Disney World Epcot

We had a great time at Disney World Epcot. We have been told the kids may not like this park as much because it doesn't have a lot of rides and it's more for the adults. Lucky for us it was our first time being there and we all enjoyed ourselves. Even the kids had a blast. I guess when you have never seen the different countries it keeps your attention. The kids especially loved the Nemo ride. Here is a picture with Grandma Smith and her grand babies. Grandma loved being with her grand kids. She doesn't get to see them but once a year.

Here is a picture with the kids in a phone book in the UK. Jeremy was also picked to be in a street performance. He was Sir Galahad. It was so funny. He made us all laugh including himself. He made such a great Sir Galahad. We really loved the UK. We ate lunch in the UK. I had to be really brave to try some new foods. The kids had UK again for dinner. They had a McDonald's and the kids got Chicken nuggets and Chocolate Milk. Jer got me some of my yummy Shortbread cookies. YUMMMM!!!!



Here we are on the other side of the river. You can see some of the countries behind us.
We took a lot of pictures in all the different countries but I didn't want to bore you with all of them. So here are some of the highlights. France, Morocco, and then Japan.
What a fun day Epcot was.

Disney Hollywood Studios Starwars weekend

Brooklyn was chosen to be a Princess for The Beauty & Beast show. She was escorted to her reserved "princess" bench with her family. WE watched the show, then when the Beast turned into the "Handsome Prince" Princess Brooklyn went up to the stage and received a red velvet Rose. She also got a hug from both Beauty and the Prince. How cool is that?

 

 

 

We saved the best for last. We went to Disney Hollywood Studios for Star Wars weekend. The kids had a blast meeting all the characters from Star wars. Disney did a Motorcade parade with all the Star Wars characters.
They even had the real actors that played Darth Vader, Chewbacca and Wicket the Ewok. As the motorcade came closer to us I would yell yeah to the good guys and boo to the bad guys. Darth Maul came close and I booed him really loud and he came right over in our face, Brooklyn said "Mom don't do that" I was like but Brooklyn when I boo them it makes them come over so we can see them. Giggles. Yeah method to my madness. I wanted my kids to see face to face. The character walked the park all day and we were able to catch a couple pictures. However, we didn't want to wait in line for character pictures so we just got a couple with the storm troopers and one with a sand person. Yeah I am not up on my Star wars names. Sorry all you Star wars fans.

Flights of wonder in Miami FL

Here are some pictures of the flights of wonder bird show. They were amazing. Here are some parrots trying to escape. I can't remember the name of the bird in the 2nd picture but they are amazing. They can jump up to 6 feet and they eat apples whole. It was so crazy. They are huge too! They like to eat fruit. The third picture is of a vulture. It was neat to see the birds up close. I can't believe how amazing the parrots and parakeets are. They sang songs and talked. one even sang the Star wars them song. It was so awesome.

Jungle Island in Miami FL

Here we are in Jungle Island in Miami Florida. This park was amazing. We got to play with Spider Monkey's, and feed Parrots, see a Liger (half tiger half lion) We got to see an albino alligator. Lots of snakes. Kayden was chosen to hold a python. I'm not sure what kind. He was in heaven. WE got to see some amazing birds too! We had a great time at Jungle Island. Once again the rain found us so we didn't get to play in the beach but we did go to Key Biscayne. It was so beautiful even with the clouds and the rain.

Daytona Beach

This picture was taken from our Hotel room. We stayed at the Hawaiian Inn in Daytona Beach FL.
My beautiful family getting ready to play in the Ocean.
The kids were having so much fun playing they didn't want to get out.
About 10 minutes after we were finished playing it started to rain, I'm talking big huge raindrops. We timed that just right. This dang rain followed us the whole vacation.

our puppet show

Here are the puppets for the kids puppet show.

Chandler, Mommy, Ben, Brooklyn, Kayden, and Naomi (Ben's Mom)

Puppet Story

Here is the story the kids wrote for their puppets. I am so impressed. Four imaginations creating a story. They did an awesome job. When Jeremy and Naomi came home from work everyone took their puppet and we acted the story out. I was mommy the bird. Jeremy was Daddy the bird. Kayden was Spidy the spider, Brooklyn was Racoony Raccoon, Ben was Froggy the Frog, Chandler was Chandler the ally cat, Naomi was Snowball the bunny.

Friends
Chapter 1
Once upon a time there were two birds a mommy bird and a daddy bird.
Mommy & Dad birds were flying in the sky when suddenly the saw “Spidy the Spider” Daddy bird thought that spidy the spider would be yummy in his tummy. So he asked mommy to come help him capture spidy the spider. Mommy & daddy created a plan to swoop down and catch that spider.
The spider saw the birds and said “please don’t eat me. I’m not yummy how about we be friends?”
Daddy bird said “sorry little pal you look yummy!”
Mommy bird said “on the count of three One.. Two.. Three. Go”
Spidy the spider is now flying through the air. The birds take him to their nest high in a tree. Mommy bird says. “We still need more food let’s leave spidy the spider here and continue to hunt. “ Mommy & Daddy left to go hunting.
Spidy the spider is all alone in the birds nest high in a tree.
“Oh boo hoo I’m all alone I need to find a friend that can help me get out of this nest and back on the ground.”
Just then the Racoon comes and climbs the tree, She sees spidy the spider inside the nest and she said “Hello my name is racoony I can help you, my friend the tree frog can help you with his long tonge. Lets call him together. One… Two… Three”
“Froogy, Froogy, Froogy, Froggy”
Froggy was playing in a nearby pond when he heard his name.
“WAIT is someone calling my name? That sounds like my friend Racoony, I bettergo find her.” Hop Hop Hop
Finally froggy gets to the tree where Racoony and spidy are. Froggy climbs up the tree. “Hello Racoony, How are you?” “oh Froggy I am find but my new friend Spidy is stuck in this nest and he needs our help.”
Frooggy said “okay racoony I can help him” Froggy begins to catch the spider with his tongue.
“Aweeee he is after me” said Spidey. “Look there is a crack I’m going to hide.
“Wait” said Racoony, don’t go he’s trying to help you get out of this birds nest and on the ground.”
“What” Are you crazy he is going to eat me with his long tongue?”
Froggie said, “I’m not going to eat you. I can keep my tongue out the whole time I carry you down.”
Don’t worry Spidy the spider it’s okay he didn’t eat me when I was stuck as a little baby. It’s okay he is my best friend. He can help you too.” Racoony said
“So spidy doe you want help or what?” Froggy asked a little annoyed.
“yes, I would love help froggy, but can we do it my way? Can I just climb on your back and you carry me down?”
“Okay that’s a great idea, oh know I see the birds coming. Hurry climb on my back”
Racoony led her friends down the tree to safty.
The birds came back to find and empty nest. “oh no daddy bird where did spidy the spider go? “He must have gotten help from that pesky Racoon”
Chapter 2
Far Far away in a flower patch Snowball the bunny and Chandler the ally cat were playing a game, Snowball told ally cat “wouldn’t it be so nice if we had more friends to play with?” Ally cat said “yes, but we live so far away who would ever want to live with us?” Snowball and Ally continued playing enjoying their time as friends. When all of a sudden they saw something walking, hopping and jumping.
Ally asked snowball “what could it be?” Snow ball said, “I’m not sure lets go check it out maybe they will be our friends and play with us, let’s go ask them.”
So ally and snowball walked toward the movement in the flowers. They met up with Spidey the spider, Racoony the Racoon and Froggy the tree frog.
Snowball asked them “Would you like to play a game with us?”
Spidey the spider, Racoony the Racoon and Froggy the tree frog. Said “we would love to play a game,”
It was getting late Racoon & Froggy had to get home. Ally cat and Snowball said goodbye.
Spidey the spider was so sad. He was so far from his home he didn’t know how to get back so he asked Snowball if he could live in the flowers with Alley and Her.
Snowball said, “of course you can.”
Yipeee, I have a new home away from those pesky birds.
The next morning Spidey the spider, Racoony the Racoon and Froggy the tree frog Snowball the bunny and Chandler the Alley Cat spent the whole day playing and becoming the best of friends.
As for Mommy & Daddy bird they kept hunting for food. Causing problems for other spiders, worms and insects.

The End

Monster Mud (Goo)

Well it's summer time and with summer comes fun activities. I was inspired by my friend to make a schedule for the summer. I really liked the idea so I made one for the kids. The schedule includes a morning clean up, school for an hour, a craft, lunch, swimming, a cooking activity, and free time. The kids and I love it. The schedule takes away the guessing game for the day. We have no fighting over who gets to do what. You just look at the schedule and find out who gets to choose the Activity for the morning, and who gets to choose the activity for the afternoon. The kids made homemade Apple Muffins the other day. They even shredded the Apples. Cool hu? They wanted to call themselves "First kids in the Kitchen" Sadly I had to tell them they are not the first kids to make muffins in the kitchen. I just helped the kids, they did most of the work. They even took a knife to level out the flour and sugar, broke their own egg. They were so proud of themselves. So cute. The muffins tuned out super yummy too!!!
The boy in the first picture is Ben. I know a lot of you have heard me talk about this wonderful little boy. We watched him during the school year before and after school. I have him on and off this summer. Here are some pictures of the MONSTER MUD Look at the smiles on their faces. They are so happy!!! Kayden said "This is the best day ever" Brooklyn said "This is awesome" Ben said "This is so cool" Chandler said "yeah" The monster mud made such a huge mess but the kids loved it. It made such a huge mess. The cool thing is the monster mud was only cornstarch and water. So you only needed water and a wash cloth to clean it up. The stinky thing is the kids played for 50 minutes and the whole time they played I cleaned up. It was on the chairs, floor, the walls, and all over the table. But that is what hands on is right?? Oh boy. Next time I think we will do monster mud outside.

Chandler's Sponge Bob Party

Chandler had a wonderful Sponge Bob Party. We made sponge bob invitations, Leis, turned our house into a sea. It was awesome!!! it looked so cool. Chandler kept saying all day it's my Sponge bob party it's my sponge bob party. He was so happy!!! Happy 3 B day Chandler!!!

Here we are Surfing to "Wipe out"

Go Brooklyn go. You look so cute!!!



We are playing Fish, Fish, Shark, then Sponge Bob Says. Jeremy was a great Sponge Bob. We did a Scavenger Hunt through out the party. We had a blast figuring out what sponge bob wanted us to do next. We put pants on sponge bob, came across a Jelly Fish school watch out don't let their tentacles get you.

We had a evening of fun with Sponge Bob. We started the party with an under the water party. We had blue streamers all over our house. We had a Crabby Patty dinner with squid ward fingers, Snail mix pineapple, Gold fish crackers and sea blue Jello with Sweetish fish. YUMMY!


My very Cool Sponge Bob Cake!!!

Kayden, Chandler and Brooklyn My kiddos are so cool holding the Sponge Bob cake. He is defiantly a part of our family. We love Sponge Bob.
Chandler is Three. He is such a big boy!. Chandler Happy Birthday sweetie. We are so blessed to have you as our little boy. Your personality is just a joy to have. You have a desire to learn and explore I love seeing the world through your eyes. You love Cars and Trains. You can hear a Train coming from miles. We sure love you Chandler our miracle!