Disneyland!

We took the kids to Disneyland for three days and had a great time! It was so much fun and the kids are at a great age. We went in the middle of the week so we didn't have any crowds.

We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and since it was not busy we were able to check in early instead of waiting till 3pm. That was nice after the drive. Here's a sign that my kids don't get out much . . . we get into our hotel and they are soooo excited. They ask to stay in the room and watch TV and lay around in their beds! Are you kidding me? We just drove an hour and a half, paid a nice price for tickets, an even nicer price for the hotel, and they want to chill out in the room and not hit the parks? I told Will next time we will stay in San Diego and rent a room at Motel 8 and tell them it's our vacation! Must have been the novelty of sleeping somewhere else AND the fact that they were allowed to sleep together in the same bed! Kids!

Now that Dylan was three, he was not as afraid of the characters either. Last time he would not go within a ten foot radius of a character. This time he was selective of who he would go near. We ate at Goofy's Kitchen and saw many characters. He was so excited to see and meet Goofy until he saw Goofy's behavior. (He was a bit over the top!) Goofy was so, well . . . goofy! He pretended to drink the bottle of ketchup, then burped at the table, sneezed and wiped his snot in his sister's hair, then farted at the table. So by the time he made it to Dylan to take a picture he was freaked out! He yelled "NOOOO!!!" and gave him the evil eye! Mackenzie thought he was hilarious and could appreciate his humor.

Here are some photos of our great family vacation.

Hair?

For those of you who remember, Dylan did not have any hair until he was about a year old. He did not get his first haircut until he was about 18 months old. I used to call him my little bald boy.

See my peach fuzz? I just turned one in this picture.

Once he started growing his hair, I have been the one to take him to get his haircut. I was too afraid to let Will or my dad take him since they like their hair "squared away" - like a "military haircut". Everytime Dylan would come home from getting a haircut, he would be "inspected" by dad and papa and both would say "I thought you took him to get a haircut." They both disapproved of my nice little boy haircut. It was always too long and not "squared away".

So on Monday I took him to get his haircut and had a moment of insanity. When we get his haircut they always ask if I want clippers or a scissor cut. I'm not sure what came over me, but I said yes to the clippers. And this is what we have:

The minute those clippers hit his head and I saw all that hair on the floor I was in full regret!

Of course when daddy and papa saw his new haircut, they approved very much and said, "Finally, a real haircut!"

Now he no longer looks like my cute innocent baby boy, but a rough and tumble rugrat who loves to get into things! Well, at least it will grow back. Enjoy daddy and papa because it may be a long while before you get this look again!

Swon Floo

We have been so inundated with information about the swine flu. Our school superintendent has made 2 phone calls to all households reminding us the importance of hand washing. Teachers also had to discuss proper hand washing techniques and show a video from YouTube on how this is done.

So of course, curious Mackenzie has been asking what this is all about. She keeps calling it the swon flu and I've told her that it's called the swine flu. And the conversation went something like this:

Mackenzie: Did you know that a 3 year old boy died in Texas from the swon flu? I heard it on the radio this morning.

Mom: Swine flu. And yes I heard that too.

Mackenzie: Why do they call it swine flu?

Mom: Swine is another name for pigs, and the germs started with the pigs.

Mackenzie: Well then, they should just call it pig flu instead of swine flu. That's much easier to say and remember than swon flu!

So the next day . . .
In school she has been learning about farms, pigs, reading different stories about The Three Little Pigs and the children were to write something relating to pigs. The class had brainstormed what kinds of things they could say and this is what my child wrote about:

"The pigs- they hav a swon floo. We wil git sic."

Now mind you that all the other kids wrote about how cute pigs are, that they are pink and like to roll in mud, they have curly tails etc. Not mine! Her teachers and I laughed so hard! Hey, she is relating what she's learned in school and making connections to her world! Gotta love the mind of a Kindergartener!

Back to the Grind

Well, spring break is officially over :( . I always have such a great time with my kids that it makes me sad to go back to work. Don't get me wrong, I love my job and once I'm there and back into the routine it's all good. But I really cherish every moment I get to spend with them. I know time flies and they will never be this age again.

To close the off the break, I bought water balloons for the kids and let them have at it. It was so hot today and they loved it. Surprisingly they weren't into throwing them at each other, but popping them on top of their own heads!

Then we ended the day with acrobatics on the jumpie.

The good news is that there are only 9 weeks till summer vacation - not that I'm counting! :)

Annual Egg Hunt

Saturday was our annual egg hunt hosted by Eunice and Karen. It was such a beautiful day with lots of good company. As always the kids had a blast. Thanks Eunice and Karen for creating such good memories of Easter egg hunts! We love you guys!

All the little egg hunters: Nixon, Dylan, Mackenzie, Derek, Julian, and Devin

Dylan and Nixon being buds and having fun together. Dylan will do something and Nixon will follow suit and copy him. Gee, I hope Dylan doesn't teach him anything bad!!! I'll apologize ahead of time Tira!

San Diego Zoo

I love spring break! I took the kids to the zoo and we fed the giraffes for the first time. I thought it was pretty amazing, but Mackenzie didn't much care for all the lovely drool the giraffe gives you in exchange for his biscuit. Dylan would have no part of the feeding, but just watched.

The kids are at such a great age and it's fun hanging out with them. Dylan is at the stage where he can power through without his afternoon nap without any meltdowns, so I don't have to be back home by 1:00. Did I mention I LOVE being on vacation?

Color Me Mine!

Tiffany and I took the girls to the pottery place. Mackenzie has been asking to go for quite some time now, and we thought we'd check it out.

The girls both chose a cupcake trinket box to paint. They had a great time painting and with each other.

We'll pick up the finished product on Tuesday. Can't wait to see the masterpieces!