Disneyland in the Fall?

This past week Emma and I went to Disneyland with my mom and sister. I love their Fall decorations. We were there 2 years ago while in town for my cousin's wedding and loved it. It's so cute. And since Fall is my favorite season, of course I wanted to go again. The one thing we weren't expecting (and apparently neither were forecasters) was a freak heat wave over southern California. Our first day in the park it reached 103 degrees! By our last day it had cooled down to a mere 90 degrees or so. We weren't expecting that. It seemed like a mockery of Fall having all the decorations up during such un-Fall like weather. Since this was Emma's and my 5th time to Disneyland this year I won't post too much about it. I'll add a few pictures, but it's mostly the same thing as previous posts. This time she did get to meet a few new characters such as the Wicked Witch from Snow White, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Incredible, the Queen of Hearts, Governor Ratcliffe, the Big Bad Wolf, and Jasmine. She loves meeting them, even when they lick her head like the Big Bad Wolf did. The new Toy Story ride was really fun. It's like Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters on steriods. We saw the characters in halloween costumes, and actually watched some of the parade (I don't usually do that - I'm not a parade person). As much fun as we had, it's always nice to get home.

It's Fall...finally!!

All I have to say is that it's about freaking time! For the first time today it felt like Fall outside. Too bad it has to come with the rain, but I hope it stays cooler. It's my favorite season, and it always seems to be short changed. More and more often september it too warm, and half the time there is already snow in November (and that's only when it hasn't already snowed to ruin Halloween!). I'm just asking that Fall get its fair share of the year. Instead of one month it should get 3 right?!! I'm pretty sure I did the math right. If it were up to me we would have Fall for 5-6 months, and everything else could fight over the remaining months. So anyway, happy Fall!

Emma Update

I know you've all been dying to hear more about Emma since I hardly mention her in this blog (ha ha), and I realized that I never posted anything about her birthday party with my family, so here are some random pictures to catch you up.

Here she is sitting in her favorite chair opening presents from my family.

Getting plenty of help from her cute cousins

Enjoying her new Tinkerbell pillow from her aunt Jill

The other day she was pretending to be a baby who was sleeping so Eric would carry her into the house.

At Gardner Village during our Witch Hunt the other day.

Do You Know Praying Mantis?

I learned something new today. We were out at Gardner Village looking for ghosts and witches (of which Emma found many), when we came to a little boy and his family looking at a rock. Apparently there was a praying mantis on the rock. This boy, who did not know us and could've just let us go by, was kind enough to warn us about the great danger we were in. Did you know that a praying mantis can kill you? Oh yes. According to this boy, this kind wonderful boy, we were not to go anywhere near the bug because if we got too close it would punch us really hard. Yea, I didn't want to get killed or anything, so we made sure not to go too close. This post is dedicated to all nice children who look out for us dumb adults. =)