Wheels of Wonder

On Friday they had an event on base called Wheels of Wonder. They had a couple parking lots filled with trucks and vehicles that the kids could look at and climb inside. It was a beautiful day and I am glad we decided to go. It is an event to get out of the house with all three kids by myself. It seems that somebody is always needing something and a lot of times I just stay home because it is easier or wait until Q is at school because going somewhere with 2 is easier than 3. But I knew Leo would love this as he is all of a sudden loving anything with wheels. When we first got there Leo was being a little shy, he is like that in new environments. The whole drive there he talked about seeing a firetruck. That happened to be what we saw first and he loved it, both kids got hats and wore them the whole time. 

The kids loved climbing into the back of the moving truck and we talked about how one of those would be coming to our house soon. They even got cute little Uhaul banks that they love. Another big hit were the tractors. 

They had a few booths set up and the kids got to get lemonade and popcorn. It was a really fun outing. Leo was smiling and walking around holding his popcorn, it melted my heart. They were letting people climb into the garbage truck and honk the horn. Every time Leo heard it he started laughing. Quinn climbed up and honked the horn (while covering her ears) but Leo said it was "too loud." He spent a lot of the event holding his ears. 

Both kids loved the ambulance and the camper. Quinn was excited that the camper had a bed in it. 

We had a great time and when we were leaving Leo said his favorite part was the fire truck and Quinn said hers was getting milk from the milk truck. Finley was a trooper and slept in her seat most of the time. I love that I get to be home and spend times like these with the kids. 

Quinn is the best big sister. She loves Finley.  

 

Leo loves Spiderman right now. 

When we first got there, Leo was not interested in pictures. He slowly came around. 

 

 

 

I love these kiddos. 

Now he is happy and wearing his shoes on the wrong feet, like always. 

 

 

Of course, this car was a big hit. It used to be General Patton's jeep and has been restored. 

 

  

Leo is happy but he doesn't like the noise! 

Also on Friday, Finley got to get a bath with the big kids. Everybody was loving it. 

And this is how I found these two that night, snuggling up and watching a movie. 

Trucks are good, life is good. 

Character breakfast and beach

After taking two trips to Disney we found that after 2 days at the parks we are ready for a break. So on this trip we went to Disney then California Adventure and then did a character breakfast and went to the beach. I was really bummed because when I went to book Goofy's Kitchen it was closed for remodeling during our time at Disney. We decided to go ahead and do the Mickey Beach Breakfast and it worked out great. The food and atmosphere were not as good as Goofy's Kitchen but we went toward the end of breakfast and pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. The kids had so much fun with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Stitch. They danced with them, played ring around the rosy, it really was so much fun and Leo was the sweetest. He was IN LOVE with Mickey and we couldn't get him away from him. They brought out cupcakes for us to celebrate Quinn, Leo and Juju's birthdays. We had a fantastic morning and it was a great way to start our day. 

Before we went to Disney the kids were earning "Disney Dollars" for good behavior so that they could go to the Disney Store and buy a toy during our trip. We went to Downtown Disney and they got to pick out a special gift after breakfast. Quinn picked out a Frozen jewelry box with dancing Ana and Elsa and Leo picked out a Dumbo pillow pet. It was such a great morning. We headed back to the condo to load the car and head to the beach. 

 

At first Leo was nervous but then he had the best time. Quinn was so cute and loved dancing when the music came on. 

 

Great photo bomb from the waiter. 

 

  

 

Braxton and Quinn had a great time together. 

 

 

Finley getting her first pictures with Mickey. 

 

   

Han the photo bomber. 

Mickey helped Leo put on his shoe. 

 

 

 

Loved having grandma and papaw with us.  

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating birthdays 

 

The weather was a bit breezy and cool but we still wanted to go to the beach. It was much more windy when we got there then it had been at our condo. We still enjoyed a short trip to the beach and the kids loved the sand. It was my moms first time to see the Pacific Ocean. Even though we were cold it was great and we made some good memories. We grabbed some yummy donuts from a shop near the beach to enjoy for your drive back, which took forever. I don't ever want to live somewhere where I have to deal with the traffic like they have in California! 

  

 

 

   

 

 

We were able to catch a beautiful sunset. 

 

 

  

Grandmas are the best! 

Family is good, life is good.