Mother's Day

What did you do on Mother's Day if you celebrated?  We went to DISNEYLAND!  (did that sound cheesy like the sports winners)   It was my choice since our passes have now expired.  We only had a few weekends we could go and since we had to cancel our last trip planned we opted to go on Mother's Day.  I had heard that it wasn't that busy on Mother's Day.  Um I heard wrong.  It of course didn't help that the Pirate's movie premiered the night before and they still hadn't broken down anything.  So that made New Orleans square area a nightmare!

We had a good time though, we met up with some friends from home who just got their passes.  Bummer ours expired.  Maybe we'll all get them together in the future.    The kids got to visit with their friends and the adults got to visit too.  Made for a great day and an even better Mother's Day.

 Daddy and Monkey riding the carousel.  

Do you see the barrettes in Wiggles hair?  Our friend Michelle made them for her.  

Wiggles and Miks

Monkey with Missy meeting with Pooh while the older kids were on Space Mountain with their Dads.

Monkey loves Winnie the Pooh.  So as his souvenir of our year at Disney he choose a Winne the Pooh stuffed animal.  Monkey says his name is Pooh it's written on his shirt so when we say it's Winnie the Pooh he says No it's Pooh see it's written write here and points to the shirt. 

Here is Monkey and Miks. Monkey is being brave and lifting her arms up on one of the rides.  

We had so much fun on our last trip as a family to Disneyland. One of these days we'll buy passes again but for now we will just have to look back at our trips to the Wonderful world of Disney.

Other things at Legoland

Like the previous post said we made our way over to Legoland for one more last hurrah before spring break was over.  While the Star Wars stuff was a BIG bonus we did take the kids on rides and we even saw one of Wiggles' friends from school.  So here you go some pictures of our other sightings there.

The kids were making music with the water instruments by stepping on little round circles in front of the instrument.  They had fun going back and forth. 

Daddy and Monkey taking a helicopter ride.

Wiggles and Monkey on the jousting horses.

Monkey was so excited this was the first time he could go on this ride. He was finally tall enough. 

The kids sure were okay being in the belly of a shark. Hmm....

Wiggles so wanted to be a part of the show. Even if she thought the sound was too loud.  She was so happy to be chosen to be in the show. 

Star Wars at Legoland

 So our last hurrah of spring break  We made our way over to Legoland.  Daddy had the day off to my surprise (I got his schedule mixed up).  So we thought we'd check out the new Star Wars area at the park.  Boy did they do a great job, if you get a chance you should check it out in person.  Otherwise you can just look at our pics.

 

Didn't they do an amazing job.  The kids also got to take pictures with some of the characters while there. 

Pool Party!!!

Okay so it wasn't a real pool party just a play date.  But the kids did get to play in the pool with their friends.  They had a blast too as did us Mom's. 

Kids playing in the pool.  Monkey is there you just can't see him. 

See he's coming out to ask if he can jump off the water fall.  

Lunch time. Everyone out of the pool and dry off. 

Always fun hanging out with our friends and playing.

Monkey's Debut!

 

 

 Last night Monkey's Preschool had a Musical Showcase.  It was also a fundraiser for the preschool though it was down played quite a bit.Monkey is on the right hand side second one in. Sorry for the lack of quality on the video, we got there on time but everyone else got there 1/2 hour early.  We had to sit in our seats and not move from them.  We will be purchasing the video from the school of the entire showcase so if you want to see it let me know and we can work it out. :)
I was able to take some video of Monkey and his group.  What a great job he did we were all really impressed and had a lot of fun watching these kids ham it up.  One thing I've noticed with my kids is they might act shy but they aren't!!  This week both kids had performances at school and both did amazing jobs when it was there turn on stage.  With the school ending next month most of our things are ending for the school year so lots of performances are going on or will soon be going on.  Lots of fun stuff going on. 

Spring Break Fun!

This year Wiggles Spring Break was late compared to all her friends.  She had the week after Easter off this year.  Poor Monkey didn't get a spring break, so we just pulled him out two of the three days he goes.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the kids this year because Monkey had school so I didn't tell either of them what the plan was.  Remember I didn't really have a plan.  We had some Doctor's appointments and I had a meeting during the week so I figured we'd just try to do some fun things at our house. Well that's no fun.  So the Monday after Easter I pulled Monkey and we went down to Sea World.  

 I was having the kids take pictures and then I think a guy felt bad and offered to take our picture.  So we were all able to be in a picture together.  Very rare when it's just the three of us. 

 Wiggles wanted a picture with the penguin so I humored her and got one.  Monkey wanted nothing to do with the guy/gal in the penguin suit. 

 He was all over standing behind the penguin stand and sticking his head through though. 

 So we went to see the polar bears, and other arctic animals and they had this sign up.  I couldn't resist having Wiggles stand under the sign. After all I figured if any of our Canadian family members saw my post they'd appreciate it. 

 We managed to go on some rides, I know Wiggles looks concerned but just so you know She picked the ride.  It's like the tea cups only it's Sesame Street Character ride.  

We went to see all the shows at Sea World and the kids had a blast, see they are happy. 

We saw lots of animals that day see: 

Polar bear much more active then at the zoo.  

Dolphins

Pilot whale 

Sea Turtles 

And of course the Killer Whale show.  

I must say though the Killer Whale (Shamu show) isn't has fun now.  Last year one of the whales killed one of the handlers and so they have not let the trainers back in the water with them. So the trainers have to stand outside the water and direct from the sides.  Even after the show the trainers stand behind a metal barrier to feed the whales and pet them.  Its so sad to watch.  I understand the reasoning behind it but it is oh so sad for all involved.