October Rundown - Week 2

Jayson's playschool teacher was on a cruise this week - yeah you, boo me. So I took him to California Adventure to keep us both entertained. He's never really watched ANY Disney movies so he doesn't know the stories or know the background of any of the characters. He doesn't even watch any Playhouse Disney shows. Such an interesting idea. All the rides and characters have meaning to me routed in the stories or movies I saw with my other kids.

We went on Monsters and I told him that the blue and green monsters were nice and the purple one was sneaky. He loved it and didn't want to get off, so we rode again - love no line days!!! Then we were off to Animation. They have a Toy Story exhibit that I'd never seen nor can I really explain. It was like a merry-go-round that would spin and then the dolls were all animated. Very cool. Jayson found out that he is most like the character Cogsworth from Beauty & the Beast.

There was a street performance outside. Out came Cinderella, "dat scare me." Out came Woody, "dat scare me." And out came the beloved Mickey Mouse himself, "dat scare me." So we left early to see Playhouse Disney. Jayson did NOT dance in public or cheer, but he did enjoy the bubbles.

Next stop: Flik's Fun Fair. Jayson was THRILLED when he saw the bumper cars. I remembered there was a height requirement. What had I done?!!! Goose is going to throw a fit. But the advantage of being nearly three for your first visit, is that you are taller and CAN ride. I made him eat his orange before he rode. He downed that fruit at lightening speed. I tried to sway him away from the bumpy ladybug ride because I knew I hated it. Turns out he hated it too and I hated it extra. Heimlecks Choo Choo was just the right speed with all the sweet scents.

I was hoping to go to Toy Story Mania, but it had been closed and had an enormous line. I got even more dizzy on the merry go round - just in time to race home.

Race?? Who was I kidding. I got stuck in random afternoon traffic. I had to call Jon to go pick up James from his basketball practice.

This week was all the the Fall Harvest Social at the school. Which means I got all my costumes together EARLY :)

Okay - so Jake's costume was DRAMA. He wanted to be something "scary" (which turned out great since he was invited to a friend's "Scary Party"). This plastic chest piece has an attached contraption to pump fake red blood through the ribs - gross. It was really gross when the plastic cracked and red stain was leaking everywhere. Dad ran Jake back to Party City to make an exchange during the first 45 minutes of the party - great. He did love this costume. I think he also placed in the costume contest at the church party, so I guess it was worth it.

Jayson was SO SHY that he didn't really want to play the games (nice use of $7). He didn't like people talking to him, but he wanted to go back so he could choose some candies. James spent most of his time following Jayson around the playground. Thanks James.

I was trying to keep track of Jessica and snap a few shots for the yearbook.

I liked that Jessica chose to be a cat this year. A cute costume that was quite easy to find. We found a game on the Party City website where you could answer questions about yourself and then it would stir your answers in a cauldron and then suggest the perfect costume for you. I think it told Jacob to be a transformer and James to be a white ninja. When it told Jessica that she should be Ariel, she took it as true fact. She was ready to ditch her kitty costume and march off to buy an Ariel outfit. I didn't like the website so much after that. It took some convincing to get her to dress up in her original (and adorable) costume. Next year Ariel is fair game, but this year it's all CAT:

To finish off this week I was making some corn chowder soup for the Craft Super Saturday at the church. I signed up to help with the food and didn't really sign up to make anything. I purchased supplies to make button wreathes with my kids in December. I just felt to overwhelmed to start another project. I have several photography projects coming up and choir music to memorize and family coming to town, so I just showed up to see my friends.

Wow. Another busy week. Until next week....