ANIMAL KINGDOM

We went here on Monday and it was fun. We go to meet lot's of characters and I think every ones favorite was the Festival of the Lion King show. It was so cool. It was like the mini Broadway version. Kate was in heaven dancing and enjoying all the animals. I think my dad even got in to the music. Everyone but Max liked It's tough to be a bug but it freaked Max out and he shed a few tears. That was one of Grandma and Grandpa's favorite rides. Jake and I went on a roller coaster Expedition Everest that was Jakes favorite of the trip. We acutally came face to face with a Yeti! Yikes! It was pretty fun my stomach was sick so it must have been good!

The kids and Goofy!! This one is for you Denise! Our babysitter Denise told Max her favorite was Goofy so we had to get a picture with him everytime we saw him!

Kate was so cute she had to hug all the characters and most of the time she would not let go they would have to pry her little arms off of them!

This is the tree of life, the hand carved trunk has over 300 animal images on it.

We went on the Kilimanjaro Safari tour and saw a bunch of animals. It was neat. You felt like you were in Africa on a real safari! The Lions were sound asleep on their rock!
Rhinos hanging out.

We also saw a baby giraffe, hippos, a cheetah and many more!
Festival of the Lion King!

Kate and her new BFF MINNIE!!!!

DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIO'S

It was fun here but not my favorite. There was more for bigger kids, Jake and I went on the Tower of Terror and it scared the crap out of me! Max loved Star Tours and the Jedi Training show. Kate like the Beauty and the Beast musical. We all had a lot of fun on Toy Story Mania it is a brand new ride and had to wait 40 min to go on it. That was out longest wait the entire 6 days we were at the parks! We seemed to miss the characters here. We were at the park until early afternoon and when we got to the hotel it started pouring rain and rained the rest of the night so we spent it inside. That's OK our hotel was fabulous. When we got to our hotel the first day Max said this is a stinking rich hotel!! It was a 2 bedroom Villa and had a full kitchen/dining room and living room.

Max and a toy army guy

getting ready to ride Toy Story Mania in 3-D

Mickey's sorcerer hat
The boy's watching Jedi Training!

Disney World...The Most Magical Place on Earth!!!

We got back today from Disney World and we had so much fun!!! Here are a couple of pictures and a lot more to come!!!

Kate's new obession

It is so cute Kate has started getting into movies and right now she just loves Enchanted. She tells me Giselle is cute and she walks around singing " I been DREAMING la la la true KISS". That is her version it is so dang cute. You can not always understand what words she is singing but you can tell by the tune. She actually can carry a tune {she did not get that from me} maybe she will be my little pop star! Ha ha!

*MAX'S FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN*

Max the big kindergartner!

Max, Dad, & Kate getting ready to go

Me and my handsome boy

Max's picture of his family

walking to school....

The big day came and went and Max loved every minute of it! He woke up early showered, got dressed, ate breakfast and could not wait to leave. His teacher is Mr. Hunt and Max says he is very nice. When they lined up to head in to class his teacher told them to wave to mom and dad, he turned and waved and never looked back! When I picked him up he was so excited that he got a pencil and had drawn a picture of himself for....me!! I love it. He went to bed just as excited as he was last night!! I am such a proud mom, my little guy is growing up so fast.

Children's Museum

Max, Kate and I went to the Children's Museum at Gateway yesterday. It was a fun little play day before Max starts KINDERGARTEN on Monday!!!! The kids had soooo much fun there. Max made a little buddy Hakeem, he loved it all especially the construction zone. Kate was in heaven in the little play house. She did not venture far from there that is her thing playing house. Max also really liked the second floor with the experiments that he could do! I can't believe my little man is starting school on Monday. I have such mixed emotions. I love that he is so excited to go! I do not know where Summer has gone......

A MAGICAL PARTY!!!!

Katelyn's party was so cute. We had a princess party {she forgot about wanting a batman party when she saw the cake} and it was so cute. She wore her fairy wings, her tutu and had beautiful princess hair. She loved her baby and all of her presents she got. She was so sweet opening her presents, gently tearing the paper and she hold up every present then lay it out neatly beside her. She was so excited for everyone coming to her house for her party!! She loved all the attention except for when she hid out her her playhouse to eat her cake! Love ya Kate! I can't believe you are 2!