The Magical World Part 3 of 4

Okay....sorry friends I really have no pics for the next two post! My dear sister has them all. (she is a bit too busy to email them now...with E's Birthday party and such.)

Part 3:
Saturday was nice, very nice for the kiddos and I. You see since we were up so late on Miss E's birthday, we got to sleep in. It was wonderful. Abby and Brian headed off to the Magic Kingdom with out us and we slept till everyone woke up on their own. For most children that would be a normal hour like 8, but for E....she is a sleeper!! We got up at about 10. In the mean time Abby and Brian got to ride some rides and check out the parade. Honestly I can't tell you what all went on at the parade (this is the parade they play on Christmas day...so tons of stuff going on), since I was not there. However Abby did call and say we needed to get there because one of E's favorite singers was coming on.

So off the kiddos and I rushed...keep in mind this task a little hard! Since both kids have a stroller and B takes a lot to pack (snacks, snack, and snacks) E is such a great kiddos, she pushed her own stroller down the ramp to the boat while I pushed B. When we got to the boat ramp E and I just prayed and prayed it was the BIG boat. This boat you can just roll strollers on, the little one makes you break them down. (Boat travel much easier than bus, on bus you always have to always break down strollers) Ahead in the distance...E yells it's the big boat. We both were relieved to say the least. Once we got there Abby and Brian met us at the gate. We head right in through the MADNESS!! It was crazy there, then to the middle in front of the castle. Here we began the wait for a special singer (Hannah Montana)

This is the "FIGHT" part I was telling you about...get ready! Abby and Brian had the perfect spot picked out. We were all (many people) standing there waiting on the show to begin. There was this lady and man sitting in front of us. They come every year for the parade taping since they live close by. We made small talk and such, her husband went to get drinks. So as any normal person would she placed her jacket in his spot, not to lose it. Then this larger lady walks up and begins pushing her way to the bench area. She promptly pushes the jacket over and sits her butt down. The older lady states: this place is saved for my husband. Larger lady: I don't see him. Older lady: he went to get us drinks, these are our seats Larger lady: I still don't see him. Okay then the larger lady tells one of her larger kids to come sit too. So she now pushes the coat over more and squeezes her child in there. Older lady very mad now: This spot is saved. Larger Lady: we are just sitting for a minute Older lady: you need to move on over my husband will be back soon. We have been here since 9 am in this spot. You just squeezed your fat butt in. Larger lady: Are you calling me fat...well you need to just move over lady. Older lady: If you weren't a fat sloppy person then we wouldn't be having a problem. Larger lady: get security here now... (at this point Abby sends B with Brian in case some crazy cat fight breaks out) Okay so the rude remarks over the ladies fat sloppy butt kept on coming but then the security got there. The larger lady begins with I have a bad heart and needed to sit down and this lady starts calling me names. I don't deserve to be called names and treated this way. Then the security man states well her husband was siting there and needs some room. So at this point the husband is back and sits down...the larger lady scoots over a bit as the security man is still standing there. It was great, not very "magical" but all this for a teen singer! Really older people fight over seeing Hannah too! Crazy!

Well after that we moved over to another area, listen to Hannah sing a small bit. E loved it! Then off to the rides. We rode many rides as loads of people were watching Hannah perform. Next we headed back to Epcot for more rides and dinner. Brian wanted to catch a small bit of the Christmas Story. We had dinner at the aquarium restaurant (I don't know the real name). It was wonderful...we ate with all these fish swimming by. B really liked this meal, he loved to look at the fish. Also, they had his favorite food BREAD ROLLS!! I wish I could post a picture..really all he wanted at every meal was bread! The meal was nice they gave you a fish paper and you were to circle the fish as you saw it swim by. It was a fun and a great time waster too. Oh and I am simply going to state....SHARK WAS NOT ON THE PAPER! That night as all our nights in Epcot; our goal was to run from the fireworks. B hates them and long lines at the bus once it is over. RUNNNN RUNNNN RUNNNN is what we did for the bus...actually if we didn't run for the bus it wasn't a normal day in Disney! (however Brian states that our "walk" is a run in its own right. So running was actually RUNNING!!)

The Magical World Part 2 of 4

Part 2:

FRIDAY--E's actual Birthday! Man this was the big day she had been waiting on. We knew it is going to be a great day when Little Bear woke right up (even after a very late bed time and a very early rise 7:00 am) She picked out the Princess dress she wanted to wear for her birthday breakfast. This breakfast was no ordinary one, it was at the CASTLE!!! Yes, Cinderella's Castle. Now you see, Emery really loves Belle so she was a little sad that it was Cinderella's Castle and not Belle's. The logical 5 year old reason that she does not like Cinderella as well is, well because she wears her hair in a bun. E really does not like that at all, but Abby has been telling her that we still will be nice to her. So we gave her the Cindy pep talk that even though she doesn't like her hair she will still take a very nice picture with her and not mention the hair. Well when we walked in to the castle E got very very nervous. She walked up to Cinderella (okay we pushed her a little) and guess what Cinderella had the same shoes (silver ones) as E. That right there was enough to make E want to take a picture with her. After a wonderful picture, we headed up the stairs to breakfast.

Breakfast was amazing. I really am shocked at how wonderful it went and how much E loved it. E got a magic wand and a wishing star and sweet little B got a sward. (Of course we took it away quickly) E just kept looking around taking it all in, she was in princess heaven! Our placement in the room was perfect for pictures with the Princesses. They walk right to our table and posed, then began working the room. Of course E thinks they were only waving at her because it was her birthday. E couldn't sit still she just kept watching to see who would come to her table first. The princesses that joined us were Belle, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty (aka Aurora/Briar Rose), and Snow White. Each one came and spoke with E, signed the autograph book, and took a picture. They all commented on her birthday and how she is now a whole hand. She loved every minute of it, really it was priceless.

After our breakfast we spent the day riding the rides at Magic Kingdom. She loved the roller coasters the most. In the afternoon B and I headed back to the room to take a nap. This gave Abby and Brian some good one on one with the Birthday Girl. I think she got to ride a lot more rides and didn't have to worry about us slowing her down. Then in the evening we had DINNER with the Princesses in Norway (Epcot). Of course for dinner you have to wear a different princess dress. So the family met B and I at the room, did a quick wardrobe change, and off we went.

(please note the dress change here!)

Dinner was also with the princesses, however, we were not sure which ones would be there. Also to our surprise you got a free picture with one of them. GUESS WHO IT WAS????? (insert drum roll here) BELLE!!! E's favorite princess every. Yes she got to go one on one and have a very nice professional photo done with Belle. It was "magical" to say the least. Then through out the meal other princesses stopped by the table to see E. The princesses at this meal were Alice (in wonderland), Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. It was so sweet to see them talk with E about everything. Mulan even planted a BIG KISS on B's cheek. He had her lipstick on him the rest of the night (note the picture you can kind of see the kiss mark). After an amazing meal, we headed out to the rides.

You see with your stay you get "magical hours"....where a park will open early or stays open late. This was our night at to have "magic hours" at Epcot, so we were ready to party. We spent them watching the fireworks (B hated it see his scared face in the picture) and checking out other rides. Also E got to meet up close Mickey, Donald (who tickles her), Minnie (her favorite), Pluto, and Goofy. It was tons of fun but we were up WAY TO LATE. We got back to the room with to knocked out children, making bed time very easy.

The Magical World Part 1 of 4

Disney World here I come....

Okay so here is the good news...I am slowly working on the Disney Blogs. Here is the bad news, all the pictures are on my sisters nice camera. I took a few, but she has such a great camera we used it for all the pictures. That is just a side note. As she gets them emailed to me I will post a blog of just the best pictures. However, I do realize all blogs are better with pictures. Okay so here is part one of four. (I know you are thinking 4, wow. But a 6 day trip has tons of blogging opportunities)

PART ONE:

Let me begin this blog with a huge GREAT JOB ABBY...the reason I say this is because my sister the TYPE A person she is did a wonderful job planning this trip. The trip was amazing from the second we landed until we left. It really was very well planned. As you can see below the airplane ride was fun; then the Magical Express was just as amazing (and we didn't have to lug around the 8 bags my sister checked...yes 8 for a 6 day trip. Thank goodness for the magical express which takes your bags straight to your resort). Finally we made it to our resort at about 4ish. It was wonderful, because the idea was to head to the Magic Kingdom to make the AHHHH factor not interrupt Friday's events (E's actual birthday). You should have seen E's face when we walked into the Magic Kingdom. Her face lite up so brightly and she had the largest smile I have ever seen. You know you can explain to a 5 year old what it will be like...but really they don't understand until they SEE it with their eyes. It was pure happiness and joy that she was beaming. This is the point where I realized this trip was going to be the most wonderful memories ever. Memories you can never make or see again.

After the shock of walking into this magical place, we rode on a couple of rides. Then we headed back to the resort. When we got "home" our bags were in our room ready to go. The magical express really is wonderful. We all caught our breath and then headed to dinner. Dinner...we ate at our Lodge. It was a very fun, loud, and crazy. As many of you know E is a more of a watcher in new situations. She really would rather watch than do. Well at dinner this watching is no option. If you needed something you had to stand on the chair and yell, yes yell for what it was you needed. When someone yelled for it and you had it; you had to run the item to their table. So if you needed ketchup....well you ended up with about 20 bottles instead of just one. It was tons of fun and a nice ice breaker for E to learn the crazy Disney ways. After a long day of travel, a surprising view of Disney World, and a crazy dinner we headed to our room for some rest. Friday was to be a very busy and big day. It is E's 5th Birthday and we have breakfast in the castle.

Below are a few pics from inside our resort. I couldn't help but take the one of E next to the bears...since I call her Little Bear.

Home again....

Oh man what an amazing Birthday Week Little E had. We had the most wonderful time in the "Magical" Land. It was so fun...there is so much to blog about. Sadly being as I did miss some school days I have to get caught up there. But do not fear....I will have a MAGICAL post done by the weekend. Check back Sunday for sure!!!

I will give you a brief look ahead:

• Princess OVERLOAD
• Running for bus/boat
• Fights....oh the fights
• Hannah Montana
• Rider switches
• BIG SCARY ROLLER COASTER TRIUMPHS!!
• MICKEY MICKEY MICKEY

Happy Birthday Little Bear

Oh Sweet Little Bear, how I love you with all my heart. You are so amazing, even only at the age of 5. I am one VERY lucky Auntie to have such an wonderful niece. I am so very thankful that Mommy and Daddy let me spend each day with you. We have the most amazing bond that no one could ever break. For this I am so thankful:

• I love you to God and back


• I love watching you grow each day


• I love the fact that you are always happy and make me laugh


• I love that you are "Girlie"


• You keep us on our toes


• You loved me with all your heart from the start
  
• You make me melt in you hand


• You have the most amazing imagination ever

• We get to play a whole week together, with NO MOMMY! (but we love you mommy)


• I love the way you are BRAVE, no Doctor your needle scares you


• You make me smile more than anything


• You love your Mommy and Daddy so much we have to make a countdown calendar when they are gone


• You look even cuter than Chris when you make the smile he makes


• You are the world's best BIG SISTER


• You would do anything to keep little B from getting hurt or sad


• You are the worlds BEST MOMMY (those 20 plus baby dolls are very lucky)


• You love each baby like it is the only one you have


• You make the best Kate out of all of us


• You are the smartest little person I have ever met


• You say the cutest things


• I love so much about you that I just want to hold you in my arms for ever

My sweet Little Bear enjoy the trip, have the most MAGICAL birthday ever. Here are a few pics of Little Bear, sadly most of my "younger" pictures died with my last computer....so not the best time line but I am sure Abby has that covered.

Off to the MOUSE!!

Okay so I was going to take my computer with me on our Disney trip. However, as my sisters comment on the last blog "no free Internet". (plus we wont be in the room much) I guess there is no reason to bring it along. So we are off to the Mouse, Princesses, and much more. I have spoken to Little Bear many times this week regarding our BIG TRIP. Well I really don't think she understands what is ahead. The best thing is I jump on my plane here in DFW, then 1st stop Houston (love southwest and their Texas stop law). In Houston the family will join me...I will have the seats ready to go! Then we are off to Florida. I can't wait to see Little E's face as we get off the bus! I am going to try my best to catch all the pictures and happiness. I think between Abby, Brian, and I we will get it done. Now Little B...he is really just along for the ride. I just hope all the dressed up characters will not stress him out! We will be back on Tuesday and I can't wait to upload all the memories. Check back then!

First Month Down!

Well I think I can officially say that my first month of blogging has gone pretty well. I mean 14 post in one month seems great to me. Now, I am not sure it was all interesting and amazing but I tired. I do know it is my boyfriends favorite thing I do (please reread that with much sarcasm). He seems to not understand the blogging world. He says why don't you just call them and ask about their life. MEN! However he does enjoy reading them once I post. The real problem is the "following." The other day he asked how many blogs I follow...I gave him my number (13, which I feel is low) and he has banned me from following anymore blogs. I will just have to be a sneaky follower from here on!

Minnesota and back...

Wow...all I can really say is wow. Chris and I had the most wonderful trip home to his parents. We headed out on Tuesday and arrived to a very chilly Minnesota at 29 degrees. As you can tell from the picture above I was bundled up just in the airport. Once we arrived we didn't stop moving for a minute. I mean we were busy the whole trip. We spent Tuesday night there in Minneapolis; then quickly Wednesday afternoon headed to Omaha, NE for the Thanksgiving festivities.

It was a great 5 hour drive that Riley (Chris' 4 year old sister) so nicely put the boys in one car and the girls in the other. Us girlies had a blast driving down. We arrived in time to meet up with the rest of the family. Of course we ate at the wonderful BIG FRED'S.....Chris loves Big Fred's. You can see a few family pics below. It was so nice to see all of them again, then off to the hotel.

Chris' Aunt and Uncle who hosted our Thanksgiving, along with his mom and sister

Chris and Riley....she really loves him. What a cute picture!

Chris, Whitney, and Timmy

Grandma Honey and us

Thanksgiving was amazing. Chris' aunt Nanette made the most wonderful meal, really. We enjoy our day over at the Bros' household. Lots of old pictures were looked through, plenty of wine drank, and enough food to feed us for the week. We got to see all of Chris' cousins, grandma, and friends. Apparently on Thanksgiving in Omaha everyone goes out, we joined many of his old friends. We had a great time at this piano bar with penny pitchers. However, the night ended quickly when we received a picture from his older sister. She and her kiddos flew in late that evening....Chris and Whitney couldn't wait to see their nieces.

Friday.....BLACK FRIDAY!!! Well in my family it is tradition to be up at 3 am and ready to shop. However, we flew (so no items really could go back with us) and Chris' family didn't really do the BLACK FRIDAY shopping. So this is probably the first time I have slept in on Friday. It was great. Then we got to spend some wonderful time with Chris' older sister and her girls. They don't head this way much being as they live in Maine. Late Friday night we headed back to Minnesota.




















Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.















Saturday was great we spent the entire morning playing Wii. The Wii is such a great family fun toy. Chris, Riley, Steve, and I enjoyed trying all the games from Wii fit to Mario Cart. I personally really am loving the Wii fit. Thankfully for Christmas Chris' dad gave him a Wii, early. The rest of the afternoon we shopped and enjoyed our last day. To wrap up the trip we got the most amazing snow fall ever. I mean I love snow but these flakes were HUGE! It snowed all night Saturday and into Sundy morning. What better way to end a vacation?



Chris and I had a fabulous time and were sad to leave everyone. However, I now have to finish sub plans for this weeks big trip to Disney and Chris has to work. So back to the REAL world....boo boo. We hope to head back to Minnesota soon.

Happy Thanksgiving

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

I hope you all enjoy the time with family and friends. Eat a little extra, you only have Thanksgiving once a year.

Trip-a-Palozza

Okay so let me just lay it all out there....you see my next couple of weeks are going to be crazy! So I just got home after a very fast trip to the big EC. In the big EC we had birthdays galore!! B is now a very happy ONE year old, and my mom...well she too is older! I am sure you all could tell this from past blogs. Here are some pics from the events.

B and I pre-party in his room. We were trying to stay out of the way.

Birthday Boy ready for the REAL Party!!

B loving the gifts....

Mom, we went all out on her cake!

Okay so from here it gets out of control. Tomorrow Chris and I head for the very,very cold Minnesota. We are going to have Thanksgiving with his family. I am very excited to have Thanksgiving with his family; it's the COLD that I am not excited about. I mean I did grow up in a "cold" town, so this is not too new. But MN cold is very different, I think! We will soon see.

This is what Little Bear will be sporting for the next week...when she is at Disney!! The prettiest princess ever!!

Okay we get home on Sunday, November 30th of to which I will quickly unpack, do laundry, and repack. REPACK! Yes, I will only be attending 3 days of school that week because then it is E'S BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!! E is a very luck girl this year she will be spending her Birthday Week at Disney World. So my sister asked if I would mind going. Yeah, mind seeing my sweet niece and nephew's face light up from Disney world...Heck NO! Who wouldn't want to see how happy she is on her 5th birthday. I am going to help with little B! B and I will party together, that way E gets the whole Disney experience with Mommy and Daddy. We plan to attend the events that fit between naps and such. This is going to be a very exciting week for all of us. After Disney I am back at school for 8 days. Then home to Amarillo for Christmas. It looks to be a very busy month, but I am very jazzed about it all. However, I do not think any of us are nearly as pumped as Little Bear is. My goal is to keep my computer close but the way it looks that may be hard. P.S. any good Disney hints, please send them my way. My sister has been very wonderful about researching it, but the more we know the better!!!