Disneyland...

On President's Day we packed up the kids, Nana, and Leyla for a day at Disneyland. Thankfully we have a friend who gets us ALL in for free which makes the day a whole lot less stressful. This trip was particularly special because Leyla has an annual pass and let us in on all the parade secrets. We don't usually wait around for parades but she knew what to do so we were front and center for the 11am show in front of the castle. Mickey took Sophia and Preston by the hands and danced with them! Talk about pure joy. Then the 4pm parade down Main Street(which Preston slept through despite the insane noise) we were front and center again! The princesses and characters all interact with the croud, Sophia was absolutely beside herself with excitement. Honestly we would've gone for the day JUST to see her face at this parade. Phia was VERY excited to show Presto "It's a Small World" for the first time. He's been on it before but was just a wee baby:) The kids loved Toon Town and the Tiki room, and Pirates. We took Phia on the Haunted Mansion to which she said "I don't ever want to go in there again". She had her little head buried in my shoulder the entire time poor thing. We also went to Cali Adventure in the evening for dinner and went on the rides in A Bug's Land. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day!! Phia told all her friends about it at school and both her and Presto are still singing "It's a Small World". All us ladies sported Minnie ears for the day which made us all feel like kids again:)


I hope they remember this...they were beaming with excitement! Presto wouldn't let go of Mickey's hand!


It's a Small World!



How cute does Nana look with her ears??

Toon Town...


It doesn't get much better than this...

Bentley spent a lot of the time sleeping just like this:)

Handsome boys:)

Mickey's house!

Presto didn't care about meeting Mickey. He was so in love with his house!!

This parade was by far the biggest highlight of the day. We thought dancing with Mickey in front of the castle was the highlight until this parade! Sophia was beside herself with joy. She was so fun for us to watch! Mommy LOVES this picture of her and Daddy:)

Look how close we were!!


Sophia has naturally infectious excitment anyway...this was a whole other level!

Our princess was dancing and singing the entire time!

Her excitement was not lost on the characters. Many of them came over and gave her attention...she was giddy with joy!

This is how Preston spent his time during the parade. OUT like a light!

Presto and Daddy twins day!

This was too cute to not document. I found a shirt(by accident) at Children's Place that was the same as a shirt Daddy already had. Both boys already had camo bottoms so walla...put 'em together and we had the handsome Tees twins.

Bentley's 4 month stats!

This little guy is so amazing. He really is such charmer and his adorable smile melts our hearts. His favorite things are Sophia, trying to sit up(he basically looks like he's doing sit ups), "flying baby" as Sophia calls it which is when we put him up over our head, looking at himself in the mirror, staring at and discovering his hands, and being held! His 4 month stats were:

Weight: 15lbs 6oz
Height: 25"

He weighs a little less than Presto did at this age and is a little longer. Here are some of our favorite recent pictures of him. His face is so sweet. Definitely a Tees...a lot of Sophia and a little Presto in there too.

Flyingggg baby!!

"Who me?"...coy baby face...

Drooly stud baby face...

Uh oh my daddy is on the phone so I better be quiet face...

I'm so stinkin' cute I can hardly stand myself face...

And one more amazing smile for mommy just because face...

Can you please not put me on my tummy face...

I'm still cute even on my tummy face...

I'm loving my hands face...

Wohoo...it's my favorite toy face...

I'm so in love with my sister faces. He really does light up and giggle out loud to her daily. Thank you Sophia for being such an amazing, patient, and proud big sister!

Sophia's Valentine's class party...

Phia loves her teachers, Miss Adele, and Miss Jen

Yet another classroom party mommy planned. The theme was "red" and "hearts" so we had all the parents sign up to bring red or heart shaped food. There were heart shaped turkey and pb&j sammies and red jello, strawberries, watermellon, and lots more! We planned 2 crafts for the kids. One was decorating a Valentine for their parents and the other was decorating Valentine sugar cookies(which of course their favorite part was gobbling them up). The school also has a new music program(thanks to our big "Casino Nights" fundraiser last Christmas) for the kids and it happened to be before the V-day party so I was able to participate with Sophia. Soooo fun!! I've loved every moment of being room mommy. Sophia lights up on the days she knows I'm going to be there. We are so in love with her school and are amazed with eveything she's learning. The fact that she knows the ENTIRE "Our Father" at 3 years old is unbelievable(her photographic memory does help!). I'm sure I didn't learn it until I was at least 7...too long and too many big words! Of course I was a mamarazi with the camera taking pictures at the party like crazy...

In deep concentration decorating her Valentine...

Tada! Sophia's sugar cookie masterpiece!

Pretty(sideways) Valentines table:)

Mmm the food!

Phia gobbled down the fruit first of course!

Phia got really into the music class...not surprised!


All the kids sat so quietly and listened to the music teacher. We can't seem to get our house this quiet and there's only 3 kids!