Disneyland 2011: Part I

Visiting Minnie's House

Callie says:

Hi everybody! If you have been within 3 miles of Cohen anytime in the last 3 months, than you definitely already knew that we temporarily moved the White Family residence to Anaheim, California for the last week. While Cohen had been to Disneyland once before, he was only 7 months old at the time, so this felt like the first time for both of us.

We spent a full week there, and shared the first half of the week with Auntie She-She and Uncle Brian, Grammy, G-G and Grandpa Jerry, which made it extra fun. As per the usual, Daddy took way too many pictures, so this will be a multi-part update with an abundance of visual delights. If you like pictures of Cohen and I doing anything under the sun, you're in luck. If you don't, well, why are you here?

Been on the look-out in coming days for more pictures, featuring lots of characters, etc. For now, some pictures of the first day or so. Enjoy!

Is it the Disney plane?

Doesn't everyone wear ears at the airport?

I think I see the Matterhorn!

My very own ticket!

All decked out for Halloween

Halloween in September?

Let's just get to the rides!

Auntie She-She and goofy Uncle Brian

Talking a walk with Grammy

I'm on the train tracks!

Galactic Hero!

Faster!

Minnie - dressed for a vacation

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip and Dale!

Mickey Mouse ice cream? Yes please!

The next Disney Princess

She-She and Briiiiaaaann

Growling? who, me?

Let's all stand in this circle

Hurry up - I'm pretty sure I see Goofy

Dance party!

and the required family pic

My chariot awaits

The Teacups look spinny!

Had to find someone to go with Cohen...

License for Autopia

THE Grandpa Jerry

Who let this kid drive?

Let's get moving!

Hugging Pluto? A lifelong dream!

Enough with the pictures!

Stay tuned for the next update!

Cohen's First Day of Preschool

Traditional front porch shot

Cohen says:

It is said that there are quite a few milestone moments in life such as a first tooth, first steps taken, or even first Playstation 3 (hint hint Mom and DAD!), and I'm pretty sure that I hit another one this week. On Thursday, I started my formal education by way of Preschool at Burlington Little School, and from what I can tell, Mom and Dad (or Kor-eee, as I've taken to calling him lately) are quite proud.

Goofy shot

For those concerned with details, I currently am a part-time enrollee, attending on Thursday and Friday mornings. Not that anyone actually asked me, but I think it's the perfect amount of time to refine my skills while also getting good time at home with Mommy.

My teacher's name is Miss Julie, although I tricked daddy pretty good the other day by first trying to convince him that her name was Diane (completely random) and later "Mississippi". The latter one might seem random as well, but he kept saying "your teacher's name is Misses ___", so I added a "p.p." in reference to the fact that I am 72.72% of the way to correctly spelling M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i aloud. I love tricking people!

Walking to class with Mommy

Homework already?!

Season Premier: Coming Soon

Cohen says:

So, ummm, has it really been almost 3 full months since an update? I guess it has. Rest assured that as the summer winds down, we'll get back to updating regularly soon. We have lots of good pictures to share from the summer, and most recently of Callie's 2nd Birthday.

Check back soon!

Rainy at the Zoo, Sunny in the Backyard

Swinging in style

Cohen says:

It's been a full month since we've written. I'd blame it on the arrival of summer, but that really hasn't given us any reason to get outside. Fortunately, the weather is great as we speak, so this will be short. Just wanted to post some pictures of the last few weeks. We got a trip to the zoo in (where we discovered that Callie is CLOSELY related to the monkeys) and we've been enjoying the breaks of sun that we have actually gotten.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Callie and I will make sure (read: threaten) our photographer (daddy) picks up the pace a bit!

Best friends!

Where's dinner?!

Everyone hangs out in a swimsuit with ruffles, right?

Our new swingsuit. Cohen calls it "the jolly roger"

Ready for blast-off!

Sophisticated swinging

It's like a pink Flintstone's car

I see you!

Everyone takes a wagon to the zoo, right?

What's over there?

A monkeeeeeey!

Cohen's request for the zoo: dragons and monsters

Callie asking mommy for a Meerkat

So long!

First Trip to Husky Stadium

With Daddy on the Field of Dreams

Cohen says:

So, it's no secret to anyone in the area that we had some tremendous weather this weekend, and for us, that made for a perfect day on Saturday. If spring time is synonymous with anything, it's Spring Football! Ok, so that's pretty far from true, but the Husky Spring Game was this Saturday so we used it as a chance to go watch some football!

Looking serious in front of Husky Stadium

Showing the cannons

Taking it all in

I giggle when I'm excited

My best attempt at the Heisman pose...

I must say that I was a little concerned at first since the "Huskies" were playing the "Dawgs" and as far as I could tell, they were the same team. After a while, daddy filled me in that this was really the last practice of the Spring, and they use it for a pretty formal scrimmage. Highlights of the event:

1) Just me, mommy, and daddy. I love Callie, but this was nice.

2) Getting to hang out with Harry the Husky (pictures below).

3) HUSKY FOOTBALL!

They kept me on the edge of my seat

When I get nervous, I eat and pace

"Huskies" vs "Dawgs"

Who doesn't want to hug a 6'5 Husky?

Twins!

Posing on the track...

And more posing...

And MORE posing....

You guessed it! More posing!

Sideline access!

A little extra hop in my step!