Good to be home

Well we've made it back from Disneyland once again. I have to say I love coming home after a holiday - it makes me apreciate home so much more and I didn't even mind coming home to the snow:) Right now as I'm typing this Zander and Madison are so cute, both curled up on a chair together while Zander reads Madison a dora book he has memorized. One thing I have noticed since we came home is how much they seem to have grown up, Zander actually wants to play with her and Madison can finally do some of the games he wants her too. Madison turned 2 yesterday, we celebrated her b'day with the family before we left but now looking at her she does seem older.
We went to California for 10 days, the original plan was to go in February but with the pregnancy the trip got pushed ahead, thankfully harvest was done earlier this year:) It was a wonderful trip and the kids were a great age to go, I was a little afraid that Madison was going to be a big pest but she had great naps everyday and she loved minnie mouse and cinderella. Zander was tall enough to go on pretty much everything and his favorite rides are now matahorn mountain, big thunder railroad and splash mountain, of course all rides that being pregnant I could not go on. I didn't realize how much I would have to sit out this year but at least that gave Madison and I time to walk around and there was a great coloring spot by santa's house and we spent many a hours coloring:) I think Zanders favorite part was the medieval feast where there was live knights on horses jousting and fighting, it was so cool to see his face and expressions and man did he cheer loud!
One thing I noticed being away though is that Zander is not shy, he will talk to anyone and everyone and does even after being told repeated not to talk to strangers, I'm not sure how I'm going to get him to understand this concept.
I can't believe how close it is to x-mas and I really don't have hardly any x-mas shopping done, I've barely even started:( But the x-mas tree is up and the christmas lights are on outside so at least it feels like christmas!