Toot, Toot, Chugga-Chugga!

Today we traveled up north to Everett to take in a Wiggles concert. There was quite a bit of traffic coming and going and dinner after the show was a little stressful, but I thought it was still a pretty fun day. Most of the ride up there, Leila was telling us "Mine fave-it Weff!". Translation: My favorite (Wiggle) is Jeff. He is the "purple Wiggle". She even wanted to wear purple to the show today...we had to settle on a dress with purple in it because she doesn't have anything that is solid purple. The smile on her face was huge when the show began!

Daddy and Leila checking out the program. We had seats in row 9....very close and I didn't even try to get that close.

The view of the set from our seats. The Wiggles Dancers were very talented! The show included a lot of acrobatic stunts...even the Wiggles were stunting. Pretty impressive, really.
Checking out the instruments with Dad.

The Big Red Car was acting up a little and didn't really want to drive around the stage. The kids didn't notice, but the parents were laughing about it.

After the show, I wanted to get one last picture of Leila outside the theater, but she would not offer up a smile. Oh well...Daddy looks cute!

Our Last Two Days in Disneyland

We had so much taking Leila to Disneyland this year. We thought she loved it last year when she was almost one, but boy did she LOVE it this year! Here are a handful of pictures from our last two days at the Magic Kingdom. We can't wait until next year...

Meeting "Nonald Nuck"
The Taverns

More California Fun

I am attempting to finish all of the California trip posting this afternoon! We leave for Ventura this weekend, so I would like to finish with the first set of Cali pics before having a whole new set to work with!

Aunt Chris has named the little beach at the entrance to her neighborhood as "Leila's Beach".

After a day in the sun at the beach and showers, we walked to the park to enjoy the swings.

Chasing Daddy around the park.....and burning off more energy before bedtime.
The next morning, we ventured to the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach). Leila was quite tickled that the sharks would swim so close to her!

That evening we had dinner at the family's house and hit the pool too.
I think we have a swimmer...she LOVED jumping off the side.
After dinner, Leila played some "hoopball" with her cousin Dustin.
The following day, we drove south to San Diego and spent the day at the Zoo. What an amazing zoo! We visited it last year, but Leila really got a kick out of seeing the animals this year. Her favorite animal - the giraffes. Her most memorable experience - "I see daddy 'raff poop." Yep, the giraffe pooped and it became the highlight of her trip. She will still tell you about it!

Our crazy gorilla...(um, I mean Leila, not Chris)

Disneyland 2009, Day 1

So, these first four pictures are out of order. We actually ENDED our first day at DISNEYLAND with a visit with MICKEY, but these pictures were too cute not to showcase at the top of the post! We were just sitting down for dinner in Tomorrowland, when Mickey came out. We had seen him many times throughout the day, but the line was always too long. Not this time, as he was standing right by our table.

Hugs for our favorite MOUSE!

Okay, so now are pictures will follow our day through the Magic Kingdom in the correct order...

As we walked through the front gates, Leila began chanting, "Mine sited! Mine sited!". Translation: I'm excited!

It was exactly what I was thinking!

Leila's first visit with a character. She had to show her Minnie to the real Minnie.

Here we are waiting in line for Small World. This was one of Leila's top four attractions. The others being the Dumbo ride, King Arthur's Carousel and Playhouse Disney Live. Small World looks great since it has reopened. There are Disney movie dolls throughout the ride now that correspond with the countries. For example, there is a Pinocchio doll in the Italy section. It was a fun scavenger hunt to locate the characters.


Goofy was on the run, so our photo op was short.
We ran into Pluto in Toon Town. Boy, did he make an impression on Leila. He spent quite a lot of time with her, as there was no one else waiting to see him. She rubbed his nose, hugged him and got tickled by him. We are still hearing about how she, "met Pudo day!".

Waiting for Playhouse Disney Live to begin. She got to see her FAVORITE FRIENDS the LITTLE EINSTEINS and HANDY MANNY on stage.

Please ignore our hat hair!
This picture documents Leila's 10 minutes of pouting before she crashed in the stroller for her afternoon nap. Notice Minnie Mouse is on her head...not sure why...
Waiting in line for the Dumbo ride. Without a doubt, this was Leila's favorite! She controlled the ups and downs of her elephant each time we rode it. We had to ride it a couple times each day.


Almost our turn for Dumbo...
Riding the carousel with Daddy and Aunt Chris.
Carousel ride number two. This time with Mommy.

Running around in Goofy's ship at Toon Town.

Our first day at the Magic Kingdom was fabulous!