Disneyworld 2007 Part IV

This was our first day in Magic Kingdom. It started out with breakfast at Crystal Palace before the park even opened. Peyton was so excited to have breakfast with Pooh and Pig-e-let. Pooh's stuffed french toast was absolutely delicious. Peyton and Dylan were so cute when the characters came around. They loved them. Peyton kept yelling, "Pig-e-let. Pig-e-let." All the kids joined in the parade.




After a yummy breakfast it was off to Fantasy Land to ride the rides. First up, Dumbo. Once again we basically walked right on!


Another favorite ride was Autopia. I will never again get mad at people driving slow because it may not be their fault. Drew, Peyton, and I got the slowest car imaginable. No matter what we did it would not pick up any speed. Let's just say we had quite the line behind us


Aaron got the high score on Buzz Lightyear. Drew and Ella loved riding the Blue Line.



After a fun time at Magic Kingdom we left for Disney Studios. All the boys, Ethan, Alex, Drew, and Nate, wanted to ride Tower of Terror, so off Tanya and I went to take them. Tower of Terror is one of my favorite rides. The boys were so brave, but not one of them volunteered to go on it again with Troy. Drew still tells me what a brave little boy he was for going on that ride!

We had dinner reservations at The Brown Derby and then priority seating at the fireworks show Fantasmic. Dinner was absolutely wonderful. I think all the adults ordered the Filet and boy was it tasty! We had some time before Fantasmic, so we decided to go on the Great Movie Show ride. Just then it began to downpour. We waited around for about an hour hoping it would stop, so that we could still see Fantasmic. It didn't and we wound up having to buy ponchos. This was the first trip that we didn't bring them. Luckily Troy and Tanya were prepared and kept our boys dry! Thanks!

Disneyworld 2007 Part III

Our third day was the day I had been looking forward to since we booked the trip. Tanya, Ella, and I had reservations for breakfast in Cinderella's Castle. Ella dressed up as Cinderella and was the prettiest Cinderella you have ever seen. We ate breakfast in the Castle with Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Aurora, and Snow White. What a fun, girly breakfast!!




Meanwhile the boys went to Donald Duck's Breakfastasaurous in Animal Kingdom. They had a great time and loved seeing Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy. Drew loved that he could pick whatever he wanted for breakfast which included a plate full of hot dogs (sausages).





We all met at Animal Kingdom and saw Nemo the Musical. It was over 30 minutes long, but even held Peyton and Dylan's attention. We went on the Safari at the end of the day and saw all of the animals! It was great!!





Kali River Rapids was one of the favorites. Ella absolutely loved the ride even though she got soaked. Aaron enjoyed it too. Although for the rest of the day every where we went we kept smelling this odd smell. No one could place it, just that it smelled like mildew. Low and behold it turned out to be Aaron's shirt. The Kali River Rapids did him in. I don't think that dri fit golf shirt did it's job!!

Disneyworld 2007 Part II

Saturday morning was our first day at the parks. We hopped on the bus promptly at 8:15 am headed for Epcot. Troy, Tanya, and the kids joined us at the next stop. It was so great to see everyone. We got to Epcot before it opened and there weren't many people there. This proved to be a very good sign as we literally walked on every single ride that day!! Aaron headed over to Soarin' California for fast passes while the rest of us went straight to Test Track. I think Test Track proved to be one of the favorite rides of the trip. We rode this ride countless times. All the kids would keep their hands up for the entire ride even when we were going over 60 mph. Next stop, why Club Cool of course! Free soda pop from around the world. I mean who could go wrong with that when it's 90 degrees and 95% humidity outside. We then went over to Nemo and watched Turtle Talk with Crush where Nate was the star of the show! It was awesome. We had dinner at Rose and Crown in England. Our tables were right on the water. The food was delicious and better yet included in the dining plan. We ordered an appetizer, entree, and dessert at every meal. We definitely ate well on this trip!

Disneyworld 2007 Part 1

We had a wonderful trip to Florida. It was so great to go with Troy and Tanya! We all loved being together and what a fun time we had! It all started at about 1:30 am on Friday, September 7th, when Alex came upstairs completely ready to go. The only problem... we didn't need to leave for the airport until 4:50 am. I told Alex it was too early to be awake and to go back to bed. He exclaimed, "This is worse than Christmas morning. At least then I can wake up early!" About 45 minutes later I hear voices talking. I go to investigate to find Ethan and Alex in their room playing Sonic Heroes. Alex was way too excited to fall back asleep and had got Ethan up too. Neither was cranky just really excited. We left for the airport right on time to drop Aaron and three boys off. Drew and I had a direct FIRST CLASS flight that left 3 1/2 hours later, but arrived only 45 minutes after the boys. The flights went great. We met at the airport and boarded the Magical Express which took us straight to the Port Orleans Riverside Resort. We checked in and went straight to our room in Alligator Bayou 3727. Everything looked so much like New Orleans. Drew gave the room his stamp of approval which we all know is huge being the first class traveler that he is. I think we were in the room no longer than 5 minutes when we headed off to Downtown Disney to eat at the Earl of Sandwich and check out Disney Quest, the 5 floor arcade. Believe it or not the boys were still not cranky! Everyone loved Disney Quest. I mean what boy wouldn't when you can play any and every game without having to put money in. I even found Mrs. Pacman and Super Pacman. We were hoping to meet up with Troy and Tanya, but the airlines broke their stroller so Troy had to take a cab to Wal-Mart, the only thing open at 11:30 pm, and buy a new stroller. Back to the hotel to get a good nights sleep. By this point in time Ethan and Alex had been up for 20 hours straight and were just starting to show signs of sleepiness!

Drew's First Day of Preschool

I meant to post this before our vacation, but didn't have time. Drew was so excited to start preschool. (He is going to the same preschool he went to last year.) I'm not quite sure how Peyton felt about it though. Since the big boys have been in school Drew and Peyton have become inseperable. They are constantly making up new games - comfy crib, rocket ship fire truck bed, and race track. They pretty much play together all day long! Drew is so happy to be back in school. He loves seeing his friends and his teacher from last year. He really likes his new teacher, Teacher Charlotte. Being the independent guy that he is he loves having his "own" school to go to. Peyton is adjusting and loves it when it's time to pick up Drew Drew.

Hey Batman!

As you can see, Batman enjoys picking out his own clothes now. This is one of my favorite ensembles he's put together! Usually he has four shirts on and two different crocs. He is such a cutie!

Soccer Saturday Part II

Drew is finally old enough to play soccer and boy is he thrilled. He too had his first game on Saturday. The game started and what does Drew do, but dribble the ball the entire length of the field and score the first goal! It was so awesome. He is a natural athlete! It was so fun watching him play because he was so excited. There are girls on Drew's team too, but as you can see from the picture he doesn't mind at all. Go Green Dragons!

Soccer Saturday Part I

Alex started soccer on Saturday. His team has 5 girls and only 3 boys. Needless to say he is not thrilled. Furthermore, his team has the same uniforms as Drew's and that didn't sit to well with him since he wanted to be silver. Despite those few minor setbacks, he played a great game. He is definitely the fastest and seemed to enjoy it. He reports that he is only playing soccer to help him build up speed for track season this spring. He can run track as soon as he's 7 and he can't wait. Go Alex!

Fall Football

How I love this time of year! The start of school, the smell of fall in the air, and football season. With Ethan playing football it makes it even better! Ethan is doing great and absolutely loving it! His team lost a heartbreaker right at the end. Hopefully, they'll have better luck next week.

First Day of School

It's hard to believe, but today was Ethan and Alex's first day of school. Ethan's 3rd grade teacher is Miss Seacrest. He said she was nice and tall! Alex's 1st grade teacher is Mrs. Baker. He likes her a lot. The boys both had a great day. Alex liked bringing his own lunch and ate everything! Ethan has lunch at 10:32 am. A little early, but he seemed to like that. Alex thought lunch at 11:17 am was a little too late because he was hungry. We're looking forward to a wonderful school year.

Go Knights!

Ethan's first football game was yesterday. He played awesome! They played on a regulation 100 yard field complete with refs. The game lasted about an hour and a half. It was so HOT! Ethan played left guard and right tackle on offense. He is number 22. He is quite the amazing blocker. Nobody gets by him. He really enjoys it. It was so much fun watching him. I see a lot of football games in our future. Good thing we love it!

High School Musical 2

The world premiere of High School Musical 2 was last night and the boys absolutely loved it. (Let's be honest, I did too :)!) Every time they would start singing Peyton would yell, "Alex! Song, dance!" Alex, Drew, and Peyton practically danced the entire show. It was hilarious! Ethan and I enjoyed watching all the boys dance moves. Peyton would get so upset when the songs would end. He would say, "More songs," until another song came on. I definitely think we'll have to get the soundtrack!