As most of you know, we had to go to Florida this past weekend for my grandfather's memorial service. So in my head... why not throw a trip to Disneyworld in there as well!?! By Friday night, I wanted to pack the car up and head home- Christopher was being a butt and Caleb couldn't nap... but it was super fun nonetheless! We ended up driving the whole way back Saturday...which eliminated Hotel #4 for Christopher. The boys were rock star travelers and we made it home with just one stop.
I am going to write this blog through pictures. :) and holy pictures! There are about a billion... in no real particular order.
Captain America Christopher (as he called himself) and Tiffany
Matt dressed up as IronMan and surprised Christopher at his daycare Halloween party. Of course, IronMan was needed to help Christopher get out of bed the next morning.
and Austin and his daddy- Mr. Incredible.
Elliot, Christopher, Luke and Austin
It was so fun to see all these boys playing together again!
Our trick or treating crew
Caleb getting his first treat! He stayed home with Nana and helped hand out candy.
And on to Disney pictures.... We left Monday morning after taking a tour of Christopher's (hopefully) preschool for next year. We drove in the pouring down rain and made it to our overnight destination of Lake City. Our plan was to drive most of the way Monday and then just have a couple hours to do Tuesday. Christopher was most excited about the 4 hotels we were going to be staying at while on this trip.
This was hotel number one! We got in around 5:30, ate dinner and just hung out. It was so relaxing- Caleb slept great and we were all well rested to drive into Disney the next day!
All unpacked and ready to get into our room- Christopher picked out pirate themed rooms for all of us. Nana and Granddaddy had adjoining rooms in all of our hotels and that was soo convenient.
Caleb chilling at the pool.
Christopher deemed this girl his new best friend.
Family photo on the way to Disney Springs!
It was Raquel's birthday this day... and since the teacups are her favorite, we sent her this picture to say Happy Birthday!
Operation #hugmickey! When I would ask Christopher before we went what he was going to say to Mickey and he would tell me "nothing, I'm just going to hug him."
Waiting to see Mickey- but that's not why I took this picture- check out his physique- you can see definition on his arms.
En route to Magic Kingdom for Christopher's day of Big Brother fun!
Dinner at some crazy dinosaur restaurant at downtown Disney.
Of course, Christopher would get stung by a bee on his hand in line to ride.
Hotel #2- the pirate rooms at the Caribbean Beach Resort
What??!?! Oh hey- Little Miss Avery! (This is from our time in Clearwater)
Matt said "Let's take a picture of him in case he gets separated from us"... um okay.
I think this was our first ride... Pirates of the Caribbean.
Driving the race cars.... oh my. Thank goodness for the rail down the middle.
Crammed into Dumbo.
Christopher and his "coffee"- he was all about some pomegranate lemonade.
Hotel #3- Christopher was pretending he was fishing with Caleb's activity mat poles.
I do not remember what he was eating... but he had some serious chocolate mouth! It could have been his chocolate chip pancakes he had at breakfast.
Testing out the water at the hotel.
Dinner at the Dinosaur restaurant. We were all trying to making it into this picture... Caleb's foot made it.
This was when we arrived at Disney. Christopher and Caleb got their own swords and eye patches. Caleb got his "1st Visit" Disney button too.
Of course they had a Lego store! I got some secret presents for him, including a Thanksgiving set for him and Uncle Anthony to put together.
We had a crazy, huge accomplishment this morning and I have to brag on my little one. C1 and C2 both woke up around 7- and they both wanted breakfast. I told Christopher I would get him his cereal in the middle of Caleb's bottle, to which he replied that he could make his own. I agreed to let him give it a whirl.. and he did it. Got his bowl, spoon, cereal and milk... poured the cereal up to the top (with a few on the floor that he got down and ate up) and dumped in the milk. We had bought a small container of milk when we got back from Florida so the container was just big enough for him to handle. I went ahead and washed the container out to fill it up for him to use again tomorrow to make his own cereal. He must have asked me ten times- "Mommy, are you proud of me?" We called to tell Matt and I am sure he was thinking... oh good now he can get up on his own, make his cereal and watch cartoons while we sleep. :)
And some videos...
And that is all... I think!
Have a great day!
Be kind.
