Our Christmas Tree

And me trying to be "artistic" with my new camera!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

What glorious 4 day weekend we've had!! We started off with our 2nd annual trip to Disneyland on Thanksgiving Day! It wasn't too crowded, hot or cold. It was just perfect...it didn't even rain! Yay!! Sarah got to meet all of the princesses (except Jasmine) at lunch (at Ariels' Grotto in California Adventure) and then she also got to meet Woody, Jessie and Buzz! Oh, and Santa!! I think she was most excited to meet Jessie! We stayed to watch the parade that night and left soon thereafter. It had been a long day and had gotten cold. Sarah feel asleep on the way home (and slept for 12 hours!! Woot!) so Chris and I took care of some Black Friday shopping that evening from comfort of our warm bed! No early morning shopping for us!! We spent the rest of the weekend doing some shopping (after all of the crowds), finishing up the Christmas tree and a lot of relaxing! A great weekend!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Miss Sarah...or I should say Princess Sarah dressed up as Belle for Halloween this year!! I think she looks pretty amazing!!! She and Daddy went trick or treating while I stayed home and passed out candy to the neighborhood kids.

Ready to go!!

After hitting the houses on the block...

Check out my haul!!

Bay Area Trip

A few weeks ago we went to the Bay Area to say good-bye to some really good friends who moved across country. While it was sad knowing that it would be the last time we'd see them for awhile, we loved the time we spent together and thoroughly enjoyed watching our girls play together!

There was some serious pumpkin decorating!

Some funny face painting!

Playing with friends!

Eating some yummy food!

Dressed in Halloween costumes with Amelia!

Aren't our princesses BEAUTIFUL?!?!

We'll miss you guys!! Can't wait until the next time we see you!!!

Visit to the Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch

We had a (rare) free weekend and decided to head to the pumpkin patch at Irvine Park. It was so much fun!! Sarah loved playing the ring toss game and even won a prize! Then we played hide-and-seek in the hay maze! After spending some time in the bounce house, we walked over to the OC Zoo to see the animals and play in the petting zoo. It was the first time Sarah would even go NEAR the animals and she loved it! Yay!!

First Day of Preschool!

Yup, today was Sarah's first day of preschool!! She has been going to an in-home daycare/preschool for the last year run by a wonderful woman who we all adored but we decided that it was time for Sarah to move on up to a "real" preschool. After some searching and researching we decided on Grace Lutheran in Corona. It's actually just around the corner from Tanya's Toddlers...a bit closer to the freeway (which is convenient for Chris and me!).

We got her all signed up and last Thursday we took her to their open house where she got to meet her teacher (Mrs. Valiente) and see her new class room! She LOVED everything about the place! They have a fantastic art room and a great playground just for the little kids! They even have a "little" potty, sink and mirror! Sarah loved the place so much we had to drag her home kicking and screaming!

I made cupcakes (Sarah helped in her own way) for her Good-Bye Party at Tanya's on Friday. She wanted, and received, pink cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles...Yummm!!! It was sad saying good bye to Tanya! She's been a great teacher!

All weekend long we talked about her new school. We made her lunch together for her first day and even read a couple of "first day of school" books at bedtime.

Chris and I dropped her off this morning together, just in case there was a problem. But NOPE, Sarah had it all under control and couldn't wait to continue her exploration of the school! Yes...I cried...quite a bit. My baby is growing up! She handled it all WAY better than her mommy did!

Chris picked her up after work and the teacher said she had a fantastic day! She spent a lot of time in arts and crafts and brought home quite a few pictures for us! She ate almost her entire lunch (everything but the goldfishies) and took a nap. And "no accidents" which she was very proud of! We decided to go out to celebrate so Chris picked up some Mickey D's after school and we went to the park (in 98 degree heat) to celebrate as a family.

Here's to a great school year baby girl!!



Holding the sign I made for!


Daddy holding the sign I made for her!


All ready to go!


She's so darn cute!


A little eager to get to class!


No reservations whatsoever...


The pretty courtyard in front of her classroom


Walking into class with daddy!


Bye Mommy and Daddy!! I Love You!!!

Toy Organization

I think we finally found an answer to our toy storage/organization and have managed to get back our media room! Thanks to today's Target ad and Chris for putting it all together!! Yay!! Not only did we organize the toys we are finally getting rid of the last "baby" toys by giving them to her current daycare. They're in a bag ready to be delivered tomorrow!!!

P.S. Normally I would NEVER post my messy house but...it was really the only way to show how well we "clean up"!!

Before - yes, that's Sarah laying on top of the box one of the shelving units came in.

Another before shot from the other side of the room.

Sarah "helping" Daddy.

Ta-Da!!! After!!! Yes, that's Darth Vader on the wall...