Lego

Back to Legoland.

And the huge lego pumpkin

Park hanging out in Vegas

Saw the firetruck show again- it's Park's favorite

Dally got her own seat on the train

Roar!

Dally

Now that Dally is crawling she has discovered all kind of things around the house, but her favorite is the dog door.

Pirates

For some reason Parker thinks that putting a scarf on your head is playing pirates. I have to say, she is a pretty cute pirate.

Of course Dally had to be a pirate too.

Dally is crawling!

Finally, she's crawling!

Beta Ray Bill

Park being goofy while we were trying to fold laundry.

This handsome man will be done with his masters next week.  Go Hank!

One of our friends is being stationed in Tampa and can't take his belongings so we inherited his fish.  He use to be called Fireball but Hank changed his name to Beta Ray Bill.

Dally had a good time going through Park's makeup.

Sea World

Thursday our power went out just before 4- along with the rest of San Diego County.  Hank was out on a range with his guys most of the night, so the girls and I went swimming, ate dinner in the dark, and went to bed early.  I was a little nervous about traffic on Friday but decided to go to Sea World anyways.  I am glad we did because it wasn't very crowded at all.

We got there just in time to see Shamu.

Aimee and Ian

We went straight to the Pet Show (for the ten billionth time), and then over to see the Sea Turtles.

We got there late and didn't want to be stuck in traffic on the way home so after the turtles we played in the play area for a while and then headed home to see Hank for the first time (for the girls) since Sunday!

Gymnastics

When we came home from the lake I had a decision to make- whether to keep Parker in Ballet even though she wasn't 100% happy with it or to try out gymnastics.  I am so so happy that we went with gymnastics.  Running around, jumping, swinging, and rolling are a much better fit.  I think we will try ballet again when she is a little older. 

Dally making a mess.

                  Parker doing one of her favorite activities- tying herself (and her animals) up.

Dally playing in the kids area during gymnastics.  

First Tooth!

 This little girl finally got her first tooth in.  It is on the bottom and really surprised me this morning when she bit down on my finger. It kinda made me sad, she is really growing up!

 For the last month she has been going from sitting to her knees and rocking but she still hasn't figured out that she can move her legs.  If she really wants to get somewhere she scoots on her butt.  One of her favorite things right now is to shake her head no at us.  Her favorite food by far is cheese.  She loves to imitate the barking of one of parker's dogs.  She dances anytime music is on.  She thinks her sister and the dog are the funniest people on earth.

Disneyland with the Matyas

Have I mentioned that I love that we see so much family living here??? My cousin Cherie and her family are down here from Washington this week and we were lucky enough to meet up with them at Disney.

One of the first characters we saw was Cruella DeVille. She was just as mean and rude in person as she is in the movie. Now that we have our picture I think we will avoid her in the future.

It was really fun to get to see Cherie and her family. She got to meet Dallas and Parker had a great time with her kids.

We stole Abby and went to the Princess Faire. I felt really awful when the battery from my camera died after the first Princess.

Ariel

This one is from my phone. We also saw Tiana and I thought I had enough battery to get the pictures of her but apparently I didn't. So sad.

Belle

We had never been on Splash Mountain before and I wasn't sure if Parker was going to like it. We rode together in the back (you can see her in the back left corner) and she totally loved it. She was begging to go again.

We got Abby hooked on getting character signatures and pictures so she insisted we see Pooh and friends after Splash Mountain.

Park and Aladdin

One of our favorite parts of the day was seeing the parade. Parker and Dallas were totally enthralled, and Parker kept waving and calling to every character. It was really cute.

Jesse and Cherie have more pictures that hopefully I'll get to post sometime soon. We had a really fun time with them. Her kids were so sweet and so helpful with my two, and it was so nice getting to visit with Cherie and Mike. Hopefully we'll get up to Washington and get to see them again sometime soon!