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whole lotta Starnes today, peeps. Fair warning.
How cute are those little piggies? Love Laine's relaxed manner as we approach the happiest place on earth.
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Did you know that the happiest place on earth has the best corn dogs on earth? Yes, even better than the Texas State Fair. Promise.
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Hand holding as we enter the kids' favorite.......Jungle Cruise.
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Disregard the typo here and enjoy the little tale. (I'll have a letter out this week to HR.) President-pardoned turkeys often end up at Disneyland.
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For Coco. Some Fort Worth lovin'!
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Casey's Circus Train is Jack's fave. Shocker.
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Lainey enjoyed it, too! Love her little hands up here.
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Disneyland, in general, is picturesque. This ride has some of the best landscaping.
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Punkin Carter does look younger with his hair shorter. Which makes me happy.
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Cookie time.
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In her little 3 year old mind, this castle belongs to Lainey. Even Jack will chime in with,
"Wook, Wainey. It's your castle!"
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Fairy Godmother sighting!
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Laine did a little dance while she signed her princess autograph book.
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We took the ferry over to
Tom Sawyer's Island. Hadn't been since 2003. Super fun and lots to do.
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It's like a whole other world.
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More hand holding. Melts my heart.
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The sun started to set and we prepared for Pa and Daddy to join us after they finished work for the day.
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He's here! He's here!
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Since Pa is now a
card carrying Disneyland Passport holder, we headed over to California Adventure for a few of our favorites. Bug's Life 3D movie was on the list. Soarin' Over California, too. Pure awesomeness.
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Lainey and Pa danced before we went in. Precious.
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Carter convinced us to go into the Tiki Hut.......such a weird, weird place.
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We ended the evening with Buzz Lightyear's ride.
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Lots of fun.
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Carter went with Pa to a condo near the beach for the night, and then we all attended Carter's basketball game Saturday morning.
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Donna brought the kitty ear headband for Lainey. Perfect! Glad they came. Carter had a great game with 13 points scored, no turn overs and 2 qty 3 pointers!!!!!!!!!!!
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That evening, we ventured into Carlsbad Village. Love this place.
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For Ryan! Caroline, bring him on your next visit.
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Lovely old buildings and lots to see & do.
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Had dinner at Las Olas. Seriously good Mexican food.
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Pa snuck in a picture with grumpy Jack. Awesome.
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The Davidge family joined us for dinner. Later, after ice cream for the kids, their oldest lost a tooth! Pretty exciting.
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Pa and Lainey. These two are so goofy together.
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This is what it looks like when our families get together. 7 kids and 5 adults. Fun, crazy chaos!
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The boys, outside. Such a mess.
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Pa took the Starnes kids to his condo after ice cream and the Davidges headed home. Blake and I stayed out. Our first date since July, I think. Had a great time bar hopping in the village!
Back to routine this week.
*Basketball practice and a game.
*Thank you notes. (Doing them right now! Still can't find Carter's school pictures, but I'm sending them out anyway. What kind of mother loses a kid's pictures?!)
*Work. Had fun at the studio on Sunday for our Valentine shoot. More to do from home now.
*Bunco with Holly, hopefully.
*Meeting at school for Carter's
Spend-The-Night Field Trip in February. How cool is that?
*Valentine's Day prep.
*Wreath making.
*Painting 2 walls in the house!
*Preparing for 2 upcoming visits......Sass next Monday and then her sis that next Saturday. Cannot wait!