Jacob & Joss

"You are my life now. I will protect you."

What was he dreaming...

We're still having bed issues with Ryland.  He'll start off in his bed, but will usually end up in ours around 2am or if we're lucky around 6am.  Last night was no different.  He comes into our room around 2-ish and I'm feeding Joss (she's off her schedule for some reason).  Ryland climbs into our bed and finds "his" pillow which is actually Ryan's pillow and quickly falls asleep.  Joss finishes up, I burp her and put her back in her crib.  It takes me a while to fall asleep and no sooner was I asleep that I feel Ryland crawling to get out of bed.  I open one eye and see that it's 4am.  Then I hear his feet go pitter-patter as he runs down the hall.  I'm thinking, what in the world is that kid doing?  He runs back into our room and to my side of the bed and says, "mommy, the monsters coming!"  

I tell him, "be quiet and go back to bed."  

His response, "I need my sword!  The monsters coming!"  He turns to face the door and is holding up this imaginary sword.

I tell him, "sweetie, there's no monsters.  Go back to bed."

His response, "ok mommy."  

Then he climbs back into bed, finds "his" pillow and falls back asleep.  Me on the other hand, can't fall back asleep for another hour.  =/  What in the world was he dreaming about?

My Halloween vs Her Halloween

My Halloween is...  

...dressing Ryland up as "Diego," his all-time favorite show right now and Josselyn up as a "chicken" because Ryland was a chicken last year and momma's too broke to buy her a new costume.

...taking our annual October trip to Disneyland and taking kids to Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party at California Adventure.

...taking kids trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.

... and passing out candy from home.

Last night, Ryan and I had one of our (seldom ever) nights on the town and saw "Her Halloween."

Her Halloween is...

...dressing up as "Sluty Snow White."

...dressing up as a "sluty chef."

...dressing up as a "sluty boy scout."

...dressing up as a stripper WITH her own portable POLE!!

...and my favorite, having your boyfriend dress as Diego and you dress as "sluty Dora."  

If you wanna dress like a slut for Halloween, who knew you can make anything sluty??  You're not limited to just dressing up as a stripper.  BUT, if you're gonna be a stripper, ya better bring your own pole because then you're just not trying hard enough.

  

The Happiest Place On Earth

Here are some pictures of the Valasco Families' annual trip to Disneyland.

Getting ready for Toy Story, the ride.

Cousin Anthony was chosen to train at the Jedi Academy

Here he is fighting Darth Vadar

Riding the train

Hanging out in Toon Town

Roger Rabbit ride.  It was fun going in, but a terrible ride for kids.

The Valascos (minus Joss, who was with Grandma for the weekend)

Freakin' Genius

I think every parent would like to think their kid is smart and not just smart, but in our case, smartER than the average 2 year old.  I am "every parent."  

Ryland's new trick is finishing sentences when I read certain books with him.  He's so into the "Dinosaur" books ("How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?" etc.) and books about race cars.  At first, I would point to an object or character on a page and have him say the word and then I would continue reading.  But now...  he just knows how the story goes.  And, rhyme or no rhyme.  It doesn't matter.  If he likes the book, he just knows how it goes.

He totally gets into the stories too.  He gets sad when the character gets sad or scared when there's something scary.  He's even asked me what words like "pout" "sigh" and "spooky" mean.  What 2 year old does that?  So, his other new trick is expressing emotions.  He can do happy, sad, mad, scared and of course, he can pout.  It cracks me up when I have him do it all over and over again.  He starts to get confused and then he cracks up.

As much as he is a handful at 2, I wouldn't change him or this time of his life for anything.  I love this age.  He's just like a sponge.  Soaking up the world around him.