Disney World - Day 1

Day 1 of our Disney vacation was a little rocky. It was extremely hot that day and the park we went to (Animal Kingdom) was very crowded. We felt like all we did that day was wait. We did see a cool 4D movie called "It's Tough to Be a Bug" and we rode on the Kilamanjaro Safari ride, as well as a few other rides. We had dinner at The Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom that night - it was a character meal so the characters come around to each table to see each child personally (very cool!). Hunter was VERY sick that day - the doctor said it was just a virus but we found out on Sunday that it was more than that - STREP THROAT! But, despite the sickness he had a great time and Alex loved seeing Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore and getting their autographs. We were going to watch the fireworks that night, but there was a downpour and we got absolutely soaked, so we decided to head back to our hotel to dry off and try and get a good night sleep - easier said than done!! We weren't sure what to expect for the upcoming days...both Mommy and Daddy were afraid that we weren't going to have much fun.

Boy, were we wrong!

(To be continued....)

Saeda in the house!

We had such a great visit with Aunt Emily, Uncle Steinhouse, and Saeda-Cakes. We went out for Sushi, had a ladies-night, went mini-golfing, played at the park, celebrated Daddy's birthday, ate good food at home, slid down the yard in the rain, amongst other things. The boys loved being with their cousin, and Saeda learned some new things: how to blow a zerbert with your tongue out, that sitting in a tub of toys is fun, that swinging at the park is a blast, that she has two cousins in Virginia that adore her (well, Alex really does adore her and Hunter at least just tolerates her....she did play with all of his toys when he wanted to play with them, after all!), and that her Aunt Christine and Uncle Fly love her as much as their own kids.

We had the best visit with you, Holty's!!! Can't wait to do it again!

NY Part 2

On the third day (Sunday) of our visit with Grammy, we took a trip to Ithaca, NY so Daddy could take a bike-ride and afterwards we did a little site-seeing. We hiked up some of the gorges and then went to Cornell to show the boys where Daddy went to college. We stayed all day and had dinner at one of Mommy and Daddy's favorite Mexican restaurants - Viva Taqueria. Yum!

Monday was the last day of our visit with Grammy, and we spent it at Binghamton's Children's Museum. It was a blast!! The boys were able to experience first-hand a bunch of really cool things - ATM's, an ambulance, a fire-truck, a grocery store - that they normally wouldn't get to touch too much. It was a great place and we look forward to going there again on another visit with Grammy. The best part was that it is about 5 minutes from Grammy's house!!

National Zoo

We took the boys to the National Zoo in Washington DC over Memorial Day weekend. The zoo was a mad-house -- so many people! It was a hot day but a lot of fun. The boys favorite part was riding the train. It was Hunter's first time and Alex had a blast telling Hunter what to expect. The zoo was a good time too, but a lot of the animals were sleeping because of the heat. We did get to see the pandas inside, an elephant, some little monkeys and a bunch of small animals (mostly rodent types). Alex said his favorite animals at the zoo were the naked mole rats and Hunter's favorite was the monkeys.

Happy Thanksgiving

Grammy came to visit us for the holiday. We had a great day with delicious food and lots of fun and laughs.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Wordle

(Thanks Deb for the idea!)

We've been Elfed!

That random elf in there kind of bothers me...I guess it needs to have five characters and since we only have four it just fills in with the other elf. It does make me laugh though!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

YearbookYourself.com

I came across this site where you upload a picture of yourself and it makes the image into a bunch of different pictures from different time periods. They are hilarious and I laugh every time I look at them!!! The ones of Hunter crack me up the most!