SNOW DAY!

My kids woke up with only one thing on their mind this morning:


And after an hour of digging up clothes and adding 4 layers we were finally ready!


Sissy is all about the snow- laying in it, eating it, throwing it. That is, until she gets cold. And then she wanted to go in.




Big Boy, surprisingly, is not a "lay in the snow" type boy. He likes to run in it and that is about it. However, he would have also stayed outside all day if I would have let him.


Didn't have to worry about the ball rolling in the street!


We even made a mini-snowman. Mommy is definitely not great at building snowmen, but we did our best and came up with something the kids were happy with!






We came in, dried off, drank hot chocolate, and took naps. An ideal snow day!

Countdown

It is official! There will be a long wait but we are officially booked to go to Orlando next November!


We are only a little excited about the thought of spending a week here...

and lounging by the pool while it is 32 degrees back in KS...


And, of course, the biggest draw- DISNEY WORLD!
Mommy is excited to do this:

(odd, I know- I just love It's A Small World. Like, adore it. And I love the incredibly annoying song! My second fave is Pirates of the Caribbean. I can't help it!)

Daddy is excited to do Space Mountain (and never ceases to remind Mommy that when they were dating and rode on it together she cried)


Sissy is most excited to see THIS! And to "hug princesses"...


Big Boy is most excited to see this, and ride Buzz's spaceship ride...


Pat and I haven't been to Disney World since college and obviously it is a whole other thing to go our kids. We can't wait to share it with them! We are going with Pat's parents and my brother and sister-in-law and their kids and it will be a really great trip for the cousins to share!

So, yes, it is still 10 months away. We are going the week before Thanksgiving to try to avoid crowds but still enjoy weather in the 70s. There will be lots of Disney, lots of beach, lots of seafood, and nice tans next Christmas. Oh, and Disney will be having their Christmas celebration so we'll be able to do all of the Christmas activities. What a start to our next holiday season!

Back to reality

Happy New Year!

This is the last day of our "break" and I am sad to see it go. The best part of the last couple weeks has definitely been Daddy's week off of work- add that to the holiday days off and he has had quite a break! The kids and I are going to have a big adjustment, we've gotten so used to having him around. I have enjoyed having another "go to" person around all day. The kids are starting to ask him for things instead of beginning every sentence with "Mommy, I want..." It's been great!

We haven't done anything too exciting, besides all of the holiday festivities, but we have enjoyed some normal, fun stuff like going to the movies and such. Our little angels have been sleeping in until 8:45 everyday so we have definitely been catching up on some sleep. We will all have a rude awakening at 6:45 tomorrow morning.


We also all made the trip to Topeka this week to see my best friends from college. Unfortunately I have spent a majority of our break feeling not wonderful due to a chest cold. However, I wouldn't have missed it for anything! Not everyone could be there because of travel and sicknesses, but we try to do it twice a year and were glad it worked out for a few of us at least!

Not everyone could be there all day, but here are some of the kids together. They had a great time playing!


That evening the girls headed to Casey's baby shower. Her good friends have been waiting a long time for this- and we all admitted it was so weird to see her pregnant! But she is looking wonderful and her and her hubby Phil (who actually introduced Pat and I to each other) are ready to welcome baby Zoey next month!!