Afternoon at the Disney parks

Hanging out in Bugs Land...

Flying high in a gigantic take out box

Are we spinning around in this gigantic take out box?

Took this picture for Auntie Minda

It's Francis the spinning lady bug!

We got to spend some time in Toontown...

Let us outta here!

Quick! Escape!

Driving Goofy's crazy car

Helping Mickey clean his house!

Family picture with Steamboat Mickey

Braiden had a blast in the arcade

driving cars that had LOTS of buttons to push

and playing pint sized classic games!

Shrinky Dinks

Thought these pictures that Matthew took of Braiden were cute. It reminded me of those Shrinky Dinks we used to play with back in the day. If we colored a Shrinky Dink of Matthew and then put it in the oven....bammm! Lil' Braiden would be the outcome of the Shrinky Dink!

Out Going Care Package - Destination: Auntie's House

Braiden received a care package from Auntie Minda today and of course after opening his package he was more interested in trying to get himself into the box in hopes of being shipped out to Illinois :)
Almost in...

Ta Dah!!! I fit mommy!

Ready to go!

Despicable Me

This is a clip from the movie Despicable Me.

Even though we haven't seen the movie yet... this particular segment has become a favorite of ours... including Braiden.

Watch as he imitates video.

Out-tee

Who knew that Braiden had an out-tee?!?!

Actually he doesn't...

BUT...

after eating AND eating AND eating...

he DOES!

*note: his belly button went back to normal after a few full diapers the next day!

Lips

As Braiden's vocabulary is expanding, so are the faces he is making. It is probably because he is more aware of the muscles in his face. One of his animal noises that he can make is "MOO" for cow. Sometimes he just makes this face with his lips!

BLOW!

Watch as Braiden BLOWS his turkey chili n' rice tonight!

Golfing

Look at me everyone!

Putt, Putt, Puttt!!!

Perfect form!

Golfing + Louie (Cousin Selina's dog)

= always getting my ball back :)

Going in for the swing

Post golfing nap!

Braiden's NO head shake

Daddy's repercussion to our previous blog about teaching Braiden "YES" suddenly backfired at dinner tonight. Braiden truly doesn't know that shaking his head back and forth means "NO"... normally he does that when his food is "YUMMY or DELICIOUS", but this time it made sense to us!

*note this video was carefully scripted and edited :)

Basketball shots

Scoping out the competition

Ready to defend his home court

Going in...

Looking both ways

Trying to dribble

Shooting

That was a foul!

Braiden Makoa #22 ~ point guard

Speaking of Climbing?

AHHH!!! The inevitable is happening...

Braiden has learned to climb... OH NOOO!!!

World of Color

Light!

Here is a little glimpse of Disney's new World of Color show. Braiden is getting a birds eye view atop Matthew's shoulders. It was not only great for the Trang Ohana to see this awesome show but to see the experience through the eyes of our children.

*note...towards the end of this clip you hear a bleeping noise which was an audio-technical difficulty. -oppsy!

It's a Small World

It was just 1 year ago exactly ~June 26 2009 when Braiden came to Disneyland for his very first time. He rode It's a Small World and ever since then has this been his favorite ride. Here are some pictures from then and now :( Sooo sad how time flies.

Yay! My favorite ride!

It's a Small World!!!

NO more Baby Bjorn kangaroo pouch for me! I'm standing in line all by myself waiting to get on the boat!

Such a big boy sitting in the boat

Daddy plucked a flower while on the ride which Braiden held onto the whole ride

Braiden's most favorite part.... the Island Lands of It's a Small world! He and Daddy drumming along...

and dancing too!

Can you see the hula girls in the background... Braiden sure did. He couldn't keep his eyes off of them!