Update with iphone pics

My sister pointed out that since I finally caved and joined FB, I have neglected my blog...it's true! I want to keep this up b/c my Mother's Day gift each year is having the year printed into a huge book. I like to journal here for the kids...and it's so fun to look back at! 

The other night my dad came for dinner. The kids were off the wall. They were really excited to go to the dentist that afternoon and so happy grandpa was coming...they were beating him up, so he got the hard hat for protection. 

 They have this light sabers (they call life savers) that they like to sword fight with. Thanks Star Wars.

Hanging out in the theater room :)

I am getting brave...I went to the eye dr and decided to try some new glasses. I rarely wear glasses, but maybe I will now that I have some fun ones!  

From the front they aren't as crazy! I love how you can see the hint of pink at different angles though.

New shoes!! I ordered them as a "treat" since I had a great month at work :) I heart pink (and shoes). 

 Jack finally moved to a big kid soccer class. He was loving the parent/child class and it really was time to be done with that. He did ok for the first time, but kept running over to the side to see me. 

 The coach is hilarious. He sounds like he smokes a lot of pot--he's so funny, hippy-ish, etc. I am not sure if it's more fun for the kids or the parents. He is actually wonderful with the kids and that's all that matters :) 

 Hunter got to bring a friend to soccer last night. Alex from down the street came--he's 7 and in 2nd grade. They had SO much fun. The coach loved Alex so much and said he could come back any time to visit for free! Alex scored several goals and I think Hunter scored 1 or 2. 

Last year, not much interest in the bike...this year his legs are long enough and it's much more fun!! I love his boots and coat :)

 

Iphone photo dump--Disney cruise

I think these are the last of the Disney pics. I am too lazy to organize them....all from our phones :)

Breakfast in bed...it was Magic Kingdom day and we were up early! Jack loved waking up and eating right away!

Hunter loved the water slide. I think one day he and his little friend Lief went down it 20+ times. 

Ice cream 24/7. The kids loved it! Jack is the slowest eater on Earth, so he was a mess every time. 

Hunter and his friend Leif. They had so much fun in the kids club, pool, etc. Too bad they met half way through the trip. Their family was from Rhode Island I think. 

Captain Jack hair? 

Boys with our dinner friends--Alex :)

Sleeping on the plane on the way home...

Bacon anyone??

Tired kiddo on the way home...

Panoramic view of beach in Bahamas

Love his smile!! 

Pirate night...

Ahhhhh.....lovely water

More from pirate night :)

Disney Cruise--Day 7 and 8

Day 7 we stopped in Key West. I don't really know why they have a stop there on a cruise--there is nothing for kids. We went to the Key West Aquarium and then got back on the ship. We walked around a little bit, but it was hot and again, nothing for kids. We went when we were about 23 for a college friend's wedding and had a blast--that is a whole other story! 

Cool shark! 

They had this open area with about 15 sharks in it and you can see Jack leaning in. It was a little scary as the mom. I suppose they don't eat kids, but it still freaked me out. They also had sting rays you could touch, turtles, iguanas, python, and more. It was nothing like at the Toledo Zoo, but still neat for the kids! 

Jack ran into Goofy randomly in the hall one night after dinner. 

Our stateroom cleaner, Elsa, was AWESOME. She was super nice, made us some fun towel animals, and I gave her an extra nice tip for having to change wet sheets from the kids a few extra times. 

Evandro and Marcus being silly with the kids the last night at dinner. Hunter was not there...he had so much fun at the kids club the last day he stayed there and had pizza with his friends instead. 

The last day we were at sea the whole day and it was COLD. We were depressed not having our last day in the sun. The best part was getting both kids in the kids club for a few hours. Nick and I had all you can eat crab legs for lunch together and had two hours of peace. As we were walking out of lunch we got a text that Jack wanted to be picked up--good timing! 

Disney Cruise--Day 5 and 6

Day 5 we stopped in Port Canaveral and went to Magic Kingdom. It was PACKED as we expected. We got off the ship at 7:45am and took a one hour bus ride to the park. It was hot, crowded, and Jack was especially miserable. He seemed to be really hot and sleepy, so we were a little worried about him. We got fast passes to Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear ride, and rode a few others first thing. Jack slept in the stroller for a while which was good...while Hunter went on Space Mountain twice. It was Hunter's first roller coaster. I was worried b/c he barely fit the height requirement...and he's only 5 and as tall as a 7 year old. I was not excited about a semi-scary roller coaster in the dark being his first, but he was beyond excited. He LOVED it. I went with him first and then Nick took him right after with Jack's fast pass. Hunter was in the front row with Nick and seems to think that was pretty cool. He's one brave kid! I need to take him to Cedar Point on a day when it's not busy and do tons of rides with him...I love roller coasters!! 

You can see Jack's cheeks were flushed...he was so tired at this point. Right after lunch here we went and rented a stroller and he passed out within 10 minutes. 

This is not his usual happy face. 

Can you see my scowling? Nick was insisting on taking pictures at a really bad time. Of course the one with the bad back (ME) is the only one allowed to carry Jack. He is the biggest mama's boy. 

Waiting for Nick to bring us food

Passed out cold...

The next day was at sea and they had "Pirate night". We didn't go all out with outfits, but I used some liquid eyeliner...Nick was going for the Johnny Depp look--not so much. Him and his dumb hat. 

Handsome pirate! 

Another handsome pirate! 

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Jack and Rambo having a sword fight. Rambo had a sword and Jack had a spoon. This fight went on for at least two minutes...it was so funny! Jack won if you ask me! 

Jack was totally trying to attack Rambo with a spoon.