Tea Time with Nana

We were lucky enough to have Nana come and visit us for the long weekend! Emma and I decided to treat Nana to tea time at a local tea restaurant.
I was a little nervous when we were seated at our table and everything within arms reach was "fragile" as we call it at our house

Emma shows off her fancy tea cup

But Emma was very careful and gentle and nothing was broken or split the entire meal!

Pretending to pour teas into her cup

Emma opted for hot cocoa instead of tea

There were several plates to choose from....this is Emma's special kid's plate

Mommy's plate (including chicken salad croissants, baked brie, and fresh scone)

Emma starts a new tradition of putting your spoon on your head :)

Mommy love

Emma's favorite part of tea was dessert (Dan saw this picture and said we didn't go to a tea restaurant, we went to an ice cream parlour!)

So good, you need two spoons!

Emma gets a little melancholy when it is time to leave!

Winter in the Park

This is for all our freezing east coast family and friends.....We went to the park.... without our coats.... and beautiful weather in the 60's

This one has finally cut his first tooth this weekend!

Hie loves to swing


Emma had her snack at the park

Jumping

Emma created her own balance beam

Climbing high

Down the slide!

Christmas in 2009

We had a really quiet Christmas at home, just the four of us.

Emma was excited that Santa ate her cookies

and she was really excited about her new dollhouse!

our cutest present of the year

Ian checks out his stocking

Opening presents

He really likes his new toys...he still has a few to open!

Emma and the Princesses

Emma is love! She loves all things princess these day, and we got lots of opportunities to meet some of her favorites. First, we went to the Princess faire where we met

Princess Jasmine

Cinderella (Emma is not excited at all :)


and Ariel

who even took the time to dance with her
We also had lunch with even more of the princesses including

Snow White

Belle

and Sleeping Beauty
Emma was in awe of these beautiful princesses and their pretty dresses!

It's the happiest place on Earth!

After Emma's performance, we headed down to Southern California to spend a few days at the"Happiest Place on Earth" (or so they say, we saw quite a few unhappy people there, too:) Disneyland at Christmas is festive, magical, colorful..... and crowded! We survived our adventure with lots of fun and minimal meltdowns! We arrived at the park early each morning before it got really crowded and got to ride most rides with not a lot of waiting. We also worked the fast pass system and Dan and I got to go on the "Big Kid" rides, too!

Upon entering the park, we ran into this Guy! Emma was a little shy of the characters at first, but she quickly warmed up

Sleeping Beauty's castle

Ian on his first ride...Dumbo!

Emma loves Carousels!

Love this picture of Emma and Ian on the teacups!

Headed into It's a Small World (On the way out, Ian was asleep!)

Emma playing in Toon Town

Emma and Daddy on the roller coaster

She also got to ride on the Matterhorn

Ian loves to Eat!

Ian and Emma at the princess lunch (more on the princesses later)

Dessert!
The Christmas parade was a lot of fun, too





We also went to breakfast with the character Including...

Minnie Mouse (excuse Ian's expression....there is food on the table and he is wondering why it is not getting into his mouth!)

Eeyore sympathizes with Ian over the lack of food

But Tigger made him laugh (with egg all over his face!)

Emma loved hangin out on these "Hunny" pots of Pooh!
We were amazed at how well Emma and Ian did! They loved it and even though it was crowed, we had a wonderful time.