Lovies

Captain Adorable LOVES his blanket.  He loves to sign star and say, "Dar!" any time he sees stars.  I think he likes them because of his favorite blanket.

He's signing cold here:

Not only does Captain Adorable love his blanket, he also loves this stuffed animal cat.

He gets excited and signs and say "Ca!" when he sees it.  He often carries the cat around with his blanket and snuggles with it.  One night he was in bed and asked for the cat before he would go to sleep.

So sweet!  It's so cute to see how he hugs the kitty.  My sweet boy.

Non-Virtual Gaming

Captain Adorable kept Handsome Husband company while playing Kingsburg with friends.

Captain Adorable felt so important, he got to hold his very own dice.

I invited this newly wed couple over for dinner and games after they told me that they have groups of friends come over and they play Xbox video games with a crowd.  I asked if they ever played board games and they said no!!!! I decided that they MUST be taught how fun plain old board games can be.  I think they had a great time.

I had my own little helper.

Then I had the brilliant idea to force the person in the lead to wear the Ariel wig.  Unfortunately, I was in the lead for most of the game.  I always wanted to be a redhead since watching The Little Mermaid in theaters when I was eight years old.

But then Handsome Husband pulled ahead and he had to wear the wig.

Naturally, he was really excited about it.

Debt and Disneyland

After almost THREE YEARS of budgeting and saving we have PAID OFF our student loans!  We are so excited and we are celebrating by going to DISNEYLAND!!!  We are having a great time planning our vacation (in May).   I asked the girls which princess they want to go to Disney as.

Ballerina wanted to be Ariel and Sweetie wanted to be Rapunzel.  I ordered a Rapunzel costume for her online (because I KNOW they will be super expensive at the park and the one at the Disney store was $50-yikes), but in the mean time she has decided that her other favorite princess is Snow White.  And we happen to have a Snow White costume for her.

Ballerina was distraught that Sweetie wasn't trying to be a pretty princess.

So we had individual pictures.

If you ask Sweetie who her favorite princesses are she will say Rapunzel, Snow White and Minnie.  I think it's so cute that she chose Snow White since she is definitely on the old fashioned side of the princesses.  She's been loving watching the movie and she doesn't really get scared when the evil queen turns into a hag.  I bought her a Snow White T-shirt to wear.

Ballerina always says Ariel is her favorite.  I thought she might want to go as Tinkerbell, but she's pretty stuck on Ariel.  We went to the Disney store in the mall to get her costume since we'd thrown away her old Ariel one that was getting raggedy.  She really wanted the matching shoes.   I had her put them on her list.  Sweetie found a Rapunzel swim suit that she was completely attached to.  I pointed out other shirts and Rapunzel products, but she said, "No, I just want to wear the swimming suit."  I went ahead and bought it for her.  I can't wait for the movie to be released, Tangled is so adorable.

The other day I went to Big Lots and they had princess WIGS!!! The girls were so excited about them.

Ballerina was a little upset at first that she didn't look JUST LIKE Ariel and that the hair was too curly.  She's a little bit of a perfectionist, but I was totally like that.

They are very excited to go to Disneyland and dress up.  Handsome Husband's parents booked their time share for us there and my parents are meeting up with us for a few days (it's always been my mom's dream to go to Disneyland with her grandbabies).  

I read online about the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and I plan to take the girls there to get their hair done and to be treated like princesses by the fairy god mothers in training.

I bought Captain Adorable a few Buzz Lightyear T-shirts.  I was thinking of dressing him up as some character, but haven't decided.  There weren't many options at the Disney store and I don't want to dress him up as Woody.   He doesn't really have a favorite character since he's so young.  I'm sure he'll have a blast either way.

I am a big Disney fan.  I am just as excited as the kids are.  I've never been to Disneyland, just Disneyworld when I was a teenager.  

So, after our trip to the Happiest Place on Earth, our next goal is to save for a downpayment on a bigger house.  We would love a bigger yard and more room to entertain friends.  But that's a few years away.  In the mean time, we are going to have lots of fun!  

The Glory of Groupon

We have only bought a few Groupon deals.  One we bought with Jeana's family, it was bowling at a local bowling alley.  It included arcade money, shoes and two games for something like $10.  The kids had so much fun at the arcade.  

The girls LOVED the air hockey table.  Sweetie did get her fingers smashed a time or two.

Jeana and Fernando played some games with their kids.

Handsome Husband took Captain Adorable on a fun motorcycle ride.

Captain Adorable enjoyed exploring the skee ball game.

Gabby joined him.

Captain Adorable was especially excited about the basketball games.

The girls wanted to give it a shot.

Then we all took turns bowling.  

In the background you can see Captain Adorable in the high chair.  It was the only way to keep him contained, otherwise he was trying to grab bowling balls and running like crazy.

I love how Handsome Husband holds the ball on his shoulder like this before bowling.

Ballerina was being silly.

I love my boys.

Captain Adorable just can't get enough of bowling.  He was always trying to carry his own ball.