Disney on Ice- with a 3 year old

Let's start with this

---highlight of my year---

My Audrey is three. Her world revolves around dreaming and pretending about anything princess. Her heart skips a beat if you tell her she looks like a princess...especially a fairy princess. 

Let's rewind.

3.5 years it 20 weeks +\- ago

I was getting an ultra sound.

I found out I was having a girl.

SHOCK

Then

JOY

In remember riding home and thinking of ALL the things I wanted to do with my daughter. All my hopes and dreams I had for her. 

I can't say disney on ice was one of the top 5, I have a long list of hopes, prayers and desires BUT it was on that list!!!

I had been waiting for the day...the day were she would be old enough to stay up late and handle sitting in a seat and enjoy a princess show.

It was PERFECT.

Grandma joined us and it was the make heartwarming girls night I've ever been on! My heart skipped a beat.

It's parenthood.

Nothing gives you more joy then seeing JOY, pure JOY in your darling daughters eyes. She danced and sang, she twirled her wand, she snuggled and whispered, she had the time of her life. She did absolutely fabulous. My heart is warm. My heart is full. I love seeing my daughter experiencing something that truly makes her happy right to her core.

You gotta believe as dressed up.

She has a tiara 

A special wand from grandma 

A magic glow stick 

A crazy recorder from her happy meal 

Annnnd a Cinderella dress

We didn't buy into the gimmicks at the concessions they were $$$ and really she was quite oblivious. It was all about the experience. Next time I might fill my purse with a few more glowing things who knows.

Did you hear that...I said next time 

I might have a hard time not going yearly. It was bliss!

Brent's latest sleep talk

Been awhile since I posted one of these.

Brent

'That picture you posted on Instagram is crazy. Taking a video while swerving all over the road. That's crazy'

Sheena

'Ya, I had a few drinks. It was pretty crazy.'

Brent 

'Thats not a very good response. You should be telling me how you'll be careful next time'

--side note...in real life if I told Brent I drank and drove this would not have been his response haha...he would have called the cops and reported me. (Jokes) I'm just yanking his night time crazy chain. I WOULD NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE (and this was after Disney and Ice)--

Sheena

'Um your dillusional. I'm just teasing you. There is no video. Was no alcohol. I never would drink and drive' (might have giggled haha)

Brent 

'Thats not very nice' 

--commences bear snoring--

He kills me! Hahahaha

He is just my favourite crazy night time person to make me laugh and spice up my night! 

Reading

I love reading

I'm also a grannie

I could go to bed at 9, happily

Sometimes I just wanna read at night 

My eyes are so heavy after just one page

If only someone would read to me

That would be bliss

Just wait babies, mommy is going to teach you to read soon just so I can be read to haha. 

Bowling babies

Bowling with our babies.

We met dad&linda down town. We decided it would be fun to try something different. Oh dear. Bowling was an adventure with a two&three year old! 

We had a blast. Beckham mostly just wanted to overhand throw the bowling bowls so we had to curb that. Audrey on the other hand was a super star. It was actually so precious. 

I totally was sweating from the mayhem but I honestly enjoyed every second. We all slept like babies after that! 

Halloween part 2

Two hours of tricker treating and it's safe to say they had a blast and where running of pure adrenaline. We went with some friends and had a great time. The Collins family is always a hoot. Sadly containing the excitement as they RAN door to door was intense so not many pictures. We did make a couple pit stops before tricker treating to show the cuteness off. One of those places being grandma. She was smart enough to take some pictures so now I can reap the rewards.

Ps-

Did I mention that our evening also involved Brent and I and our babies falling down a flight of outdoor stairs and also breaking into a preschool to steal our Minnie ears back. By breaking in I mean the full on climbing threw a window...ha ha ha. 

Beckham

-Ok, a week ago beckham had a raspy cough.

-Then on Wednesday he spiked a fever of 104.5-105, we landed up in emerge at 2am on the night of Halloween. 

-We then spent Thursday still in emerge without any sleep. It was interesting. 

-today, Saturday. Beckham developed a full body rash...

Roseola, we found out they are all linked symptoms but no one knows the cause usually until the rash comes out. 

So beckham has been extra needy and cuddly and I'm a big suck. Brent says I coddle him. He's just my baby. If he wants to cuddle I will smother him in cuddles until he doesn't want them hahaha

Anyways we are quarantining ourselves since our social life usually involves copious amounts of lil ones under 3 and it's extremely contagious in that age group. Cheers to a week filled with cooped up kids, movies, popcorn, and some extreme fort making. Hoping and praying we didn't get to many of our friends sick. 

Popcorn

If Brent and I eat popcorn at night and don't finish if...I know I'll get to sleep in. How is this you ask.

You see I leave it on the counter in the bowl. Sometimes when I think I'm being a smart parent I'm really being a bad parent...but at least I'm a bad parent who gets to sleep in!

I leave the bowl of leftover popcorn on the counter. My daughter comes from a long line of Eves that love food. The apple I'm sure has similar appeal that popcorn does. I lead that beautiful daughter of mine straight into a bowl of temptation. She will sit at the counter and slowly eat the leftovers for a great amount of time.

The thing about the popcorn is that it's also like a babysitter. If I was to let Audrey run wild while I slept in the morning with no popcorn I'd awaken to beckham having been shaved, laundry soap spilled all over, her nails and our cabinets painted and perhaps our turtles would get to experience eating another board book. The popcorn might be a sort of temptation but it eliminates all the other naughty things that she could be doing.

Therefore leaving mommy to rest in peace. Until the munching stops...silence wakes me and I leap to my defence!

I made popcorn tonight. Mamas sleeping in.