Thursday, April 12, 2007

Back to normal!

As you can see...the girls are now back into their old routine after our holiday....here they are after their cousin's 4th birthday party, showing off some of the goodies they got from their lolly bags. We're superheroes!!!!!!!!

Together we are invincible!!

Chloe and Marc having a ball on the jumping castle at Clarissa's birthday party

We love a good party!!! Especially when there's free food!!!


The happy birthday girl...Clarissa, Emily and Chloe's cousin


Emily : "This reminds me of Disneyland"

Chloe with her latest acquisition...a new set of wheels! Here she is putting her baby in the car.

Toot toot chugga chugga big red car!!!

Monday, April 2, 2007

Our American Adventure

Sorry for the delay in updating our blog...we recently went away to the USA on a 5 week holiday. We left at the beginning of February and returned mid-March. OUr trip took us to the west coast of LA where we stayed with our Aunty Pauline...thanks Aunty for letting us stay with you, the girls loved it! We spent most of our time in and around Los Angeles and the girls had a ball getting to know their "second cousins". We had a wonderful time away as a family and we only wish we could do it more often....anyway here's a little look into our time away...enjoy!!
Emily was knocked out after our 14 hour flight from Sydney to LA!!

Our second day in LA we went to Glendale Galleria, where Emily got to "build a bear"...or in her case, a rabbit, here she is cleaning and washing her rabbit after stuffing it!


Emily is entering her rabbits birth details for the birth certificate !

Emily playing at the kids playground at the mall!

Chloe exercising her creative juices at Ruby's Diner at Citadel outlet mall.

After all that drawing....it was time for some eating!

Emily and Chloe loved climbing the stairs and sliding down them at Aunty PAuline's.

Disneyland...where dreams really do come true! Day one!

At the end of our first week in LA we headed to Disneyland for 5 days of fun fun fun....needless to say the girls had an amazing time...especially Emily! If you ever get the chance...you have to take your kids there...at least once! We all loved it, even little Chloe.
Sid and the girls at the front entrance of Disneyland

One of the first people we met....MICKEY MOUSE!



Our wonderful happy family!


No trip to Disneyland would be complete without a ride on DUMBO!

Same goes for the teacups in Alice in Wonderland!

Emily loved the Matterhorn, a medium sized rollercoaster ride complete with abominable snowmen! once I reassured her the abominable snowmen weren't real ...she went on it a total of 4 times! We discovered Em's a bit of a daredevil, willing to try anything once. She went on any and every ride where she met their height requirements...and she got upset when she was too short for some of the more daring rides! Guess that means we'll have to take her again when she's a little taller!

It's a small world...we all loved this ride, its a classic.



"Let us out of here!!!" - Chloe.... "Don't worry I'll save you" - Emily

"See I told you I could do it!! I've got muscles!" - Emily

Mickey's Toontown!

Minnie Mouse - Emily's favourite!

Emily and Sid in Mickey Mouse's house

Mickey Mouse again...Chloe was really into it as you can see!

Pluto and friends

Even the plates were Mickey inspired! These were the kids' meals we had...wish we had kept the bowls!

CHloe loved the bowl....and the food! Check out the multitasking...drumstick in one hand, spoon in the other!

Cinderella's castle by night!

What's wrong with this picture??

Who wouldn't love this place...isn't it magical?!

Waiting for the "Parade of Dreams" to start...

Everyone else lined the streets to see the parade

The Parade of Dreams...

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum from Alice in Wonderland

Alice on her float

Simba from Lion King


The seven Dwarfs

Cinderella finally arrives....Emily couldn't wait!