A few changes to the house

We redid the half bath off of the main living room too. I had a very difficult time choosing what color to paint this little room. It was B's idea to use this gray that we already had. It was left over from our Ogden home. I loved it in Ogden and I love it here too. It is so clean and fresh and goes with the little decor we have in there. I still have things I need to find to hang on the walls, but for now it looks nice. The white ceilings make such a difference as well.
We redid the girls bathroom downstairs as well. We used a textured paint called river rock. B isn't too thrilled with it, but I like it! Since he doesn't have to see it very often I think he is OK with it. If it were ours, I believe he would want to redo it. Our bathroom is our next project, I think anyway.

We painted a few accent walls in the front entry way. The paint is such a light lavender that you can hardly tell it is even there at times, but it is still enough that when I am in there I notice it.
We painted an accent wall in the kitchen. The color is Tibetan Orange from Behr and I love it. I think it helps bring out a few of the decor pieces. It is a nice splash of color as well.

We have redone all of the bathrooms with the exception of ours so far. When we bought our house everything was the same color upstairs. Downstairs had a little more variation but not a lot. I like the color the previous owners used but I just need a little more change here and there. The picture above is a semi before picture. I tried a sample green color but once I got it on the wall neither B nor I liked it and knew it would be too dark once all the walls were green. I ended up using a color called Ivory, even though it was supposed to have a tan base it turned out more yellow; however, I still liked how it ended up. Eventually this will be the guest bathroom and I wanted a relaxing spa feel to it.

Falling Asleep

The other day the girls were playing and I went looking for them and found Thing 2 asleep under the desk. Thing 1 chose a much better spot and was asleep on the bed. I think Thing1 was playing hide-n-seek because the chair was pulled up and she was blocked in. I'm always amazed where the little ones will fall asleep and the positions they can sleep in. I guess it is good to be bendy.

Beach Fun

While in Cali we took a day off from Disney and went to the beach. We went to two different beaches. First we went to Seal Beach. I had never been before and wasn't super impressed. Then after lunch we went Huntington Beach and met up with B's family. They aren't very far apart and it was a quick drive down the PCH. I have been to that beach MANY times through college and while I always enjoyed it then, I haven't ever had as much fun as I did on this particular trip. A, J and I went out into the waves and had fun gathering shells for the kids and trying not to get knocked over by the giant waves. The kids had a blast finding shells and running from the waves as they hit the beach. There was a big jelly fish washed up on the shore and the adults were all a little nervous one of the kids would end up getting stung. I wish I had pictures from that portion of our beach trip.

More Disney Fun

Going for a ride on the space ship.
Tink and the girls and Fawn and the girls.

Waiting to meet Tinkerbell. This was hands down the worst wait EVER! The only reason we got into the line was because it was short. Once we got to the front of the line Tink took a five minute break that turned into a 45 minute break. It was torturous. Our girls did great waiting, I think I was the one who was most uncomfortable standing in the same spot for an hour. It was fun shrinking though and being pixie size for a little while.

The girls and a FEW of their cousins. These cousins happen to be very close in age and really enjoy each others company so we hung out most days.
Breaking out of the jail in Toon Town.
Thing 2 on the jungle cruise, Thing 1 is at the other end of the boat. I couldn't get Thing 1 to turn around to get her picture so this is the best I got.


Thing 1 and Belle.

Thing 2 and Belle. Thing 2 hung out with her for an additional minute and just chatted away with her. It was so cute.
BEST ARIEL EVER!!! The girls and Ariel chatted for what seemed like an eternity. We were headed to the beach the next day and so she told them all about her sisters and her friends in the ocean and how to look for them and so on. She was fabulous, not to mention a real beauty. Her eyes matched her dress-EXACTLY!! Seriously, where do girls like her come from? The ocean I guess.
Sleeping beauty and the princess pose.
Waiting with the cousins to see the princesses.
B is such a great dad! There were a few "big kid" rides he didn't get to go on this trip. Since I couldn't go with him it really wasn't a big deal for me, I mean I couldn't go regardless, but I wanted to make sure that if he wanted to go he could. He said he actually preferred the little rides because he got to see his girls enjoy them so much and that is what his favorite part of Disney is. I have to agree it is mine too.
They are always drawn to the little door and want their pictures taken, I don't blame them the door is so cute and I don't mind taking pictures of these cute little ones.
I have no idea what ride we are on in this picture of the girls and I.



There weren't very many lines on a lot of the rides and the few lines that were there USUALLY went pretty fast, not always but usually. The only downfall was the girls wanted to ride some of the same rides over and over, like the teacups. Good thing they are still easy to distract so B and I each only had to ride it once.

The girls with Alice and the Mad Hatter.

B had to work in the ER on Sunday and rather than wait for him to finish on Monday and the leave late that afternoon and make the long trip in one day, the girls and I went down on Sat and then we flew Dad out Monday night. The girls and I went to breakfast Monday morning, something Dad really didn't care if he went to or not, and then we met up with some of our family and had a lot of fun. Since I was taking the girls back to the hotel myself we stayed until three and then headed home. Thing  2 fell asleep on the way back and Thing 1 was a life saver and carried the lightweight backpack I brought to the park. I couldn't believe I left our stroller back home, but in all we did just fine without it. I was glad we were staying close too, so the walk wasn't very long.

Breakfast with Disney characters

I think in the picture above you can tell just how happy Thing 2 is to be hanging with Stitch.
Stitch and Thing 1 playing patty-cake.

Pluto gave the girls kisses on their heads, he was hilarious.


Mickey and the girls surfin'.
Who doesn't love Daisy?
Minnie posing with each of the girls.

Just before Thing 1 turned three we took her to Disney World and we went to a princess lunch and she LOVED IT!!! So when we were getting ready for our trip to Disneyland I knew I wanted to do something with the characters for Thing 2. While she likes the princesses and all, she LOVE LOVE LOVES Stitch. There is only one place that you can possibly see him and so we booked it and crossed our fingers that he would be there...AND HE WAS!!!! The best part was the PCH Grill wasn't full and so Stitch spent about 10 minutes with Thing 2 playing. At least it felt that way to me, so I'm sure for her it felt even longer. They did patty cake and peek-a-boo and other little things that don't require any talking. I think it may have helped that we mentioned to our waitress that Stitch was our favorite and that is why we chose this particular breakfast because he did not spend nearly the time at other tables as he did ours. Another great thing with the PCH Grill was they had little activities planned every 15 minutes or so for the kids. So the girls learned how to surf with Stitch and dace with Pluto and something else, I can't remember but they had a great time. In my opinion it was the perfect way to start our Disney trip.