We have a friend who flew the KC-10 for the Air Force. So we decided to go and check it out. First, we all crammed into the cockpit: Then we each got to be the pilot: The children are all now talking about becoming pilots. I told them they were going to have to […]
When we got back to base camp, Emery and Cole decided to climb the tree. Jim took these photos, because I refuse to look at them while they’re climbing. So if you’re a nervous mom, you may not want to look at the bottom photos! (But don’t worry, Jim checked out the tree and it […]
Once we had base camp set up, it was time to go check out the air show stuff. So off we headed: And we found the jumpy things: It was a lot of fun until Indigo got hurt: So we gathered everyone together: And walked over to the planes: First we walked through […]
Greyden’s zone is the kitchen sink area. He is responsible for washing all the big dishes. Yep, all the pots and pans and everything (except the milk pails – Cole and Emery each have to do their own). He’s also responsible for loading and unloading the dishwasher. Which happens about twice a day at our […]
Emery keeps getting poison ivy on his feet. We don’t know how he keeps managing to do it, but he does. We’ve washed every pair of shoes the kid owns, and he still will get it periodically. So I’ve decided to make a poison ivy soap. Jewelweed is the best plant for fighting poison ivy. […]
Yesterday, Jim was pushing us to finish our work early so we could have a family surprise. What was our surprise? The Charlestown Hot Air Balloon Glow. It was a hot, muggy evening with no breeze. (On a side note, we used our bug off lotion stick b/c the bugs were awful and they worked […]
Our last night at Disney, we had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern. They normally don’t have character dining, but since the Crystal Palace is being renovated, they moved the characters to the Liberty Tree. So we got to share our dinner with some good friends: Mom and Dad’s favorite part was that the […]
This was one of the the kids’ favorite things to do at Disney: Here they are accepting their mission and Secret Agent status and receiving their Kimmunicator: They’ve been sworn in and are now officially Spies (they look it, don’t they): Getting their first assignment: Their mission is going to take […]
Our absolute favorite restaurant of our entire Disney vacation (and this is unanimous) was: It had the most amazing family buffet you can imagine. We didn’t take pictures of the food (because we were too busy eating it), but they brought around huge skewers of the tenderest food ever. My mouth is watering just […]
Swimming is always a highlight of our Florida vacations. Here Brett is trying to explain to the girls that it is too cold for them to swim: The older children all had a great time: Hewitt put on a brave face despite the fact that he wasn’t swimming: Jade – not so brave a […]
We were having dinner at Boma’s restaurant one night. I was very excited about it because it was an African buffet style restaurant and I couldn’t wait to try some of the food that I’d heard about from our African friends. Boma’s is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so Indigo and Jade decided they […]
We had dinner out and the children were all given a few crayons to color with (God Bless whoever came up with that distraction). We enjoyed our dinner and left. A few hours later, I discovered Indigo looking like this: Yes, that would be blue crayon drawn all over her mouth. I’m not sure what […]
During dinner last night, I asked the children why we celebrated Easter. When I ask questions like this, I always start with the youngest and go up. Mom: “So, why do we celebrate Easter?” Jade: “Cause we make soap” Indigo: “Cause we make lots of soap” Hewitt: “Cause we make soap and sell it to […]
Norway (in Epcot) had a little ride and a movie about the country. Afterwards they let you out through their gift shop. Hmmmm…. not sure that was a great idea: Do you know what it took to get the children to put down those weapons? Especially Jade:
Animal Kingdom was the one day we went into the park that it rained. Which was a bummer. Or was it… Normally we just get to watch the Lion King Show (our favorite section to sit in is the Lion Section). But not this year. This year we got to participate. Twice. Emery, Fletcher, and […]