Bunch of randoms from iphone

 

Love the craziness here. The kids were just dressing up and this is what they came up with. :-)

 

My sweet Davy

 

Drinking one of Big Duck's famous smoothies!

After the day at the racetrack Davy fell asleep on the way to dinner clutching Daddy's trophy :-)

Birthday cake for the big five year old

One morning I went to use the bathroom and came back into the room to see this. Chris is such a good daddy. :-)

Evidenced even more by the following pictures. :-) 

 

Now this is a man who is VERY secure in his own masculinity.

After I went running I let Alex sit on the bench. She chose instead to climb like a monkey. :-)

 

St Nicholas' Day!

Better start them young!

This makes me laugh every time I see it. :-)

 

Is it just me or does Lia look good with a flamenco on her head? :-)

Park

So I'm going to dump a ton of iphone pictures for the next few posts! :-)

The kids sliding down the slide on a blanket because just going normally isn't fast enough. :-)

 

This picture just makes me smile because of the perfect O of her curl. :-)

Quick Disneyland Post

One story that I will remember forever about Disneyland this time 'round was when we lost Panda. Davy had carefully and thoughtfully chosen a plush panda baby in Adventure Land and immediately became attached to the stuffy. He carried it around and just loved on it for the whole day. The next day we were walking through California Adventure and Davy dropped Panda. We realized it and grabbed him, making sure to tell Davy to hold onto him better...

That lasted all of a few seconds...

We got to the gate to leave the park and go back to Disneyland when we heard a shriek from David. He had lost Panda again. Chris immediately walked back the way we had come, looking for the lost bear. My heart sank as I saw him come around the corner after five or six minutes empty handed. Davy shrieked like someone had stabbed him in the heart and threw himself on the stroller, sobbing with utterly heartbroken wracking sobs. It was awful.

After about ten minutes of listening to heartrending sobs, Chris told Davy that he was sure that Panda was in the lost and found and he would go and find him. He then disappeared back into Adventure Land and ten minutes later came out with a ''new'' Panda. Chris thoughtfully told Davy that he was found in Lost and Found, and that they had even given him a bath. :-) The rest of the family set out for the Matterhorn ride, and after they left, Davy turned to me and patted his chest. "It's started again mom." He breathed. I asked him what and he looked up at me with still tear stained eyes and whispered, "My heart. It's started beating again."

Such a sweet little person, so sensitive and loving. But man. So forgetful too! :-)

Em and Alex

Alex discovered she could hold items in her mouth. She was very proud. :-) 

Popcorn

Alex, like any good half Swanson girl loves her popcorn. So proud. So proud. :-) teehee