Disneyland Monday!

Travelling with a Toddler

Travelling with a toddler is not an easy matter. It calls for some intricate planning, unless its just me and my anal ways. I have been losing sleep wondering what Cael is going to sleep on when we go on our vacation. It would have been easier if we were just staying put in one place and can just get a crib. But we are planning on going places, so we needed something versatile. I thought about getting a playard but am already planning to take my whole house. So, I finally ordered this thing called the PeaPod Travel Bed. It springs up into a tent, has an air mattress and is a space saver, not to mention light too. Well, I just ordered it online and haven't seen the thing yet. It should arrive within 10 days so hopefully I will get to test it out and see if Cael likes it, otherwise I will have to find a different alternative. A lot of family and friends have mentioned that I should just put a mattress on the floor and let Cael sleep on it. Unfortunately, Cael needs boundaries... he not only will not stay put in bed, he also moves a lot in his sleep. So I hope this bed really works.
Will update you on my success (fingers crossed, hehe)

Morning@Disneyland

Finally got an annual passport to Disneyland so I can take Cael to Disneyland a couple of hours every week, weather permitting of course. This first time was a bit frenzied because it took a while to get our bearings, but I got a map of the park so can plan ahead for our next visit so we know exactly where to head to. Didn't take any pictures worth showing here but will do so next time. Cael was a little puzzled by the throngs of people and he did get on a few rides. As he gets older he will be able to enjoy more rides but for now Dumbo it is.

My Day of Fun

Some friends treated me to a whole day of fun at Disney's California Adventure Park, inclusive of all meals. So sweet of them...thank you guys! And we ended the day with a really yummy meal at an authentic Italian Restaurant. Too bad I forgot to take a picture of the meal I ordered so you can drool over it. Here are some pictures I took at the park.
The haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel. Its my favorite ride.
Picture taken during the ride. See if you can spot me.
Beautiful flowers

Colorful buildings. The roller coaster ride was COOL! Mickey's face is actually a loop.
If you look carefully, you can see the backdrop.

Not a Baker

For the life of me, I do not know why I have such failure baking anything...bread, cake, cookies. I am hopeless at it. The only thing I can make passably are scones. Or at least I think so...since I have nothing to compare them with as I have never eaten an original British/Irish/Scottish scone. So.... I think I am finally just going to throw in the towel and declare my kitchen bake-free. Obviously this does not include the Pillbury Cake-in-a-Box. I am not THAT bad. I am talking bake from scratch. There are only two desserts that I can make which will not fail. Peach Cobbler and Banana Pudding. Both do not include measuring stuff to the tee. Maybe that's where I mess up. Which is odd considering that I (used to) work in Accounts! Haha. I mean, give me meat and veggies anyday and I can probably cook up something that is more than edible but flour and eggs? Forgetaboutit.

Poor Little Soldier

Cael busted his lower lip yesterday when he was twirling round and round and tripped and fell face down on the tile floor. Broke his mama's heart. It bled but my little soldier just cried a little before he was off again playing. Today, he was out in the yard playing and enjoying the sun when he started running and tripped and fell face down again. This time he busted his upper lip and it was bleeding bad. My poor little baby. Good this it was just a layer of skin which I had to cut off when he was sleeping because he kept licking at it. Made me want to pass out doing it. He is now sporting a swollen lip much like those Hollywood stars who inject stuff for puffier lips. I don't think my heart is conditioned to witness all these heartbreaking events. I jokingly told my husband that I will have to start making him wear a helmet.

Binky and Bottle

Cael finally gave up his last bottle, the one right before his bedtime. So I am real GLAD I can put away those dang bottles that have so many parts to wash. Yes, he uses those Dr Browns bottles which come with a million parts! Grossly exaggerated but try washing 6 bottles with all their different parts and see if it doesn't feel like a million! I got him those bottles because he was one gassy baby and they helped him suck it less air. You can read about them on their website if you are interested in the workings. Just too long for me to get into and besides, who really are interested?

He never learned how to use the binky. Perhaps if I had had more patience to keep putting it back into his mouth everytime he spat it out he would have learned eventually. Well, I guess it is a good thing because that is one less thing I need to wean him off. I found a binky the other day and popped it into his mouth. As you can see he doesn't know what it is for. He likes chewing it though.

On the last pic, he was being a little baby resting on his mama's lap and loving on her. So sweet! That is about 5 seconds of the day. The rest of the day, he tries to see who has more stamina, him or me.

About a Bloom

The first blooms of spring. I moved into the home in late fall so I never knew what flowers were in our little patio. Well, it's taken a while but these are some of them. There are also two rose bushes, a blood red and a yellow. They were already past the prime so I didn't take the pics. I will wait for the next buds. The white one is a calla lily (if that is how they are spelled). Not sure what the other one is.

Deep Thoughts

Not that I have any right now. Deep thoughts, that is. I just wonder why some people have so much (many?) thoughts that are so complicated I have a hard time understanding them. It is like trying to read a textbook, and sorry but I left all that behind when I left school years ago. I hate having to read sentences a couple of times just to try to guess what they are trying to communicate. So yeah, I try to keep my thoughts simple. Maybe this is the reason why I never liked poetry. I am not a fan of reading the line over and over again to see where it is all going. If you tell me that the winds were blowing hard that night, I take the meaning literally. So don't tell me that it was supposed to mean that the poet's thoughts were swirling hard in the head or something like that! I mean, hey, good for you if you enjoy that kind of stuff but it is just not for me. And I don't think it makes me any less of an intellectual...or does it?
Anyways... the bad thing about simple thoughts is that I also do not enjoy meditating much on the Word of God. I can read but again, I do not enjoy mulling over it. The good thing is that I don't have to mull long because usually the Holy Spirit helps and gives me the meanings so I don't have to crack my head open.

Toddler Boy

We can no longer call him baby boy. He is a big boy now. In the last pic, he is pretending to watch Baby Einstein on TV although he sees me taking his picture. You can see his smug little smile.