Silly Girls

We were at my mother in laws house over the weekend, helping her with some yard work and other miscellaneous projects. The girls enjoyed the goggles while they weren't in use. LOL.

Disneyland On Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day, an American holiday for honoring war veterns. Government offices and most schools often are closed to observe this holiday. Hannah's school was no exception. So with it being a three day weekend, we made plans to go to Disneyland, meeting my Uncle Bart and his girlfriend Peggy. All three of us girls were really looking forward to going. As often as I go, there are still times that I get excited about going to Disneyland. I was excited about going today because it was the official kick off of the Christmas Season at Disneyland. The Christmas tree was up, the Christmas decorations were up, Christmas music playing, etc. This is my most favorite time of the year for going to Disneyland.

I LOVE this picture!
I would love to enclose it in our Christmas cards this year. Upon arriving to the the Disneyland Resort this morning, it was BUSY. Cars were everywhere and it took extra time in getting into the parking structure and onto the tram. Once inside Disneyland, the crowds were even worse. We waited in line for Pirates of the Carribbean, and then headed over to Tom Sawyer Island. Both Hannah and Rachel had so much fun playing and exploring. Hannah enjoyed doing some exploring with Peggy and going into the caves. The crowds were simply getting unbearable, so we decided to go across the way to California Adventure in hopes of it being less crowded. While it was more bearable, it was still extremly crowded. As often as I go to the Parks, I've not seen California Adventure crowded like this in a few years. After spending some time inside California Adventure, we heard Cast Members telling each other that Disneyland had closed it's gates because it had reached full capacity! It's no wonder we were so miserable! We spent some time in Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. And just like Rachel, Hannah had a blast at all the climbing and running and exploring. We spent the remainder of our day inside California Adventure, constantly checking to see if they were yet allowing people back into DIsneyland, and they weren't. Even when we were heading for home at 7:00pm, Disneyland was still closed! Despite the crowds, we had a great time today!

Parent/Teacher Conference

This afternoon was our Parent/Teacher Conference with Hannah's teacher. We had already gotten her report card when she went off track at the end of September, so we already knew how she was doing. But it was nice to go in and talk to her one on one.

Just as her report card had said, Hannah is doing extremely well academically. Above average in most everything, and the two areas she wasn't above average, she missed it by a few percentages. We were suprised at some of the things her teacher said she knew...like how much coins are worth! LOL. It's no wonder she's been going around collecting all the silver change she can find! LOL.

One of the things we were curious about, was whether or not Hannah was a problem when it came to talking in class, cause when she's home, she talks NONSTOP!!! As just as we suspected, she's perfect in class. In fact, Miss Pettit said she purposely places Hannah next to the known talkers cause she tells them to be quiet. LOL.

We left the conference very proud of Hannah. She was rewarded with an ICEE on the way home! :)

Conversations with Hannah

On the way home from school this afternoon, the conversation went like this:

Hannah: "I already know who I'm going to marry"

Me: "Oh yeah, who?"

Hannah: "Austyn W*****"

Me: "Oh wow, he's a nice boy, how do you already know that you're gonna marry him?"

Hannah: "Because he's the only friend I've not had a fight with".

Church at School

The church we attend does not have their own building yet, we are a church that meets in a school auditorium and uses the school classrooms for our Sunday School classrooms. The school that we regularly meet at is currently off track and is having some remodling and work done to the auditorium. So this week for church, we got to meet at the school that Hannah attends!!! She was pretty excited about having church at her school! Our school principal is a Christian and he was pretty excited about us using his facilities as well!

Eating with Chopsticks!!

We went back to the The Griffith Observatory this evening, this time taking my mother-in-law so that she could see the expansion and renovation.

But before we made our way to the Observatory, we stopped at P.F. Changs for dinner. Being the uncordinated person that I am, I can not eat with chopsticks. Forget it. Just give me a fork and let me enjoy my meal without having to work for it. My daughter, on the other hand, this being the first time she's tried eating with chopsticks, got it!! You should have seen her go. Never picking up a fork to eat. Must have gotten that knack of coordination from her father.