At one point yesterday I had all three of my kids crying. And of course it is a night when Damon wasn't home. Noah was crying because life isn't fair. His parents get to go on an airplane in May. Adam gets to go to the zoo on a field trip and next Friday spend the whole day at school reading (in honor of Read Across America). He never gets to do anything fun and Adam gets to do everything. Adam was crying because he was so excited to play Wii. I wouldn't let him because it was 7pm and time to unwind, not get all hyper. He burst into tears. Well, honestly. They could have played Wii at 4pm instead, but they were outside playing with all the neighbors. (I really am a terrible mom). Lily was in tears because she missed her dad and because she wants a sister. The latter is almost a nightly thing now. She was so distraught Wednesday night because my tummy was never going to get big with a baby, her words, not mine. I just can't please anyone now a days. I will still try to love them.
I didn't really want to have to deal with those trees until next year, but safety comes first so the trees got moved to the top of the list.
The rest of the trees are coming down next week. (sigh....)
We invited the twins and Addie to join us and had a smashing good time. We arrived at the park around 10:30am and toured Sleeping Beauty's Castle. I thought it would be a big hit, but as we were exciting I heard Lily say to Addie, "I never want to go in there again". At one point I heard Addie give a scream of fright. Apparently it wasn't a big hit. 
We managed to ride on King Arthur's Carousel, Small World and visited Pixie Hollow, where Tinker Bell hangs out. The park was super crowded. That's what we get for going on a Friday. We left Disneyland and headed over to California Adventure. It always seems to be less crowded.
We managed to make it in to Playhouse Disney right before it started. The girls enjoyed dancing and singing with their friends of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. We then went to Ariel's Grotto where the girls were star struck with all the Princesses that were out and about. Ariel greeted us as we were seated, Snow White, Aurora, Cinderella and Belle all waltzed by to our table and said hello.
After a 4 course meal, with a fabulous dessert plate, we managed to make it to Triton's Underwater Carousel (while Erika hit Screamin') and then headed over to Bugs Land for a quick ride on the Chew Chew train and Flick's Flyers. The girls were pretty much tired after that and we headed home.
Lily was a great trooper. This was her first time going without her stroller (it was a big leap for me too). She never complained once and was very proud of herself by the end of the day. We all had a great time, but as I was putting Lily to bed she said, "Next time we go can the boys and Daddy come with us so we can all have fun?" I thought that was really sweet.
Cupid was busy while we slept and heart attacked the kids doors as well as leaving a heart trail to the kitchen where the kids found their Valentine cards. They were so excited. It was so fun to hear while still laying in bed.
Happy Valentine's Day!!
I picked them up an hour early from school. It was a half day and all they were doing that last hour was having Valentine parties. They didn't now where they were going yet. As we were leaving the school and right when the principal was walking by, Lily, who had just been told, screams, "We are going to Disneyland." I shush the excitement as the principal is looking at us and say, "You can't say that around the principal." He said back that he was jealous and to have a good time. That's just what we did.
It was a nice trip, sunny and not to crowded. We had a great time and I again have the title of "The Best Mom ever". Couldn't get better than that. 
