Disneyland in the rain!

We planned a special trip to Disneyland with just Sophia but what we hadn't planned on was the rain!! We had been planning this for a long time so decided to wing it and if it got too bad just head home. It rained for the first hour really hard. We bought Mickey ponchos which looked like trash bags with Mickey Mouse on the back but the entire park was wearing them so we fit right in! Sophia LOVED "It's a Small World" so much that we went 2x. There was NO line so we walked right on. That was the best part of going to the park on a rainy day. No lines!! Sophia was apprehensive about the rides in the dark(this was a new thing) so we had to coax her on a lot of those(including Pirates) but she ended up loving all of them. We even watched the Christmas parade. Sophia announced "It's a parade like Yo Gabba Gabba" !! She sat on Daddy's shoulders and clapped during the entire parade:) This was our first visit where all the decorations were up~we'll definitely be going every year!

One last stint as a ladybug...

We came home from work one night and Leyla had put Sophia in her ladybug costume from last year! I'd thought about trying it on her but never thought it would fit. She looked so cute and kept saying "look at me shake my bum" as she wiggled all the way to the floor. She requested the freeze dance song on repeat and shook her rump all around the kitchen! Nana came over for some Halloween baking and Sophia kept her costume on the entire time:)

Halloween on Halloween

By the time Halloween rolled around it felt like we'd already celebrated it weeks before! We had a VERY busy weekend and even snuck in an overnight visit from Miss Kelly Stevens who moved back to LA from NY and we're so happy she's back!!! On Halloween day we woke up to surprise pumpkin pancakes courtesy of BT then we packed up and went to our ourdoor mall which hosted a Halloween parade and trick-or-treating and concert for the kids. Sophia was in awe of all the candy and kept repeating "too much candy is gonna make me sick" from Yo Gabba Gabba. We heard a lot of kids say "Look mommy it's Foofa and Brobee"...of course other kids knew what Sophia and Preston were(a lot of parents had no idea...they must not watch it like BT and I...eeks!). After collecting all the candy we headed home to pass out candy and roam the neighborhood. Our neighbors had a Halloween party and Sophia got gobs more candy there. It was so cute to hear her exclaim "Trick or Treat" at each house!! Halloween is so much more fun now that we have kids. It was ALL about Sophia this year as Presto was a litte too young to appreciate but watch out next year Preston...you'll be filled up with candy just like your sister!!!

Sophia's first dance class

We decided to try out a dance class for our very outgoing Sophia. She's such a little ham and enjoyed every minute of it. While we weren't that excited about the class itself(Sophia needs a more fast pace class),Sophia love it so much so we'll definitely search for a studio that fits her personality better:)

Our 10 month old boy!

Preston weighs 22lbs and is soooo mobile! He's on the verge of walking and can "walk" with only holding one of our fingers! He is a lot more curious/active than Sophia ever was at this age and is our little explorer. He waves "hi" and "bye" and recently had a blast unravelling an entire roll of toilet paper when we weren't looking(he was very proud of himself)! We love you Presto!!!

It's a Gymboree Halloween!!!

We had to sign up for the Gymboree Halloween event 2 months ago so we knew it was gonna be huge this year. The event was really organized and they split the kids into 3 groups and rotated them each 1/2 hour between "play", music, and art. Sophia was SO excited to dress up in her Foofa costume and hang with Preston as Brobee:) We "made" their costumes this year. Mama used iron-ons for their shirts and Daddy made Preston's Brobee hat! We were VERY proud of the results since we're not a "do it yourself" kind of family. Sophia of course was front and center during all the singing and dancing. Molly(dressed as Elmo below) is Sophia's teacher during the week and she whispered to us that Sophia is her most enthusiastic student and she listens and participates really well and even encourages the other kids to participate! Since Sophia is no longer in daycare and around kids all day, this news made us feel really good!! During art time we made a jack-o-lantern and picked pumpkins out of their pumkin patch. There was a professional photog on site that took some cute shots of the kids that we'll see next week:) Here are some that we took!