Happy Birthday, Eric!

Playing with Gannon and the balloon arch!

I fit right inside the hole in the circle balloon!

Danni was ready to party!

She was giving people dirty looks....

Amazingly, no one broke their ankles....

I liked Gannon's rocking fire truck!

Mommy and Daddy's friend Eric turned 40 and celebrated with an awesome party!!  Danni and I had fun playing with all of the cool balloons.  We also enjoyed messing with all of the great toys in the playroom and gobbling up all of the yummy food.  I especially loved the bar....  not because I was doing anything illegal...  the bartender made me a yummy orange juice and sprite drink and gave me lots of glow bracelets! Who says that grown up parties are no fun?!

Pretty Potty Girl!

Sitting pretty!

She didn't appreciate the potty-razzi....

Guess who is trying to potty train herself?!  My sister!!  She wants to be grown up like me, so she is actually peepeeing and pooping on her little potty!  I am a very helpful big brother... I reward her for a job well done with candy and lots of praise... and I'll even clean out her little toilet for her!!  My parents hope that her interest in the potty continues!!!!  :)

Tentsterizers!

Helping Daddy build the tent!  We made a giant letter X!!

Zipping and unzipping the door...

To get out of the tent properly, you have to jump!

Trying to convince my parents that naptime in the tent was a good idea...  they didn't buy it.

Danni tried too...

The Beast in captivity...

Gorgeous blue sky... gorgeous boy!

Super tall!

Sweet babies!

Papa gave me a tent for my birthday ... it has been 'hiding' in the closet that Mommy and Daddy just cleaned out ...  guess who rediscoverd it?!  It was a perfect sunny day for a camp out, so Danni and I built the tent and then played in it all afternoon.  We tried to convince my parents that it would be a great place for a nap...  but they didn't go for it!  (I think the Diz Experiment was still too fresh in their memories!)  Daddy did say that when the weather warmed up, he might make Mommy camp out with me in the backyard.  Mommy laughed at this.  Who knows, maybe we'll 'really' get to break our tent in soon!!!

Zoo Crew!

Excited to see our zoo friends!

Danni didn't like hearing the honkers!  (Geese!)

A monkey's eye view ....

We were enthralled watching the camels poop...

Rainforest waterfall cuddles...

I got the Jeep stuck in the mud... just like Papa!

Danni took a baba break...

Checking out a snake skin with the giant magnifier...

Inspecting all of the nasty creatures in the bug table...

Danni loved sliding down in the playground!

Avoiding the sand beneath the play structure!

All aboard the Zoo Train!

Sharing a seat with my sis!

Another beautiful January day meant that we could get out of the house and enjoy the zoo!  This time we visited the Santa Ana Zoo ... What a great little place it turned out to be!!  It was totally toddler friendly -- not too huge ...  it had tons of monkeys, a playground, a carousel, and a train ride!  Perfect!  Danni and I had a lot of fun visiting our wild animal friends! 

The Diz Overnight Experiment....

In the lobby of the Grand Californian... 'These chairs are PERFECT for me!"

Our Disneyland Big Station House had bunk beds!  Danni loved them almost as much as I did!

Danni didn't wait her turn on the ladder!

She liked it that the bathroom had a little shelf that was a perfect step for her to reach the sink....

After destroying our room, we headed into DCA for some Bug's World fun!

Sharing smiles with Mommy...

Danni and Daddy trying to resist centripetal force...

Making a bug face...

She rode on a fishie!  I refused to ride this Up&Down because it didn't have horsies (only sea horsies -- it was all ocean themed... BOO!)

Mommy makes waiting in line FUN!

Watching the Ferris Wheel

Almost a decent family shot....

Getting ready for the Gadget Go Coaster!

Excited for the 'Little Fast Train'

Would you believe in all of our trips to the Diz, we've NEVER met Mickey?  His house in Toon Town was EMPTY so we finally got to see him.  I was afraid...  Danni wasn't tooooo sure about him either...

I'm a good photographer, huh?

Love the 'spinners'  (a.k.a. Tea Cups!)

Bambi visited our room and left chocolates!!!  JUST what we need to put us to sleep!

Can you tell that it was a long night?!

First night in a big girl bed... Or I should say first night in and out and in and out of a big girl bed!

Watching cartoons before checking out!

We loved the Magic Morning perk of being a hotel guest.  I went on Dumbo 4 times in a row!!

Finally found my vanilla horsie!

They've added new hand rails and foot holders steps...  More reasons to love the Up&Down!

Danni helped spin!

Dizzy Z!

Danni giggled the entire time!

Saving the best for last!

Daddy has always wondered what it would be like to spend the night with the 4 of us in one hotel room.... so we decided to try it... in style!  We got a room at Disney's Grand Californian ... spent the day before roaming the parks, watched World of Color (way past our bedtime), then spent the night together in the room before heading back into the parks the next day.  Daddy's experiment was going beautifully... until about 1:30 a.m. when Danni decided that it was time to escape her big girl bed.  From there, the night got progressively more sleepless.  Danni took full advantage of her ability to escape her bed....  :)  I was the only one who got a decent night's sleep!  On the bright side, we REALLY liked the Grand Californian -- the room had bunk beds for us!!  And the World of Color (a.k.a. 'Dark Garket Show') was amazing!  Daddy wants to try this experiment again when Danni's a little bit older.  Mommy and I think that we just might get our own room to stay in instead!  ;)