Oh The Activities

We are nothing short of busy just like any family that has two working parents and two little monsters in the house.  To top off our busy schedules we decide to go crazy and throw some extra activities into the mix here and there.

 The girls had fun decorating cupcakes on St Patty's Day as I was upstairs with a friend sorting through and giving away a ridiculous amount of baby gear and clothing.

 The girls have a love for all things sprinkles so if you look closely you will see that this cake says, Welcome to FL Mike.  Everything deserves some kind of sweet, doesn't it?

 Oh yes, milkshakes on a train with as many rides around the parking lot as you would like.

I know I have a stroller, but your name is YaYa which means you must hold me.

This ride actually took A really high in the air and I think that I held my breath until the moment that it came to a stop.  Grr is not allowed to pick the rides anymore, the one before this involved water.

I can just imagine the conversation...

Row, Row, Row

Flipping cold, yes COLD in Florida in the Spring.  I don't know what was happening with the cold this year, but it put a damper on a lot of our plans including the St Augustine Seafood Festival.  We got there just in time to eat some shrimp, do a little craft shopping, ride a few rides and then run to the car in order not to freeze.

Theme Days

I always find it amazing how excited A gets when there is a theme at school.  I really wish there was a theme everyday because A will pop out of bed and actually get dressed before dancing all around the house.  On the days that there isn't a theme it is put on one sock and then walk around the house, put on another sock and read a book, get yelled at to her up and then put on a shirt.  AHHHH the mornings can be so stressful sometimes.  The only saving grace is that P no longer has Velcro shoes which means I am not chasing her all over the house trying to find where she has stuffed her own shoes because she wants to wear mine.

GOAL

We have officially made it through our first season of organized sports.  The weather wasn't much help considering that there was rain at a majority of the games and our fair share of cold too, but we officially made it through the season.
There were a few temper tantrums which meant pep talks from Daddy along the way, but I am pretty sure that A enjoyed her new sport.

Come on Ada, I want to go to Chick Fil A

Sometimes it is just easier to pick up the ball and run.

A with Coach Sam

Snack time for the team

Adelaide is such a lucky little girl, she has so much support from family and friends with everything that she does.  My favorite part of the season had to be when Adelaide realized that the Meatballs were there to see her and she ran off of the field to say hello.  During the same game she saw us set up the little girl chairs and was furious that her sister was able to sit and watch while A had to run around during the game.  She literally ran off of the field, sat in the chair, grabbed her sisters juice box and watched the rest of her team run in circles.

The Meatballs came to watch too

YaYa trying to convince her to get back on the field.

We were so very proud of A and the progress that she made over her six games.  She started out the season by just standing in the middle of the field watching the ball roll right by her.  By the time that the season ended she was literally the only child running on the field trying to finish the game, everyone else has surrendered.  Onto the next new activity...flag football! 

Roaring in Animal Kingdom

Yes, it is official that these crazy little girls have been spoiled by the Mickey sightings this year, but we couldn't leave Orlando without one more stop.  This was the first time that any of us had been to AK and we thought that it was a great ending to our weekend.  No lines, overcast and a smaller park that would tire out the girls before our drive home. 

 Best part of the day was definitely the Safari.  Someone how we got really lucky and were pushed to the front of the line and were able to sit in the front rows of the first truck.  Did you notice how much I harp on the fact that we had no lines?  I don't know who enjoyed this activity the most because we were all grinning ear to ear. 

love this pic, doesn't he look like a proud Daddy

 A and P both liked the fish, but when the birds got too close to A she absolutely did not like that and we had to get out of there.

 No doubt that the Mommy and P in this group loved this show, while A did not.  Penelope was bouncing, laughing and dancing while the giant animals came to the stage, but A would have preferred to go back and see Mickey one more time. 

 After a short train ride we were at the petting zoo, this picture is A begging me to let her get as far away from the animals as possible.  P probably would have loved it, but at this point in the day she was too busy running around and taking her shoes off to care.

 If you zoom in on our little family photo you will see the terror in A's eyes, HATED Rafiki.

 As soon as lunch was over it was definitely time to head home.  Everyone was tired, it started to sprinkle and we had dinner waiting for us at Grr's house. 
I should also note that these trips are long overdue for their post because this little outing happened in February and I just found the pics on my computer, whoops.

Epcot State of Mind

Wake up Daddy it is time to see Mickey, AGAIN!  Oh yes, we went back for round two of the Disney Magic however this time we were off to see Mickey at Epcot and Animal Kingdom.  One shuttle ride from the hotel on Saturday morning and we arrived to a line to get into Epcot, NO WAY the Gasbarro's were early for something.  We were standing there waiting when I looked up and someone who looked familiar, but thought that there was no way with all of these people around do I see someone from college that I haven't seen in a decade.  Eventually I thought I will just say her name and if she doesn't turn around I will know for sure that I need to go get new glasses.  Surprise, it really was my sorority sister that lived a few states away.  A great way to start our morning. 

First agenda item of the day was to find as many characters as we could and I must say that we had great success.  The girls were very patient in the short lines until Penelope decided that running around in circles would be much more entertaining.  So most of the pictures are of her running away from the characters and photo bombing other people.

Yes, that is Penelope rolling away

Adelaide's favorite part of the day was definitely Nemo.  She was scared at first, but eventually she warmed up and started having a great time.  P couldn't sit still through Crush talking to the kids, but there is no surprise there.

We went all the way to Orlando to play at the park, but this one was special because they were launching the OZ movie coming out.  There were carnival games where the prizes were flower seed packets and a few cute photo ops of course.  It did take a lot of convincing to get the girls to leave this area.

Epcot allowed us to travel the world which allowed A to scratch Norway off of her list of places to visit.  Poor little girl was terrified of the ride and I definitely felt like a bad parent for taking her on it.  It has been years since I've been to Epcot and I really didn't remember the ride and the fact that it was dark and had trolls jumping out at you.  Whoops, I'll try and remember for next time.

See you later Donald, thanks for the fun but it's my nap time and Daddy says that we have to go.