Disney

For months I have been planning a surprise trip to Disneyland in Hong Kong for the kids, my parents and us. My mom has been dying to take the kids and with us moving over here it has not worked out so well. We have had several friends go to Hong Kong and they said it is a much smaller park but for the little kids it is great.

To execute the surprise I wrapped up little mickey and minnie characters and tied a note around their necks that said "See you at Disneyland in Hong Kong". Then we gave them on Christmas Eve. The attached video is the reaction. My mom is priceless. The girls are excited but don't really know what they are in for. Anyway not much time to pack and finalize plans because we leave tomorrow morning!

In order to balance out all the kid mania we are going to the island of Macau first which is the Las Vegas of Asia. Kyle and I are excited about this part. We will stay at the Venetian for two nights and then go the Disney Hotel for three nights. We thought it would be a good time to get some gambling and drinking done while we have baby sitters. :)

Post pictures soon.

Emily's Birthday Part 2

Here are some more photos from Emily's birthday party (after our camera died).

The Skinny Santa

Samantha shined in her first Christmas production, as the Easter Bunny. Yes, that is correct, the Easter Bunny in the Christmas play. I wasn't sure the connection either until after the performance. One of the teachers wrote this cute play about the skinny Santa. He just wasn't hungry and Mrs. Clause was worried because all the children were expecting a fat Santa. Anyway they did the first number "Eat It" to the Michael Jackson song Beat It. Then Santa got a little fatter. Then they decided he needed some "Gingerbread" hence the second dance. Once again he got fatter. Then he need something healthy so the next dance was all about "Healthy Foods". Then enters the Easter Bunny to fatten Santa even more. There were 5 kids in the production that were one offs with lines. I have to say I was really worried about Samantha memorizing her lines but she mastered them perfectly. They also prerecorded their voices that they played live just in case anyone froze.

She had to say:

I can see the problem here

I know just what to do

Don't you worry Santa

I can fix this hullabaloo

I eat Easter eggs at Easter

At Christmas I eat Turkey

Get yourself a plate of it

And soon you will be feeling perky.

Quite ambitious lines for a 4 year old I thought but she did fine. So the last dance was all the "Turkeys" to fatten Santa even more. By the end he was all set. It was really cute and all the kids did a great job.

Enjoy the photos.