Christmas Morning

Just a few pictures of our wonderful, laid back Christmas. We got up (a little too early), opened our presents, ate some cinnamon rolls, played with our new toys, built a snowman, ate chili, and had a great time . . . all without ever changing out of our pajamas. It was the best Christmas ever!

Before
Notice the ornaments have all been moved to the top two feet of the tree. :-)

After(huge sigh of happiness)

Las Vegas

"What happened to Frank M&M?"

Presents from Grandma

I did not take very many pictures of this little trip. Getting there was an absolute pain. Two inches of snow and the Las Vegas airport just isn't equipped to handle it. So all the flights were cancelled, making stand-by travel next to impossible. Oh well.

Once we got there, we just holed up in our three bedroom suite and did nothing. It was so nice. We watched lots of movies. And we played a lot of Hand and Foot. Then of course there is our yearly "poor man's game" which definitely wasn't for poor men this year. Thank you Mom and Ron for all the wonderful things that we won!

We made two short trips to the strip. One to go to M&M world (overrated, but fun) and another to go to the breakfast buffet at The Paris. Mmmmm - berries and creme fraiche. I wish I could go every single day.

We really had a blast and I have no pictures that show it. Hopefully Amy's pictures turned out better than mine did . . .

Oh Christmas Tree

We're headed to Las Vegas tomorrow. Everyone have a wonderful weekend!

Loved the guesses . . .

but no one gets the 150 points. I'd give everyone 50 for the great guesses though. You guys crack me up! It's actually a picture of Baby Einstein:
Not perfect, but I love how he got the crooked smile just right. You should see him draw the Baby Einstein caterpillar. I haven't been able to grab one from him before he scribbles all over it.

Charlie's Artwork

Charlie drew this for us the other day.
It's a picture of one of his favorite things.
I'll give you 150 points if you can guess what it is . . .

Taking after Mom

Charlie has started reading himself to sleep. Wall-E is his book of choice lately.
I totally used to fall asleep looking at books. This continued through college when I would fall asleep in my text books.

Then here's a just for fun picture of Peter, who is happy and smiling as usual.

snow and runny noses

It's snowing today and all Charlie wants to do is go out and build a snowman. But we all have nasty little colds, so even if there was enough snow to go out and play, I don't think we would. Instead we'll have to content ourselves with sitting around in our warm pjs, drinking hot chocolate, eating popcorn and looking at the beautiful whiteness falling from the sky. I'd better enjoy it now because in a month, I'm going to be sick of it again . . .

Vacation Highlights

*Meeting Goofy

*A cloudy day . . . an uncrowded park

*Watching Charlie about die of excitement when he saw Lightning McQueen leading the parade

*The Playhouse Disney show. Okay, so Mike and I thought it was boring and didn't make sense, but Charlie LOVED it.

*Churros

*Sending the kids home with my parents after the parade and getting a little adult ride time. (And giggling at other parents with their tired, cranky kids.)

*Soaring over California

*Tuck and Roll's Bumper Cars

*Toy Story Mania!

*Dancing with Goofy and Prince Philip at Goofy's Kitchen

*Actually finding the things we lost at the Lost and Found

*The fireworks. Disney sure knows how to put on a good fireworks display.

We really had a great time. Charlie spent the entire first day staring with his mouth wide open. I think he thought he was dreaming or something. The Pixar parade pulled him out of it though, and he ended up having a great time. Peter was a good sport. I know he was confused, but as long as we kept him fed, he was happy.

As for Mike and I, we had decided not to worry about "getting our money's worth" and to just enjoy the ambiance. Because really, that's what sets Disneyland apart from other theme parks anyway.

Disneyland Pictures