Dek & Pluto

 

 

Look who we ran into in Toon town. Derek was a little apprehensive, but then he got into it at the end of the visit.

Happiest Place on Earth!

We finally made it to Disneyland on our Cali adventures!
 

Toon Town!

 

 

Part of our LA adventure in December, Derek visits Disneyland Toontown. He loved it, especially Goofy's house.

Happy New Year - Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

For all 3 devoted readers, sorry for falling off the bandwagon in January. We're starting 2014 off a bit slowly with all the cold.

Derek had transitioned to a new preschool and just keeping us busy all around (mostly arguing). Case in point:
Me: Derek - time for dinner.
Derek: Why? I'm not hungry yet.
Me: Looks like monkey is hungry.
Derek: No, he told me he's not hungry yet.

All those tactics I used to get him to do things, now being turned against me. Ah well, we just celebrated year of the horse for lunar new year so here is the little man all dressed up. Finally organized photos from Disney and will get some holiday ones up soon.

Cooking is Messy

 

Even after beach time, Derek continued his culinary exploits back at the hotel. HOWEVER, as you can see, he got a little carried away with the blue goo and put it all over his hair. It took 2 bottles of hotel conditioner to get the goo out and then Derek had pretty slick hair for the rest of the week. Lesson learned here: do not put blue goo in your hair. Derek will have to learn to style his hair with something a little different next time.

Beach Boy

 

 

 

 

Being in sunny Cali for Thanksgiving was amazing. Here we are at Seal Beach enjoying the sand and ocean waves. Though it was too cold for a swim, Derek was happy to "cook" up a lot of sand dishes for us. Though we didn't have toys, we learned the brilliant idea of stopping by a Dollar Store for some toys while traveling. It works wonders as everything is very affordable and keeps you from having to bring things with you from home. Seal Beach has a larger retiree population so the strip malls are full of home-health and hearing aid services - but I kid you not - the Dollar Store there was amazingly well stocked with lots of really good toys! Since we're from Latinoland, our "Dolar Tren" always looks like, well a train-wreck, so Dek was happy with his new dump truck, cooking set and colander. We headed to the kitchen aisle when we realized that we were too late into the season for sand castle molds.

Cousin Convention (Day 2)

 

 

More with the Marfori Cousins after a big dim sun lunch in LA Chinatown.