Sydney Fuller

Talent Show 2012

I am not sure what drives her yet but Sydney once again did a solo in the talent show. I don't see her practice for these things like I think I would. She just gets up and does her thing.

Easter

Green Mountain on Easter

We started from Inspiration Point just after noon. The ascent was pretty smooth until the snow! I was glad there was some still out there to give them some thrill. However, Reagan saw this as quite the obstacle for some reason. All the hikers out there were grabbing trees and making it across. They really missed out then when the whole trail was covered!

Caught you doing...something?

Top of the World! Well, Boulder, sort of.

It was a lot of work. Take a load off!

We stayed up top for a bit. Busy place. Girls signed the log book, of course.

Sydney spent time on the descent with Kim, who's knee was acting up. Sydney got to play rescue volunteer as Kim used Sydney on the big steps to ease herself down a bit. It got Sydney thinking totally differently and it was fun to watch. It used to be about her. Now, she was helping someone else. And she liked that.

Thanks for getting out with me today, ladies! We had some challenges but we made it just fine. I hope you will go again in 6 months. Or maybe sooner.

We went 4.36 miles with an elevation gain of 1,554 feet in 03:26:49, which is an average pace of 47:23. View my GPS data on Garmin Connect.

Spring Break 2012: Santa Monica - Day 7

Final day of vacation. No more Disney so what do you all want to do? Sydney was the only one with a definite answer. BEACH! Got it. So we packed up and drove out to the coast. It rained the whole drive there so we went in and ate a long lunch. By the time we were done, the sun was out.

Sydney was playing with Kayla and showing her what to do at the beach...in case she forgot.

But apparently, Sydney got distracted and a big mean ole wave came and got her. She came walking up soaking wet crying. The tradition continues of Sydney falling into some body of water on our trips!

Kim went and bought her a bathing suit and the crisis was smoothed over at my expense. Castles?

Uh oh, the castle destroyer just showed up.

Good. Just take a nap.

So that's it for Spring Break 2012! I hope that they all had a great time. I enjoyed spending the week with them. Its good to get away and spend time together.

Our flight was delayed but we arrived back home at 3:30 AM. Everyone quickly ran to their beds and was glad to be home once again.

Spring Break 2012: Disneyland - Day 6

Cars? Not our thing but always a good photo op.

Finally ran into these two furballs.

We made another pass through the Princess Fair for Kayla but the big girls didn't object to going since they missed the first trip through. It was the same ladies as last time which was a bit of a bummer for our autograph book goals but oh well. We focused on the meet instead. It worked a bit better since the big girls could play middle man for Kayla to the Princess.

We spent the rest of the day re-riding a few more favorites. Kayla fell asleep so Kim opted to take her back home while I got one last Space Mountain ride in with the older two. It was a nice yet painful wait in line as we were all tired. Sydney started to bonk hard so I had to hold her. I never hold her anymore so that was weird. First off, she is heavy. But second, she is my first big girl and she has grown up quick. I remember bringing her for a 1/2 day years ago on a conference when we were in town. We met Mickey Mouse that day and life was grand. Here we are years later closing the park down. And I guarantee we will be back again soon.

Thanks, Disney. Its always worth it.

Spring Break 2012: Sea World - Day 5

Time for something different. We drove to San Diego to hit SeaWorld. Bring on the fish! Or dudes with shells...Sydney had the camera in this exhibit and took tons of pictures of fish and turtles. A few turned out pretty good. Here was one.

This was Sydney's boyfriend! The biggest walrus you ever saw. He was over in the corner by her. He had a mouth full of chewed fish and he would repeatedly spit them out onto the glass and suck them back in. 100 times. Weirdest thing.

Or maybe this guy was her boyfriend. She watched him for a long time too. Guess there is snow in southern California.

"Dad, can I have more money? They are hungry!" I heard that over and over as I forked out money to feed the sea lions. She has her mother's genes. So we fed the sea lions one by one.

You had to perform to get the fish. Literally.

The final stop was Shamu. Kim and I won't forget Syd's first Shamu show where she stood on her seat yelling "woo hoo" with a fist in the air whenever anything happened. This time was more subdued. She was too worried about being soaked by the big giant.

Instead, she got soaked on the water ride when she had a raincoat malfunction. You have to cinch it down and tuck it in. Learn from Reagan!

In the parking lot, Syd had a melt down because Reagan got something and she didn't. I explained about all the stuff she had gotten already. She was way in the lead. Didn't matter. It always sucks to end the day on a note like that but she popped back shortly after. Finished the day by hitting up Ghirardelli in San Diego's downtown. Yes, it was ice cream for dinner! Then we made the longish drive back to LA. We ate a later dinner at Denny's next to our hotel. So then that was breakfast for a late snack? I think the kids enjoyed that crazy parenting style. Last day at Disney tomorrow. Rest well!

Spring Break 2012: Disneyland - Day 4

Our friends from Colorado were in town and at Disneyland today too. So the kids spent a lot of the day riding rides with them. We kind of lacked in the picture department because of it. So not much to blog about. Just another day in the park hitting all the big attractions. Later in the day, we regrouped together and saw a few characters.

We finished the night by going back over to California Adventure to hit a few rides we missed. We didn't get to ride many of them because the new water/light show was going on. But we did score some giveaway FastPasses to the best seats in the place so we enjoyed that show all together then headed home. The days are starting to wear on us but the end is in sight. The kids are troopers though. All I have to remind them is that Monday is back to school and they quickly ramp up to party more.

Spring Break 2012: Universal Studios - Day 3

Hopped on over to a new park today to see Hop.

But of course, an old favorite that we have seen here before was still around. Shrek!

And his noble ass.

And that yellow sponge with the square bottom.

And this dude, who's movie they saw earlier this month.

We took Kayla to this Curious George ball arena thing but the big girls probably had just as much fun there.

Pretend you are being eaten by a shark for this one, Sydney. Acting!

The big girls spent the later part of the day on some of the bigger rides like Jurassic Park and The Mummy. We ended up with a dinner on the brightly lit CityWalk before everyone melted down for the day. But they saved it by doing some shopping. Then everyone passed out in the car on the drive back to Anaheim from Hollywood.

Spring Break 2012: Disney California Adventure - Day 2

Off to a new park today! Hey kids, get in that box.

Sydney took time to get a photo op with Woody. Still one of her favorites.

We saw this impromptu street show featuring The Incredibles. They were searching for new super heroes and Sydney got picked out of the crowd to join in. She was deemed a super hero for the day I guess. Better watch it.

We ended the night back over in Disneyland running through lots of rides with virtually no lines. But Kayla made us slow down and do a classic to top off the night.

Spring Break 2012: Disneyland - Day 1

This is Sydney's 3rd vacation to Disneyland! I distinctly remember bringing her the first time. So its fun to bring her back. However, I didn't see much of her as she is all about bigger kid stuff. I was taking Kayla around instead. But we did all catch back up together for a few character meet-n-greets.

Then the rains came and cut our day short. But we have much more to go for the week.