Waiting On Our Dinner



Disney & Stars

Keira has this night light that projects stars & the moon onto the ceiling.  It's really quite comforting and serene.

Last night, as her & I lay on our backs looking at the sight, I pointed up and jokingly said that I saw Pluto.  She said, "I see the moon!" We giggled a little and decided Daddy should join us.  So we went and found him and brought him back to the bed to lay with us. 

After a second Keira says, "I see Goofy!"  I started laughing so hard it took me a second to explain to Nathan... earlier when I said I saw Pluto, Keira must have thought I was talking about Mickey Mouse's puppy friend.  So precious!

Girl can't help it if she has Disney on the brain, because we were just there!!

We went the first weekend of April with our cousins, Mia & Aaron!  We spent 3 days at Disneyland and made a stop at Huntington Beach on the way home.  It was an adventure in so many ways.  There was very little down time & there's hardly a bathroom at Disneyland we didn't visit because, well no one ever had to go potty at the same time. 

The two little ones, Keira & Aaron, really enjoyed the Tea Cups {Aaron' called it the Coffee ride, too cute!}, Finding Nemo's Submarine & Francis' Lady Bug Boogie.  Spinning in circles while spinning in circles just isn't my thing {I turn green} so Mia took the kids on those a few times each.  I did do the submarine once, and did okay, but passed on the second round.  Mia was a super-trooper on that one. 

Travis got to enjoy some of the "bigger" rides for the first time this round.  He did The Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, Thunder Mountain Railroad & loved them all.  He also talked me into going on Mickey's Fun Wheel, in a moving gondola!  We lived, so it was fun.

Tyler utilized the Single Rider option to ride the Grizzly River Run, over and over.  Somehow, what started out as a solo endeavor turned into him meeting a girl and the two of them managing to get placed on the same raft for multiple rides down the river.  {Time to rub some ugly on his face, huh?}

Huntington Beach was fabulous.  The weather was warm, but not enough to make the sand hot... just perfect.  The water was really cold, but Tyler jumped right in and jumped waves like he was born in a coastal city.  Travis got dunked by a wave and ended up soaked as well, but his favorite part was picking up seashells.  Keira & Aaron loved the sand toys.  Mia & I enjoyed fantasising that we could spend the day laying lazily on the beach soaking up all the goodness. 

Then it was time to come home.

More Spice Than Sugar

For just a moment I compared Keira to another little girl at the dentist today.  Keira had dressed herself and was wearing a pink tulle pettiskirt, a pink halter top, pink jellies & her sparkly red bolero jacket {{from her Christmas dress}}... a spunky outfit, for a spunky girl.  I loved it, although I would have taken Coco's advice and taken the last thing off.  The other little girl was wearing a soft, sweet, "safe" outfit with a floral print button blouse, jeans and little maryjanes.  Besides fashion choices, these two girls were as different as night and day in their demeanor as well.  Keira absolutely loves going to the dentist and walked in with all confidence and flare her outfit deserved.  She sat by me for a bit, but was soon across the room playing video games.  The other little girl cried the moment her mom opened the door to walk into the dentist.  She stuck right next to her mom and whimpered about not wanting to be there.  Watching her it struck me that she was the little girl I had always pictured myself having:  meek, delicate and a bit of a wall flower... like me.  The thing is, two seconds after I realized that, it struck me how much more I love my daughter than I ever loved the one I'd pictured in my head.  When God gave me Keira, he gave me a challenge for sure!  Keira is fierce.  She knows what she wants, when & how she wants it and you should move aside if you're in her way of getting it.  My little girl is somewhere in the 15% for her size & age but all 30lbs of her are packed with willpower.  She is sooooo not me {I can't make up my mind about anything and I normally just want whatever makes everyone else happy} but, she loves me with the same fierceness that she loves changing her clothes.  Just the look in her eyes when she wants me to hold her is enough to make me forget there was ever "another" little girl to begin with.

 Check out what $20 in Kohl's cash got us today!

~Keira's dress & my headband!~

+A Science Boy

Just a quick Mommy-Brag:  Tyler brought home his 3rd Quarter Report card & not only did he make honor roll, but he got an +A in Science!  We're very proud of him.  This kid loves science!  He's considering being a Chemist one day.

Our Afternoon

We had some extra time this afternoon,

 so we were silly.

Doesn't this make you smile from ear to ear?

Check out that boy's smile!

Keira saw this & said, "I have bad lips." 

Maybe it's her over-use of lip gloss? 

♥