Sing-Along to Sick Lickety Split

One second everyone is singing Little Mermaid songs, the next everyone is passed out on the couch snoring with fevers.  Such is the life around here...

M-I-C-K-E-Y

Yesterday we swung by Alex's work to kidnap him for some fun at Disneyland! It was such a perfect day--great weather, hardly any crowds, and we ran into our friends the second we stepped foot in the park :-) 

Emma waves the entire time on the Little Mermaid ride :-)

Disney Junior show with the McCurdys!

Ry-Ry the birthday girl 

Emma trying to convince that boy to dance with her 

Winter?

We have been enjoying this lovely weather! I'm 50% thrilled for the perfect temp and 50% frustrated the girls probably will outgrow every single coat I bought this winter before they wear them once :-) Emma had a spurt and pretty much skipped over 3T so I'm hoping she can wear her 4T stuff for a while. Lu is still my skinny bean pole--the poor thing is rocking high waters most days because she needs 2T for the waist but 3/4T for length hehe. I see a lot of belt-wearing in her future!

She's definitely my daughter...eating ribs with a fork. I'm the strange person who eats chicken wings with silverware so I totally understand her aversion to using her hands hehe. 

5 Year Anniversary

It's hard to believe we've been married 5 years! It's even more incredible to me that we've been together a decade. A DECADE. We have kids!? Who are currently sticking stickers to my very expensive kitchen table as I type this :-) Every year goes by quicker than the last and while that saddens me it also reminds to enjoy every second we have.

We've always tried to incorporate whatever each anniversary's "symbolism" is into our gifts and 5 years is wood. I tried to argue this was a sign it was finally time we got dining room furniture instead of a card table...I was vetoed, boo. Instead, we surprised each other with opposite gifts: I went literal and he went figurative. I gave Alex a wood card that was engraved and he surprised me by coming home with a new tattoo--a wooden heart below the tattoo he already for me.  He clearly won best gift hehe. If any person ever asked me if I thought getting tattoos for their significant other was a good idea I'd say no. I know, I'm a hypocrite. My rational is if you have to ask someone's opinion it's NOT a good idea! I got my one and only tattoo for Alex and I've never regretted it or even really felt the need to defend it to anyone. For me, it just makes sense: he's my forever and I like to be reminded of that :-). I didn't go into this marriage wondering what would happen if it ended because it won't end. We both went into this knowing and agreeing that you never give up, even in the worst of times. And trust me-we've had them. We've been through more than most people ever have to go though in a lifetime but at the end of the day I can honestly say I'm happy for it. I know what we can survive and so the little everyday issues and dilemmas seem so insignificant. 

This year our anniversary was a little more complicated because Alex had been in Mexico for work all week. He came home late afternoon yesterday so we got to spend part of our anniversary together :-) So along with his wooden card I also tucked away a cd in his luggage with instructions to watch the cd on our anniversary morning. If you're ok with super mushy and want to see our last decade summed up go ahead and take a look below.

Festivities!

Here are some pictures from December:

Robinson Ranch breakfast with Santa

Decorating Meema's tree

Making cookies for Santa 

Lu wanted to eat Santa's cookies, Emma telling me she doesn't like carrots...

Lu with all her cars lined up on her tricycle and Emma in her heels :-)