We celebrated his birthday earlier this month at the Fun Factory! He had lots of fun!
On his actual birthday he chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese! The kids all had fun playing games and eating pizza!
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Happy Birthday Brooks!!
Last Monday Brooks turned SIX! Our baby boy has turned into a big kid right before our eyes! He is ALL boy...and if you have a son, you know what I mean! I love it! He has the sweetest, tender heart. He is always picking flowers and bringing them to me, telling me he loves me loves me a million times a day and he likes to hold my hand. He also likes to run around wild like a banshee monkey and tackle his sisters! See, he keeps himself balanced. :)
We celebrated his birthday earlier this month at the Fun Factory! He had lots of fun!
On his actual birthday he chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese! The kids all had fun playing games and eating pizza!
We celebrated his birthday earlier this month at the Fun Factory! He had lots of fun!
On his actual birthday he chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese! The kids all had fun playing games and eating pizza!
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Spring Break in Disney: Days 3 & 4
Disney day 3 was spent at Animal Kingdom! This is when I tell you how extra we are! hahaha! My kids haven't been to Disney since Pandora opened. Flight of Passage is one of my favorite rides EVER. We had a fast pass for it later in the day BUT I knew the kids would want to ride it more than once so we were at the park at rope drop and we had extra magic hours that day! We RAN to that side of the park and still waited over an hour! I was shocked at how long we had to wait but WORTH IT.
After that we rode Everest which is another fav of mine! Then it was on to the safari where we got to see the new baby giraffe! SWOON! So cute! Pretty sure after that we had lunch. It's all kinda running together at this point but we also rode the Dinosaur ride and saw It's Tough to be a Bug. We went to our actual fast pass for Flight of Passage and this is when Noah and Reece realized they could use the people in our party that didn't ride's magic bands and RIDE IT AGAIN. That's three times, if you're counting. Smart kids, I tell ya.
We had a dinner reservation at the Rainforest Café, we couldn't get a reservation at Yak and Yeti-which is MY FAV but Rainforest was really good!! After that my family stayed and everyone else dipped! That's something else about us all travelling together-if some of us want to leave or do something different it's totally fine. Whatever goes!
We rode several more rides including Primeval Whirl. That normally would have made me sick but I was laughing so hard at Griffin and Peyton I didn't. haha! Josh took the littles on the Triceratops ride while we were on that one-I think they rode it 2 or 3 times.
At this point the park closed in like 10 minutes. I noticed Everest had a short wait time. It was a good 10 minute walk to the ride soooooo we RAN like fire. We literally walked into the waiting cue and the cast members shut the doors behind us! whew. Riding it at night was super fun! You could see the park all lit up so it was fun to see!
We ended up being there for 14 hours! We were pooped but had THE best day!!
Day 4 was spent at Hollywood Studios!
We rode the Tower of Terror, Rockin Rollercoaster(Josh's fav!), Slinky Dog Dash, Star Wars, Toy Story Mania and we caught the Frozen show! We had lunch at Mama Melrose and it was SO FRIGGIN GOOD! Yummo! If you haven't figured it out, we are all about some food in Disney!
We had tickets for Fantasmic but my fam opted out and went back to the resort. We were exhausted-probably from the 14 hour day before! haha! We went to the camp fire at the resort and made smores! So fun!!
That's it for days 3 and 4!
After that we rode Everest which is another fav of mine! Then it was on to the safari where we got to see the new baby giraffe! SWOON! So cute! Pretty sure after that we had lunch. It's all kinda running together at this point but we also rode the Dinosaur ride and saw It's Tough to be a Bug. We went to our actual fast pass for Flight of Passage and this is when Noah and Reece realized they could use the people in our party that didn't ride's magic bands and RIDE IT AGAIN. That's three times, if you're counting. Smart kids, I tell ya.
We had a dinner reservation at the Rainforest Café, we couldn't get a reservation at Yak and Yeti-which is MY FAV but Rainforest was really good!! After that my family stayed and everyone else dipped! That's something else about us all travelling together-if some of us want to leave or do something different it's totally fine. Whatever goes!
We rode several more rides including Primeval Whirl. That normally would have made me sick but I was laughing so hard at Griffin and Peyton I didn't. haha! Josh took the littles on the Triceratops ride while we were on that one-I think they rode it 2 or 3 times.
At this point the park closed in like 10 minutes. I noticed Everest had a short wait time. It was a good 10 minute walk to the ride soooooo we RAN like fire. We literally walked into the waiting cue and the cast members shut the doors behind us! whew. Riding it at night was super fun! You could see the park all lit up so it was fun to see!
We ended up being there for 14 hours! We were pooped but had THE best day!!
Day 4 was spent at Hollywood Studios!
We rode the Tower of Terror, Rockin Rollercoaster(Josh's fav!), Slinky Dog Dash, Star Wars, Toy Story Mania and we caught the Frozen show! We had lunch at Mama Melrose and it was SO FRIGGIN GOOD! Yummo! If you haven't figured it out, we are all about some food in Disney!
We had tickets for Fantasmic but my fam opted out and went back to the resort. We were exhausted-probably from the 14 hour day before! haha! We went to the camp fire at the resort and made smores! So fun!!
That's it for days 3 and 4!
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Spring Break in Disney: Days 1 & 2
My sister and her fam and my Dad went with us. Most people couldn't travel with that much family, but it's our jam! We are already planning a HUGE trip for next year!
Day 1 was our travel day! We had a super early flight and were in Orlando at like 9. We went to our resort, Port Orleans-Riverside, then caught the boat to Disney Springs! The boat was SO fun and we were glad we didn't have to travel by bus. We ate lunch and shopped for several hours before catching the bus back to the resort. We had a dinner reservation at Chef Mickey's so we wanted to freshen up!
Chef Mickey's was loads of fun, but the service was TERRIBLE! They made us wait 45 minutes for a table when we HAD A RESERVATION. Then the wait staff was SLOOOOWWWWW. Um, hello, do you see all these 7 kids at the table? Get with it! It was made up for when the characters started coming around. The kids-even the teenage ones-had the best time!
After dinner we called it a night because we had a full day at Magic Kingdom the next day!
We are ALL about getting to the parks early. At rope drop or VERY soon after. This is huge, people. The crowds are low and it's not so hot.
The first thing we did at MK was ride Pirates of the Caribbean. Mia was terrified. Everyone else enjoyed it but for the rest of the trip she was reminding us she hated it. haha! The next thing we rode was Splash Mountain. Well, the cool kids did! haha! Wet that early in the day was a no-go for half of us. Y'all know I was down for it no matter how wet I got.
And we GOT SOAKED. I've never gotten that wet on it before. I told my sister before I went to get on that she was a party pooper and wouldn't even get that wet because she was not riding. When I came back she laughed. haha!
We planned 2 days at MK and this day we tried to stay to the left side of the park. We rode Big Thunder Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Jungle Cruise, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Haunted Mansion....I can't remember what else. Basically all the things. OH and we did the Hall of Presidents! Don't miss this when you go!
We had lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern...It was delicious!
I think that pretty much sums up days 1 and 2!
