Having fun on the Rides

Sydney really liked the teacup ride - mostly because she didn't have to sit in her stroller and got to be by Grandma and Grandpa.

You have to do the teacup ride in Disneyland - so Sophia told us. I don't know why she said this but it was fun.

Now the Toy Mania ride was one of our faves. It was fun competing for the highest score. Grandpa and the kids placed bets and there was money won and lost. This game could be a little addictive. We had so much fun with Grandma & Grandpa. We were so glad that he came with us. Grandpa probably told 5000 stories and was great to entertain the kids.

Character Breakfast

Double click on this picture to make it bigger - you can see Sydney's reaction a little better.

We had a character breakfast at the Storybook Cafe our first morning there. It was really fun. The food was great and the kids loved seeing the characters and getting their autographs. Sydney was so scared of these characters though and panicked. She would really tense up when they would come around.

Pixar Parade

We had fun at the Pixar Parade. We loved seeing all the characters. Sydney even stayed pretty still as they came down the line.

Disneyland

Our family got to go to Disneyland! We surprised the kids at Christmas and had them open presents leading up to the surprise. We have the tradition of opening one present on Christmas Eve and so this was the present. Syndey got a pair of Minnie Mouse pajamas, then Stockton got an airplane -none of the kids were thinking anything yet. Spencer opened a Disneyland brochure that was kind of like a book. It was so funny to see his face. He was a little confused and tried to be nice saying "oh thanks, a book". Sophia was a little confused at his present and said, "are we going to Disneyland or something?" Sophia then was ready to open hers and it was our travel plans. At first she looked at it and saw it was paper and tried not to look disappointed. We told her to read it and she got about one line in and started to get pretty excited. Then we told them that Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin were coming too! They were pretty funny - well Sydney really didn't know what was going on. Sophia wanted to call Grandpa & Grandma right that second. She called and they were right in the middle of doing their nativity with the other cousins there, so they said they would call back. Sophia kept saying I need to call someone and tell them.

Sophi's Dos

I found this one of Sophia. It's not fancy but was easy. Her hair was all curled in the back and pretty for church. We have done some fun twists that I'll have to take a picture of.

This is for my sister Ashley

Okay Ash, here are some pictures of Sydney's hair dos. It is really hard to get a picture because she just starts running away. By the way the 1st and 3rd pictures are the same do. We are working on some more. With Syd I have to be moving pretty fast. Sophia has lots more fun ones. I'll have to get some pictures of hers.

Purple Pancakes

You know how we all love our purple pancakes - well Stockton and Sydney love, love, love the syrup. We had extra syrup in the fridge and somehow Sydney magically opened the fridge (are you sure Stockton) and this was the result. Oh happy day!! I was pretty impressed that I remained calm enough to take this picture.