We came back from California this week and I can't say if it's good to be home or not. We had the best time and we were super sad to leave. It's always hard to leave family, especially when you don't see them near enough.
Here are some of the highlights from our trip.
1) Elijah falling in love with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Before we left he would watch a few minutes of it but that's all. At some point while we were there he started watching full episodes.
2) At the end of every episode they play the hotdog dance. Elijah would search the house to find Grammy and she would come dance with him. Since we've been home he has looked for her a few times. He got lucky that Grammy and grandpa bought him 3 Mickey Mouse DVDs.
3) Elijah went to the Disney store for the 1st time. It was hard for us not to want to buy him everything in the store!
4) This is probably my favorite thing while there, watching how much they all adore Elijah and Madelynn. There were so many occasions I'd lay Maddie down and come back to find her snuggled in someone's arms.
5) Grandpa's yogi bear, hey boo boo, how are you. He'd do it for Maddie all the time and she would just smile. We found out the last day that it was because Elijah was his buddy and Madelynn was his booboo.
6) Spending 5 days in Sacramento with Julie. Elijah loved the train museum and so did we. He was so excited and that made us so excited. Also can I say Julie fed us cheesecake one night for dinner. Mmm, no wonder I'm fat, I have no willpower. And it was so yummy. We also got to spend time in old Sacramento. While staying at Julie's grandpa and grandma Adamson came over and had dinner. It was so nice to visit with them and for them to meet our sweet girl.
7) While in Cali I took a short weekend off and drove to southern Cali to meet my friend Arianne! We went to Disneyland where I couldn't help but feel a little bad that I left Elijah home. He would have loved it. But we had lots of fun!
8) Then the whole family came up for a week and we headed over to Monterey. We went to the aquarium and had a fabulous time. Watching Elijah so excited brings lots of joy to my soul. He loved all the fish! We also spent a day at the beach. At first Elijah was very leery of it but he finally warmed up to it and loved it. Pure joy. His Grammy was glad that he loved it as much as she does. I foresee lots of summers spent there.
9) We sat around the fire pit on several occasions and ate s'mores. I do believe this is one of my favorite things in California. We laugh a lot out there and have a good time every time.
10) We were able to celebrate the 4th of July with yummy food followed by fireworks.
11) Grammy had a birthday and we love birthdays. Elijah hotdog danced the entire day for her. We had a fantastic dinner and then to the cards/presents. We worked hard on the bathroom as our gift and made a super cool frame with a beach quote on it for her. Uncle Bryant got Grammy some "mouse" ears and we had fun taking pictures with them. It was the best kind of day because it was spent with family.
12) The next night we celebrated my birthday and it was another fantastic day. Mom A and I decided to try making fried green tomatoes and they turned out fantastic! The entire meal that night was delicious. I guess this is where I should confess I gained about 10 pounds on this trip.
There are tons of things I know I'm forgetting to write about. It all went by so fast.
1 comment:
It's one of the best summers I've had in my entire life. You are right...5 weeks went by too fast. Reed, Bryant, and I loved having the whole family home during this time. We especially loved getting to know Elijah and Maddie in a more personal way. I'll always remember this summer as the summer I learned how to hot dog dance!
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