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Christmas, Part 3

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Off to PoPo and Goong Goong's house we went for Christmas dinner and a week of shenanigans with cousins! The bummer is that we were having so much fun that I forgot to whip out my camera and take pictures! Evie and Nora had so much fun seeing Ian, Quinn and Cade almost everyday and climbing up and down the new bunk bed.

Way and I took a morning to meet Samantha for a "birthday" lunch at Sugarfish. It's a newish sushi restaurant chain in LA that even our moms have been wanting to try so they crashed our outing and came along with us. The food was really really good and the price pretty reasonable (for sushi)!

Big ole Christmas tree!
Started with the Ahi. YUM.

We also had our annual pizza and movie night at Kin's house and this year, the kids chose to watch Toy Story. The kids were glued to the television (and so were some of the adults!) but about half way through, the tykes got scared so we had to turn off the movie. Surprisingly, they barely cared that they didn't watch the rest - there were plenty of other toys to keep them occupied!

Enraptured by the television.

Love this picture of both of them snuggling up to watch TV.
And then lastly, we took Evie and Ian to Disneyland for the first time! This was what I was looking forward to the most and it didn't disappoint. I LOVE Disneyland and couldn't wait to share the fun with her. We left the house bright and early and had no traffic getting to Anaheim but then wasted an hour just getting into the parking lot! This was not the best way to start out the day and by the time we got past the admissions turnstiles, Evie and Ian were a bit cranky. But, after some snacks and a ride on Autopia, both kids were back to their normal cheerful selves and we ended up having a great time all day. The park was very crowded (180 minutes to wait for HyperSpace Mountain!) but the kids held up really really well. Taking our strollers definitely helped, and we also made sure to take it slow and now push them to go on too many rides. We took the time to just walk around ToonTown and sit to watch parades and have churros or other snacks. I can't wait to go back and try more rides with Evie, and to show Nora the fun too!

Requisite photo at the entrance of Disneyland!

First stop: Sleeping Beauty's castle!
It's so much smaller than I remember.

Waiting for our Autopia car.

Riding shot gun! Evie, ever the rule follower, kept reminding me to
NOT bump Daddy since he was driving in front of us.
Uncle Kevin's car
Checking out Minnie's house. The line was 60 minutes
though so we decided to pass.

Waiting patiently for the parade to begin.

Family selfie!

A statue of Peri, Tinkerbell's sister.

Waited in line for 40 minutes to see
Tinkerbell in Pixie Hollow.

Giddy with excitement to meet Tinkerbell.

They discovered that they share a favorite color - green!

Getting her face painted.

So happy to have her face painted.

Small World lit up at night for Christmas. Evie loved this ride!

In line for teacups!

We picked a purple teacup. Evie says she liked this ride,
but she did not let us go fast AT ALL.

Smiles after watching an impressive fireworks show.

Pooped and ready to go home after Fireworks.

These kids are amazing and did great all day!


While we were having fun in Disneyland, Nora was having fun with PoPo and Goong Goong back at home. We were a bit worried she would be whiny, but she did great! Thanks PoPo for watching her!

Big girl eating Fried Rice all by herself.

Taking a nice long, leisurely snooze. 
Going for a walk to see all the "woah woah" (dogs).




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