Whew! I'm tired

Sorry this post has been a long time coming... finally worked out the pic kinks. I think...
So we went to Cali for the kids' birthdays. We drove, in a wind/sand storm. I don't like driving long distances, much less in adverse conditions. Ever since I became a mom I have an irrational fear that we are going to have a horrible crash, or go off a bridge into the water, or.... my mind gets the best of me. I can't relax, I cant sleep, it's not the best experience for me. We got there safely, coming home we almost died with some other car coming into our lane. I of course had just closed my eyes out of sheer exhaustion from 3 days at Disneyland! I don't know what me staying awake will accomplish but now my fears have been confirmed that something will happen if I don't stay up, whatever! I need a Xanax!
Ok enough about that,onto the fun stuff! 3 days at Disneyland. That should be enough right? It's so hard when they are little cause you want to do the rides but you also know how excited they are to meet all the characters. I think we did a pretty good job of both .Brody did pretty good as long as someone went with him. They had no idea where we were going when we got in the car. Last time we took Katelyn we flew so she was clueless until the shuttle pulled up to the front gate the next morning. Talk about excited! It was all decked out for Halloween. Totally cool looking! The first day we tried to go back to hotel to rest in the afternoon but he fell asleep waiting for the shuttle and that was the end of that. 5 min nap & ready to go again. So the rest of the time we just went until he dropped into the stroller. We went back in the evening to watch the fireworks but it was too windy, Katelyn's heart was broken of course.

Our 2nd day was spent at California Adventure. None of us had ever been there before so we didn't know what to expect. It's much mellower than Disneyland and they had some great rides. California Screamin' was my fave!!! Some pent up frustration went buh bye on that ride for sure! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! lol. We finally started seeing some characters to meet, and Snow White was the first biggie Katelyn saw. We stood in line for a bit and were still a few people away from it being our turn when it was time for Snow White to take a break and Dopey was available to take pics for a few minutes while she was gone. We decided to get back in line so we'd be there for when Snow White came right back. So there is always an employee that works with the character, and whomever scheduled this guy musta had a sense of humor because Snow White's handler was a dwarf. Literally. Of course Katelyn doesn't miss a thing... "Why are you so small?" she wanted to know. I AM DYING! He says "Well all people are different" and she agrees because we have talked about this before." Yes, some people have blue eyes and some people have brown" and the man had been answering some other little kids question at this point and he then says" Just like some children are quiet and polite while others are not". ok so I wanted to think he didn't mean anything against her, as her parent I wasn't sure. If he had said it to someone else I'da laughed my hinney off. Oh well he's gotta get tougher skin than that if he's gonna be a dwarf working with Snow White! I mean c'mon!

That night we stayed up late and went trick or treating at California Adventure, we boogied down with the Incredibles and Sully from Monsters, Inc. Brody met a girl and fell in love! The girls working at the dance party were dressed as witches and he stared at this one witch FOREVER. The DJ was even commenting on it to everyone. We got lots of candy, Mom & Dad, too. It was fun but crowded and Katelyn's poor feet were aching so we headed back to our home away from home.

The next day was our last day at Disney, but it was Friday and crowded. The fast pass tickets were already full until like 5 or 6 pm and it was only11 am. We rode some more rides, met some characters and watched the parade and mostly we were done. My bff Sam came along with us to celebrate her birthday too, it was so nice to have an extra set of hands and another grown-up to ride rides with while one stayed with the kids. She may never have any herself after our trip! ha! just kidding, I hope. : )
The next night was Halloween so we drove home so the kids could trick or treat with friends, they were too cute. Without realizing it my girl Amber's kids were also Peter Pan & Tinkerbell. Great minds think alike, right? We walked a few blocks and then headed over to a little block party going on with some of the members in our ward. Then home to bed, for like a week!
But no, just one week later Katelyn had a mock slumber party for her bday party with her friends. We had 10 screaming girls running around the house. The plan was for them to get their hair done up, make-up done and nails painted. Then time for jammies , chocolate, presents and High School Musical before everyone was picked up to go back home for the evening. That's the best kind of slumber party for the host parents, right? Oh the feathers! And the popcorn! My vacuum cleaner hasn't been the same since. They had such a good time running around being girls the movie/winding down part didn't work so much. Oh well, hopefully the birthday memories are good ones.
Then to top it all off because the girls were having so much fun and Brody had been put to bed he has now figured out how to crawl out of his crib, over the higher back side! We already had to turn it around so he couldn't go over the front side awhile ago. So guess who's in a big boy bed now?