Thanks Stacy for this idea and instructions. I finally got around to making these for my nieces and they turned out adorable, they had so much fun in them. Now I need to learn how to make the super hero capes...help me Stacy!
I found some pics I forgot to blog about so I thought I would wrap up our CA trip a little late.
The last day of our trip was pretty fun too especially considering the fact that we were not at Disneyland. We woke up kind of early to head to Sprinkles which is an amazing cup cake place that we just had to check out and yes it was busy at 10 in the morning.
Dont these look yummy, if you are every in CA look up Sprinkles you must try them out DEFINITELY worth it.
Shad enjoyed it even though he didnt get a cup cake, though I did give him a little taste.
Later that day Dan had a meeting to go to so we spent some of the afternoon in the pool. At first Shad hated it and would not stop fussing and clinging onto me, but me being so determined to get him to like swimming stayed in the pool with him and eventually he was content, I guess that is all I will get for a while....I can live with that.
Just before we ate dinner we headed to the beach for a few sunset pictures and who knew the sun set so fast. It was sunny when we left the condo and by the time we got to the beach (15 min drive) we had about 5 mins of sun set. Oh well we still got some good pictures but most of them are on Adam's camera and these are the best ones I got.
All in all it was a great trip, maybe a little long but we all enjoyed it and cannot wait to go again.
I know I know it is a bit late for my mom's day blog but thats how life is as a mom. First of all I truely do have the greatest mom in the world and I would feel very accomplished if I could end up half a great of a mom as she was for me. I love being a mom more than anything and as crazy as it sounds I even loved being pregnant and look forward to doing it all over again (but I can wait a little while I am still enjoy life as it is, no need to throw in another ball;). I thought I would put in a little tribute to my mom, and those of you who know her might appreciate this.
So for mother's day we did the usual; woke up way to early to make my mom a delicious breakfast (isnt that great that I still live close enough that it is not a hasstle to do so), went to church, got together for a nice family dinner (made by dad), and ended the day with a great game of freeze dance...you know just the usual. The game was thouroghtly entertaining for all of us and it was great that Shad is now starting to understand dancing and joined in the fun (even though his way of dancing is just waving his hands and sticking out his tongue) man those Duggers dont know what they are missing. Oh yeah and I totally think that Sam's moves look a little like kung fu, I guess boys will be boys.
The other day I caught Dan teaching Shad all about mixed martial arts. I think it may be a little young but anything that involves daddy time is alright with me plus Im pretty sure he was built for wrestling.
Luke turned a whopping 25 years old this year and was leaving for Alaska for the summer to drive tour buses. We had a little Birthday/Going away party for him and he wanted to do a rock party and play Guitar Hero so of course we decided to dress up. We will miss Luke a bunch but we know he will have a blast.
The second day we spent at California Adventure and it was more fun than the first day. We started waiting in line for Soarin Over California when I devised a plan to use the "switch pass" system to our advantage. Dan and I went up with Shad and asked for a switch pass then Sarah and Adam went up with Cole and got another one, then we never had to wait in line. We would go on a ride while they watched Shad then we would watch Cole so they could go. It was a much more enjoyable day with not having to stand in line at all. Even though Sarah and I do not like roller coasters, and when I say do not like I mean loath entirely, we decited to go on the big one at California Adventure because I remembered liking it last time I went. Well I was soarly mistaken I did not enjoy it at all and would actually rather pregnancy over going on that again...but I did it! We enjoyed a few other rides and shows, the weather was perfect and we did not exhaust ourselves, well maybe the babies but overall it was a blast.
Well I thought it would be fun to take the babies on the ride and that was true for Cole but not at all for Shad. Shad cried the whole time and clawed at my neck..fun. Cole absolutely loved it and was smiling and laughing the whole time. We then headed to get some good eats (it wasnt really that good but it filled our tummys). We wanted to get on Dumbo but it was a crazy long line so we went on Snow White, yet another big mistake, Shad hated that one too and I did too for that matter. Dan, Adam and Sarah wanted to go on the Mattehorn so I fed Shad while they went on and you wouldnt belive who we saw when they got off it was Dwight from the office. I said "oh thats cool" and kept going but when I turned around I saw the Adam and Sarah we hunting him down to get a picure. They had to wait til he got off the ride but it was worth the wait because they were able to get a pic of Sarah with him in the back ground. We then went on the Nemo ride and I thought for sure Shad would like that one, wrong again. Shad cried half way through and I thought the whole ride was toast but he fell asleep, woops I guess he was just tired. We did a little shopping while Dan and Adam went on Space Mountain and Star Tours then headed back to the Dumbo ride. 
By this time we were mostly spent but really wanted to see the fireworks so we hung around for a couple hours to see them. We snacked on muffins and cinnimon rolls while sitting on the curb on Main St just to hear that the fireworks would be canceled due to high winds. WHAT are you serious you cannot cancel fireworks, well they did and we were not happy. But all in all the day was tons of fun
