At least someone did like the characters though.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Characters
This was shall we say not Mara's favorite part of the trip. She did warm up to the plush characters a bit, but despite her love of the princesses she preferred they keep their distance. She did enjoy her bedtime princess story (via the TV channel) each night and spent the last day telling us she was Cinderella (which she says adorably by the way).
Rides
We spent last week in Disneyland on family vacation. The following series of posts document our trip.
Mara surprised us and was quite adventurous when it came to rides. Like any kid her age her favorites were Dumbo and the Teacups. Daddy was a champ and endured the tea cups numerous times throughout the week, Mommy only went once and was very boring in the spinning department. Similar to the Aquarium Mara wanted to get out of the dark after awhile on several of the rides. Our little detail girl could tell you all week what color of Dumbo or Teacup she had ridden hours and days earlier. She got off almost every ride wanting to hop in the next car and even magically got to a few times. Audra's least favorite ride that she was subjected to was the finding Nemo submarine.
Mara surprised us and was quite adventurous when it came to rides. Like any kid her age her favorites were Dumbo and the Teacups. Daddy was a champ and endured the tea cups numerous times throughout the week, Mommy only went once and was very boring in the spinning department. Similar to the Aquarium Mara wanted to get out of the dark after awhile on several of the rides. Our little detail girl could tell you all week what color of Dumbo or Teacup she had ridden hours and days earlier. She got off almost every ride wanting to hop in the next car and even magically got to a few times. Audra's least favorite ride that she was subjected to was the finding Nemo submarine.
Just the way the line fell Mara scored back to back rides on Dumbo (Mommy and Daddy got pictures and saved Daddy's coffee).
Mommy only rode once but she's the only adult in pictures on this ride.
Mara used Rider Swap to score two rides on this one.
Mommy and Daddy's favorite rides of the week you ask? Flyin' over California, Toy Story Midway Mania, and Daddy would probably add a few more to that list (maybe Tower or Terror?).
The newest fish
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Labor Day at the River
Our good friends took us to their River House for the long weekend. We enjoyed lazy days and lots of good company and fresh picked blackberries.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Totally Working for Me
Getting Her Shoes on the Right Feet
I ran across this brilliant idea for helping kids put their shoes on the right feet because as any parent of a toddler will tell you they get it wrong more than 50% of the time but insist on doing it themselves. Mara loves to tell us her shoe smilies are kissing and her Crocs are almost always on the right feet now. I just wish I could figure out a way to do it on her other favorite pair of shoes (that have a dark sole with a horizontal seam right through the middle).
Dinner while Daddy is Traveling
Make your own pizza night is fun and delicious. Mara willingly tries new vegetables and it's a meal I totally don't mind her help in the kitchen. I am still perfecting my technique as tonight they became calzones because I forgot to flour my makeshift pizza slip. We get refrigerated pizza dough, a can of tomato sauce, and a chunk of mozzarella from the store. To the sauce I add some basil and oregano from the garden. If it is just the 2 of us I freeze half of everything now. Preheat the oven, rest the dough, shred the cheese (I add some parmesan which is usually present in my fridge) too and prepare some vegetables (we have done spinach, mushrooms, red pepper, tomatos and basil). Shape the dough (Mara always request that I throw it in the air), layer and bake.
I ran across this brilliant idea for helping kids put their shoes on the right feet because as any parent of a toddler will tell you they get it wrong more than 50% of the time but insist on doing it themselves. Mara loves to tell us her shoe smilies are kissing and her Crocs are almost always on the right feet now. I just wish I could figure out a way to do it on her other favorite pair of shoes (that have a dark sole with a horizontal seam right through the middle).
Dinner while Daddy is Traveling
Make your own pizza night is fun and delicious. Mara willingly tries new vegetables and it's a meal I totally don't mind her help in the kitchen. I am still perfecting my technique as tonight they became calzones because I forgot to flour my makeshift pizza slip. We get refrigerated pizza dough, a can of tomato sauce, and a chunk of mozzarella from the store. To the sauce I add some basil and oregano from the garden. If it is just the 2 of us I freeze half of everything now. Preheat the oven, rest the dough, shred the cheese (I add some parmesan which is usually present in my fridge) too and prepare some vegetables (we have done spinach, mushrooms, red pepper, tomatos and basil). Shape the dough (Mara always request that I throw it in the air), layer and bake.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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