'll be 3. And with that, we were off!!

Although it was raining off and on throughout the day, it made for some very short lines. Some of you may be thinking how we convinced the girls to stay with the rain, but it'll take more than a little rain to make us leave. So between the umbrella, ponchos and the constant dry stroller covered with a trash bag we brought, we got in all the rides we could.

Riding the tram into the park. Kelsey's become quite the little photographer!!

Since we couldn't really make a decision on what to do first, Katelyn decided on the castle and the kids rides. All aboard the carousel!! Katelyn's bangs got a little wet, but other than that, she was the dryest of all. Katelyn's favorite ride is Dumbo. I don't know what it is about that ride, but both girls love that ride. It's just gotta be something about flying. Kelsey still likes it, but has since graduated to Splash Mountain and the Matterhorn being among her favorites.

Aren't they just cute? Although it wasn't raining at this particular moment, they wanted to carry the umbrella. As you can see from the lack of jackets, it wasn't a cold rain and once Kelsey got a little wet, she was in heaven and loving every minute.

Our biggest news for the day - Katelyn was tall enough to go on her first "big" ride. The Matterhorn. For the past 2 years, all she's heard about is the Matterhorn being Kelsey's favorite ride. And she's always wondered what is in that white mountain. Well, she finally got to find out for herself. All the talking up the ride sure made a difference. She screamed through a lot of it, but never cried and when we got off, was laughing and said, "Thank you for taking me on the Matterhorn." Our kids will love roller coasters if it's the last thing we do!! So far we're 2 for 2.

Unfortunately, with it not being very crowded, we were done at 3 which meant we got to sit on the freeway for 3 hours trying to make it home to see our families. We stayed with Dave's parents and had breakfast with his family, while the girls played with all their cousins. For the past month, Kelsey has been begging to go back to California since when we were there for Thanksgiving, the Las Vegas cousins were there, but the California cousins all left. And she hasn't let us forget that she didn't get to see Aunt Heather or Aunt LaNae.

Then it was over to my parents for lunch and playing with grandma and grandpa. Jesse and Alyson are always a big hit too. Kelsey got to make pink sparkle sugar cookies with grandma and then played on the trampoline and in the playhouse with grandmpa. This is the house my dad built for us growing up. Kelsey and Katelyn had such a great time cleaning up their own size house!!

Sure looks like fun, girls!!