Toddler Boogie

Today I took Ethan to try out a dance class called Toddler Boogie. He was very weary at first but GG helped him warm up and then he was dancing his heart out in no time.

Ethan wrapped around my leg.

GG helping Ethan get into it.
Flying around the room like an airplane.

Excited about his yellow tambourine.

He will kill me some day for this photo.

Trying to dance with a bean bag on his head.

After every song everyone would take a bow.

Here is Ethan's big bow.

Dancing around the sombrero with maracas.

Trying to pop all the bubbles after class.

As soon as class was over Ethan ran over to me and asked for his cookie...the bribe I gave him to get him to go to Toddle Boogie this morning.

Disneyland in the Rain

Today we went to Disneyland with Daddy! We got there around 2:00, right when it started pouring! The bright side to being at Disneyland when it is raining is the park empties out. It felt like we had the whole place just to ourselves. We walked on every ride and Ethan got to go on Peter Pan for the first time. Peter Pan usually has the longest wait in all of Disneyland. We had a wonderful day and didn't get too wet. After we went on Pirates of the Caribbean, we went over to the Blue Bayou, the restaurant where you need to make reservations weeks in advance. We asked the hostess if they had anything available and she said that they did. She said she has never had room for a walk up at dinner time in all the time she has worked there. We were seated right away and got to eat dinner with the pirates. Ethan was in heaven! The children's menu turns into a very cool pirate hat.

After dinner we went over to Toon Town. We were the only people in there! We walked all through Mickey's house and at the end was a very lonely Mickey Mouse. Ethan got one-on-one time with him and Mickey even did the Hot Dog Dance with him.
Our family with Mickey
Ethan driving Donald Duck's ship.
We had such a fun time today. It was so nice having Dan there to see how much fun Ethan has at Disneyland. We can't wait to go back!

Play Date with Danica

Today Ethan and his good friend Danica got to play together. Ethan doesn't know how to pedal a bike just yet so Danica was happy giving him a ride around. How cute is this photo?!?

Jodi's Baby Shower

Today I went to my friend Jodi's baby shower. Her and her husband are expecting TWINS in a couple of weeks and it was so much fun watching her get two of everything! We are very excited for them and can't wait to meet their TWO little boys!

The beautiful tables.

The food spread was amazing!
Jodi showing off two adorable sweater rompers for her little guys.

My friends Melody, Jodi, & Lindsay (she is prego too!)

What a fun afternoon!

Play Date with Dylan

Today in the pouring rain we drove down to Dylan's house to play for a little while. The boys haven't seen each other in a long time so Ethan was very excited. He got to play with all of Dylan's new toys from Christmas. Needless to say the boys had a wonderful time playing together.

Here is Ethan on Dylan's Sit n Spin. This toy was one of my favorites when I was a little girl so of course I had to get a photo of Ethan playing on one for the first time. He got the hang of it right away and was spinning in circles in no time!

The boys eating lunch together with their matching cups and Cinderella chairs.
Thanks guys for a fun time!

An Exciting Rainy Day

Rain, rain don't go away. Let Ethan's imagination come out and play! Wow! Today was quite the day for Ethan's imagination to run wild. It was our first day back from being gone for 8 days. He was so excited about seeing all of his toys again and of course watching Monsters Inc. again from an 8 day withdrawal. It was the first thing he asked to do this morning when he woke up. Since it was pouring with rain today I did not want to go anywhere. Ethan was completely fine with that. He wanted to dress up as any character he could get his hands on. He started out as one of the monsters from Monsters Inc. You know the one that keeps getting touched by human articles and has to constantly get decontaminated? Here he is as that monster with a sock stuck to his back just like the monster had in the movie. He even walked around the house exactly how that monster walks. He was so proud of himself that he "made" this costume all by himself. Next he was Mickey Mouse, then a dragon, then Bob the Builder.

Then, he was Mr. Incredible. I have been thinking about making him a Mr. Incredible suit for a while now since he wears his "Mr. Acredable" boots all the time. So I took some felt and some tape and made him a Mr. Incredible suit. He was beside himself. He was so excited when I put it on him that he started shaking!
He wanted an action shot too!
When he finally calmed down he got the movie out and looked at all the pictures on the case. He looked at me all sad and said, "Ethan need orange seatbelt (that is what he calls belts that hold your pants up)." Then a couple minutes later he said in an even sadder voice, "Ethan no black unaware." I'll get right on that.

Vacation in Cancun

This week we went to Cancun to celebrate Dan's graduation at work. He graduated from a Rookie (in training) to a Veteran. Ethan and I are very proud of all of his hard work. We had a fun week despite the bad weather. See this beautiful pool, we went in it once. The weather was so cold and windy but we had a nice, relaxing week anyway. Here are a few pictures from our travels.

The view from our room.

Our lovey Ethan ready for bed with his otter.
Me, Ethan, my mom, & my dad waiting for the bus.

Mommy & Ethan on the beautiful beach.

Swinging in the hammock.

Making s'mores on the beach.

Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza.

Ethan loved saying Chichen Itza!

Ethan and the iguana.

Daddy & Ethan on the ferry boat.

On a dock on Isla Mujeres.

Enjoying the beautiful view on Isla Mujeres.

Daddy & Ethan enjoying the water slide on the last day during a break in the clouds. The pool was freezing! We hopped on a plane a couple hours after this photo was taken. So sad we didn't get to enjoy the pool more.

How old is this kid? He looks like he is 4!

He was so proud of his water wings.

Happy Birthday Kiley!

This evening we went to Kiley's 3rd birthday party at McDonalds. Ethan had never played in a McDonald's play land before and had such a great time. We left the next day for Cancun and while we were there, every time Ethan saw a McDonalds he would yell, "KILEY!!! Donalds for Kiley's birtday! Go now?" This kid's memory is astounding!

Enjoying his nuggets with ketchup. Yummy!

All the kids eating their Happy Meals.

A Like Totally 80s Party

This evening Dan and I went to a really fun 80s Party at our friends The Geetings. They really know how to throw a great party!

Dan & me ready to go. Ethan felt left out so he dressed up too. He is so 80s!

The Valencia 80s girls!
Pointy shoes in many colors!

My handsome Pee Wee Herman won best dressed guy!

Ethan will probably kill me some day for posting this photo but I thought it was hilarious! This is Ethan the next day. He was quiet for a while and when I checked on him this is what I saw.

Thanks Geetings for a lovely party!