As is tradition, I swept Nash away on Disney date during the week of his birthday. The boys look forward to their individual day-long dates the entire year. We began the day in Tomorrowland, where Nash was adorned with a cloak and lightsaber to fight the mighty Darth Vader. He…
We had some family in town at the end of January so while the older boys were at school I swept Crew away on a Disney date. My feisty, back-talking threenager probably shouldn’t have been rewarded with a Disney day, but something told me some one-on-one attention was just what…
The minute we stepped back through the turnstiles leading to Disneyland an overwhelming feeling washed over us. It felt like being home. We surprised the boys with annual passes for Christmas and after taking a year off, the anticipation of going back was palpable. I understand that not everyone feels as…
The boys and I were a bit emotional about our annual Disney passes coming to an end in February. I’m sure we will make the investment again sometime in the future, but the finality of our first year in California being over hit us hard. When we sat the boys…
Nash was the last sibling to have his one-on-one date with me at Disneyland and he made a list of ride priorities months in advance. We put a date on the calendar where Troy could work from home and Nash and I could escape for the entire day. And then…
I was talking to a friend last night about how her grandfather insisted on having the Christmas decorations taken down before January 1st because he didn’t like to mix the old year with the new. I love that sentiment. Oh how I wish I had all things Christmas wrapped up…
I kept Crew’s Halloween costume simple this year after pouring all of my time into making Finn’s pineapple costume and gathering items for Blake and Nash’s Descendants costumes. He tried on the adorable golfer costume that his older brothers wore and wanted nothing to do with it. He was much…
Along with back to school came another much anticipated event; the return to Disneyland. Our local passes were blocked out all summer and we sure missed our frequent doses of Mickey Mouse and roller coasters. Usually we only go for half of the day and fit in a few rides…
We hit up Disneyland one last time before our passes are blocked out all summer. It never gets old how much the characters interact with the boys. We met up with cousins and with a higher adult to child ratio, we were able to collect tons of fast passes and…
The boys and I have been planning Crew’s birthday for months. We wanted to have a Disney day that was completely centered around things that Crew would enjoy. Our first items of business were picking up his birthday pin and obtaining a bubble gun. I think we could have left…
