May 2022! Happy Birthday Nora!!!

This one's a doozy since Nora's had a birthday, Ben graduated, we went visited friends and family AND went to Disneyland. Apologies for the picture/video dump!

Nora turned two this month!!! She is a super sweet, cuddly, silly and independent girl who is not afraid to try new things. We had a small birthday party at home with the four of us. She got a Jurassic Park tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur toy (a "yawr"), a shark backpack, a Paw Patrol watch, a framed Nemo sketch, some Nemo toys and giant stuffed snake!

In addition to celebrating Nora's birthday, we celebrated Ben's graduation from pre-K!!! Grandma TT and Grandpa Stan were in California visiting Mema, so we drove over to visit for a few days. We also got to visit with Auntie Nika!!! We, of course, tacked on a trip to Disneyland while there, too. As it turns out, Nora will ride just about anything at the park - she kept asking to ride the Incredicoster! Not yet, our adventurous girl :).

Nora's definitely exploring her voice this month. Her latest is to yell "HEY!" when she wants us to do something (see video). She's also able to read her own name and count to five! Ben's cracking us up this month by saying "What the heck?!?" to everything. LOL. Craig set up his old Apple II C+ this month, so he and Ben have been playing some retro games.

Trying out a sprinkler in the back yard :)

Nora's always entertaining while she eats :)

Happy Birthday!!! Sorry for the terrible singing!

Above: Enjoying their gummy bear cupcakes. Nora's wearing a gummy bear as a hat. Lol.

I don't know what this face is, but it's cute :)

Again, always entertaining while she eats. Lol. She's saying "Me that one!"

Above: Ben's belated birthday gift - feeding the flamingos at the Phoenix Zoo! Also visiting with the friendly Komodo dragon and taking a break after playing on the splash pad.

Nora being a boss baby. "HEY!!!! Momma go that way!!!"

She loves her snake from Aunt Debbie and Uncle Joe!

Above: Ben's graduation from pre-K!!!!

Above: Visiting with Mema, Grandma TT, Grandma Stan and Auntie Nika! Grandma brought us some snowsuits so we are prepared for skiing in the winter!

Looks like we might be raising a Jedi knight!

We made it to Disney! High fives all around!!!

Above: Our day in California Adventure! We discovered that Nora loves the rides! The scarier the better, apparently :)

Nora LOVED this ride (we're in the yellow car). She asked to go again immediately :)

Above: Our day in Disneyland! They loved Astro Orbiters, Tea Cups, Monorail, and Jungle Cruise. Galaxy's Edge, where Ben got to meet R2-D2, was a fav, too!