An emotional roller coater.

Avery loves the roller coaster at Disneyland's Toon Town.  Sean and I always get a kick out of her face as she goes up, speeds down and takes each turn.  This time we decided to take some photos.  

Pretty priceless if you ask me....

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So, this year we decided to get a little creative (actually copy my friend, Kristin's cute ideas) with this whimsical holiday.  Our leprechaun wasn't as mischievous as he was friendly.

He left Lucky Charms, a big treat in our home and a shamrock wand.

A rainbow of streamers was left at Avery's bedroom door with a pile of golden coins at the end.

Mini cauldrons filled with golden coins were sure markers of where he'd been.... amongst other things

She got a kick out of this one. Gross, Mommy, he didn't flush.

Checking it all out.

These lasted 5 minutes.  Marshmallows went first. Standard.

He even brought green bagels and cream cheese for breakfast.

A rainbow cupcake topped with a green chocolate shamrock finished the day.

Hope you all had a fun St.Patrick's Day!

March is off to a ....

picnickin',

on our way to grandma and grandpa's we stopped at Bay Cities deli and took our sammies to Santa Monica

sticker chart fillin',

3 stickers on her chart earned her a reward.

karate kickin',

big cousin, Archer had his 6th bday party at a karate studio and everyone got a belt.

tea cup "drivin',"

taking full advantage of our Disneyland passes

play datin',

love our play dates with the Black's

 leprechaun partyin'

celebrated St. Paddy's Day at preschool

start.

Stay tuned for our trip to Kauai....

What I loved about our February....

Our trip to Tahoe with great friends.

Avery loved sledding in the backyard of the cabin where we stayed. It was her first real time sledding!

Playing games in the cabin with friends

Waiting for the daddies to buy our tickets for snow play.

Daddy and Avery took the sledding up a notch. 

That little black dot in the middle of the hill is my three year old charging down the hill in an innertube at 25 mph by herself.  I was laughing so hard watching her, so was she...... after the first run. She innertubed for 2 hours straight.  Such a fun time!

 Our trips to Disneyland

Making memories

We've got the best daddy. Even with a 103 temperature, he's wearing his Mickey ears while playing soccer with his baby girl.

another trip to the rink

Back in the water

Since we are headed to Kauai in a few weeks, we decided to dust off her goggles and swim cap and make sure she is ready for the water.

Making Valentine's cookies with Auntie Heather

 

Celebrating her half birthday at preschool

All the kids with summer birthdays at the preschool get to celebrate their half birthday.  Such a creative way to make every child feel special.

Valentine's morning.

Someone was very excited to get a gift

She loved her first jewelry box with a twirling ballerina inside (remember those?)

  Taking advantage of the beautiful weather

on an adventure with Stanley

Parenting wins

Daddy figured out how to get as many kisses as he wants by saying, "Avery, no kisses for Daddy today."

  I hope your February was filled with lots of love and laughter!