A Little bit of Everything

We did two character dinners while at Disney. Chef Mickey on day 1 and a Cinderella
dinner at the Grand Floridian. The kids loved them both!!!
I have a few pictures from Epcot, but we didn't stay long. The kids
were ready for a little more action so we headed back
to Magic Kingdom for the afternoon.

this cracks me up! The poor girl...i was laughing so hard i couldn't tell him
to MOVE HIS HAND!

He loves him some red heads!

beginning of our day at epcot....this was how exciting Epcot was!!
really, there were a few things that we loved!

Hello Hollywood!

Disney 2012 - Day 1

DISNEY!
I know everyone says it is the most magical place on earth, but I thought no way.
I will be a stressed out mess trying to see everything and keeping the
kids happy.
It was MAGICAL!
I don't know how Disney does it, but we were all relaxed and had so much fun.
Since we've been home Luke said, "i smell mickey mouse". Me, "what does
that smell like?". Luke, "lemonade, yum"
We went to Magic Kingdom on our first day and ended with dinner at Chef Mickey!
Great ending to a wonderful first day!
My favorite - the parade (i cried watching the kids wave their little hearts out)
Mark's favorite - Luke and Kailyn's smiling faces and Chef Mickey
Luke's favorite - space orbiter ride in tomorrowland
Kailyn's favorite - the princesses and Minnie Mouse


The beloved Ariel...she blew Luke a kiss and he caught it!! Love him

love their waves!!!

before the parade started

and more waving (Kailyn was also yelling....ARIEL!!!)

Luke and Pappy

One of Luke's favorite rides - space orbiter at MK

he is just all kinds of cute!

Kailyn and Mark

does it get any better?

yup...Belle was her favorite of the 3 princesses

just a little excited!

Magic Kingdom...wohoo!

the only princess he would hug (kind of)

the teacups (our first ride)

a little loving before heading out on our first day

Valentine's Day

I'm really sad that I did not take a single picture of Luke's Valentine's this year! I
was a little preoccupied with our Disney trip that I think I temporarily lost my mind!
They were so cute so I will do my best to describe them.
We made them by gluing a strip of zebra print scrapbook paper over
a piece of red card stock. I bought a canister of little plastic animals and Luke picked
one animal for each of his classmates. He had so much fun doing this! We then tied
the animals to the card stock with some yarn and I wrote "Wild About You".
He wrote his name on the back of all of them. I'm always looking for
an idea that does not include candy. We get overwhemed with candy during the
holidays and I end up tossing most of it. I do let my kids have some...I'm
not that bad.
I also helped with the party this year and took care of the goodie bags (there was candy in there!)

Reading a story to the kids

Mrs. Johnson's class 2/12

Audrey and Luke!

Playdates

Before we left for Disney we had 3 playdates! We had so much fun
enjoying time with good friends. First up, Maddy Sue and Kate.
I failed to get a good picture of the two of them together and
took zero of poor baby Kate.
The kids played dress up and just played...it was great.

Next up... Addie, Millie, and Audrey.
Another day of playing dress-up for the little girls and it was
all about dragons for Luke and Audrey (for the big kids).

Lastly, Audrey was over for an evening of pizza and Wii time. The stories I have on Luke and Miss Audrey are endless! I will have to devote an entire blog post just about them.

Kailyn and Maddy

Kailyn and Addie (ok...Kailyn is taller, but she also has heels on)

Luke and Audrey coloring Toothless black? or blue??
These two argued like a married couple over the color of Toothless the dragon.
I think they finally agreed that he was both black and dark blue.
Although, Luke colored his dark blue and Audrey colored hers black!
I love them!

Before and After...Fail

I'm having some issues with the "before" pictures. It took me FOREVER to even find them.
They were on my old laptop..ugh, but I did find them. Now for the "after"
pictures, nothing great. We had such a crazy couple of weeks before leaving for Florida (yep, there now)
and having the BEST time. More on that later.
We had zero opportunities for Mark to take some pictures for me
so attempted a few myself. I will post now, but will hopefully have
more a little later.
When we get home from Florida I want to start up some challenge groups.
Ready?? Shelbyille girls?? Texas girls??
Message me on facebook or email at jillmilnes@yahoo.com
if you are interested for more details.
Everyone's doing it!!!
Get ready for summer now!!! It is not far away.

BEFORE

AFTER