A Hot Day

Here's Brooklyn keeping cool at CA Adventure.


These guys cracked me up! This just goes to show that even the happiest place on earth can be EXHAUSTING!
We haven't seen the movie Brother Bear, but we posed with the character anyway. Ian looks a little unsure about this. Then again, that expression is pretty standard for him.

Cute Pixar Parade

This parade was really well done! It went through Disney's California Adventure at the perfect time for us on this particular day. I happened to be at the child care station near the tortilla factory of CA Adventure when we heard the commotion outside.
To our delight, the front entrance of the child care center was front seating stationed right in front of the last few yards of the parade route!
It was cool to see all the favorite characters from all of the great Disney/Pixar movies. It was the best of the best!
This is Brooklyn hiding behind the attendants at the child care station. She was afraid of the purple robot monster coming down the street from the Incredibles.
Here it is! Muah-ah-ah!
I think these guys were also from the Incredibles movie.
Here come the Ratatouille groupies...
Love the long stilts, baker boys!
cool acrobatic rats
Nemo and father
Dori and the sea turtle dude

the jelly fish dancers

Aren't those costumes so creative?!
the little sea turtle
love the blowfish

check it out - first it's small...
now it's big!
Here come's Heimlich! I only know his name because he operates one of Brookie's favorite rides, Heimlich's Chew-Chew Train.
The Bugs Life groupies approach...
Aren't those bright colors so fun? Oh yes, and the green plastic hair hats!
acrobatic ants
and friends of the bug kingdom
Brooklyn getting squirted.
Best ever little green army guys from Toy Story...
striking their last pose before exiting the parade route. They were awesome! I just wanted to reach out and touch those shiny plastic coats!
more Toy Story characters
still more - thought these ladies were a hoot!
especially with those hoop skirts!
Little Bo-Peep

We don't own the movie Toy Story, so to Brooklyn's knowledge, this is the next undiscovered princess...
high fives
the stare-down
I see you still!
the other toys and of course,

more acrobats


Lightning McQueen
Ka-Pow!
Tow-Mater. He's a real country bumpkin if I've ever seen one!
After the parade, Brooklyn stopped me so she could hop out of the stroller and pose for this. I was cracking up because I didn't even notice this, but she got right out and posed herself appropriately. It was just the right size, too! Kids are so observant!

Zoo with Rosalia

I have a lot of catching up to do with my blog posts, so we'll start WAAAY back in the middle of August. Rosalia came to San Diego for a visit, so we took her to the zoo. Or shall, I say, she kindly braved the zoo with us!
The hippo was sleeping, but popped his head above the water for a few seconds to get some air. Then he went right back to sleeping ...
with his nose smashed up to the glass and all. How can that be comfortable?
I cracked up when, at dinner time, Stephen asked Rosalia, "So, how was a day in the life of Desirae?" Maybe he thought she would reveal some secret about me, or funny quip. from the kids.

Her response was, "She's fast!" I think she said that because as soon as the kids were in strapped into the double stroller in the parking lot, I was off and running, well, not really. I guess I didn't really notice it until said something like "wait up," with the look of 'what's you're rush?' I felt a little nerdy at that point... I go to the zoo a lot on my own (with the kids), but I guess I sort of walk fast. Maybe I pretend that it's my official work-out for the week or something.

I didn't want to cut the outing short due to naps or whatever, but around 2ish, Rosalia was very tired of walking the hilly terrain in the heat. So, she called it a day and I didn't object! We went home and Ian, Brooklyn, and Rosalia all took long naps!