Disney part 2

Day 4 we decided to spend at Epcot. I made reservations for the Princess story book breakfast. It is at Norway in the world show case. We eat there every time we go. We think it is better then Cinderella's Royal Table. The food is better and so are the princesses. You don't feel as rushed. We had EARLY reservations, which again was nice because we got into the park before everyone else. Surprisingly Sarah did not like the princesses? After breakfast we took on ALL of Epcot. We rode the Nemo ride which is Anna's favorite cause you get Crush's turtle talk(she got to talk to him this time) and its Sarah's favorite because of the aquarium after the ride. We rode Living with the Land this time, and it had some neat things in it. Anna met up with Abigail again and got to ride Sorin together. Again we got lucky and missed the rain while we were in the Land Pavilion riding rides. For supper we ate at The Le Cellier Steakhouse in Canada. I had heard wonderful stuff about it. Very hard to get reservations. The Filet Mignon was WONDERFUL you didn't get a lot of food which is sad cause it's expensive(we had the Disney dinning plan so it didn't matter), but what you get is AWESOME. Had a great day and we were exhausted that night.
Friday we decided to sleep in as late as we wanted which thanks to Sarah that was 8am. So we got up and went swimming. Then we headed to Down Town Disney to our favorite place to eat Wolf Gang Puck Express. They have the BEST food! Then we decided to head to back to Magic Kingdom since they had the late magic hours(open till 1pm for resort guest) Also we had reservations at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort. Honestly I did not like this place. Which is surprising because Everyone raves about it. I hated the food, and thought it was very stressful. It was a buffet but you felt like you couldn't get up to get food or you would miss one of the characters...however it does keep you from standing in line to see Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. Stephen liked the food. We ate with our friends the Flemings so Anna was in heaven. After dinner we rode the monorial back to Magic Kingdom and Anna was able to ride several rides with Abigail. Mickey and Minny were there and actually rode Dumbo. We also got to meat Chip and Dale. Sarah passed out in the stroller and doesn't remember much. We didn't get back to the room until about 2am, but it was FUN Click on the pic below to see more!

Disney part 2

Our Disney Trip Part 1

Wow what a great vacation! I love Disney World. We had the best time despite the weather(rained almost every day) and the VERY long car ride! We arrived about 4pm Florida time. We were pretty tired so we decided to just hang out at the hotel. We stayed at Caribbean Beach Resort. It was really nice. Had a great Kiddie pool which is a must!! We usually stay at the All Star Movie Resort, but they don't have a kiddie pool, which is ridiculous at Disney!!! Anyway we walked around, looked at all the wildlife, ate and swam. Then early to bed for our first full day.
We decided to spend our fist day at Hollywood studios. One because that's where I had dinner reservations, and 2 it wasn't extra magic hours. For those who don't know, if you stay at a Disney Resort each day a park is open an hour early or stays open a few hours later for Disney Resort guest only. Nice, but that park is always really busy that day. We had a great time. Our first stop was the Beauty and the Beast show. It was really good. Sarah LOVED it. I think I watched her more then the show. Anna Grace rode the Tower of Terror..and boy was it. We got a rider swap, which allows one of us to stay with Sarah while the other parent rides. Then when that parent is done the other one can go to the front of the line so to speak and the kid gets to ride twice. Anna Grace HATED this ride, Stephen had to ride it by himself, she refused to do it again. I thought it was pretty fun. Stephen didn't like it either. We had dinner at 50's Prime Time Cafe. Its like eating in a kitchen straight out the(you got it) 50's. The waiters really play it up. They get onto you for putting your elbows on the table, and won't let you get dessert until you eat all your vegetables. We had cousin Cooper. He was so funny. Stephen drinks A Lot when he eats. So after the 2nd refill of coke Cousin Cooper brought him a Pitcher with a straw. The food was great, and the desserts where AMAZING. We were lucky and missed the huge downpour while we were eating. That night we were going to watch the huge fireworks light show, but it(we) got rained out. We managed to ride and see everything we wanted to do in one day.
Our second day was at Magic Kingdom. We started out with breakfast at Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh. This was one of the best places we ate at. The characters were great and we ate early enough to get into the park before it opened, so had the castle all to ourselves. We were able to ride every ride we wanted in one day. Sarah's favorite was the carousel. Anna's was splash mountain. It rained again, but did so while we were eating lunch. We took some time to see Minnie Mouse since she is Sarah's favorite character. She was so funny. We stood in line for about 30 min(the longest line for anything we did) When Sarah got up to her she pretty much went catatonic and wouldn't do anything. It was truly the best time I have EVER had at Magic Kingdom.

Disney World 2009

Anna Grace's Kindergarten Graduation.

Well Anna Grace is now officially a 1st grader. Wow are these girls smart. It is absolutely amazing how much they have learned this year. We could not have asked for a better teacher then Mrs. Huett! The graduation went wonderfully. The first grade moms went above and beyond and had the place looking amazing! All the girls did great! Here are some pictures of the graduation as well as some of our flower garden that Grandmommie helped us with today. Enjoy!

Anna Grace's kindergarten graduation

Kindergarten at a glance

Anna Grace will graduate from kindergarten in 2 weeks. 2WEEKS!! Wow has this year flown by fast. The entire year she has loved school, which says a lot about her teacher if you ask me. We were very blessed to get to send her to CBA and we were very lucky to get Mrs. Huett who is a wonderful caring teacher! The 13th is Anna Grace's Kindergarten graduation. It will be a big production from what I hear. Hopefully the ones that can make it will be here, trust me you don't want to miss this. It goes by so fast....

Anna's first year of school

Rock A Baby

Rock A Baby

So many of you know that Sarah has been sick the last couple of days. She has had croup and has been pretty pitiful. Friday was one of the worse days for Sarah. We had visited the Dr. on Thursday morning to be told it was a sinus infections and was given old reliable Amoxicillin. Now I am not sure about your kids, but with mine whenever we go to the Drs. they come home with much more then we went with. So of course Sarah gets worse and her seemingly simple sinus infection becomes croup. She is a fighter I will tell you that. She got through the night, long as it was like a champion . I on the other hand didn't get much sleep sitting up holding her.....or if I did I would wake up suddenly convinced that she wasn't breathing cause she hadn't moved in 15 min. Then its like should I call the Dr. or not, should I wake her up and give her more meds or let her sleep, is the thermometer right, she feels a lot hotter then that...on and on and on... Always when my kids are sick all training that I had as a nurse evaporates. I am terrified of sick kids! There I said it and I am not ashamed. Give me a massive trauma with a 40 year old man and I am fine. 85 year old with massive heart attack, all right but NO! sick! babies!! But you know what is amazing, when they are sick my kids think I am super mom. Yep super mom thats me Finder of the blankets and the Elmo sippy cups, wiper of the noses, able to make yucky medicines taste great with her super powers(chocolate sauce), and absolutely terrified that I will fail my babies when they need me most. So Friday after a very long night Sarah comes to me with her 2 blankets. Yes she has to have 2, but that is another story. She comes up to me with her red eyes, runny nose, and wheezy breathing and in her little croupy voice says
"Rock a Baby"
You want me to rock you I ask
She nods yes and says "On a tree top"
Ok I say and pick her up
She looks at me and smiles and puts her little hand on my cheek. While shaking her head no and with unbelievable confidence that not even super mom has SHE tells ME "You no let me fall"
Nope I say never........and once again I AM super mom. I love being a mom...sick babies and all.

Pumpkin Patch and Spirit Week

Last week we went to the Pumpkin Patch. We always have a great time at Tate's Farm. The girls had a good time playing on all the neat playgrounds and with the hay maze. It was perfect weather. There are also some pics of Anna Grace's spirit week. They had to dress up a different costume everyday. She won the prize for election day. It was a very busy week for parents but the kids had a great time and it ended with a big school picnic. There are also some pics of one of Anna's soccer games. We only have one game left for the season. So far they are undefeated!! Hope you enjoy.

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Anna Grace's 6th Birthday

Anna Grace's 6th Birthday Weekend

Last weekend was Anna Grace's 6th birthday. She wanted a Wizard of Oz party. This one was a challenge because you can't just go out and buy Oz party stuff. So I had to get creative. We had lots of fun with it. I had found some card stock stickers so used those for the cupcakes, then we decided to turn the kitchen into the Emerald City. Did everything green. Had a yellow brick road for a sidewalk. For party favors I did Gummy horses wrapped them and had a sign saying Now that's a horse of a different color. Then I took animal crackers and had Lions and Tigers and bears oh my. We had melted witch punch and candy. The games were Oz themed. We threw apples at a scarecrow, and played give the tin man a heart. I had so much fun with this because the Wizard of Oz has always been my favorite. After the party we spent the weekend in a cabin up on Monta Sano Mountain. It was so nice. They have a large playground and lots of trails. The views are amazing. Sarah was thoughtful enough to wake us up in time to see the sunrise our first day. Hope you enjoy.