So are you tired of the recap just yet?  There are still many more photos to come and even more in the photo gallery if you are interested.

Breakfast was more his style.  Though he wasn't too sure of Goliath.

Leo was more of a hit.

And here are the two Jo Jo's!

He liked June the first time she came by,

but the second time she teased him about taking a drink from his milk.  Then she held it out for him to take a drink.  Let's just say he went into what we call camel mode and drank, and drank, and drank, until she finally broke away, pretended to get another drink and then let him drink for a couple more minutes.  Can you say bliss?

All of us with "Biteyear" - his shortened version of Buzz Lightyear.

While she did an art class with Daddy, he tried to take a nap with June and Quincy,

Mickey Mouse (I didn't want to wait in the line for Mickey, but he insisted)

and would have cuddled with Handy Manny until he was asleep.  I wish we could have borrowed Handy Manny for just that purpose too.

A nap did follow, but not before a meltdown.  We paid for letting him stay up and enjoy the characters inside as it was drizzling outside.  But he did finally get a nap (much to our and other's relief).

Just don't tell him that he missed out on meeting Mr. Incredible.  He got to "see" Mr. Incredible earlier, but didn't get to visit because he had to leave for a parade.  But he did get a high five from him that he talked about for days.  And will still bring up now.  So I think he's ok with it.

And don't forget the "Queen" cars.  :-)

Doesn't it look like it was a great day for him?

(And us too of course!)

The day started with a welcoming from some of our little guy's favorite characters:

And continued with a breakfast with those same characters.

They too had his favorite Mickey waffles!  Well maybe some yogurt and a piece of bacon too.

Seriously fruit and these and our kids are good to go!

They found a few new characters throughout the day.

Pocohontas became a favorite for her after she sat and talked to her for several minutes.  And can you see the look on his face?  He was charmed!

And there was a petting zoo.  Neither was afraid which kind of surprised me since he's busy going through a "I don't like it" stage (which just means he either doesn't like it or it is new).

He even rode on the dinosaurs (think Dumbo ride, but two seats per dinosaur).  He was not impressed.  In fact he'd rather nap then do it again if that says anything.  :-)

And we went back to Epcot for fireworks since the Animal Kingdom closes earlier than the other parks.

Day 3 at Disney was at Epcot.  We started with a princess breakfast in Norway.

Here they are at the start of the day in the stroller with daddy.  (Can I tell you how grateful we were that we bought this stroller for the trip?)

Epcot is full of many amazing sculptures.  Really amazing.

And as always they were drawn to water.

Really why can't they be like this all the time?

And breakfast was fit for a princess (and a prince of course!).

Breakfast was with Belle (or in our case two Belle's),

Snow white,

Ariel,

Cinderella,

and Aurora.

They enjoyed rides and shows all day long as well as some "quiet" time while daddy did the spaceship ride (which I then got to do another day).

I was surprised by how much they appreciated the simple things such as the flowers everywhere.  She wanted to pick them, but when I said no, she settled for taking pictures so she could remember them forever.

I thought that was a much better plan. 

And we got to meet more characters throught the day including Mary Poppins

and Alice.

It didn't matter that I don't think she knew who they were.  They were in pretty dresses, which made them princess in her book that she had to meet.  :-)

She loved meeting Beast and talked for hours about he was learning to write, so he couldn't sign her book.  He was enamored because well, she was Belle.

And little guy caught a nap in the stroller again.

I don't know if they liked Lady and the Tramp more or the flowers around them.

And he was extremely excited to see Mickey again! 

Before this trip I had no idea how much Mickey meant to him.  I thought some of the other characters would be at the same level as Mickey, but I was wrong.  If he saw Mickey we had to see him.  Other characters, not so much.

The evening was topped off with a great fireworks display over the lake.  Both enjoyed it and were very ready for bed by the time we got back to our room.

This weekend felt like spring.  It was wonderful!  We all got out today and enjoyed the weather.  It was nice to be able to do so - before our yard was so wet you couldn't walk in it without sinking.  Ugh.  So there was bike riding, wagon riding, roller blading (daddy), weed pulling, and lots of bubble mowing on the cul-de-sac.  I'm looking forward to more nice days like this!  Oh, and there are no pictures of any of the activities as I still have so many from our trip to sort through and my hands were covered in dirt as I was the one pulling weeds.  I hate how Bermuda grass keeps getting into my flower beds!  Seems like no matter what I do every time I turn around it is taking over the flower beds.  I'm hoping this year I will stay ahead of it, but I guess time will tell on that one. 

Day 2 at Disney was our first full day there.  Here are some of the highlights.  We started off with breakfast with Lilo,

Stitch,

Pluto,

and Mickey.

Our youngest was still not sure on this whole being visited by characters thing.  But once he saw Mickey his interest dramatically increased.  In fact he even put down his Mickey waffle to give him a five and a hug.

And trust me this boy likes the Mickey waffles.  They are the perfect size for eating when you are 2.

They also had a parade around the restraunt where each child got a maraca to shake and walk around.  He refused to participate, but she really enjoyed it.

Then we were off to a full day in the Magic Kingdom.

For them even the monorail ride over was a ride.

They drove cars,

battled Zorg,

saw a parade,

rode a magic carpet (well, she did at least),

rode a train,

met Ariel,

napped (well, he did at least, which was essential for everyone :-) ),

rode a carousel,

got Mickey ears,

had dinner at Cinderella's castle,

where they saw Cinderella, Snow White,

Belle,

Jasmine,

and Ariel.

We saw the fireworks at Magic Kingdom and headed back to our room.  Then we headed over to the restraunt area for some drinks where we got to watch the Epcot fireworks as well.

Day 1:

We arrived at our resort around 11 and were able to check in right away.  At first we pondered going to Magic Kingdom and then returning so the kids could take a nap.  But then decided instead to go to the restraunt at the resort and then take a nap.  We knew they needed one and well, we did too.  Of course our little man fought a nap.  I mean really fought sleep.  But he finally went down.

(After his first nap he slept in a pack-n-play which helped since he couldn't roam free, but they hadn't brought it yet.  He passed out right at the headboard.  Come to think of it, it reminds me of how I find his sister a lot in her bed at home in the morning.)

Then we went to the Magic Kingdom for a few hours.  Our little girl was so excited to Cinderella's castle.  She was so excited she couldn't focus at first.  I guess she thought we brought her all the way to Disney and we weren't going to let her do anything, lol.  But by day 2 she realized that we were serious in that there was lots of time to do everything.

(Note the Mickey Mouse stickers all over them.)

So we opted to let her meet the princesses.  Oh, boy was she thrilled!

He on the other hand was not so sure.

But then he realized that they would sign his autograph book and suddenly he was much more interested.

But not for an actual picture with a princess.

Then we rushed over to Epcot for dinner at a wonderful French restraunt.  We made it just in time and I must say it was well worth the hustle.

They enjoyed the food and the fountain out front.

Oh, and did I mention she liked the dessert?  :-)

In fact they enjoyed every fountain we passed...

Oh, it was a beautiful night!

So it is time for an update.  The most current news is that we are back from Walt Disney World and we all had a blast.  Seriously I think we'd go back tomorrow if given the chance.  As for photos they will come with time.  I took a few too many to go through very quickly.  So you will likely be seeing some here and there for quite some time.

In the meantime I realized that I never got out the actual Valentine's day pictures.  And well, some of them are too cute not to share.  I just didn't quite get to it before our vacation.  In the morning the table had presents on it and while they were both excited one of them quickly decided that Cheerios were higher on the priority list.  Can you guess who?

Our other child wouldn't eat until every last card was read and treasured.

Then they both ate breakfast and then went back to their presents and cards.  I am always amazed at how treasured those little cards they exchanged in their school classes are.  They are hours of entertainment for them.

Then in the afternoon they had a birthday party to attend at a local kids museum.  Well, actually she was invited and then since the date had to be changed due to snow, he was invited as well since someone had to cancel due to the change.  So they were both very excited to get to celebrate with the birthday girl and then explore the kids museum.  Absolutely wonderful!  Though next time we go both parents will be present.  Way too hard to keep an eye on both of them, but I did have help from the other parents.

Here they are before we walked out the door in their Valentine's day apparel.

She is so sweet looking with pigtails (especially with hair bows her mommy made).

And blowing kisses in the valentine's day spirit...

Course after a little while of taking her picture he wanted to join in (though he had NO interest when I asked him originally).

(I have no idea what was so funny.)

And finally he let me get a picture of just him.  Though he may have thought I was still taking pictures of both of them.  I just had her slide down a little bit.  Hmm....  Either way it worked.

Course he never would part with Thomas or Henry, but I was ok with that.  :-)

Our daughter is into celebrating Valentine's day this year.  Any holiday that encourages art projects and includes treats is a hit in her book!

Yesterday in addition to making a Valentine for her daddy she helped me make 4 small heart cakes and cupcakes.  Let's just saying icing anything is a passion of hers. 

I love how even when she looks up at me she doesn't quit icing her cake.

She did the base pink coat of icing on her cake as well, but since I was covered in icing as well at that point there are no pictures.

And here are her two finished cakes

And believe it or not she actually decided it was done before she ran out of icing.  I was rather impressed.

And here is one of my cakes.  I was boring and did the same design on both of mine.

And here are our cupcakes.  We ended up with one with white icing as we ran out of pink.  Oops.

And she is very excited to eat her cake today!  Chocolate cake with cream cheese icing - I can't wait myself!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

This morning we woke up to snow on the ground.  This thoroughly delighted our daughter who was quick to volunteer to get the paper.  Which hasn't happened too much in the cold as of late, but she was excited to get the paper in the snow. 

I can't say that I minded one bit, but then I did step onto the front porch to snap a few pictures myself.  Definitely cold out.  But she was all smiles.

And the snow was very pretty.

Last time the snow was covered in lots of sleet.  This time it was great snowman making snow, but it just didn't last long.  It never stuck to the roads (and they did treat too) which was nice as it was snow on the weekend again.  Personally I'd rather be stuck in the house on a weekday.  :-) 

Our little girl is a little wedding happy lately.  And when we were in the Disney Store and she saw a princess "wedding set" with a headpiece and a flower boquet she was in heaven.  But Mommy said no.  I did promise though that I would make her one.  And today I did.  She watched the whole process in awe and in anticipation of her headpiece.  Of course as I was almost finished she pointed out that she'd like a bouquet too.  I calmly explained that I had planned to make one all along.  So now she is in wedding bliss.

I don't know what has created the overall fascination with weddings (she likes to draw pictures of mommy and daddy getting married lately too), but she does look pretty cute.  And I see many hours of dress up in her future.