Staycation Vacation - The Final Chapter

Our last day of our staycation was spent sleeping in and then heading to Downtown Disney to walk around and bowl at Splitsville. I love this place and the kiddos have so much fun bowling. Scott had never been before, so it was a definite blast showing him to ropes. 

After an hour and a half on the lanes, we headed home to get the puppies. To say they missed us would be an understatement. 

I was able to stay home with the kiddos for another two days. We went to the movies and saw both Home and Cinderella. We even brought Mimi with us to see Cinderella. 

Our Spring Break was so chill and relaxed, it really was the best. I know the kids had a great time and it's a trip they will talk about for years to come. 

Shoes Really Do Change Your Life

The kiddos were due for new shoes so I did what I always do, went to the Stride Rite outlet by us. It was truly a heinous experience, which is unusual since I've loved this store for the past 3 years. Anyway, we didn't find shoes and were not helped at all, so we left.

Aaron wanted a very specific pair of shoes, which is one of the reasons I hate ads on channels for the kiddos. Aaron is obsessed with all things Super Hero Squad and when he saw the commercial for the new  Avengers sneakers he about lost his mind. I thought he'd want the Captain America shoes (normally his favorite), but he decided he wanted Iron Man. I heard about Iron Man shoes for like a month before finally caving. I'll tell you what though, it was worth every penny to see the look on his face when he got his shoes.

Jill decided on a pair of light up (and boy do they light up, sunglasses anyone?) Cinderella shoes. Like Cinderella, these shoes have apparently changed her life. Who knew?

Both of them have been wearing their new shoes since the moment they came to the door. Aaron has only tried to be Iron Man (read: jump off of things thinking he can fly) a handful of times. Jill is practically blinding us each time she runs by.

Their happiness over new shoes makes me happy though. How could you not love two kiddos running around excited because they got new shoes?

The Rule of 3

Yesterday we took the kiddos to Magic Kingdom with every expectation of finally meeting Rapunzel. That sooooooo did not happen. We need meet a bunch of other princesses though, and I think that made up for it. First we met Cinderella:


Then we met Aaron's girlfriend, Belle. He even let her play with (and hold) his tram. She should feel very lucky because he doesn't even let me play with the tram.


We also met Aurora and Ariel with Prince Eric. Aaron did not want to meet Ariel and Eric, he spent his time hiding behind Scott.


Finally, we met Tiana. Hands down she was the kids favorite and the only one Jill wasn't too "shy" to meet.


That was the awesome part of our day. The not so awesome part was that the day before my Explorer bit the dust and wouldn't start. We had it towed and they were running diagnostics on it. We got the call while in line to meet Tiana that the engine, essentially, was gone. Awesome, right? The silver lining is that it happened while we were all at home and not out somewhere. Obviously it sucks that we are down a car, especially when we were so close to having it paid off. We are trying to figure out what to do at this point. To top it off my coffee pot died that morning too, so I'm hoping that both of those happening completes the rule of 3 and that we are done with things breaking.

Now we're going to try and make the most of this weekend and hope to God that nothing else breaks, or overflows.

College fund? More like therapy fund....

We went to Downtown Disney the other night to meet up with my brother Chris and sister in law Pam for dinner. For once in our life post twins we were really early (if you have twins or more you know this does not happen often) so we had a chance to let the kids run around in the Lego playground. They had actually just opened it because it was too hot earlier in the day, so nobody was there, which was perfection.

Notice how Aaron is sliding, my sister Cathy calls this the reverse Superman. He does it every single time he slides, I have no idea why. Aaron was also a super big boy and climbed the rock wall they have there without any help. Jill was content walking up the stairs and going down the slide. Naturally, she smiled and made sure everyone was watching when she went down the slide. I have a serious diva on my hands.

After they played for a while we thought it would be better to go cool down somewhere, I mean it is only 100 degrees without the humidity outside. As we were walking around Jill spotted "the pretty" aka Cinderella. Jill and Aaron both ran over and gave the statue tons of hugs.


Do you see how tan my children are? Definitely not a gene that was inherited from me. It's probably that not-enough-of-a-fraction-to-get-a-scholarship Cherokee that they have. Lucky kids.

We ended up having dinner at T-Rex which is a favorite of mine because the kids can be loud and nobody cares. Genius I tell ya! The only problem is Aaron was not a fan, at all. He laid in my lap the entire time. I know he got spooked the last time we went to Rainforest Cafe, giant animatronic gorillas can do that to a kid, but I thought we'd be ok at T-Rex. Not so much. He was crying the second we walked in. He survived though and I just went ahead and added another $5 to his therapy fund for when he's older. Really, it's the least I can do at this point.

Minus Aaron not having a great time, dinner was good. Jill talked the entire time (I know Cathy the apple doesn't fall far from the tree blah blah blah) and reminded everyone that there were in fact trees above us, in case we missed that.

I'm wondering though, how can I get Aaron over the fear of these restaurants? Any tips?

Dinner with Cinderella and Company

It pretty much monsooned all day today, which I must say was nice this morning because the kids sleep for over 2 hours! But it did keep us in the house and out of the parks. We did get to meet up with Cathy and Lorren for dinner though at 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian. It's a character buffet that features all the characters from Cinderella. The kids really liked Lady Tremaine and the step sisters Anastasia and Drizella. They honestly could care less about Prince Charming and Cinderella. Plus, Prince Charming came the same time Scott did, so they were really not impressed with the Prince. Here are some photos....













Not too sure what is going on tomorrow yet. Hope you had a great day!