Priceful Memories: Disneyland

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Disneyland

Just getting around to finishing Christmas, then Easter is soon on the list ;) Hopefully I'll catch up now that life has slowed down again. *will soon be moved to 11/30/09*

Here we are at the Happiest Place On Earth! I admit, I was dreading it. I'm not a fan of waiting in lines but the saving grace is that we would be with my family. We (as in Tally too) ended up having a blast. Kelsey loved it and Aiden was a good baby pretty much the whole time. I think it helps having a kid and watching them enjoy this new world for the first time. Also, it wasn't crowded.

Our first Disneyland family photo

Kelsey and some of her girl cousins (well, my cousins' kids)

The crazy Watson and Snow clan

Kelsey was scared to see Minnie on her own but since she was wearing her Minnie dress (thanks to Jenna, Mia & Lexi), we had to get a picture with Minnie!!

Here we are in California Adventure Land. We got hopper passes and it was my first time in that park! The Monster's Inc. ride was fun except Kelsey hadn't seen the movie yet. I tried to fill her with as much DISNEY as possible for our trip.

The Toy Story ride with all the glasses was a lot of fun too. My mom and I battled it out and SHE WON!

A tender moment

Kelsey and Brooklyn really bonded on this trip. She is such a good big sister/cousin! We went on the ferris wheel and apparently we got on one that really rocks back and forth! Kelsey almost flew out of her seat at me since she doesn't weigh enough. My mom was holding Aiden and kept telling me to go help her. Meanwhile I was laughing too hard and snapping away. She was just fine holding on to Brooklyn. Poor child.

The princess castle is behind Kels - we never made it over there so we'll have to start there next time

The Haunted Mansion was done up all Tim Burton style, pretty cool

Tomorrowland

Yes, I got to go on Space Mountain. It was just how I'd remembered it.

We got to go on Pirates of the Carribean, which is always a favorite

Here we are waiting for the parade. We had a "picnic" which was so fun for the kids.

Aiden just lied on the ground, happy little boy

Grandma getting her snuggle time

I LOVE Disneyland at Christmas!!

It's a SMALL WORLD!

It was so fun to read the different languages and see the Swiss representation!!

Shari with ALL her grandbabies!!

Over the loudspeaker, a voices started talking over music. It was a child making a wish that it would snow and an adult saying that wishes could come true if you just believe it. Then it started SNOWING in CALIFORNIA. Yes, little white papery flakes. It was quite impressive. You can't see them as well as I'd hoped in the pictures, which makes the overexposed picture of Tally so great.

Cousins by chance, friends by choice ;)

Shannon and I took Brooklyn and Madison (who remind us of us when we were young) on the Matterhorn. It was decorated with Swiss things of course, something I'd never noticed before. Out front, they had all the canton flags and it was fun to try to remember what each of them were.

Kelsey was DONE by the end of the day, poor thing has probably never worn herself out like this before.

We may have to make it a yearly tradition - Merry Christmas!

2 comments:

likeschocolate said...: Looks like it was a perfect day! I have never been to California Adventure or to Disney at Christmas. Need to put it on my to do list.; 6/03/2010 4:18 PM
jessi said...: Wow, hope you have hung in there with your hubby being here for two weeks! It was great to see him. I will have to show Abram the Lightning McQueen pics tomorrow!; 6/04/2010 12:30 AM

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Disneyland

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