Disneyland

For Thanksgiving 2012 we went to Disneyland! We started planning this trip because Emry kept telling EVERYONE "we are going to Disneyland!" She planted the idea in our heads and we made it happen. We took Grandma Honey, Taylor and Stacey (Clay's mom, bro and sis) with us and left Adrie at home with Grandpa Jody. 

We got to CA and went to the beach! It was awesome to have a break from winter and snow. We loved the waves, saltwater, seashells, and sand. It was the girls' first time to see the ocean. It was so fun!

Macy riding a wave

Emry outrunning a wave!

We lined up at the gates until Disneyland opened. (I'm talking to Adrie on the phone since this was pretty much the only free minute we got all day). We pushed so hard and went full speed- 5:30 AM to 11PM. We got to go on every ride we wanted and more!

Us girls got to meet the Princesses. 

We had Thanksgiving dinner at the princess restaurant while Clay and Taylor rode more rides.

Emry and Macy in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.

Joni and Macy, and Grandma Honey on  "Dumbo"

It's a Small World

This was the water raft ride that I got drenched on! I just got done making fun of Gail for wearing a ridiculous looking poncho. I think I was the only one who got this wet but I was soaked! It took all day to dry out! I guess I deserved it though!

Taylor, Stacey and Joni

Grandma Honey-This grandma loves Disneyland!

I love this picture of Emry on the carousel. Pure  bliss!

Halloween 2012

Halloween really is one of our favorite holidays!  The girls have have been planning for a whole year to be princesses this year. I tried to talk them out of it at first (every little girl is a princess!) But then I found these cute dresses and couldn't resist. We like to do a family theme for Halloween. We had three princesses so Mommy ended up being the evil queen "Malificent" (from Sleeping Beauty) and Daddy got to be the prince! (What a handsome prince he made! ) :) We had a lot of fun with all the festivities and trick-or-treating. Adrie really got into it and was so cute with her "ticky teat!" and gracious "tane goo!" (thank you). The best part was her long braid since she doesn't have much real hair yet. She loved the hat and kept it on all night. Macy and Emry were so happy with their costume choice and made great princesses as well!

Emry- Cinderella, Macy- Sleeping Beauty, Adrie- Rapunzel 

Mommy as Malificent

All the girls with the Prince Daddy

Trick-or-treating is so fun!

So excited for the Halloween fun!

Kindergarten

Macy was so excited for her first day of school. She has been counting down the days! It was great that she had no inhibitions because it was already hard enough on me. They have to go to all-day kindergarten here. I just think that 7 1/2 hours at school is too long for a five-year-old. Ridiculous! It will take some adjustment for all of us to get used to it. I cried like a baby after dropping her off. We are just going to miss her all day long! Emry asked yesterday "When is Macy coming home? She is taking forever!!" They are such good playmates. It will really change the dynamics here. 

The first day went fine...except they sent her home on the wrong bus! She had to ride the whole route and back to the school so I had to wait another HOUR before I could pick her up! It was so sad. She felt bad she was the last kid left on the bus, and she was very tired. I was not very happy and couldn't wait to just hold her. We will get the kinks worked out.  She told me all about the fun things she learned. My little Macy is so grown-up!

Emry's 3rd Birthday

Our Sweet Emry turned 3! She wanted an elephant birthday party. Her request was actually to have "an elephant cake with bad guys killing the elephant and blood coming out." !  Here is the CUTE cake I made instead.  There were no complaints. 

We had a fun circus party with lots of friends over. The kids all got tickets they could use to get their face painted, to do an elephant peanut toss game, get some cotton candy and corn dogs. We played "one elephant went out to play." It was a fun time!  Our little Emry is growing up! 

Birthdays

In January Macy turned 5! She is looking and acting so grown-up. She is a great helper with her little sisters. She is soooo excited to go to school in the fall. She wanted to have a flower garden ("mud") birthday party. Her cake was a dirt cake (with pudding, gummy worms, and crushed oreos in a flower pot). We had fun with several friends over for the party. Grandma and Grandpa Kennington were able to be there so that added to the fun.

Our baby is one! To celebrate Adrie turning one in Feb we had a fun little party and had a teddy bear cake. Grandma and Grandpa Pokorny were here for the special event. Adrie liked the cake and was cute blowing out the candles!

Macy and Emry have this on-going story line that they play every day for the last few weeks. They call it "Princess Annalese." Macy is the princess and Emry puts on the full armor and is her dad who kills all the bad guys. Here is a pic of them playing. They play like this for hours!