Disneyland

Shana and I often find ourselves in the same situation since our husbands are in the landscape architect program and have almost identical schedules. This week was no exception when our husbands abandoned us for a week to go to a landscape architect conference/workshop in Philadelphia. We decided we were not going to sit around while they were gone and so we took a quick little trip to California for a day at Disneyland.




Elliot and Ella had so much fun. They especially enjoyed meeting the princesses. For those of you who know Elliot pretty well, know that she is pretty shy around strangers, especially adults. Well she obviously felt like she knew these princesses pretty well because she ran up and gave each of them a giant hug. It was so much fun to watch. It made the hour that we stood in line worth it (well almost, Ella had to take a nap after the long line wait and then all the excitement of meeting some of their favorite characters).



Riding the teacups. Elliot really wanted to ride in a pink teacup but they were all taken and we had to settle for a purple one. All week she has been telling me about how the pink cups were all full and so we had to ride in the purple cup. Oh the disappointments of life when you are 2.



As you can tell by Elliot's face she found the carousel to be a little frightening. She cried during the entire ride. I think by this point in the day she was pretty tired and little over stimulated.




Minnie Mouse!!! The girls had so much fun meeting Minnie Mouse and then getting to go inside her house. They played on all her furniture and sat at her kitchen table.



We really had a good time. Landon was sad that he missed Elliot's first trip to Disneyland. It was cute to hear Elliot tell her Dad on the phone all about her day. She had such enthusiasm in her voice. Oh, I love this girl!

Ready for work

The other night while I was getting dressed for work, Elliot came into my room and said that she needed to get ready for work too and proceeded to put on one of my scrub tops. I asked her what she was going to do at work. She told me that she would "hold the babies and feed them milk". Elliot doesn't quite understand what mom does at work yet, but she does know that babies are involved. While I was hugging Landon good bye, Elliot slipped on a pair of my shoes, put my purse over her shoulder and hugged Landon's leg and then said bye Dad I love you. She was determined to go to work with me that night. I am pretty sure after one 12 hour night shift she would be cured of wanting to go to work with mom.

"Best Friend"

On more than one occasion Elliot has told me that Ella is her best friend. I am not sure where she heard the phrase or even if I said it to her but it is pretty cute when she says it.