Here's the rest of our Disneyland photos :)

Aspen has been begging me to cut her hair for some time now. I was hoping she would give up and forget about it, but that wasn't the case. I finally gave in, after all it is her hair, which is what I keep telling myself. I cut off about 8 inches. Afterward I thought it actually looked kind of cute.....

Then we got in the car to head for school. I turned around to look at her and was startled. I think Aspen is a beautiful girl, but for a moment the thought went through my head, she looks like a Hansen boy! 

What have I done???

Things have gotten better since then, I just make sure to fix her hair instead of leave it down!

Oakley and I made a train out of his blocks, which was his idea and a pretty creative one too. He made this engine one day while he was in his room for quiet time. I was really impressed! He is so good at using his imagination.

Birch has been going through an I hate the bath phase, so I put him back in his little tub and that did wonders. I think he feels more secure in it. He is very curious and will grab things he wants really quickly, so I have to watch him closely. He still isn't crawling but sooo close! And he loves rolling over from his back to front, which is a new development ;)

Aspen's school is having reading week, so today she dressed up as a ballerina (nonfiction day),

and yesterday she was Rapunzel (fairytale day). Tomorrow is adventure day...I wonder what she'll want to be? Btw, Aspen thinks that the word bald is pronounced balbed. She does not for a second think she is incorrect on this, regardless of what I say!

Oaks and I took a stroll around the block today while Birch was napping. We have had a lovely Spring weather week, rain and all. I am so eager for the blossoms to start popping I can hardly wait!

Here are a couple photos from our trip to Disneyland, in random order.  We just got back last night so I haven't had time to sort through all of them yet.

I remember liking Disneyland as a teenager, and it hasn't lost any of its magic for me. In fact I appreciated even more the magic Disney creates, down to the minute details. My favorite place of all was New Orleans square.  I wanted to spend forever exploring its Southern style nooks and crannies, but we were only there 3 days and there wasn't enough time.

I also looooved Cars Land, a perfect recreation of Radiator Springs, so charming! Even the red rock backdrop seemed real.

It was fun to see Eric get excited about Pirates and the Haunted Mansion, it was very endearing. He went on Pirates so many times Aspen started to complain about it ;)

The kids really liked Space Mountain and all the roller coaster-ish rides, which surprised me. I thought the fast motion would scare them, but it was just the opposite. I thought we should take them on Tower of Terror because of this, but they didn't like it because of the lightning and thunder that happens as part if the ride. Eric and I thought that was pretty ironic!

The weather was beautiful, the kids had some meltdowns (when we got on Peter Pan I put my arm around Aspen and flicked off her favorite crown down into London, which caused an hour of sobbing and I felt so bad!), we left Birch with Pete and Ami (and he did great), it was everything we had hoped it would be (except for the meltdowns, but we had expected some)! In fact our last night in the park Eric was feeling melancholy about leaving, and it hit me the next morning. I knew the next time we made it back the kids would be much older, and I felt like being there was stalling their growing up for a couple days, if that makes sense. At least I had my baby at home waiting for me, that gave me something to look forward to!