Fall

Me and the girls went with my mom to Cascade Springs this week. We went the same exact day last year. Russ has been at a conference all week. It was cold and getting dark but we still enjoyed it. Alyssa loved picking leaves of all different colors. Kate like walking around. At the end she was so cold and wanted to blanket around her but still wanted to walk by herself. She is loving getting older and more independent

Last year

This year

Alyssa wants every thing like Kate. So when I got this new shirt for Kate, of course Alyssa wanted it too.

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Califonria/Disneyland

We went with our good friends to Disneyland last week. It was hot but still a lot of fun. We love Disneyland! Alyssa was brave and went on all the rides she was tall enough for even splash mountain! She loved Space mountain and the new Radiator Springs racers in California Adventure. I think her favorite ride of all was the Ariel ride in California Adventure. The lines weren't bad, the longest we had to wait was 30 min. But in the heat that was hard. Kate did surprisingly well since we missed most of her naps and she went to bed late. She was actually the most well behaved child. My favorite ride is splash mountain. We did 2 days at Disneyland and 1 days at California adventure. We rode most the rides at Disneyland except Matterhorn because it was broken. We missed a few at California Adventure, like Tower of Terror. Kate cried on every ride when we got on but after 5 seconds she was fine. She LOVED its a Small world. She was laughing, singing and dancing. I am sad we didn't get a chance to go on it a second time with her. We loved the shows. World of Color, Fantasmic and the Fireworks. We wanted to see more shows but we were also trying to ride all the rides and ran out of time. We saw 2 cute little plays Tangled and Beauty and the Beast. I guess we will have to go back again to see the things we missed =)

We then spent one day at the beach with our friends. Then they headed home and we went to San Diego for 3 days. We went to the zoo (it was miserable because it was so hot). then we played on Coronodo, which I loved. It had a perfect beach for the kids with small waves. Kate is a beach baby and loved it. Alyssa liked it but was being particular about the sand getting all over her. Kate even had her first boogie boarding experience. She really liked it and kept asking for more until she tipped over =(

Alyssa and Mylie. I made them into Mermaids but its hard to see the tails

Riding a Suri on Coronado

Chasing seagulls with a stuffed dog

My beach baby!