Thinking Disney!

The Disney Store at our mall moved downstairs to a bigger location. This past weekend they had a reopening ceremony that I was able to take the kids to. They got to participate in the "Hot Dog Dance," a parade, and calling Tinkerbell to save the store from the villains! They each got a foam microphone for doing the dance and a character mask for the parade.

Then, the highlight of the day for them was meeting Goofy. He and Mickey Mouse flew all the way up here from Disneyland on a Disney plane. For real! There was a Disney staff member there with them that I was able to talk to while we waited.

This is Savannah talking to Goofy after the rest of us went to the side to let the next people have their turn.

She just stayed and stared at Goofy. So he patted her on the head and gave her a kiss!!!! She was so excited about that. It took me a minute to get her away. She thinks all the Disney characters are her personal friends. I guess that is what happens when you visit them every year.

Of course, she and Daddy have been discussing visiting the Princesses again. I won't argue with that! :D

5 Going on Cute!

Yesterday night Daddy stayed at a hotel again without us for work. Something he has been doing a lot of this summer with his new job. Savannah thinks he is having holidays without us. What else would you be doing at at hotel?

Last night I took the kids for a scooter ride to 7-11 to get treats for bedtime snack. Really I just wanted a Slurpee, but needed to give them some kind of motivation to get all the way there and back.

On the way there, Savannah discovered a toy phone she had put in the pouch on the front of her scooter. She is much faster than L on hers. So while waiting for us on a corner, she decided to get out her "cell phone" and call Daddy. Just as we came up to the corner I heard her saying "Hello Daddy, I love you!" She had a huge grin on her face the whole time.

Then tonight after she was asleep I went to check on her and discovered she had snuck into our room and taken Daddy's fuzzy wolf blanket off our bed and covered herself with it in her own bed. What a stinker, but at least she wasn't sleeping on Daddy's side of our bed this time! :D

During her prayers she thanked Heavenly Father for the fun holiday we had scootering to 7-11! Guess I will have to take them on more scooter rides before the snow flies. We saw and heard the first crunchy leaves on the sidewalk last night.

On the weekend we went to a scrapbook store with Flower Gramma. Gramma was still waiting in the checkout line to pay when I took the kids out to get them in the car. She overheard another lady say to her friend, "Did you see how cute that little girl in the blue skirt is?" I think Daddy is going to have his work cut out for him when she reaches dating age!

What cute things have your children or others around you been doing lately?




Sleeping in a hotel after Auntie Chelle's wedding this summer.

When it's lost, check the speaker!

This is one of our surround sound speakers. It sits just behind to the side of the TV. See the large hole in it? It is a magnet to young children.





Over the years I have found lots of missing things inside of it. Last night we caught J with his hand in the hole. I've noticed lately that the toy car selection seemed much smaller than normal. So today I took the back off and this is what I found!



7 lego type pieces, one egg shaker, one Garfield figurine, one piece of garbage and 5 cars. Quite the haul.

Making Pepperoni

This afternoon we helped Daddy make pepperoni. Savannah was so excited to help! She is holding the "natural casing" as Rick loads it onto the sausage press.

Closer up with the pepperoni in front of her waiting to be smoked and cooked.

Funny story: Savannah wanted to do all the jobs. So when I had to leave for a bit she exclaimed, "I guess it's just us now Daddy!" She thought that meant she could crank the lever all by herself after that.

Funnies

Just a couple things from recent days out of the mouth of Savannah:

1. After a particularly short stop at at stop sign: "Mummy, Daddy didn't stop like this, One, two, three!" She held her fingers up to count to three. She doesn't know where she learned about a three second stop. She says it wasn't playschool, so who knows? I am amazed she learned it well enough to apply in a real life situation.

2. While doing my hair: "Mummy, there are still peanuts in your hair!" Me: "Peanuts? You mean knots?" S: "Yeah, knots." (I guess the rats that make rats nests in your hair we busy collecting peanuts in mine last night! Hehehe)

I'm sure there will be more of these to come in the next while. Got any funny kid stories to share?

Apparently we had a warm day or two this winter

The 17th and 18th of this month were quite warm days. The 17th Savannah and I built a pretty good sized snowman in the backyard. Unfortunately we didn't have time to finish the detail work. She convinced me the snowman at least had to have a carrot nose before we could go in for the evening.

The next afternoon when she looked out she was sure that a bunny had eaten the nose! They sang a song about that at play school earlier this year. I finally convinced her to go out and look on the ground for it. The whole snowman was a lot smaller as it had melted quite a bit that day. Pretty soon she let me know that a bunny named Savannah had eaten the carrot and handed me the stem end of it! :D

Then she tried to fix the snowman, but just ended up with a head on the ground. So then I got her some buttons for the face and helped her put the hat and scarf on.

This one kind of shows how small the head actually is.

This one shows you the surprised look on his face!

If we had made it on the 18th I'm sure he'd still be standing as a solid iceman. We are still hoping for Spring, sometime soon.

Is it Easter yet?

Someone here sure wishes it was! The minute we were done opening presents on the last day of three Christmases we had this past December she said, "Yay! Now the Easter Bunny can bring me chocolates!"

Today we had a fun day which ended with her buying some things at Build-A-Bear for her Kitty. Kitty ended up getting bunny slippers a ballet type dress and these bunny ears. The sunglasses are ones that Gramma Susan bought in Mexico last year. They are too small for Savannah now, but they fit Kitty perfectly. Tonight you get pictures of Savannah all dressed in ears and sunglasses. What a goof. Maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture of Kitty. Or maybe not, she's not as cute as this bunny!