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September 9, 2016

After a fun day at Legoland, we made the quick drive over to Orlando and were happy to check into the Grand Floridian! There was a little hitch with our reservation and they didn’t give us connecting rooms which was far from ideal. Happily, they made it beyond right by giving us a 2 bedroom suite! Woohoo! It was the ideal setup for our crew and gave Robert a great place to watch the AL game that night! Roll Tide! While sorting out the room situation, Samantha was having a ball in the hotel lobby and even met a princess!

disney

Things were going great and, miracle, all kids had gone to bed early and were sleeping great…until 2:30am when I hear this thunk thud aaaaaaahhhhhh! Spencer fell out of bed and hit the nightstand WITH HIS MOUTH. There was plenty of screaming, blood, busted lips, and messed up teeth. Oh boy. What is it with me and mouth injuries?? We got him cleaned off and calmed down and back to bed. It then took me another hour to get Baby back to bed! The next morning, Spencer’s mouth was pretty swollen and I was able to text the dentist and get an antibiotic called in for him. Trying to avoid the dreaded gray tooth! Despite it all, Spencer was SUCH a trooper and ready for a day of fun at the Magic Kingdom – as we all were!

disney

Our first stop was Barnstormer and then we hit up Dumbo and Ariel…

dumbo

and the Teacups (which Samantha loved)…

teacup

really LOVED!  🙂

teacups

We then took a little frozen lemonade break. Refreshing in the scorching heat!

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It was then time for our Seven Dwarfs Mine Train fast passes…the best ride!

disney

disney

Keeping up with Samantha in the park is a challenge. She either doesn’t want to be in the stroller and wants to be held, or doesn’t want to be left behind when her brothers get to ride rides! GJ nicely volunteered to take Samantha with her to pick up Spencer’s medicine and then hang out at the hotel. Robert and I got to enjoy the park with the boys for the rest of the day while baby got to have a relaxing “air conditioned” lunch!

disney

The boys and I had some lunch and then headed over to Splash Mountain. The wait was long but we decided to go for it. Spencer was SO excited that he was finally tall enough to ride!!

splash mountain

They both obviously loved it and it was well worth the wait!

splash mountain

We then headed to Main Street to watch the parade and eat some ice cream.

ice cream

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We then sat through the Carousel of Progress and ended the day with Buzz Lightyear!

buzz

buzz

Of course, before we could get back to the hotel, we somehow ended up getting talked into buying Light Sabres! Oh well, they were fun for all!

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More Disney Monday!

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Legoland!

September 8, 2016

Because you only turn 6 once…and because we’re a little bit crazy…we took the kids to Legoland last weekend to celebrate Maxwell’s birthday a little more! We planned this trip a few months ago, long before we knew Hurricane Hermine was going to hit Florida the day before we were supposed to go! But, other than a delayed plane flight out, we had no other problems and barely even any rain.

The crew was excited to fly out Friday afternoon…

legoland

and we were all excited to meet up with GJ and Daddo and get to the Legoland hotel Friday night! Everyone loved the disco elevator and the cool pirate Lego room. It only took the boys about 3 minutes to figure out the code to open the treasure chest!

legoland

The hotel really was neat and the kids had fun the next morning playing with all the Legos in the lobby…

legoland

and then we walked down the path to Legoland!

legoland

We started out in Miniland visiting all the cities made out of Legos…

miniland

and then we raced cars, drove boats, saw Lego friends, and road rides!

legoland

legoland

legoland

legoland

We also melted because it was SO HOT and SO HUMID.

legoland

There were a few little rain showers but nothing too long or bad. Our favorite ride was the Dragon roller coaster that both boys could go on. We did that one twice! By lunchtime we were hot, tired, and ready to go. We stopped off at the Lego store (of course) and then grabbed lunch before heading out. We conquered Legoland and had another adventure to go on…to the happiest place on earth!  🙂

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Avengers Assemble!

September 7, 2016

We celebrated Maxwell’s 6th birthday this year with an awesome Avengers party here at the house. He drew the invitations…

invitation

and we emailed them out to all of his old friends plus his new kindergarten class – 33 kids in all! We had a big group but thankfully we also had a beautifully sunny (and hot!) day for them to all play outside, jump in the bounce house, get their face painted, get a balloon made, bust open a piñata, and enjoy cupcakes!

We had the house all decorated…

6th bday party

We had treats for everyone…

6th bday party

And we had a very happy birthday boy!

6th bday party

6th bday party

6th bday party

6th bday party

Of course we couldn’t have pulled it off without the help of GJ!

6th bday party

6th party

The only hitch of the day was when they came to deliver the bounce house and we realized it was too big to fit in the backyard! Uh oh! We moved to Plan B and put it in the driveway and I think that worked out even better. The face painter was Maxwell’s favorite part and the balloon man was the surprise hit of the party! My smartest move of the day was hiring 2 high school girls to be helpers!

face paint

6th bday party

Maxwell had no problem blowing out his candles…

6th bday party

6th bday

6th bday party

and the piñata was a hit! Literally! Even if Robert did have to finish it off to finally get it to bust open!

piñata

piñata

6th bday party

Everyone had a great time and we all loved getting to party with Maxwell!

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bday party 6th

bday party

I also have to brag on Maxwell because he had all his thank you notes written in 3 days!

thank you notes

It was a super fun party for a super awesome kid!!

6th bday party

I sure do love celebrating Maxwell!

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Morning pics

September 6, 2016

Color week – again!

Gray (or pink) Monday…

gray

Brown Tuesday – and his birthday!…

brown

Black and White Wednesday…

black and white

Purple Thursday…Maxwell didn’t have anything purple so Baby represented!

purple

and ANY color Friday!

friday

I think someone was a little more excited for Friday than the other two!  🙂

School days!

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Happy Labor Day

September 5, 2016

Hope you’re “hanging out” somewhere fun today!

hanging

We sure are!

hanging out

Enjoy the day off! See you tomorrow!

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