Oh, That's What You Where Doing!

This evening, just before dinner, Haley and Abby were playing really nicely together on the front lawn.  They were taking turns sitting in a swing and pulling each other (or trying to pull each other)!  It looked like this:

I kept hearing the person sitting in the swing say "yah" as they pulled on the rope.  Carey and I both assumed they were playing horses or something like that.

Fast forward a half an hour, and we were all at the table eating dinner (if you can call apples and peanut butter and some cottage cheese, dinner).  At dinner we each say the best and worst parts of our day, and when it was Haley's turn, she said "the best part of my day was playing reindeer and Santa with Abby"!  Carey and I both burst out laughing as the lightbulbs above our heads came on!

Best Day Ever!

(Warning, this blog is mostly about me, and not so much about the "wonderful wee Webbers")

Okay, I don't really know why, but today was a SUPER GREAT day!  At 5:30 this morning, I walked out of my room and Seth, who was standing right outside my door, said "I was waiting for you, mom"!  So cute (even though I would have rather him be sleeping)!  Abby woke up and came out of her room at 5:45 (way too early for her) and when I told her she needed to go back and lay down...SHE DID!  No huge tantrum that woke everyone else up!  Then, the morning went along without any huge meltdowns, sibling violence, or any of the normal unpleasantness of mornings around here!

Around 8:00 we went outside to ride bikes, and ended up playing with the wagon.  Haley was pulling Seth along and Abby came over and said "hey, Haley, hook me up with a ride"!  Where does she get these things?  They had fun, Haley pulling and Seth and Abby riding, pretending they were on the Matterhorn, Space Mountain, and "the Happy Hollow" roller coaster.  Then, one of the WONDERFUL preschool teachers came over to babysit, and the doctors appointment that I had originally gotten the babysitter for got canceled, so I just had a free morning. 

My sister came over and we went on a run and ended up running 6 miles (a 10K!) and it was really fun and felt like a good accomplishment.  Then, I went to Bed Bath & Beyond to get a gift and the only one they had left was the display one, so I got10% off, plus I had a coupon for 20% off! 

I went home, and teacher Kelly stayed with the napping Seth while I dropped Abby off at her playdate.  When I went to pick Haley up from preschool, I randomly brought a gallon of milk that a friend had brought over and we didn't need, and preschool was almost out, so they were super stoked.  After that we picked up Abby from her playdate (on which it was reported that she was SUPER polite and well-behaved).

Once we were all home, we filled up a kiddie pool and the back yard and Seth played in the pool, Abby and Haley jumped on the trampoline and I (drum roll please)...sat next to the pool, in the warm sun and read a magazine!  I know...I felt like I was a mom on a sitcom or something.  And that really is how the rest of the afternoon was.  (I should note that Seth did come ask me to wipe him, and when I looked, he had poop all down his legs, on his feet, and in a nice little trail along the front patio.)  The kids played nicely and I enjoyed being in the sunshine with them.

For dinner we had tacos and margaritas, for Cinco De Mayo, and it was delicious.  Seth and Haley ate really well.  At dinner, Abby asked if she could be done and jump on the trampoline and we said no, because she hadn't really eaten and it was getting close to time to get ready for bed.  She started to whine a little (no big meltdown!) and Seth said "Abs, watch this: [turned and looked at Carey] Daddy, can I please go on the trampoline"!

Then, Carey and I went to Bible study, which was great!  And when we got home, my sister, who was babysitting, said all the kids went down super well!  Now, we're going to watch the new episode of Modern Family, which our Bible study friends said is hilarious:)

Easter 2011

We had a really fun Easter this year, full of celebrating the risen Christ, enjoying candy and other sweet treats, and fun with friends and family.  Easter morning we did Easter baskets and had semi-homemade cinnamon rolls (I used that pre-made pizza dough they have at Trader Joes).  Then I gave the kids the Easter clothes I had gotten for them.  The girls each got a tutu-ish skirt, and poor little Seth was SO sad he didn't have one.  He cried and threw a fit, then went into the girls room and grabbed a dress-up tutu.  He brought it to me and asked me to put it on him.  So, when we went to our church's worship gathering, all three of my kids were looking adorable in their tutus!

All ready for the kids to wake up!

Watching a show, all decked out in his Easter basket sunglasses and flip-flops...and a tutu, of course!

It was the first morning for our church to meet in our new space, and afterward we had an Easter egg hunt and a potluck breakfast, which was pretty darn fun!

The girls made out pretty well at our church egg hunt!

After the worship gathering we went home and took naps and "quiet time" and I finished getting things ready for having people over.  Then, our friends Lisa, Auntie Laura, Hannah and her kiddos (we missed you, Kevin) and Uncle Nate, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Jackie, and Carey's Uncle John came over.  And our friend Rachel stopped by for a quick visit.  We all enjoyed sunshine and food in the backyard, and the kids enjoyed another Easter egg hunt! (Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures of the actual hunting!)

Checking out their finds!

You can't really tell in the picture, but he's got a chocolate egg hanging out the side of his mouth!

Carey didn't feel very well, but then said that "barbequeing healed him"!

Disneyland

I am finally posting about Disneyland.  I've been waiting, because we've been trying to get the "moment of surprise" off the video camera.  But, that'll have to wait!  Anyway, we drove from San Diego to a hotel in Anaheim, telling the kids we were going to go to a fun park.  Once they had eaten and been sunscreened, Carey told them that we were going to Dineyland right then.  They were THRILLED (of course), dancing around and singing a princess song!

We spent three days at Disneyland, and had a great time.  We were all a little tired and a little "edgey" from already having been gone from home for three days, but made it through with minimal tantrums.  The girls were quite the roller coaster riders, going on Space Mountain twice, Big Thunder Mountain, Matterhorn, and the Go Coaster (the little one in Toon Town).  Seth wasn't tall enough for Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain, but he did LOVE the Go Coaster, and rode on the Matterhorn (although we're not sure how much he loved that one)!

So excited to be going to Disneyland!

We met Goofy as soon as we walked into the park!  Haley wasn't quite sure, yet, but she watched from the stroller!

Seth LOVED the Merry Go Round!  He went on it 7 times!

It was about 75 degrees, which felt super hot after the cold weather we had gotten used to at home, so we let the kids cool off with popsicles!

Seth's first roller coaster ride.  It's the same roller coaster that Haley and Abby had their first ride on!

Ready for another fun day at the happiest place on earth!

Enjoying Minnie Mouse's bed!

If you look at the back of the coaster, you'll see Carey sitting behind Abby and Seth.  I couldn't believe he let those two sit alone!

Siting on Mickey Mouse's couch

Who knew Mickey Mouse had a garden (and a gopher problem)?!

Seth freaked out as soon as we walked in to meet Mickey, but was quick to wave and say goodbye to him!

Almost our turn to meet some princesses:)

Haley was so sweetly pointing things out in It's A Small World!  They loved that one.

Abby obviously enjoyed It's A Small World!

Disneyland is exhausting!

We had a really fun time playing on Tom Sawyers Island.

The Webbers LOVE Disneyland:)

San Diego

Last week we packed up the car and headed down to San Diego for a friends' wedding and a fun family trip!  It was our first "high tech" trip, as we set off with a GPS and portable DVD player!  We left at 5 in the morning and made it all the way to Santa Barbara before taking a break.  We took highway 101 and there was a big tsunami warning, so there were hardly any cars on the road, and NO police (I think they were all busy keeping people off the beaches), so we made it pretty fast.  In Santa Barbara we stopped at a park and played and played for about an hour and a half.

 

 

When we got to our hotel in San Diego we went straight to the pool.  The kids were SO happy to be in the water.  Seth kept telling us that he was a fish and he knew how to swim.  When we would let go of him and let him sink under water, he would be smiling when we pulled him back up!  Usually he said "that was fun" or "that was cool"!

The next day we went out to breakfast and then walked along to waterfront in downtown San Diego.  Later that day, our wonderful friends Eric and Stacey babysat the kiddos while Carey and I went to a friends wedding.  The kids had so much fun with uncle Eric and auntie Stacey (other than Seth screaming until he barfed...sorry about that Eric and Stacey), and Carey and I had so much fun at the wedding.

On Sunday we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo.  We were all pretty tired, so we had more than our fair share of meltdowns, but it was still pretty fun.  Eric and Stacey have year passes, so after they were done with church, they came and met us there.  We had grand plans of all having dinner together that evening, which quickly dissolved as the kids melted down.  We love you, Eric and Stacey, and wish we could have spent more time with you.  Thank you so much for watching our kids!

Haley is on my back in the ergo, so you can hardly see her!

Checking out the rhino, which was definitely a favorite!

We rode on the top of the double decker bus.  The kids pretty much just wanted to stay on it for the rest of the day!

 

We loved watching the monkeys.  Unfortunately for Seth, he slept through that part!

We had a fun time in San Diego, and little did the kids know, there was more fun to come.  The day after we went to the zoo, we left San Diego to surprise the kids with three days at Disneyland.  (I will post about Disneyland as soon as I can get the "surprise" moment off the video camera...the cord seems to be lost!)

On the balcony of our hotel room in San Diego