Insta Friday: February 10, 2012

Late last Friday night I finished up this shirt

and hair bows to match a skirt I made
for The Girl.

I had to finish it so she could wear it to Knott's :)

Monday evening we kicked it with friends at the park.
We stayed til it was dark - they thought that was so cool.


Tuesday The Girl went a Valentine's Day party with
her friends from Nursery.


Of course we made awesome Valentines to give out :)


Tuesday evening we tried out a new park,
but it was TOO chilly and TOO wet, so we didn't last long.


Thursday morning The Girl and I did some serious
shopping at Target to put together the perfect
ensemble for our shoot with Sylvia Galloway.

Thursday afternoon I worked on my Valentines
for a blogger get together.


That evening The Boy and I went to Disney Studios
for a screening of The Secret World of Arrietty.
It was a fun date night with just the two of us.


Friday this little freaky thing scared the heck out of me.
Don't blink!


And a care package arrived from my rad Dad!

Insta Friday: November 11, 2011

We survived the Flu Plague of 2011.

Hopefully we won't see it again til 2013 :)

So we woke up Friday morning - after our 3am
flu party - vomit free, but to rain.
We still donned our festive clothes
and headed to Disneyland.

It's awesome to ride with The Girl - makes me feel good.

Guess who the flu hit at Disneyland?
Oh me.
I found sweet rest with Jose.


My parents spent their 33rd wedding anniversary
at Club 33, sans us.
At the exact moment they entered The Club,
it started to POUR!!!!!!!
We hung out in the Jack Store for about 15 minutes,
then pulled on our ponchos
and ran - or rather hobbled in pain -
to the Haunted Mansion.


After we hid under the Hungry Bear Restaurant.
My fabulous little sister took The Boy on rides,
while The Girl and I kicked on the covered dock.


Holding true to the pattern - after
6 hours of misery - I was fine for about 18 hours,
so I got to enjoy the rest of Disneyland Magic
pain and cold sweat free.

Even though sitting on the cold ground
was less than desirable,
the World of Color show was awesome
and worth the wait.


Another crazy thing about being at Disneyland that day?
We randomly ran into 3 families from our congregation
who were also there for the day.
Crazy!
And we all ended up at the Carousel at the same time.

Saturday we did soccer and The Boy
was so excited to have his Grandparents and his Aunt
there to cheer him on.

Later that evening we took them
to the Great Park for the only
ride that didn't terrify The Girl that weekend.
Weird, huh?
Little Mermaid characters, yes.
Floating 400 feet above the ground, no.


We love the FREE carousel!


Sunday our Nemesis The Flu lingered with me and
hit Will.
I only got dressed because I had to drive my
parents to LGB.
And by dressed, I mean I put yoga pants under
my night gown and a hoodie over to keep me warm.

Monday it seemed that all was well.
I even gave The Boy a haircut.


Tuesday I wanted a picture before school.
He was glad to oblige, until his Razor whacked him
in the ankle.


Will woke up feeling AWFUL, but hauled
himself into the office to get training started.
He was home 2 hours later and didn't leave
the room for almost 36 hours.

Of course I was hosting book club that night.
So amongst the cleaning and sanitizing,
I made this little cutie and decorated
for Thanksgiving.


I finished cutting them out The Boy's soccer party.
He loved his coach (so did we), the pizza and the trophy :)


Wednesday he came home with his Spirit Shirt.
He was so proud!


While the little sis was at dance class,
we played at the park.
We saw these fun looking birds,
the refused to let me get close enough to take a good picture.
We were bird detectives on WhatBird.com
and figured out they are Whimbrels.
They summer in Alaska and can winter in California.


Friday I got to see Joy's Hope,
Rags to Stitches, Little Penelope Lane, Olive Blue,
Rock A Bow and lil noodle bug in person.
I love the OC handmade/creative community.

Adventures in {Camp Spooky}

Saturday the family and I got to attend
a VIP experience in Campy Spooky at Knott's Berry Farm.
I was super excited to take the kids somewhere I'd been
when I was a little girl.


Me and my mom circa March 1981


Luckily Jaime brought her fancy camera and snapped
awesome pictures for me all day long!
I did do the photo editing,
so at least I was partially useful :)

Since it was all about Camp Spooky,
the kids got to dress up.
The Boy was a "Hawaii Guy" and loved posing with all the characters.


The Girl was a "Hula Girl" and she had no interest in going near
any of the characters.


We started the day with a yummy breakfast at Lucy's Lunchbox.
I loved how they served the kids' breakfast in keep-able containers.
Can we say new Bento container???


After visiting with some bloggy friends - like Kara Noel -
we hit the rides with Jaime and clan.
It was a lot of fun watching the kids having so much fun.
I loved being in the park before the crowds and enjoying everything with no lines!

I even did some some!


What was I thinking???


After that ride I was a little woozy for an hour or so :)

The Girl was all smiles starting Woodstock's Airmail,
but her feelings at the end were another story.
Hee, hee


The kids even got to do some trick or treating!


The Boys - big and little - did some of the Big Rides!
Ghost Rider, Montezooma's Revenge and Sierra Sidewinder to name a few.
The Boy was crazy excited to conquer the Big Rides.


The Girls kicked it together and had some fun of their own.


The Dentzel Carousel is a classic!
(see the picture of me above)


Why is my girl so crazy?!




We had a fantastic time at Knott's Berry Farm.
The staff was awesome, the rides were fun,
and there was something for each of us to do.

And we even got to pretend we were hot dogs.
Awesome.



I also loved the jail . . . so did the boys.
They were in awe that the guy in jail knew their names.
True confessions . . . so was I!!! LOL




Thank you Knott's and Camp Spooky for having us!
Bye!
We look forward to coming back!

Disclosure: We were invited to Knott's Berry Farm by GigaSavvy to attend the VIP Camp Spooky Event. I attended because I was wanted to create fun memories with my family. I received parking, breakfast and park admission for free. I blogged about it because I wanted to and not because Snoopy & the Gang told me I had to. All the thoughts & opinions are mine.