Bubble Bath

This is the first good photo of both girls in I don't know how long. It was also the only one I took which might be even more amazing.  I think the key must be it was the first one.  The rest of the photo shoot was mostly Audra.

A sneak peak of our bubble bath fun, you can see more of it here.

A last but not least, see my teeth!

Wordless Wednesday

Classic Disney Photoshoot

The castle photoshoot took a little too long to get right.

New Ears!


She took Daddy on this photoshoot!

The budding photographer herself.

Just a peach all week long!

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).

At least someone did like the characters though.

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.

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

Mara fell in love with swimming on vacation.  It was so great to see her loving the water.  The water slide was just too enticing and pretty soon she was even jumping off the side.  The second day in the pool she was swimming around independently in a life jack calling "chase me".

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.