Dancing Queen

Maybe it is more like dancing/singing queen, but it just doesn't have a good ring to it.  These days we love jamming out in the kitchen.  I really need to get a video of her.  She has so much personality.

Wesley's 4 Year Stats

Wesley is so silly.  This picture makes me smile so I had to make sure to post it.  I thought it would be appropriate to head up his four year stats.  Wes man weighed in at 36 lbs. (52nd percentile) and was 40.5 inches tall (56th percentile).

The Girls

I managed to catch a picture of three cute blondies.

Big Girl Bed

Guess who got a big girl bed?  We decided to convert the crib into a toddler bed as she was starting to attempt to swing her leg up over the edge.  She never officially climbed out, but we decided to change it before she did.  We were really nervous.  We were afraid we would end up with a 2nd kid that wouldn't go to bed alone and would randomly wind up in bed with us.  Knock on wood the transition couldn't have gone better. It might have had a little to do with me telling her that if she didn't stay in her big girl bed that I would have to turn it back into a baby bed.  She definitely listened as she won't even get out of her bed after naps or in the morning.  We hear a, "Mommy...  Mommy."  I have to go in and get her.  She is so proud of her big girl bed and we are so proud of her.  Now onto the whole potty training thing.

Wesley's Turns Four!

Wesley is now at the age where he can't wait for his birthday to arrive.  Finally his turn arrived.  Before his birthday when asked what theme he wanted it altered from Legos, to Transformers, to Spiderman.  So we did all three.  He had a Lego birthday invitation and then our nanny made him a Spiderman cake and we bought a Transformer cake from the local bakery.  Three in one = Perfect!  Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate.

I ❤ This Picture!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2013 Disney Trip: The Characters

Just like last year Wes wanted pictures with every single character possible.  Last year we just did photos only and didn't get into the whole autograph thing.  My take on it back then was, "Silly kids you are making us spend too much time in line waiting while you make the characters autograph your book."  I kind of had a change of heart after Ben had an idea of creating a photo book that had Wes with all of the characters from our 2012 trip so that we could bring it on our next trip to get the characters to autograph their pictures.  This book was an absolute hit!  Many times the characters would want to look at all of the pictures in the book.  They were always so proud of their pictures and point at themselves and then at Wesley.  Wes was so proud of his book too.  I plan to create a new autograph book with this year's pictures to take back with us next time.

Even though Wes was fearless of all of the characters, Addie was still terrified just like last year.  I probably traumatized her by making her get in a few.  I at least held her though...  :)  How could we go to Disney and not get her in a picture with Mickey, Minnie, Cinderella, etc.?  Oh, I made her get in a picture with Prince Charming too, but that was probably more because Mommy thought it would be cool to have a picture with him and I didn't want to creep him out.  It isn't creepy if you have a toddler in your arms.

We did quite a few character dinners.  These were pretty fun since while you are eating they have certain characters that walk around and visit from table to table.  We did dinners with the Cinderella characters, Mickey & friends, and then Winnie the Pooh & Friends.  Once again, three out of four of us enjoyed ourselves.  Poor Addie was determined to keep her eyes on the characters at all times that she never ate much.  She always got nervous when they were only a table away.

On the day that we saw the princesses, Wes walked away with a lot of lipstick kisses.  Lady killer he is I tell ya!  This year the kisses came from Cinderella, Belle and Ariel.  He also got a special opportunity when we went to visit Belle.  They chose him out of the crowd to play the Beast in a 10 minute reenactment of the story.  Wes was picked to play the Beast because of his good roar.  He danced with her and then they had Wes give Belle a kiss on the cheek and then she gave him a kiss back.  I missed the photo opp. on getting a picture of Wesley kissing Belle.  It was so cute!