House updates

View down the hall upstairs from the gameroom to the entry way

It's been a while since we got to take some pics of the house! We've got a roof now, and electrical is pretty much done, the a/c is in....but there's still a long way to go. It'll be done some day!

Holiday Identity Crisis

Putting out the Milk and Cookies for Santa

We were making cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve...Chelsea came out of her room and wanted to be a "pin-cess", so I was ok with that. Then Ethan, remembering that was her Halloween costume, immediately wanted to wear his Spider Man costume. Who am I to stop them? Ethan did a good job on the cookies. When I told him the next morining that Santa ate the cookies, he said "That wasn't very nice". He simmered down when he realized Santa didn't eat ALL the cookies we made!

Can you tell he got "busted" in this picture eating the dough?

Nice try, Chelsea!

a few days before Christmas, Chelsea decided her feet were cold and these would do...

she ultimately decided they were too big, and that she'd much rather just let Santa put toys in them!

Disney Day 5-Magic Kingdom

I'm glad we did Magic Kingdom in 2 days. There's just so much to see and do. Lets you kinda relax and take it all in, and actually let the kiddos play, not just drag them from ride to ride. They were so good for the entire trip. I was very sad it was our last day there :(we had breakfast at the Polynesian Resort--that place looks and even SMELLS the same as when I stayed there over 20 years ago!!

Chelsea wasn't big enough to ride most of the rides, but she didn't care. She loved getting pushed around in her stroller, taking naps, and having food readily available, and she LOVED live shows! This was her first roller coaster--Goofy's Barn Stormer. She was so cute saying "weeeeeee" over the humps and dips.

There's a cute little play area between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland for the little ones to play. They had a ball, and it's a good break for mom and dad. I love this second picture...Ethan coming down the slide head first ready to bulldoze his sissy!

Disney Day 4-Magic Kingdom

We finally made it to the Magic Kingdom for day 4. I totally recommend doing the other parks first, then Magic Kingdom last when you have little ones--it's like the BIG finish!

We had breakfast with Tigger, Pooh, and gang at the Crystal Palace that morning. Chelsea was again shy whenever the characters came around, so that's why I love this first pic...it's like "what? where's Tigger?"

family shot with Pooh

Me, Ethan, Wendy, Morgan, and Ally on Splash Mountain-Ethan LOVED it, rode it over and over. Oh yeah, Uncle Jerret and his dad "paw paw Dan" were on it with us this time, too!

Ethan, Daddy, Uncle Jerret, Ally and Morgan on Splash Mountain


I thought the Castle looked awesome once it got dark and they had all kinds of purple lights shining on it....then the Fairy Godmother came out and started babbling on and on about wanting the castle to be decorated special for Cinderella for Christmas. Boy were we surprised when she finally stopped talking and waved that wand and the lights started flickering on! It was incredible! I had never been to Disney around Christmas before and they sure deck the place out!

Disney Day 3-Epcot

To start the day off right for Epcot, we all had breakfast at the Wilderness Lodge Resort. It was a beautiful resort, and it was a HUGE breakfast! Highly recommend it!

(me and my sissy)

(Ethan and Chelsea at Epcot)

(Morgan and Ethan in Japan--we ate lunch there)

(Ethan with his Mickey ice cream)

(family pic inside Bruce)

(they had a blast-we closed down the park). We had super-late dinner reservations for the

Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue (click for more pics)

(Chelsea getting ready for some chickin and ribs!)

At the end of the show and meal, everyone starts to wave and twirl their napkins around....Ethan frantically found the nearest one--that happened to be full of food and crumbs--so
bits were flying everywhere! Morgan obviously found it amusing!!

They also bring out washboards for all the tables to play along! It's such a fun show, and SO worth it, even if you have to wait until 9:30 at night to eat dinner!

Disney Day 2-Animal Kingdom

Chelsea on the bridge-excited to see Mickey and Pluto fishing!

I think her favorite is Goofy--every time she saw him, she would just yell "Goopy!! Goopy!!"

All the kiddos-Ally, Morgan, Chelsea, and Ethan, before the 3-D Bug's Life Show

My boy with Pocahontas!

Daddy and Chelsea on Safari



Later that night we ate dinner at the beautiful Grand Floridian with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Step Mother, Step sisters, and all. Chelsea just needed a power nap before the party started!

She finally woke up and joined the party-She was telling Cinderella she was a "Pin-cess"

She managed not to sleep through a bowl of ice cream as big as her head!!
That's my princess!!

Drizella tried...but she can't have him!

Disney-Day One

We went to Hollywood studios the first day. The kids had a blast before we even got to the park when they saw they were going to be riding on buses....they would just jump and shout "school bus, school bus".Ethan actually conquered the Tower of Terror...TWICE! Didn't really like it too much the second time around--they change the rise/fall sequence and it threw him off!(Tower of Terror)

Chelsea loved the Toy Story ride the second time around....slept through waiting in line and the entire ride the first time. That's such a cool ride. (green army dude outside Toy Story ride--I love how he even has the plastic thingies on his feet)

I love 3-D. Ethan was hilarious watching the Muppet 3-D show. He was jumping around, grabbing at things, cackling! Chelsea hated the "interactive" part--anything that blows air or sprays water and she's out.

She loved the Playhouse Disney Live show. She just stood there frozen in disbelief....Ethan tried to charge the stage (but to his defense, he had daddy telling him to move up, and the couple in front of us telling him to "go up"). It was funny hearing the collective *gasp* of us, as well as a few other parents sitting around-but the bouncer caught him and he politely went back to his place and continued dancing.

We got Windows.

Again...at least it's progress...Sorry the pics are dark, it was getting late.

Some more framing

OK, I'm a little obsessed...but it's just exciting to see daily progress...i know that won't last long once the "outside" is done.

Framing!

After seeing a "fine slab" sitting there for 2 1/2 weeks, it was a nice surprise to drive past one day and see something going vertical! This was after a few days of work.

Chelsea's First Haircut

My baby girl had been bald for so long...but she finally has enough hair that the time has come to at least get it trimmed and shaped up so it can start growing "right". She wasn't gonna have anything to do with sitting in that big, fun car chair, so mama had to hold her....and she had to be bribed iwth a sucker. Other than that it was a piece of cake.

My pretty little blonde angel!
(nope, not even one red-headed baby)