Kierstin's Christmas Program

Kierstin's preschool class put on a cute little Christmas program. She did such a fabulous job. She loves to sing. As you can see, her best friend Stefan was not quite as excited to participate!

Crazy Seniors!

We spent the last night of our trip at my parents house. They live in a golf course community for age 55+ and they are crazy. They have a golf cart parade where they decorate the carts with lights...not just a little strand of lights, these things are decked out. Some of them even pulled little trailers with illuminated teeter totters, Santas, and other random holiday stuff! The kids loved it. They decorated my parents golf cart with a few strands of lights and joined in the parade. After everyone meets up at the clubhouse, they drive through the neighborhood and stop for drinks (not water or soda) at houses that have set up drinking stations. Scary....seniors driving golf carts while intoxicated~good thing they don't move very fast!

More fun

Kierstin spent a lot of time dressed as a princess. My mom, Darin and I took her to lunch with the princesses...she loved it.
The boys loved all the rides. This is the first year they've been tall enough to ride almost everything and that they've wanted to ride everything. Garrett has always been ready to ride anything....just not tall enough. Gavin has been tall enough...but not brave enough. At last, the planets aligned and it was fun. Garrett's favorite ride from all the parks was Expedition Everest and Gavin's was Space Mountain. Kierstin loved Small World and the parades.

Mickey's Magical Christmas Party

We went to a Christmas party one evening. I cannot even imagine the electric bill Disney will have next month!!!! The lights were amazing. The castle was all lit up and changed colors. Kierstin, once again, loved the parade.

ICE

On Tuesday, we took a break from the parks and went to visit ICE at the Gaylord Hotel. It was a giant indoor ice sculpture exhibit. To preserve the sculptures they keep it at 9 degrees...thus the cool blue coats, being in FL, they provide you with coats when you go in. They even had an ice slide that took 30 days to sculpt. The kids and I all tried the slides, they were actually pretty fast.

First day at the parks

The Magic Kingdom was the first park we visited....no surprise there! Kierstin LOVED the parade where she got to see the princesses. The boys loved the rides.... in this order - Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain.

Here's my sister, Windy, and Yaya and Kierstin on the boring People Mover ride in Tomorrowland.



We were lucky to meet up with our friends who were at Ft. Riley with us. Here's Libby with Kiki and Gavin.

The kids all loved exploring Tom Sawyer's Island.

The Jungle Cruise....always good for a few knee slappers. Our driver was actually funny this time.

Ahhh, the parades, the princesses......


We ended the night by riding the monorail back to Epcot and walking back to the Boardwalk where we stayed. The lights were great.

Disney World!

We just returned from a fun-filled (and exhausting) week in DisneyWorld. We went with my parents and my sister and her husband. The first day the boys, Darin and I went to Disney Quest. None of us had been there before. We really enjoyed it. It was 5 stories of virtual reality and video games. After Disney Quest, we met the rest of the gang for dinner at the T-Rex Cafe and a stroll around Downtown Disney. The boys loved the Lego store and Kierstin loved the Disney store...she was pumped to see the princess statues outside the store.

Gavin wins again!

The Colorado Springs Gazette held a writing contest again this year. Gavin and Garrett both entered. They ended up in the same category (1st-6th grade) and Gavin won first..second year running. Garrett is okay with not winning, he understands he was one of the youngest writers. However, he is jealous that Gavin gets to be in the paper again.

They had to write about a photograph of an old truck with Christmas lights on it. Both of their stories were great.

Thanksgiving preschool style

Kierstin's preschool class sang a little song before their Thanksgiving feast....here's my interpretation of Kierstin's thoughts.
Um, Indian boy, do you really need to stand that close to me?


When will this ever end?

Is it possible to be more bored?

OOOOOOOHHHH, I see we get apple juice, well it was worth it then!
She actually did a great job in the little performance, but every photo I have makes it look like she's a juvi bored out of her mind!

A Princess?

You know you are a princess surrounded by boys when.....