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California Adventure Day 4 (Con't)

4:22 PM Sunday, November 02, 2008

California Adventure was my favorite day of the two Disney days. Perhaps it was because I had never been there, but I think Jill will say it's because I had a good breakfast! Some shots from early in the day.

The parade was awesome - way better than at Disneyland

As evening drew near, it was time to say goodbye to California Adventure. We were able to slip in one last ride, which was Emily's suggestion. It was great. As we came out of the ride, this is what we saw. I couldn't help snapping these shots:

and my two favorite shots from the whole trip

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Emily and Regan

4:08 PM

On Halloween, Emily's sister Regan came over. It was a good time to see her and have Emily spend some time with her. Regan is the cutest little thing. She couldn't stop eating her candy. Sorry for her mom and dad, because she was probably going to be up all night!

My favorite picture from the evening.

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Halloween

3:36 PM

I'll admit it, I've never been a big fan of Halloween. Jill is sick of hearing me say "it's a pagen holiday." But, since becoming a daddy, I can appreciate the fun time that our kids have experiencing the fun of dressing up and gathering sugary treats from around the neighborhood. The past two years Jill's mom has put together a Halloween party for the kids. They LOVE it. And, they get to wear that costume a little bit more, making the "price per wear" go down, so I'm a fan. I really enjoyed watching the kids play the games and of course, someobody brought sugar cookies for decorating - needless to say, I was in... I think I made 5, but lost count after 2 (intentionally).

Kylie as Cinderall, and Mr. William as a pirate. We loved the fact that he wore this costume multiple times and never took the hat off. For those that have little ones, you know what a feat that is. Our girls never leave their hats on, so mom and dad were proud.

Seth won "scariest" costume... I was kind of freaked out. He's holding his heart and when he pumped it, blood squirted down his chest, in between his ribs... it was lovely!

Your eyes are not deceiving you... that's Jill's dear father with some "body work" in the chest area. Incidentally, he probably should talk to his optomotrist son about his severe myopia... wow. We had a Cinderella, two Tinker Bell's and a Hannah Montana. Oh, and lest we forget, we also had weird-man-who-wants-to-be-a-weird-looking-woman in the back.

We played scary Halloween Bingo followed by a rousing competition where the youngest among us were more nible at running pieces of string through small holes in candy. Those candy necklaces never looked so good!

Pin the nose on the Pumpkin... the nose way off in the hallway is Charlotte's. She was AWESOME at this game!

Then a game of musical scary creatures. I figured out early that if I was going to get a prize, I would need to "make sure" I landed on every one of the creatures. So, creatively, I picked up one of each and carried it with me. When I landed on the wrong one, I simply "replaced" mine with the correct shape. Walked away with a huge load of candy.
Then, we did the ball toss and the kids got candy for throwing the ball "in" the bucket!

It was a fun Halloween!

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California Adventure Day 4

10:28 AM Friday, October 31, 2008

We headed over to California Adventure on Tuesday and had a blast! While at Disneyland we only saw Jasmine and Aladdin, so this was awesome! We saw Woody outside a show and that just started the mayhem with the kids.

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Charlotte's Preschool Party

10:14 AM

Emily and I went to Charlottes school to help with their party. It was fun to see all of her friends and see all of the fun they had. They decorated cookies and ate cupcakes, played bingo, pin the nose on the pumpkin, went fishing, and a ton of other games. Cami Green read a cute story to the kids and Em helped out by wearing the witches hat.

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Happy Halloween

10:08 AM

This is John trying to look like a female nurse for his work party. I gave him a cute belt to accentuate his thin lady like figure, a necklace to bring out the belt and his beautiful eyes and a cute headband for that perfect touch of girl. Every year at his work, they decorate each department and they let the families of the employees come trick or treat there. It is so much fun and the kids LOVE it! The "Theme" for Johns department is something medical and all of the management have to dress up like female nurses. I hope to get some pics to post later.

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Disneyland (Day 3)

8:49 AM Friday, October 24, 2008

We headed off to Disneyland on Monday. The kids LOVED it and had so much fun. My parents haven't been there since I was 12 and I think it has changed just a wee bit. The weather was awesome and the longest we waited for a ride was 30 min. Thanks for such a fun trip Mom and Dad! Lets go again!

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The Beach (Day 2 cont.)

7:22 AM

John drove us around San Diego so we could see the beautiful city and we ended up at the beach. The kids LOVE the beach and it was hard getting them to leave. William not so much. Funny story about him, he did not like the feel of the sand and after getting used to it he was walking in the water with me. I let go of his hand and took a few steps away and a wave came in and knocked him over on his bum, then it pushed him all the way over and he was completely covered in sand and water. He wasn't very happy about this but is sure gave us a good laugh. We collected alot of shells and alot of memories.