FairyTales and Capes

Hey friends and family,

The 4 Webbs are still in vacation mode since Oma and Opa are spending all day every day sharing life with us and the twins. The only non-vacation like aspect is that I go to work each day. Everyone else gets to enjoy things like FairyTale Town.


From what I heard it is like a toddler's version of scaled-down DisneyLand. The twins loved every minute and explored the entire campus finding physical representations of the fairy tales they've been watching on TV. For example, Cinderella's pumpkin carriage:


and a really big, squishy king's chair like what's in Robin Hood.


Easton and Layla both reached the "I wanna do it" stage a looooong time ago. This independence includes the need to walk by themselves everywhere. For this reason, I'm certain Oma and Opa had to make a coordinated effort to halt the twins as they march forward, pick them up, and force them to hold still long enough to take a picture in front of the enormous castle.


There are other parts of the park which are fun such as the "Rabbit Hole" slide. Unfortunately since the twins have not seen Alice in Wonderland, it's just another very cool tunnel slide.


Of course Easton found his true passion: trains! Oma and Layla were just along for the ride so he could experience riding the express around the park.


There was also a water fountain shaped like a flower, which I have no context around, but it made for a good picture none the less. Seeing Layla's little pig-tails and Opa assisting so Easton could quench his thirst is good enough for this one to become my desktop background for a few days.


Back at the ranch, Oma has been working feverishly on capes for the twins. Do you know how hard it is to find a good, quality, inexpensive cape for a toddler? It's impossible. That's why we hired Oma to hand-sew personalized capes for Easton and Layla. The neck strap is velcro (safety first) and the inside is a pattern of Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story.


On the back is big star with Easton's favorite super hero, Buzz Lightyear.


I'll get pictures of Layla's cape and them together in the next few days. It's really difficult to capture both of them in the same picture even when they’re NOT flying around the house like super heros. The capes are awesome and I'm really grateful Oma took the time to work her magic on the sewing machine.

Some things about life in NorCal are normal such as trips to Costco. Easton and Layla recognize the big sign and yell, "Cost-CO! We're here!" as we pull into the parking lot.


And of course there are numerous parks around with playground equipment which is new to the twins. The chilly mornings are especially conducive to outdoor activity so we are taking full advantage of the opportunities.


and here's my favorite picture from the past few days because Easton and Layla are smiling, surrounded by green foliage, and sitting close to each other without biting, hitting, screaming or bossing each other.


They really are best friends and most of the time act like it. :) Easton enjoys Opa more and more each day. I'm glad to see Opa rough-housing and running around having boy fun with Easton like flying fighter jets in dog fights through the living room. His comfortability with Opa is obvious and priceless.


I better get to bed since SOMEbody has to work around here!

See you soon.