It's Called 'Incentive' Folks!

In June 2011 Kim said that once we have kids we can get Disney passes, the following July Bradley was conceived.

That's just a joke people.  But we did get Disney passes today.  WooT!

Pits and Poo! Yay for Free Days!

Well, it took a few weeks but I think the family is about 99% back to normal.  The past few weeks was just a whirlwind of coughs, stuffy noses, sore throats, and fevers.  One person after another.

I didn't realize how draining being out of commission could be on a "normal routine" until it was time to get back into it.  It was so hard to get out of the house to do anything at first.  Then you realize you're just wasting away inside while there is a whole world to see outside.  Thanks to my favorite site Mommy Poppins I found a couple of things to do today.

The first was the La Brea Tar Pits and a free day at the Page Museum.  Free? We're there!  This was a first for us both.  Either I've never been or I was too young to remember.  But it was new to both of us.  Kim always warned me that it was pretty boring.  She was right.  The tar pit, well, it's a pit.  As for the Page, it's a really small circular museum full of bones from the pit.  You can get thru it in 10 minutes.  You're better off going to the Natural History.

B is not amused

Just another LA day

Tap that

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Stretching those legs during story time

Lens flare!

Bones, bones, bones ...

and more bones

He wanted to walk his stroller

Next stop was LACMA.  No free day here.  But that's ok, the two things we wanted to see were outside anyways.  A) Urban Lights aka "the light posts in the front" and B) Levitated Mass (or what I like to call B's poo diaper where the poo seems to have gone UP the back).

Anyhoo ...

Gratuitous light shot

And another angle 

We're going in!

Ooh!

Ahh!

Rock.

Back Again

I like Spontaneous Kim.  Saturday morning rolls around and I wake up.  Normal Kim would say we should go out and get groceries or go to the mall of that sort.  This magical morning Spontaneous Kim recommends we go to Disneyland!  WHAT?!?!?

Who am I to argue?  I jump out of bed and its off to the races.  This time around I had an agenda for B.  This trip was going to be about characters.  Any character we can find, he's a taking a picture with them ...

We arrive!

Thru the gates and we see our first character (I thought he was gonna lose it here)

B's "Why are they doing this?" face

He loves Pluto

Com'mon kid, play along

Chillin like a boss

In line for Tigger (we didn't make it)

Who's coming next?

Rabbit (are rare sighting)

He really loved Poo

I had to get some action

Not a Disney character, but still a character ;)

The "Man" himself

Messin' with B

Our first ride of the day

Thanks for the entry Miss Jen (notice the ears)

After the ride (he didn't like it)

Overall it was a good day.  Lots of attractions were out of commission.  The weather was a bit on the cold side.  Still tons of people.  But that's okay.  Everyone had fun.  And what's not to enjoy at Disneyland?  In the end everyone was happy.  That's all you can really ask for at times.

Final Grade: A-

Baby no more...

Today is another sad day for mamma. Bradley has officially given up the paci. It all started two weeks ago when B had a cold and was congested. He didn't want the paci because it didn't help the congestion. Now that the cold is gone, he doesn't want it at all. When stuck in his mouth, he pulls it out and starts playing with it. I know I should be grateful that he isn't 5 sucking on a paci, and we didn't fight the paci battle, but this is another milestone that reminds me that my baby is getting to be a big boy. Goodbye paci, until the next baby...

Ewoks (He Walks)!!!

Bradley has been at this for some time now, but he's getting to a point where he can go distances now.  This is terrifying.

Happy 10 Months Bradley!

A workshop when he turned 10 months.  Colds for everyone for over a week now.  Cleaning the house to get ready for an Open House.  All this means, I've been slacking behind on all my photography stuff.  Been playing 'catch up' for a few days now.  Finally got to do 10 month photos!  Glad I did them before he turns 11 :T

Lucky Number 13

Today we celebrated Mulan's 13th Birthday!  If there is another dog on this planet that is a bigger lover and fighter in them pound for pound I's like to see it.  In her years Mulan has been thru so much.  This past winter has been especially tough on her.  So we thought for her next birthday, we'd do something special.

This year we celebrated with a few close friends and their pups!  Yup!  A dog birthday!!!  What started out as a small gathering turned out to be quite a party.  We had a big spread of pizza, Dinah's fried chicken, and a slew of side dishes.  Kim cooked steaks for the dogs.  And I made small doggy bags for everyone to take home!

We went way over budget than we liked.  But for Mulan, it was money well spent!  WE LOVE YOU MULAN!