Happy Valentines Day & Kiddos room redo

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day.  Today we took the kiddo to his Basketball game, then we came home and had Mimosa's and watched a few episodes of Game of Thrones Season 3 (I know really far behind) then we cleaned the kiddos room.  He is getting bigger now and he has outgrown a lot of his room.  I wish I would have taken a few before pictures, but here are the after pictures.  With having a small house (980 square feet) we try to take advantage of every square foot.  The kiddo is still in trantistion between a young kiddo and an older kiddo. It's actually harder than I thought it would be to turn his room into a big boys room.  Here is what we came up with.  We still need to get a Twin Bed rather than a toddler bed but he hasn't decided which he wants

He is trying to pick between this IKEA bed & headboard

And this one from Target

The hubby and I really like the Target one (we think it will last longer)  but we want it to be the kidos choice.

Here is what his room looks like now 

The sailboat valance will go.  The sailboat one has been with hanging there since before he was born lol.

We will hang up the bulletin board we are just missing the screws.

Excuse the laundry bin overload I am working on cleaning out his closet and washing all his clothes.  Also the I Dig You balloon is what the hubby and I got the kiddo for Valentines day.

He picked out all the pictures on the wall.  He wanted a Seahawks & Star Wars room.  Now before anyone goes and says "Seahawks really?"  I wanted to say that we are Season Ticket Holders and have been since 1981 (a year after I was born)  This household bleeds Blue and Green.  My first game I was 3 and it was against the Raiders.  My dad and I used to go to the games together and then when he passed away from cancer I was able to continue with the tickets. My dad was in the military and when we were stationed somewhere other than Washington he would give his tickets to other people.  At one point we were stationed in Spokane Washington and my dad and I would drive 4+ hours to the game on Sundays and the drive back right after the game. I am no bandwagon fan and neither are my hubby or son.  I grew up in the era of  Jim Zorn, Steve Largent & Coach Knox.  I am one of those girls who knows a TON about football and will always cheer on my Hawks, Win or Lose.    It feels really silly to have to explain myself, but I know that a lot of people do not like the Seahawks (not sure really why) so I felt the need to explain that I am no bandwagon fan.

My kiddo is super excited about his room as are my hubby and I.  We spend a lot of the day getting it all put together and we are really excited about the way it has turned out so  I thought I would share Stage 1.  

I hope you all are having a fantastic Valentines Day.  I will get my Trip Repap #2 up soon.

I also thought I would tell you guys that we are planning another trip in August but my kiddo doesn't know about it yet.  My close friend has a kiddo who is the same age as my son and we have always talked about going to Disneyland together (Her daughter and my son are crazy close, especially since we were pregnant at the same time) so we are planning our trip together which I will be sharing the planning stages with you over the next few months.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE.

Trip Recap Part 1

This is my first ever trip recap so bear with me.

We had a great flight down there.  We usually fly either JetBlue or Alaska and since JetBlue didn't have the best return flight we flew Alaska down to LAX.  The flight down there was really smooth only some minor turbulance (thank goodness because I am a terrible flier)

We got a beautiful view of Mount Rainer

Just watching some Once Upon A Time

We got in around 7:30  and after getting our bags we headed out to get the shuttle to take us to the rental car.  As anyone who has ever flow into LAX can attest, it SUCKS trying to get to your rental car and then hitting the road at a reasonable time.  So after an hour and half we were finally in our rental care and on the road.  Luckily the kiddo is a seasoned traveler so he did great.  He kept watching for our shuttle and was calling out all the incoming shuttles for everyone around us.  

We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and it was great as usual.  We were in the Fantasy Tower which is really nice for proximity to things.  We got all checked in and then headed to bed.

The next morning we wanted to do the Expo right away so we skipped the early morning entry into the park and instead lined up in the Ballroom at the Disneyland hotel for the merchandise.  We waited for about an hour before we actually got in to get the official merchandise but it wasn't to bad.  I had brought along a Mimosa to enjoy while waiting and they were playing Star Wars on a big screen.  Plus we got to meet a few really nice people and chatted most of the wait.

Waiting to get in.

We got some nice swag.  I mean besides the bling and the bragging rights there is nothing better than some tshirts and hoodies right lol.

We got our race bibs and then headed back to the room and into the parks.

We had reservations for lunch so we headed over to California Adventure over to Wine Country Trattoria.  This is our favorite place to have lunch before a race, but my hubby really likes it so we went there twice during the trip.  

I had the Shrimp Scampi and some wine.  I can't remember what wine the hubby and I had, but it was really good.

Then we headed over to do some Cars Land.  We rode Maters Junkyard Jamboree which is one of my sons and my favorite rides.  Then we did Toy Storia Mania, Silly Symphony Swings, Golden Zepher and Goofys Sky School.

Then we headed over to Disneyland and rode Buzz Lighyear Astro Blaster, Astro Orbiter, & Autotopia.  Then it was time to hit up the Blue Bayou for the Fantasmic Dinner package.  I didn't get many good pictures of the meal, but hubby and I had the Filet Mignion, and kiddo had Mac N Cheese.

You get a dessert with the package.  It was a tiramisu so not my favorite but hubby liked his.

 My son and I really like it here, although I think my son loves it the most.  We have to go there every time we are in Disneyland.  It was really nice to have the Fantasmic package option.  We got a special fastpass to sit in a reserved seating area along with nice seat cushions so that was nice.  It was well worth every penny.

Our view of the show

All in all our first night was a great night.  Part two and the race recap will be done later this week and early into the next week.

Catch Up

I have been trying to write a trip recap but it takes a lot more time than I thought it would so I was waiting to write another post until I did that one but I decided I would spend more time on that one and then I would continue with the rest of my posts.

YOGA

I finally joined a yoga class.  Yay for me.  It's a 6 week into class and it goes over the really basic stuff and I am feeling really good.  I realized that I know a lot more about it than I thought I did.  I am really enjoying it, except for downward Dog, I really hate that one :)   I also joined a 6 week into to meditation class.  I have always wondered about it.  I was diagnosed with anxiety and OCD when I was in high school and I have spent a lot of time to learn to deal with them both and have done a good job so far and one of the things I learned to do was breath in order to calm myself down and it has helped a lot. When I found out that the studio I joined did an intro class I decided why not.  I am actually learning a lot about myself which is great.  Not all of it is good of course, but I will share more in a future post.

EXERCISE & TRAINING
I have been doing ok on that part.  I have made it to the gym at least once a week each week for the past few weeks, and I ran a half marathon last weekend.  I did it in 3 hrs which is an ok time.  It was a "Virtual Race" which means I had to run it on my own and then send in my information.  I got the medal and the race bib, but I missed the whole group atmosphere.  We were really busy the day of the actual race but we really wanted to do it.

DIET
This is where I am lacking!!!!  I will do really well for a few days and then I fall off the wagon.  I haven't had fast food since we got back which is great, but I am still not eating as well as I should.  Its really hard because the kiddo has a few practices and classes and games so it's hard when you are running around from place to place and then doing homework. Its time to just buckle down.