The start of our Disney adventures!

Yesterday we headed to Disney for our first of MANY trips.  We finally decided to get annual passes for the boys!  This was the first trip for Wyatt.  Caydin has been a few times but the last visit was well over 2 years ago!

We arrived a little after 3 pm.  After riding the parking lot tram (a ride in itself for Wyatt!) We traded in our passes for the actual tickets.  I should mention that when we discussed Disney with the boys, the main thing they wanted to do was ride the monorail.  I'm pretty sure we could park, ride the monorail for awhile and then head back home and they would be perfectly happy!

Go figure that the monorail wasn't working when we got there.   We had to take the ferryboat over to Magic Kingdom.  A friend of mine from work met up with us.  THANK GOD! They were Disney Pro's! I definitely learned a lot of ins and outs and must-do's from spending the afternoon with them!

First we headed over to the FastPass station and loaded up our evening with rides.  Lifesaver!

Our first ride was the Buzz Lightyear one.  We walked right on (thanks FastPass).  Wyatt sat with me.  The entire time, he said "I don't like this" but as we got off, he yelled "That was awesome!"  I'd day that ride was a winner.  Caydin really enjoyed it.

Then we had time until our next FastPass so we headed to Goofy Barnstormer Roller Coaster!  This one we had to wait for but the wait time was only 30 minutes.  It was also Wyatt's first roller coaster.  He is still too short to go on the one kid one at Sea World.  He loved it.  Was silent the entire time.  That never happens unless he is asleep! :)  As the ride was stopping, he asked me "Can we go again?  Let's ask the guy!"  He said he loved it and that it was cool and awesome!

Then we headed right next door to the Dumbo ride.  We had fastpasses for this one but didn't need them.  The ride was pretty empty.  The ride was genius.  We did the ride first, then went in the standby line again because while you are waiting, you get to play!  The boys loved the playground.  We loved it too.  (Because we got to sit around for a couple minutes!)  We rode Dumbo again without fastpasses then headed to dinner.  We ate at the Pinocchio restaurant.  Pizza and nuggets for everyone.  We walked right on to It's a Small World after that.  Wyatt waved to the creepy dolls a few times. HA!

Then we headed to the haunted mansion for our last fastpass.  I probably shouldn't of picked this one for the boys to go on at night. HA!  Caydin had his eyes closed most of the ride.  Wyatt kept telling me he didn't like it.  As we got off, he told me he did like it though! Caydin maintained his "I don't want to ride this one again" stance.  We happened to see the fireworks as we were walking.  Amazing.  Caydin loved it which means a lot because he has never liked fireworks.  Loves to look at them but hates the sound.  In fact, he hides inside EVERY 4th of July.  There must be something magical about Disney.  He watched and smiled the entire time without mentioning the sounds once. 

We headed home after the fireworks with a million other people.  Thankfully we got to ride the monorail on the way out of the park.  It wasn't all that exciting though.  Afterall, we were crammed inside the train. LOL!

Wyatt was out cold before we left the parking lot.  Caydin was asleep before we got home.  Easy bedtime. :)  I sat right down on the computer and ordered our FastPass wristbands.  Can't wait to get them in the mail!!!

The boys are already asking for our next trip to Disney.  We can't wait to go back!

Christmas Fun!

We had fun taking pictures of the kids while visiting Santa.

 One evening we headed over to Celebration for some fun in the "snow" (which was really just soap bubbles).  Wyatt LOVED LOVED LOVED it.  He and Caydin took off running all over the street.  I'm pretty sure Wyatt did some "snow" angels.  Maddy wasn't so sure of it.  She didn't want the "snow" to touch her at all. 

The kids thought it was great when the snow started to fall.  After getting all bubbly and getting somewhat cleaned off, we rode the train and looked at Christmas lights.  Not as fun as it could of been (people in Celebration need to decorate with MORE Christmas lights!) but the kids liked it! 

Lego Boys

Hooray for new toys!

Caydin got a small lego set for Christmas. 

He did an awesome job of following the directions in the manual and building the set by himself. 

Wyatt helped by building the lego man. 

Great job boys!

Family Pictures

2 Parents.

4 Kids (+ 3 spouses).

6 Grandkids.

 

Together in the same house on the same day.

 

Equals...

 

Lots of pictures!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was full of laughter and screaming!

I guess that's what happens when you have a 6 year old, two 3 year olds, and a one year old in the house!

We got together for lots of play time with cousins. 

Dinner was wonderful too! A HUGE roast!

We were smart and fed the kids early so we could eat without screaming kids!  Thank you Frozen movie for keeping the kids occupied for a few times!

Then it was time for pictures! 

We opened our pajama boxes and got a few goodies from Grandma/Grandpa!

We fed the reindeer and Santa. 

After baths, more pictures were taken. 

Finally BED!  Everyone was excited for Santa to come!

 

 

A visit to Santa!

We were all smiles for Santa this year! Thank God!

This was also the first year that both boys actually had a conversation with Santa about their wishes.  I wasn't surprised by their requests though!

Caydin asked for excavators.

Wyatt asked for trains.

 

I was just thankful that I didn't have to sit in the picture with them! ;)

 

It's been a busy month! {December Update!}

I get reminded often that my blogs have been pretty much non-existent lately!  We've been so busy!

Here is a re-cap of December so far!

 

Caydin lost a tooth! (His 3rd tooth!)

Wyatt has been going non-stop! He laughs one minute and is crying the next.  He exhausts us all!

Elf has been staying at our house.  The boys are really enjoying him.  I am the worst at remembering to move him every night.  But I figure it just makes the nights when he does move extra surprise... and the boys don't seem to mind so it's all good!

We've been riding lions.  And getting quite good at it.

We've all been sick.  Wyatt got it the worst.  He had a stomach bug one day and got a cold the next.  The rest of us have just had colds.

Caydin got to attend a special holiday party at school for being a great AR reader.  It was also pajama day.  He loved it all!

Church Sundays are happening these days! Wyatt cried the first few times he went but it loving it now!  Caydin is having a great time too!