tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74024563394027920242024-03-18T01:03:32.086-05:00KARA'S STORIESKarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-29802224360682165852022-05-09T21:45:00.002-05:002022-05-10T22:00:38.816-05:00Bennett Is Six!<p>Our charismatic and always smiling Bennett turned six years old today! We have had to ask Siri several times a week "how many days is it until May 9?" for MONTHS now so this day has been anticipated for quite some time!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbT1fSdia020YSNakos6xXebW7LV86JaKze5jtVtFOCxbY4-nbw53d27EKehBGUVb65cizW-1gnldXt2yQsypuLDKua0v5BRw4IAOqTtt8oLbLzYbTGNVkqrDni3WSvYXikBoR6lOCvJg1BGPR8I7N2nXwFP5iS1qer3MKr8Nw-NQcZYrYGnUuiHNq/s6016/_RBL7466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbT1fSdia020YSNakos6xXebW7LV86JaKze5jtVtFOCxbY4-nbw53d27EKehBGUVb65cizW-1gnldXt2yQsypuLDKua0v5BRw4IAOqTtt8oLbLzYbTGNVkqrDni3WSvYXikBoR6lOCvJg1BGPR8I7N2nXwFP5iS1qer3MKr8Nw-NQcZYrYGnUuiHNq/w428-h640/_RBL7466.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On Saturday we celebrated Bennett with his friends at our house. Bennett LOVES a birthday party and said he wanted a Descendants party at our house with a bounce house in the backyard so his wish was our command. He had a wonderful day celebrating with his sweet little friends and we were so thankful for the beautiful weather we had, especially since the days leading up to it felt like monsoon season.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzQ-_SgofhFf_kkloypXzV5NElgS_QpCiTSK4ZJ-L59o8E9Ftt5MTPFScf21uTIvaQHGO9WXy9CX55x7Vv-iCTS0ZJhOs1Egeib1Ls6koTGBhj7zwAHxC6dzOs9ji-gg8TvGwjWbbMGVgu-0BchfMWivxor9Mb9HuBrN1BxYxaXJbh18YVC2wb90a/s6016/_RBL7435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzQ-_SgofhFf_kkloypXzV5NElgS_QpCiTSK4ZJ-L59o8E9Ftt5MTPFScf21uTIvaQHGO9WXy9CX55x7Vv-iCTS0ZJhOs1Egeib1Ls6koTGBhj7zwAHxC6dzOs9ji-gg8TvGwjWbbMGVgu-0BchfMWivxor9Mb9HuBrN1BxYxaXJbh18YVC2wb90a/w428-h640/_RBL7435.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Bennett loves the Descendants movies so he was set on a Descendants birthday party but he really wanted it to be mostly themed after the character, Carlos, which is his favorite character in the movie. We did our best to make our back yard look like the Isle of the Lost, Carlos style. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhBZW4tVtjkwwSPJtiH-9KO9VDYKqfx74AJ7pcKPZhtYBQwICfW7lcpZyetlk284KOVF3HzRd-Ac-I0EindV_y8zn2GI5SWEA5YsYI0Yech_zhnGhqg2t2Nw0jJA5aSidhVmGs_oss4MbT_3c9Fcme2H-2dHb6bE3FX3s4_S8hzXNWoUSw8dQVG18/s6016/_RBL7448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhBZW4tVtjkwwSPJtiH-9KO9VDYKqfx74AJ7pcKPZhtYBQwICfW7lcpZyetlk284KOVF3HzRd-Ac-I0EindV_y8zn2GI5SWEA5YsYI0Yech_zhnGhqg2t2Nw0jJA5aSidhVmGs_oss4MbT_3c9Fcme2H-2dHb6bE3FX3s4_S8hzXNWoUSw8dQVG18/w428-h640/_RBL7448.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr_tLJsO8CapMTae0aucfisYT44DZwFjENnNyXdyGf1F49i2eKpIanbjkuC_3ITt1TaMgwF6dAuZfzjatvFP0957sr9HTvKH2S9H9Ow4cgOAmuoA6c5VOQJMqFP2xsgzyQKA6vkrL0HuF0Iy7PDCE3SnW9sZDpBVsjK7-Ut0myc2NJVMvrCOnxsSM/s6016/_RBL7449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr_tLJsO8CapMTae0aucfisYT44DZwFjENnNyXdyGf1F49i2eKpIanbjkuC_3ITt1TaMgwF6dAuZfzjatvFP0957sr9HTvKH2S9H9Ow4cgOAmuoA6c5VOQJMqFP2xsgzyQKA6vkrL0HuF0Iy7PDCE3SnW9sZDpBVsjK7-Ut0myc2NJVMvrCOnxsSM/w428-h640/_RBL7449.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Bennett has grown up so much this year. I had a feeling kindergarten would do that to him. He seems so much more mature and he's obviously learned a lot academically. He has taken to school so well (minus getting out of the door so early in the morning) and loves school, his teacher and all of his new friends. It's been fun to watch him grow and he has always been so eager to learn so he's doing awesome in school and we're super proud of him!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb-ZOYLVVWTC_pj1TH7wwMOafbjLLs_Ggo3FB0si5T6ZOpzprU5ABMKVhakAPbUW0h5GtH8ZZwERS5rhLiawUmBbsz9Ns8o_G05HJiMtLks4XnocZsEHu48W1bEoS-xgBJ0JNmIlzzJwCujK_guiyp0afCu6fB2PreT9CHsj3IqF7WbdZkoZH9R1B/s6016/_RBL7470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb-ZOYLVVWTC_pj1TH7wwMOafbjLLs_Ggo3FB0si5T6ZOpzprU5ABMKVhakAPbUW0h5GtH8ZZwERS5rhLiawUmBbsz9Ns8o_G05HJiMtLks4XnocZsEHu48W1bEoS-xgBJ0JNmIlzzJwCujK_guiyp0afCu6fB2PreT9CHsj3IqF7WbdZkoZH9R1B/w428-h640/_RBL7470.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br />In his free time, Bennett loves being outside. We got him a new, big boy bike as an early birthday present over the weekend and yesterday he learned to ride it without training wheels. He literally picked it up instantly which is not surprising because he's good at everything he does. He's one of those kind of people, ha! Bennett also loves playing any kind of sport and riding his scooter. When he's not playing outside, you can find him playing his Nintendo Switch. He loves playing any Pokemon, Mario and Minecraft game. Bennett often wants to play board games and he loves nothing more than crawling in bed at night and having you read him a book. He loves grilled cheese for lunch and asks for a taco for dinner almost every night. </div><div>Bennett has a really kind heart. He is so sweet to his brothers and friends. He's just a really good person. We're so proud of him and love watching him grow. Bennett is a fun kiddo and we love him so much!</div></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-76546622498284406002022-03-28T21:53:00.004-05:002022-03-28T21:53:52.226-05:00Spring Break at Big Cedar<p>We got back from Big Cedar last night and, as always, we had the best time there! I love Big Cedar. It’s always such a relaxing and easy getaway. The property is so beautiful and I love staying in a cabin and enjoying the great outdoors. The last two years we’ve gone to Big Cedar to celebrate Campbells birthday and my parents and Scott’s parents always join us. It’s a less than 2 hour drive from our house to Big Cedar so it’s a nice, fun place to visit for a few days. </p><p>We seem to always start our trip off with lunch at Arnies Barn followed by a golf cart ride. The golf cart ride is always my favorite part of the trip. I don’t know why I enjoy it so much but I do! It’s so beautiful and it just feels nice to drive around a pretty scenic space in a golf cart I guess! Ha!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9khR8ZB9UT7E6YLTmI5wLgf7fnF_VYPyHnYBPjPnosnji4fbYTjogTl5bAPyVtmwcDkSwO3XJcVp7FSLoIPlpW0kPhzLjmUi1daHj4HhVR1j0X4O5QLrqUOlWB-SMgNDA8qhK6noVV1dOrecyso0CXmIBsinvJEnrJ4z_IQhHzy_z_NNbH8Z3VQZ8/s4032/35A17647-DC01-45E3-9A13-6EE6D8A73C5D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9khR8ZB9UT7E6YLTmI5wLgf7fnF_VYPyHnYBPjPnosnji4fbYTjogTl5bAPyVtmwcDkSwO3XJcVp7FSLoIPlpW0kPhzLjmUi1daHj4HhVR1j0X4O5QLrqUOlWB-SMgNDA8qhK6noVV1dOrecyso0CXmIBsinvJEnrJ4z_IQhHzy_z_NNbH8Z3VQZ8/w480-h640/35A17647-DC01-45E3-9A13-6EE6D8A73C5D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNLNsdm3vIixMu5erVOiH-V6VXlfJScPdG0w2TEnevkillYrTUvg1CNqGECGIMGT4AmtGIiINJpKVgZYuWlUThUmP1t0awhLT3MrAUnFP-dct2t7K8T-a31dXC9bAx38ONeXct4X_U5rHKWFhtogt3M7vec6mABNG4yceMpLJi3_7-Jn3x0RaedqG/s4032/D35128EF-CDD6-4E25-856F-21567F863830.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNLNsdm3vIixMu5erVOiH-V6VXlfJScPdG0w2TEnevkillYrTUvg1CNqGECGIMGT4AmtGIiINJpKVgZYuWlUThUmP1t0awhLT3MrAUnFP-dct2t7K8T-a31dXC9bAx38ONeXct4X_U5rHKWFhtogt3M7vec6mABNG4yceMpLJi3_7-Jn3x0RaedqG/w480-h640/D35128EF-CDD6-4E25-856F-21567F863830.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After our golf cart tour we took the kids to Fun Mountain to play laser tag, a few arcade games, and bowl. Before we knew it, it was getting close to dinner time so we headed back to our cabin to eat.<div>We don’t really love the food at Big Cedar to be honest. We’ve tried all the restaurants and are always a little disappointed. So we’ve learned it’s just easier and more enjoyable to bring our own food for dinner. My mom had pre-made chicken spaghetti for us so we put it in the oven to warm up and it was delicious. It was nice to be able to enjoy the day and not worrying about hurrying back to cook dinner or make a dining reservation. Plus my moms chicken spaghetti is soooo good. </div><div><br /></div><div>We stayed in the Bass Pro cabins this time and we loved them. The two bedroom cabin was wonderful for our family. We had only ever done the, what I call, classic cabins in the past and I liked the Bass Pro cabins much better. The Bass Pro cabins have an oven and the others don’t which is a big bonus to me. My parents stayed in the one bedroom Bass Pro cabin (we always request our cabins be close together) and I will say, I prefer the classic Big Cedar one bedroom cabin over the Bass Pro one bedroom cabin, no question. The bass pro one bedroom is much smaller with no sitting area so if you’re going just as a couple, I recommend the regular big cedar cabin. As a family though, I think the bass pro two bedroom is the way to go.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Saturday Campbell woke up us at the crack of dawn ready to celebrate his birthday and we were happy to do it. He opened some presents then we got dressed and headed towards the main area of Big Cedar. We piddled around the gift shop a bit and Wells loved playing with the big train table in the lobby.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveAV3acZ_fpYgfa7qwtt5uumCoh4VqE1voTw4z5YmZgDlPHykz18cxucJ1sKosP8bz6UWH_vS-okVko7hnP4ht62moQKkPEwbcP4R6HqJ5XW8Fy_HFoXxO6BJQDNhGaqukCTuSJA-2wo5aFKajDE27EJKJQpAMjs2waRzelaA8g_eCNJY23D5hdNF/s4032/A6EAB885-C469-4DEB-979E-04F63AAE5033.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveAV3acZ_fpYgfa7qwtt5uumCoh4VqE1voTw4z5YmZgDlPHykz18cxucJ1sKosP8bz6UWH_vS-okVko7hnP4ht62moQKkPEwbcP4R6HqJ5XW8Fy_HFoXxO6BJQDNhGaqukCTuSJA-2wo5aFKajDE27EJKJQpAMjs2waRzelaA8g_eCNJY23D5hdNF/w480-h640/A6EAB885-C469-4DEB-979E-04F63AAE5033.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We walked over to the Truman cafe for lunch. This is the only restaurant I really enjoy eating at here. I actually enjoy it a lot. The atmosphere is lovely and I love the soups and sandwiches. We usually eat lunch here every day when we stay at Big Cedar and I’m always really satisfied. The tomato basil soup and Turkey and Swiss sandwich is the best thing on the menu!</p><p>After lunch, we rented a boat to take out on Table Rock Lake. This is the first time we had ever done that and it was great!! The weather was cooler than we anticipated but it was still a lot of fun. We brought fishing poles to try to fish but we mostly enjoyed slowly cruising around the lake. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWvIQxZUOAd7rs0C3mVZ3cbC1bioJj7TVtWULJjnt-p7k7FT-lriVIEulCwBypsX6nRzWPV_DfLoCf5IeOC31DOtICRuK-SBxVSnueJ8_EQsjMpPiCHuiZc9PLa4ffXFF5fsewb7WOY6EwvlOn2yRSanP_DwARVdRdQI0cv2UhwI8GeqZ_xxyTY6x/s4032/6C9C84FC-DD8E-4140-BE85-DAC9ED37D0A2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWvIQxZUOAd7rs0C3mVZ3cbC1bioJj7TVtWULJjnt-p7k7FT-lriVIEulCwBypsX6nRzWPV_DfLoCf5IeOC31DOtICRuK-SBxVSnueJ8_EQsjMpPiCHuiZc9PLa4ffXFF5fsewb7WOY6EwvlOn2yRSanP_DwARVdRdQI0cv2UhwI8GeqZ_xxyTY6x/w480-h640/6C9C84FC-DD8E-4140-BE85-DAC9ED37D0A2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQfBfFwwWE0uXjpNEaVfWgShzhJH-nlIpJbCQMLY5DE1zl4LuhwvQ-OvxwvPEZkXZNHaa7vFrTBGx6fc8HTZTc75zcSdaYAmQTVRCsJYFUnVBxrR7owaV_1oivq3TMEQ-nxEz0E9SM1DPh6NUDsTf8SQbQZl1NHfVqCZogHdwQKK5s68i9L95ZSPE/s4032/D4772BEE-D511-4125-910A-20EC897F6765.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQfBfFwwWE0uXjpNEaVfWgShzhJH-nlIpJbCQMLY5DE1zl4LuhwvQ-OvxwvPEZkXZNHaa7vFrTBGx6fc8HTZTc75zcSdaYAmQTVRCsJYFUnVBxrR7owaV_1oivq3TMEQ-nxEz0E9SM1DPh6NUDsTf8SQbQZl1NHfVqCZogHdwQKK5s68i9L95ZSPE/w480-h640/D4772BEE-D511-4125-910A-20EC897F6765.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>After our boat ride we went back to our cabin to grill steaks and watch the Razorback game. While dinner was cooking, Bennett and I walked around the cabins for a bit and noticed people swimming in the pool. It was freezing outside so I had to feel the pool water to see what it was like and that’s when I discovered, after all these years, that the pool is heated. What?! I had no idea. There is also a hot tub. Bennett couldn’t run back to the cabin fast enough to tell Campbell. I scarfed my dinner down because the boys couldn’t wait one more second longer to go swimming. I have to say—it seemed like a pretty perfect way to end Campbells birthday!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jP3p9bFugr2CVwNBW1L9LXWOMsuLldMNAz6eWdzTPaU0oPNzuC2dVHPPth_PxAUGpddxqmm8nW80yCSO5i0bdmIAlAF8TuhVy7gU71YRTbw5ien4LqrPXe6H9MWOsI8goRbte0qe9zjlHyf1GkgE1-FlXfcbFKv9kg22ULBKSm-51Q0Hi_EjCFwg/s4032/A1E4046E-E1BD-4CB9-A1B2-482C548FFE1E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jP3p9bFugr2CVwNBW1L9LXWOMsuLldMNAz6eWdzTPaU0oPNzuC2dVHPPth_PxAUGpddxqmm8nW80yCSO5i0bdmIAlAF8TuhVy7gU71YRTbw5ien4LqrPXe6H9MWOsI8goRbte0qe9zjlHyf1GkgE1-FlXfcbFKv9kg22ULBKSm-51Q0Hi_EjCFwg/w480-h640/A1E4046E-E1BD-4CB9-A1B2-482C548FFE1E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The next morning we had breakfast and lunch at the Truman cafe. Took the boys back to fun mountain for rock wall climbing, bumper cars, and another game of laser tag. Then we packed up our car and headed back home.</p><p>We had a great time, as always. We’re already looking forward to going back!</p></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-8506593334268973072022-03-26T21:09:00.001-05:002022-03-28T21:25:22.649-05:00Campbell Is 8!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Our sweet Campbell turned eight years old today! He is growing up at lightening speed these days. I truly remember my days where it was just he and I like it was yesterday. Campbell was such a hard baby but ended up being the easiest toddler and continues to be an easy going kid with a sweet demeanor and tender heart.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0a3k1CghFppTpKznDLwGfXvwMjuRTjVXcklg5VRjLEVuQ6owwnXsIKLZjmDmHFDsgzJ20TQvWFT6vHG9AzLAeUsbm58NdMlMZ9gIFDQRLsPB7d0xzfTcnj2-mXMRw2uVS0_UU1PKGZ02aKRV8QBdvJ3QQlthFq6tC6VpovCuvBzy0cd_ZnJ7PDHD/s4009/5991BC8C-95D8-4A16-AE2C-3FF709EC9D61.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4009" data-original-width="3007" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0a3k1CghFppTpKznDLwGfXvwMjuRTjVXcklg5VRjLEVuQ6owwnXsIKLZjmDmHFDsgzJ20TQvWFT6vHG9AzLAeUsbm58NdMlMZ9gIFDQRLsPB7d0xzfTcnj2-mXMRw2uVS0_UU1PKGZ02aKRV8QBdvJ3QQlthFq6tC6VpovCuvBzy0cd_ZnJ7PDHD/w480-h640/5991BC8C-95D8-4A16-AE2C-3FF709EC9D61.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Campbell loves all things Pokemon. He loves collecting the cards and figurines, he loves reading pokemon books and he loves playing Pokémon games on his Switch. When not obsessing over Pokemon, Campbell loves riding his bike, playing gaga ball, reading books (Dogman is his favorite), and playing baseball. Campbell loves collecting things. He is for sure a homebody but he enjoys school and we’re so proud of how much he is growing and learning in his academics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tFUAEq8KsQe7VRT06YyRfaS1N1k2SoOMCM09LWafNA16blRBMVmLxK9rjotxpA3G3pEpvG-NDShBZ00wAAsOZCRtSMjKjE1BVC9JPOp_H7kk9hQ0ktlTeBSbU2NVV_n3-Kdhh-V5JiiZB6BImniWqB4uaqxnrxJCPEGHLD4NPL0qECPgWhwGkOND/s4032/633B0CA7-58C2-4AAE-A33E-6B7A7B84F8E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tFUAEq8KsQe7VRT06YyRfaS1N1k2SoOMCM09LWafNA16blRBMVmLxK9rjotxpA3G3pEpvG-NDShBZ00wAAsOZCRtSMjKjE1BVC9JPOp_H7kk9hQ0ktlTeBSbU2NVV_n3-Kdhh-V5JiiZB6BImniWqB4uaqxnrxJCPEGHLD4NPL0qECPgWhwGkOND/w480-h640/633B0CA7-58C2-4AAE-A33E-6B7A7B84F8E4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsWXg98S0ZXUs-EpVKMTKOKvaVDOQgKLRDhU41QEJ5YAuznlwpMdf0FuKM657R-AQGdbWBLfT262yxtCFjKJn7KMd4443ZPqO0nUdRKIs34E45Y5Nv9MdpCoE_DW_xHExidGuVpiZOaLFPYYDNtbuy2-RgCYPhYT5wLPuRAzYQigbNIVXtSY1-bbu/s4032/1432F7B5-AA90-4465-8F24-FCA5C383C71E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsWXg98S0ZXUs-EpVKMTKOKvaVDOQgKLRDhU41QEJ5YAuznlwpMdf0FuKM657R-AQGdbWBLfT262yxtCFjKJn7KMd4443ZPqO0nUdRKIs34E45Y5Nv9MdpCoE_DW_xHExidGuVpiZOaLFPYYDNtbuy2-RgCYPhYT5wLPuRAzYQigbNIVXtSY1-bbu/w480-h640/1432F7B5-AA90-4465-8F24-FCA5C383C71E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Since Campbells birthday always falls over spring break, we decided last year to start a tradition to come to Big Cedar with the whole family to celebrate it. We had a blast last year and now we’re back! We love our time here to hang out and have fun with family. Campbell gets to do a lot of really cool and fun things and he always has a great time. </p><p>Happy Birthday Campbell! I don’t think I could ever articulate into words just how proud I am of you. I love your sweet and gentle spirit. I love to watch you get excited about things. I have loved watching you grow into a kind young man. I hope you never change. You are everything I ever hoped you would be and the last eight years have been the best of my life. I love you!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-26176002350032467282022-03-17T20:27:00.002-05:002022-03-17T20:27:26.134-05:00Ivy & Madison Are Ten!<p> My sweet little girls are ten years old today! I can’t believe they’ve been with us for ten years now. These two are still as spunky as can be and for that I am so thankful. </p><p>Ivy and Madison are my constant shadows. Scott always says if he’s looking for me, he just follows the trail of the girls. They love a good snuggle and when they see me grab a blanket they get excited because they know it means we’re about to chill together. Madison sleeps on my pillow and as soon as I turn my alarm off, she gets in my face and wants a good morning kiss. Ivy patiently waits until I get the boys off to school and settled with my coffee before letting me know she needs some momma snuggles and a lot of loving. They both are so consistent with their wants and so predictable with what they need!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqn20VqE6s3ouqV04rm8CVf4ygRoBPau5VVdrtDrgSC34-1_IrQnfLl3zRuHz6C2nrxsW54sxaPeSMjUW9CHa-7mealVIIIVoywos_V6zRh7_8KhsRxgj4hiFh_IReOY3_S5kjUqXT6f3erGMcIOmbGC8UmATg2xwJDD8NbQ3t0kO1xijsUUrNKVx2=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqn20VqE6s3ouqV04rm8CVf4ygRoBPau5VVdrtDrgSC34-1_IrQnfLl3zRuHz6C2nrxsW54sxaPeSMjUW9CHa-7mealVIIIVoywos_V6zRh7_8KhsRxgj4hiFh_IReOY3_S5kjUqXT6f3erGMcIOmbGC8UmATg2xwJDD8NbQ3t0kO1xijsUUrNKVx2=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I love these two so, so much. They are the sweetest little love bugs and are adored by everyone in our family. Happy 10th Birthday Ivy and Madison! </p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-62825007430224263462022-01-23T17:39:00.001-06:002022-01-23T17:39:42.386-06:00Wells Is Three!<p>Happy, Happy Birthday to my baby boy Wells!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiNaKS6yo1gtcaewedMVgvG9LbOWuSKc2voUucgE-ZciKVLEZpwOfqYctXZ1sz4St5WrXlLH_8scbs5P0xu8NTAw3CJEFCfjKqkzDPvAAdNO0QMmIyOulNNgu0QWTxaE-s5fw0AkKk7QkM2C6yVg-Uy-z67PLoOAnPD0oJWVHOzMQclVwikiKSsRDf=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiNaKS6yo1gtcaewedMVgvG9LbOWuSKc2voUucgE-ZciKVLEZpwOfqYctXZ1sz4St5WrXlLH_8scbs5P0xu8NTAw3CJEFCfjKqkzDPvAAdNO0QMmIyOulNNgu0QWTxaE-s5fw0AkKk7QkM2C6yVg-Uy-z67PLoOAnPD0oJWVHOzMQclVwikiKSsRDf=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Today my baby is three years old and he is sweet as sugar. Wells LOVES Cars so today we celebrated him Radiator Springs style!! Wells has loved his big day and all of the Cars decorations and he has worn a grin on his face the entire day. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSJme59k9x50AGLrQzIRg7MrL3CInW-pu3xXfECjd3Pk3_jCnA2KESCIrpGfAZG2QbPKNAr-TCyxbLz6Q-xgabwB9oikd7xT0ymcPe2S8D_Y8MUa7Xh7VWTpbsfv1tconQKE18zw0YoNw-YBmS1ZRqh6QZp9ltGqn9bXtl6FR_CoDwIB0InsDPl0Yr=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSJme59k9x50AGLrQzIRg7MrL3CInW-pu3xXfECjd3Pk3_jCnA2KESCIrpGfAZG2QbPKNAr-TCyxbLz6Q-xgabwB9oikd7xT0ymcPe2S8D_Y8MUa7Xh7VWTpbsfv1tconQKE18zw0YoNw-YBmS1ZRqh6QZp9ltGqn9bXtl6FR_CoDwIB0InsDPl0Yr=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQwdjlLJmGCFpE1SnH52CecM0f1A1muijJquuOC1gQarTUQcWHFAEAlq1_0GDVlXb38ofZp3DC2tEnvNJcFcbwrFowzVMDH4NzYFIRqYoIRsOoChHL6dqpW-j1WB0atkCzItHw6Czn7BHo3EdRwvbXSesW2JDdRz7pDwiL5HEzC_NWKObjwWeqik_3=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQwdjlLJmGCFpE1SnH52CecM0f1A1muijJquuOC1gQarTUQcWHFAEAlq1_0GDVlXb38ofZp3DC2tEnvNJcFcbwrFowzVMDH4NzYFIRqYoIRsOoChHL6dqpW-j1WB0atkCzItHw6Czn7BHo3EdRwvbXSesW2JDdRz7pDwiL5HEzC_NWKObjwWeqik_3=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Wells is a momma's boy through and through. He loves to crawl in my lap and "nuggle." Wells spends most of his day playing with his Cars. He spends hours and hours quietly lining them all up on the playroom table upstairs, occasionally letting out a "Vroom!" sound. When Wells isn't playing with his cars, he loves watching Mickey Mouse. Any Mickey will do. Anything from Steamboat Willy to Mickey's Funhouse, this boy loves all the Mickey and it's almost always what he requests to watch. Wells also loves Pooh, Toy Story, Frozen, Paw Patrol, and of course, Cars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheKthzbYX9FCmdi6hRP2iKfvgduzeEBsS5covbKJxQezcbhzDxgv_fkNFlEEgG4MgC0mrCqfjqrQj86-aLwhGLtMoi1VrmH2SmVVwaN_VxAyWxcnvBEK7TWMhitPtPWAgpo6hSLTF49SmYdY_KHy0NMGlp6VVR9UYIKZ2SAcQYBSOjSi2tyRPdA1Nz=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheKthzbYX9FCmdi6hRP2iKfvgduzeEBsS5covbKJxQezcbhzDxgv_fkNFlEEgG4MgC0mrCqfjqrQj86-aLwhGLtMoi1VrmH2SmVVwaN_VxAyWxcnvBEK7TWMhitPtPWAgpo6hSLTF49SmYdY_KHy0NMGlp6VVR9UYIKZ2SAcQYBSOjSi2tyRPdA1Nz=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div>Wells loves to read before bedtime. His favorites are any Disney Baby book and he loves the Little Blue Truck books. Wells loves to brush his teeth, eat "wolfish" (goldfish), and take baths. He is always up for being my little sidekick and running errands with me. Wells loves his brothers (and they absolutely adore him) and does his best to keep up with them but he knows he's the baby in the family and he definitely likes it that way! Wells is always asking "where daddy go?" and if he likes something he is sure to let us know "I like it!" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgto1PhDHRMRc9sGS3vBzUIpXUf95Yb2b-Y22tkQpGNlQ2_1R24Z_msm6YVHYBhZcvfV_vzW_j3vhYTkHGGiCCG99VVTryEXSlGhOvcfgKf8cRn8TJI5EVv2JeF223IoKpjJfIiRID7upjwcGtbJN5ifeZA2SR92snI4jiRXyRbGyYYZYtwcdfYkj4e=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgto1PhDHRMRc9sGS3vBzUIpXUf95Yb2b-Y22tkQpGNlQ2_1R24Z_msm6YVHYBhZcvfV_vzW_j3vhYTkHGGiCCG99VVTryEXSlGhOvcfgKf8cRn8TJI5EVv2JeF223IoKpjJfIiRID7upjwcGtbJN5ifeZA2SR92snI4jiRXyRbGyYYZYtwcdfYkj4e=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA-N04D6n7AHjlfpuBIlkce9PtbvWR4bRNLkIweTURMICs5Pp5zDqUoIbJOBDhn_1ZMBO_ejfxLwdQJCbQamxVmoOWNIS_eqs3JTUccTv2-H-eN2Ddq7jwLbLnzm1q2cFfsnrl1rx_gvoS4fAL6HPyWtxC-AhIVcfMfno02uhr0VUSE53dolWGQbxm=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA-N04D6n7AHjlfpuBIlkce9PtbvWR4bRNLkIweTURMICs5Pp5zDqUoIbJOBDhn_1ZMBO_ejfxLwdQJCbQamxVmoOWNIS_eqs3JTUccTv2-H-eN2Ddq7jwLbLnzm1q2cFfsnrl1rx_gvoS4fAL6HPyWtxC-AhIVcfMfno02uhr0VUSE53dolWGQbxm=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div>This precious little boy is spoiled rotten by every member of our family. We all adore our baby Wells so much. I bet I kiss his cheeks a thousand times a day and my favorite time is our quiet mornings just the two of us while he watches Mickey and I drink my coffee while we nuggle. This sweet boy is a dream come true and we all feel so lucky that Wellsy is ours! Happy 3rd Birthday Wells! We love you so, so much!!Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-7770984430716288662021-12-23T11:58:00.000-06:002021-12-23T11:58:27.751-06:00Merry Christmas Eve, Eve<p>Merry Christmas! I didn't realize how long I stayed away from here. Yikes. Fall is a busy season for me then Christmas follows right behind so it's just a crazy season in life with not a lot of extra time to blog. Any extra time I do have, I enjoy spending it with my family, crawling in bed early, or sitting on my sofa doing nothing. But I don't want this little space to get completely ignored so I thought I'd share some Christmas photos I've taken this season. Christmas photos are my favorite and my IG gets flooded with them for 25 days but I love them!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigNssdV-EKFSluKpoZaFrH5nUsxl4ulHdKwECREzcDjHV6jyw1a1kKkL97ciBkPLhpuIuRsZJ8eqSMtn1LUTuZCwUzVM3NV8hAyOpcW8NP6BXOKrYNY5OnrJ7RTnEA94_8dHbKzXWhbOyPGZeC-Yy0vrdTbbomuESlgdZbVIqQhEVdhVcjFLeHXpbU=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigNssdV-EKFSluKpoZaFrH5nUsxl4ulHdKwECREzcDjHV6jyw1a1kKkL97ciBkPLhpuIuRsZJ8eqSMtn1LUTuZCwUzVM3NV8hAyOpcW8NP6BXOKrYNY5OnrJ7RTnEA94_8dHbKzXWhbOyPGZeC-Yy0vrdTbbomuESlgdZbVIqQhEVdhVcjFLeHXpbU=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifz1tbnlivR1FO_Y1PH0iy_UM9hDQjZJfPO1LfmTUuxDNkdihzEnmbehTBTI7LvEKAcaijgOtbTFqTUYqLIJ8-etU5fNeA6-_xU9MS0W9hfR8vUyqp1utVm5kXiFvhxAkYu65taqFgPRKhhRMH0jOdg43v1BkScqxWs80T_xoZxK3iHBOlLG6o6pp-=s6016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>All of my Christmas and grocery shopping is done, the boys last day of school was yesterday, and we are looking forward to a cozy few days, watching Christmas movies and eating lots of sweet treats! Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-11519843314942466342021-10-31T21:37:00.000-05:002021-10-31T21:37:05.554-05:00Happy Halloween!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Halloween from my Minecraft Ender Dragon, Dash Incredible, and Lightening McQueen!! I love, love, love Halloween so much. It's such a fun holiday to celebrate with my little kiddos. It brings me so much joy to see how excited they get to dress up and collect candy. I also love seeing other kids in their Halloween costumes too. Everyone always looks so cute and everything about the day is so much fun! 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It's one of the most photographed spots in Woodstock and I didn't want to miss it. Like everything in Woodstock, it was about a five minute drive from our hotel so after another delicious breakfast at our hotel, we packed up our bags then headed out on our final adventures of New England. </p><p>When we pulled up cars were lined down the road. I realized there were a lot of people who wanted to see this famous farm. I grabbed my camera and headed down the road where I saw tons of other photographers and tourists taking photos of this beautiful place. Can you imagine living here? I googled why this is such a famous spot in Woodstock and there's no reason other than how beautifully picturesque it is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEn-5q9OGBMCLVRQ8ntVuj-ElRLwZTUn5eLInTIV4swj0kPBNzpD9DG1CQMAQZeyoxGdLtj1rZOfB5n216hJrmQXV-ztPTVJY_8ty8A1QbTheOh5ixO0xBpaTmDTCBTIobXpPdRCvYQfY/s2048/Sleepy+Hallow+Farm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEn-5q9OGBMCLVRQ8ntVuj-ElRLwZTUn5eLInTIV4swj0kPBNzpD9DG1CQMAQZeyoxGdLtj1rZOfB5n216hJrmQXV-ztPTVJY_8ty8A1QbTheOh5ixO0xBpaTmDTCBTIobXpPdRCvYQfY/w480-h640/Sleepy+Hallow+Farm.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I spent about 10 minutes taking photos then we decided to head off towards New Hampshire! We learned while we were in Vermont that New Hampshire is only about 20 minutes from Woodstock. We figured we may as well check another state off our list and go see Dartmouth College. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVQ1cl6Ly6e7oEhMGAvhMSjDyZUkO2BG-nihl_9hdtnm6_qBeFam86MucQoc7Q9MWKQ9QEiPGYaFZdqJOfVS4EWOgPqurAuB2MhEcOsQNyXtOeX09sW3X5Pe-9quyg6B_EnlSKWpn5bY/s2048/Dartmouth+College.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVQ1cl6Ly6e7oEhMGAvhMSjDyZUkO2BG-nihl_9hdtnm6_qBeFam86MucQoc7Q9MWKQ9QEiPGYaFZdqJOfVS4EWOgPqurAuB2MhEcOsQNyXtOeX09sW3X5Pe-9quyg6B_EnlSKWpn5bY/w480-h640/Dartmouth+College.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>We only had an hour to spend in New Hampshire and we decided to spend it walking around the campus. It was absolutely beautiful. I wish we could have spent more time here and in New Hampshire in general. We bought the boys a Dartmouth football at one of the campus stores and they spent a lot of time tossing it on the campus lawn. Coincidently, the boys were wearing Dartmouth colors so we looked like we fit right in. Ha! I love seeing college campuses and I'm happy to say I've seen this prestigious one that is one of the oldest in our country!</div><div><br /></div><div>The clock was ticking down and there was one more thing on my Vermont bucket list I wanted to see before going back to Arkansas. We left Dartmouth and began heading towards the airport in Burlington. Thankfully, what I wanted to see was right on the way--The capital state house building of Vermont in Montpelier.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRpLSI_qn7FMH5EdPtaw5AG-yLwqTxNtebDfuEaHwuFDk-lBPIzP1XNw7CIElZLqSnsn7zvnd3zjvgXfiihhO6_byTdO55nuhnX2Abf4-PI8fLO89WgX3xofUcwjoldWoykGI4-lZqY/s2048/_RBL8009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRpLSI_qn7FMH5EdPtaw5AG-yLwqTxNtebDfuEaHwuFDk-lBPIzP1XNw7CIElZLqSnsn7zvnd3zjvgXfiihhO6_byTdO55nuhnX2Abf4-PI8fLO89WgX3xofUcwjoldWoykGI4-lZqY/w640-h428/_RBL8009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>This state house is one of the oldest and best preserved buildings in our nation. It has a beautiful gold dome at the top. We didn't go inside although they do offer tours. I was thrilled just to see the outside of it though. Like everything else in Vermont, it was simply beautiful. </div><div>While we were in Montpelier, we decided to grab some lunch then continue our journey towards the airport. </div><div>We had plenty of time in the small airport before our flight left. I grabbed one more jar of Vermont Maple Syrup before boarding our plane to head home. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had the absolute best time in Vermont. I can't imagine going any other time than the fall but I hear it's beautiful year round. This was a bucket list trip for me--to see Vermont in the fall--and it lived up to my expectations and then some. I was worried the boys would be bored on this trip but they had a blast! We spent a lot of time in the car leaf peeping, which they cared nothing about, but their Nintendo Switches kept them entertained while we were driving so that was handy. I've been to a lot of states in the Northeast but this was my first true New England experience. It was too wonderful for words. Seeing places that were here at the beginning of the founding of this country felt magical. It absolutely left me wanting to see more of this area of our country. I cannot recommend this trip enough. Four nights was plenty for what we did but I know there are many other beautiful areas of Vermont worth seeing. This was a wonderful family trip but would also make for a great couples trip too. I would love to do it again sometime and I'm glad our boys got to experience somewhere that wasn't Disney or the beach. </div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-89279909042604890002021-10-21T21:58:00.005-05:002021-10-21T21:59:05.434-05:00Our Vermont Vacation in Woodstock<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Woodstock is the most charming, beautiful little town. Like Stowe, it is very small. It is quintessential New England in my opinion. The beautiful colonial homes built in the 1800's are right in the heart of town. I can just imagine the horse and buggy's parked in front of the homes once upon a time. Imagine white picket fences in front of nearly every home. It is picturesque in every sense of the way. I absolutely loved Woodstock. It definitely has more of an upscale vibe vs the laid-back ski town vibe of Stowe. Everything feels so classic and timeless and you truly feel like you've stepped back in time.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwg8TfZQ2_vUItTXD2YHt8JUZMilLbTbYA1Vpei6RA78ZMNv43QyJp0Enky62Mb0yt7OTqetdGgl-1D3vBzNIJc7Nh15hemAjUW7cTTVVIkILfGzBUuDG0R-Nb87X9OonhYeMQs1ynL6s/s2048/FH+Gillingham+Woodstock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwg8TfZQ2_vUItTXD2YHt8JUZMilLbTbYA1Vpei6RA78ZMNv43QyJp0Enky62Mb0yt7OTqetdGgl-1D3vBzNIJc7Nh15hemAjUW7cTTVVIkILfGzBUuDG0R-Nb87X9OonhYeMQs1ynL6s/w480-h640/FH+Gillingham+Woodstock.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are several really good shops in Woodstock to browse through. We spent our morning walking all around the town, popping in shops, bookstores, and walking down the streets to see the beautiful homes. The main part of town where the shops are, is only about three short streets. The rest of the town is surrounded by beautiful colonial homes. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52OgPOFnwOfsLF0OqzLAUJp-geep-85howuvkyswtQPZVWGTTgYKyy54VhcfQb9JCzirNjUzwh5-HkhkAMJTHquK2vdc-OjfDoYDDBzIC21cZ1_FViz227EzFO-R9BXUAK5n_JnZd8F4/s2048/Woodstock+Old+Colonial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52OgPOFnwOfsLF0OqzLAUJp-geep-85howuvkyswtQPZVWGTTgYKyy54VhcfQb9JCzirNjUzwh5-HkhkAMJTHquK2vdc-OjfDoYDDBzIC21cZ1_FViz227EzFO-R9BXUAK5n_JnZd8F4/w480-h640/Woodstock+Old+Colonial.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0nppltKKaKTIZ0CudK50LdpC_63F7Nv5EI8z6UDiyf2Rkde0n7pdGSGWYfekLZEZlJ-wA-EYE6hplk2WK5ZEpXpWDy-AYkpYJE-tsnieekb3n-Nxm4omsJrTxDLKv8fxKwe9UTOFuPk/s2048/Woodstock+Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0nppltKKaKTIZ0CudK50LdpC_63F7Nv5EI8z6UDiyf2Rkde0n7pdGSGWYfekLZEZlJ-wA-EYE6hplk2WK5ZEpXpWDy-AYkpYJE-tsnieekb3n-Nxm4omsJrTxDLKv8fxKwe9UTOFuPk/w480-h640/Woodstock+Home.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg929WLnrWFoEjagbrMZgvS4qArGwvmUCeBh3WTZlqMPw4eiLn9GHuMG6R4pwLKaQv7r_6PxFXYQxPGtzG1MDQXQ6HAQn99m1HKcUBOKSfrAgEIGLDiQdi7p6f6GpWY86gLxOMZJaMcu04/s2048/Woodstock+Homes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg929WLnrWFoEjagbrMZgvS4qArGwvmUCeBh3WTZlqMPw4eiLn9GHuMG6R4pwLKaQv7r_6PxFXYQxPGtzG1MDQXQ6HAQn99m1HKcUBOKSfrAgEIGLDiQdi7p6f6GpWY86gLxOMZJaMcu04/w480-h640/Woodstock+Homes.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Every home is simply stunning. I could have taken a photo of every single one because they were all picture perfect. The boys enjoyed walking around Woodstock. There was a cute little toy store, ice cream shop, and the F.H. Gillingham and Son's General Store was especially neat to walk through. It was very old (established in 1886) and the wood floors creaked with every step you took. I loved it. They had a little bit of everything in there and it was fun. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7ubQJjCyg0c8pfAx0I9M2k5o_3sBnYDtdt2ZO6sRRUjLDmS4dHjF0oaEVVo8aljzN3zdkdZoTehCkGCYIn423fs9eFn39u2_MLTK-gokEEvQJ2gI7nW7TWFcCHhge1J_tjgNkjIzeRM/s4032/Bennett+in+Woodstock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7ubQJjCyg0c8pfAx0I9M2k5o_3sBnYDtdt2ZO6sRRUjLDmS4dHjF0oaEVVo8aljzN3zdkdZoTehCkGCYIn423fs9eFn39u2_MLTK-gokEEvQJ2gI7nW7TWFcCHhge1J_tjgNkjIzeRM/w480-h640/Bennett+in+Woodstock.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZvr-LxmkVzHbqsj2-JBv1MKphg8qu2kB3UFxF6v0gU_Ko0nK_VryyV1clGfGrnG02nCOIn_1ixxqyFV0IdqJR9Nj_5TFREB4MgF-B5EcW2aetDKuIitbWHSgifKI6VGEvmbU-5E_dKs/s2048/Woodstock+Bookstore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZvr-LxmkVzHbqsj2-JBv1MKphg8qu2kB3UFxF6v0gU_Ko0nK_VryyV1clGfGrnG02nCOIn_1ixxqyFV0IdqJR9Nj_5TFREB4MgF-B5EcW2aetDKuIitbWHSgifKI6VGEvmbU-5E_dKs/w480-h640/Woodstock+Bookstore.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw5iEP3xViHQYu6OfTD6yScK-l1jCctopeYAVyOZV3IdNinsOMGQDe_HW3zz46o2BuZ85RnvCYanz4t08Ng3dQFZHjixOBf3oCQpcW5uRnl-s2KSJ__P5A_nnsYawcYjpQ0HvSAPJAL4/s2048/Woodstock+Pharmacy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw5iEP3xViHQYu6OfTD6yScK-l1jCctopeYAVyOZV3IdNinsOMGQDe_HW3zz46o2BuZ85RnvCYanz4t08Ng3dQFZHjixOBf3oCQpcW5uRnl-s2KSJ__P5A_nnsYawcYjpQ0HvSAPJAL4/w480-h640/Woodstock+Pharmacy.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePgW06uF4S4ptw_8mwBI5zRXP41N07S6JQU6eJVJfX6N5HWKkXVnZ0RWYPt5YnT1gYA8BU0M8g3zaSXzgXW-b3PSNwFywh1PQg0f1OK1EznH8-dhpTQ_tI6K7XSuK5LLuBOkaU4OUDSg/s4032/Wells+in+woodstock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePgW06uF4S4ptw_8mwBI5zRXP41N07S6JQU6eJVJfX6N5HWKkXVnZ0RWYPt5YnT1gYA8BU0M8g3zaSXzgXW-b3PSNwFywh1PQg0f1OK1EznH8-dhpTQ_tI6K7XSuK5LLuBOkaU4OUDSg/w480-h640/Wells+in+woodstock.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After taking our time browsing through the town, we realized it was time for lunch. We decided to grab some sandwiches to go from <a href="https://www.woodstockvt.com/businesses/the-village-butcher" target="_blank">The Village Butcher</a> then take them down to some picnic tables we had noticed by the river. The spot is called <a href="https://woodstock.oncell.com/en/teagles-landing-262134.html" target="_blank">Teagles Landing</a> and it's right on the main street of Woodstock. You take a few steps down and there are two picnic tables right on the river. It's beautiful and picturesque and not to sound like everything on this trip was perfect but, to me, this lunch was perfect. I loved, loved taking the sandwiches to-go and eating them in this gorgeous little spot. It was great for the boys to throw rocks in the river and be outside in the beautiful weather. I would absolutely 100% do this again if we were to go back. Our sandwiches were delicious and I preferred this dining experience to being inside a restaurant, no question.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8Tt3Lrh9PnJ1e2v_gDYlSIogy_alnoWDmGf2XLKx241MFwudWpfS_FfGeEBFu8RKbu-gM8SPcVmuOxZ9GtCfKPreR7y9Oi6j1xgwGlqgDn_RN0F6rmVTutpDzLx2Vh5NxWp2FQPHzSg/s2048/Lunch+in+Woodstock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8Tt3Lrh9PnJ1e2v_gDYlSIogy_alnoWDmGf2XLKx241MFwudWpfS_FfGeEBFu8RKbu-gM8SPcVmuOxZ9GtCfKPreR7y9Oi6j1xgwGlqgDn_RN0F6rmVTutpDzLx2Vh5NxWp2FQPHzSg/w480-h640/Lunch+in+Woodstock.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We walked off our sandwiches and explored a little more of the town then decided we had seen all that the charming town of Woodstock had to offer us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFnfYLxQjmWMwBynaHvlck8LoXklbAhto0uXu3QtGfoZO0UpxEcvdYSDpfuEXCbLEemJI-XicQ4aq3AYppFeEawAGhukfxsrAjTBt0woQc_5Tczoyo9uwkZr_2Myzu1NfLqXbgmqyn2w/s2048/_RBL7847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFnfYLxQjmWMwBynaHvlck8LoXklbAhto0uXu3QtGfoZO0UpxEcvdYSDpfuEXCbLEemJI-XicQ4aq3AYppFeEawAGhukfxsrAjTBt0woQc_5Tczoyo9uwkZr_2Myzu1NfLqXbgmqyn2w/w428-h640/_RBL7847.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePnwi4dazSUK0i1Ls1Nbvl7Met0icsovpG_eA9unn2P_tVhTZpmcKqM-_RawgDYOP-ug1jWF46t9xIoldgHpLarmNJpop_2dGDmsePhrfxlX2TGTyYyvixGDeNWhOrFNzO-Q97CDpBMI/s1620/The+Woodstock+Inn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePnwi4dazSUK0i1Ls1Nbvl7Met0icsovpG_eA9unn2P_tVhTZpmcKqM-_RawgDYOP-ug1jWF46t9xIoldgHpLarmNJpop_2dGDmsePhrfxlX2TGTyYyvixGDeNWhOrFNzO-Q97CDpBMI/w640-h426/The+Woodstock+Inn.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1I3QC96eUIMdOphUuosFLdg2Nmvv8EZUiFksl0-wID8Gq1slqs_7Dae-9QjHe7kWECcQs0d60TlVLDCGFxCS3QGhbq8e4Aboveh7UsLprLD5azVEod49XTjuvLY9PvJ2OlYsxXUx9dc/s1620/Admore+Inn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1I3QC96eUIMdOphUuosFLdg2Nmvv8EZUiFksl0-wID8Gq1slqs_7Dae-9QjHe7kWECcQs0d60TlVLDCGFxCS3QGhbq8e4Aboveh7UsLprLD5azVEod49XTjuvLY9PvJ2OlYsxXUx9dc/w426-h640/Admore+Inn.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpj_fHkAG_3rizHKlDqLrdroGpPtcroaU0iL_PNTjSpx3tOk-fOxtyktVrqqsN1ipOlKiP7uZgJ-g0zgV7Fwr_NsFnDJtHpVJtQvLkBJRSMRxH0xqKHBJzW1XD5pXJJqsECpSQ3yfFT8/s2048/_RBL7863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpj_fHkAG_3rizHKlDqLrdroGpPtcroaU0iL_PNTjSpx3tOk-fOxtyktVrqqsN1ipOlKiP7uZgJ-g0zgV7Fwr_NsFnDJtHpVJtQvLkBJRSMRxH0xqKHBJzW1XD5pXJJqsECpSQ3yfFT8/w428-h640/_RBL7863.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARloHPwehxiySzm6gv0Ow3R62n5Y-LRXFwAqT3NEBszz0_GsvTf80uDnGHeKkK5HxgeajkvRQN54D447QY69ooRkEJQmkesakjmwjiXbbH0m4Cc4-OnLpjL0ZZOxC7OVDvUnIslz-8I/s2048/_RBL7868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARloHPwehxiySzm6gv0Ow3R62n5Y-LRXFwAqT3NEBszz0_GsvTf80uDnGHeKkK5HxgeajkvRQN54D447QY69ooRkEJQmkesakjmwjiXbbH0m4Cc4-OnLpjL0ZZOxC7OVDvUnIslz-8I/w428-h640/_RBL7868.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We hopped in the car and were excited to head to <a href="https://billingsfarm.org/" target="_blank">Billings Farm</a>. We knew the boys would love this little farm adventure and us grown-ups were excited about it too. Billings Farm is a working dairy farm and museum. We knew this is somewhere that would take up several hours of our day and we were surprised that it was about a three minute drive from Woodstock village. The farm is absolutely beautiful and it's regarded as one of the finest outdoor history museums in the country. It was established in 1871 and an <span style="background-color: white; color: #414142; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px;">Academy Award nominee film, </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) !important; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box !important; color: #414142; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px;">A Place in the Land</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #414142; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px;"> showcase this model farm, sustained by the Billings and Rockefeller families. I didn't get to spend as much time in the museum as I would have liked, but they had farm-life exhibits and tools used for farming dating back to the 18th century. It was so neat to see all of the tools. They also had a barn full of old wagons and buggies which was so, so cool to see!! </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #414142; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetX5KXUIf26jPAOpXa_8jY83P0ytzwF5JV0iedoBRojCb1JNROIXBwXvvFsZZwiE13IzMJ08BhvJQsAuaJcTLcmNaYoJx50z9XXOgcLKJVhJNMLhiS4Nf3a3mAoSvAtU31ievgwXQNvo/s2048/Billings+Farm+Buggies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetX5KXUIf26jPAOpXa_8jY83P0ytzwF5JV0iedoBRojCb1JNROIXBwXvvFsZZwiE13IzMJ08BhvJQsAuaJcTLcmNaYoJx50z9XXOgcLKJVhJNMLhiS4Nf3a3mAoSvAtU31ievgwXQNvo/w480-h640/Billings+Farm+Buggies.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0WHnoqaesThVaNJmgCGFWt1CR4d0EmJLodqmTjKoa2nLfBNSl7tTYQ1DiRJ-LLDxn7Yijmd7PvdJNaLHZg0wWQD0mOXLW6ziD7FAs_7WfyC0xI0cZR3wGFr77FK0ETcd1TwMMYiP8qk/s2048/Billings+Farm+Cows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0WHnoqaesThVaNJmgCGFWt1CR4d0EmJLodqmTjKoa2nLfBNSl7tTYQ1DiRJ-LLDxn7Yijmd7PvdJNaLHZg0wWQD0mOXLW6ziD7FAs_7WfyC0xI0cZR3wGFr77FK0ETcd1TwMMYiP8qk/w480-h640/Billings+Farm+Cows.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We arrived just in time to see the Jersey cows get milked. While speaking with someone who worked at the farm, she told me that the cows are normally roaming free in the beautiful pasture right outside this barn where they get milked. They milk the cows twice a day (each cow produces 5-7 gallons of milk a day) and she said the cows know when it's time because they, voluntarily, start lining up and walking towards the barn to get in their spot to get milked. I told her I could completely empathize with the feeling of being anxious to pump some milk out. Ha! Just beside this spot where they were milking the cows, they had the new baby cows in a little barn and we were allowed to pet the cows. They were so sweet and friendly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT8OWu1X4dVPf99D5231XHuKQgcwOAyGmEi4jUg6GtUhuKKaz14tlAoVn4BojEHeUCSrVw3WqQ11CJWXTEzZcnPWjxMzWxGNurAbcdmoynOvnfuMRka_k8HECCcx6tCucIHdDsI2FvL0/s2048/Billings+Farm+baby+cows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT8OWu1X4dVPf99D5231XHuKQgcwOAyGmEi4jUg6GtUhuKKaz14tlAoVn4BojEHeUCSrVw3WqQ11CJWXTEzZcnPWjxMzWxGNurAbcdmoynOvnfuMRka_k8HECCcx6tCucIHdDsI2FvL0/w480-h640/Billings+Farm+baby+cows.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After visiting with the cows, we walked over to another nearby barn that housed sheep, chickens and bunnies. These barns were so beautiful on the inside and outside. The boys got lucky because we arrived to the sheep at the same time one of the farm workers was getting ready to feed them. She let the boys help her feed them some hay which I thought was so nice of her! It's not every day you get to feed sheep! These sheep were absolutely precious and loved getting petted and rubbed on. I wanted to stay and love on these little nuggets all day long. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNTlQSws3B7HkBjRDn_RZCk1jWhHVi54bbckpFPBGVdyCQgYDSbF68ZtIFafkxcwzm0qtNidXqjjchyphenhyphenDK_68WnHxqnQMfmb5IcMt2IwY08OCk1W7v0cBxUZF5XIYMG6RLRmHQZkp82jM/s2048/Billings+Farm+Sheep.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNTlQSws3B7HkBjRDn_RZCk1jWhHVi54bbckpFPBGVdyCQgYDSbF68ZtIFafkxcwzm0qtNidXqjjchyphenhyphenDK_68WnHxqnQMfmb5IcMt2IwY08OCk1W7v0cBxUZF5XIYMG6RLRmHQZkp82jM/w480-h640/Billings+Farm+Sheep.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>After we checked out all of the beautiful animals on the farm, we walked a few steps over to the "dairy bar" to grab some cheese and ice cream!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT54fVJUcdruQOw9mE0AZxeTsg3ECTylBZt0OTOQRDMzpZUAQicHnJseMNrMPEy87wBCoVHOiRRuqztdKH6j3s8NtLKmcS6Xveb8W-usO2RQRdMoYN-bDfDohGy8nIHO89nkkfkhJUqhk/s2048/Billings+Farm+dairy+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT54fVJUcdruQOw9mE0AZxeTsg3ECTylBZt0OTOQRDMzpZUAQicHnJseMNrMPEy87wBCoVHOiRRuqztdKH6j3s8NtLKmcS6Xveb8W-usO2RQRdMoYN-bDfDohGy8nIHO89nkkfkhJUqhk/w480-h640/Billings+Farm+dairy+bar.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We finished our ice cream, popped in the gift shop to grab some cool souvenirs, then hopped in the car and decided to go back to our hotel. It was actually still fairly early in the day, but we had done everything we wanted to do that day and our hotel had a lot of entertainment for us too. Scott had the idea for us to order some food from our hotel restaurant to-go and eat it outside by the big bonfire. I loved that idea! We ordered our food, I took the boys outside to play on the swing set while I had a hard cider, then about 20 minutes later it started raining!! We ran inside and decided to eat our dinner on the restaurant patio instead. Dinner around the fire would have been lovely, but this was actually really nice too. After dinner we let the boys play in the beloved hotel playroom for a bit then decided to call it a night. It was a full day and we were all tired and ready for bed.</div><div><br /></div><div>We did everything in Woodstock that day that we had hoped to do. Exploring the charming town was lovely, our lunch by the river was perfect, and the Billings Farm was the prettiest and most distinguished farm I've ever seen. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had done everything in Vermont we had hoped to do.....well I had one more thing I wanted to check off on my bucket list before we left. Our flight the next day didn't leave until 4 PM so we still had several hours the next day to do a few more things before we left for home. </div><div><br /></div><div>More tomorrow!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-81447650144734592352021-10-20T21:12:00.003-05:002021-10-20T21:12:52.013-05:00Our Vermont Vacation--Somewhere Between Stowe and Woodstock<p>The nice thing about this vacation is that we were in it for the scenery so we were in no hurry to get anywhere. When leaving Stowe to head for Woodstock, we took the scenic route. It was only about 30 minutes longer plus we noticed on the map we would be driving by a lot of covered bridges. The drive was only supposed to take us about 2 hours but we made several stops along the way so we added about an extra hour to that time. It was so neat being able to see so many beautiful places along the way though, so we didn't mind one bit. I also felt like I got a true glimpse into the real Vermont by taking the backroads. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3PjWjyYIxHsASbl1NqzFhKTa7ur1yfd-nyQ0kZqoIoSDdQ_o88tppHQvCfXCtweAfeKdnV3hApHaeqGFn_TtGIljdd_H3_ox6FmImU9ouAniMkeiYWC21uKywLjtRsVAkwDCa1o258I/s2048/_RBL7662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3PjWjyYIxHsASbl1NqzFhKTa7ur1yfd-nyQ0kZqoIoSDdQ_o88tppHQvCfXCtweAfeKdnV3hApHaeqGFn_TtGIljdd_H3_ox6FmImU9ouAniMkeiYWC21uKywLjtRsVAkwDCa1o258I/w640-h428/_RBL7662.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EHVBOToeVKG3fvL6yI7VLYBL85UY8-rRVl6EUe8JUghzeIWEpa_lz9pzhJt670aLKT6VwMUI-94QugAvOgVf8-JZGIdQ5F8GjSerehAV976qv0UX-DKH5u-29jqjiM2uV0sSHj24eks/s2048/_RBL7671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EHVBOToeVKG3fvL6yI7VLYBL85UY8-rRVl6EUe8JUghzeIWEpa_lz9pzhJt670aLKT6VwMUI-94QugAvOgVf8-JZGIdQ5F8GjSerehAV976qv0UX-DKH5u-29jqjiM2uV0sSHj24eks/w640-h428/_RBL7671.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPYxU9mJILnR6DgstGqmaF7vX8wv5UY4iMUrWRMYm6JGaoOL5ex1lpenYNLCR2sCqMTAc-k0VQS-HaxE0vt_cIkXhapwwsTBdtbvy4kIDShGKNjL5uVysm8l6bgb8lb87kOin_CK2qbk/s2048/_RBL7690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPYxU9mJILnR6DgstGqmaF7vX8wv5UY4iMUrWRMYm6JGaoOL5ex1lpenYNLCR2sCqMTAc-k0VQS-HaxE0vt_cIkXhapwwsTBdtbvy4kIDShGKNjL5uVysm8l6bgb8lb87kOin_CK2qbk/w428-h640/_RBL7690.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwiGhOeX-OzBeR13n25uk0b2kFzMLoxSx_BcDWZMuhGvqmdHkeTKCnKTQDIgo1xv3q9wH-28LK2gsSbt5EQTBhXa-R5lm1AxHx5wj7-rCuin1-FHJld1c57VKWonBQdyMogDyrBsk6es/s2048/_RBL7699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwiGhOeX-OzBeR13n25uk0b2kFzMLoxSx_BcDWZMuhGvqmdHkeTKCnKTQDIgo1xv3q9wH-28LK2gsSbt5EQTBhXa-R5lm1AxHx5wj7-rCuin1-FHJld1c57VKWonBQdyMogDyrBsk6es/w428-h640/_RBL7699.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUX0mKos9bnZQO1zlWsL0Ml16Noz7HKmuMspueq1aTcIM96BhTShcQJGQhQuKKdGf3hENSZH_6hb5n6rS4yhN9pNTLfljrK5Oz3_LUpKHE0OVm69zdwcHF-aSswJP4r166GLj-NQT85Q/s2048/_RBL7715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUX0mKos9bnZQO1zlWsL0Ml16Noz7HKmuMspueq1aTcIM96BhTShcQJGQhQuKKdGf3hENSZH_6hb5n6rS4yhN9pNTLfljrK5Oz3_LUpKHE0OVm69zdwcHF-aSswJP4r166GLj-NQT85Q/w640-h428/_RBL7715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9wpGi90cc6Si-bp9xno1x5Dtj7FwRgcPG3xXu-kKBKb9nB1N0fnDRyKoDyu-eKwGkzsMesvZjrd4RYF2FhyL2fG3u2HvIA4srjmokygrTfCgkH9XBgLs0pzcS3hzp0Ga9MHNVbJOP1g/s2048/_RBL7717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9wpGi90cc6Si-bp9xno1x5Dtj7FwRgcPG3xXu-kKBKb9nB1N0fnDRyKoDyu-eKwGkzsMesvZjrd4RYF2FhyL2fG3u2HvIA4srjmokygrTfCgkH9XBgLs0pzcS3hzp0Ga9MHNVbJOP1g/w640-h428/_RBL7717.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Eventually we arrived in Woodstock! We immediately checked into our hotel and oh my heavens it's one of my favorite hotels I've ever stayed in!! We stayed at <a href="https://www.ontheriverwoodstock.com/" target="_blank">506 On The River Inn</a> and I could go on and on about how fabulous it was. This is a situation where I feel like the photos on the website don't even do it justice. You must click on the link and explore the gallery so you can see photos of this hotel!! It was the most perfect boutique hotel. The decor was perfection and it was the most wonderful hotel for our family. They had a beautiful (complimentary) breakfast buffet every morning and a fantastic dinner menu. We actually ended up eating dinner here both nights. The boys would tell you it's the perfect hotel because they had two playrooms!!! One for toddlers then directly across the hall was a playroom for bigger kids. We had to carve out time several times a day for the boys to play in the playroom. They also had a swing set outside plus the cutest basket of outdoor toys beside the backdoor for you to be able to grab and play with. Not to mention.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxXK9PK_X-m_OWHdDZV_ObFl5cur1dUxuUecMIv2LeMruYL3h_77H1qmX4fVEn2XJhPvGA0FEW_CmBgCiC_uwTyplvsrlxXRN7vlbf5ObEIc4CR62xmyogGYknNpx1WvOSnZG044OHck/s2048/506+on+the+river+inn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxXK9PK_X-m_OWHdDZV_ObFl5cur1dUxuUecMIv2LeMruYL3h_77H1qmX4fVEn2XJhPvGA0FEW_CmBgCiC_uwTyplvsrlxXRN7vlbf5ObEIc4CR62xmyogGYknNpx1WvOSnZG044OHck/w480-h640/506+on+the+river+inn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>.....I mean, how cute is that?!?! </div><div><br /></div><div>This hotel was so family friendly in the classiest and loveliest way possible. I absolutely loved our stay here. We ended up doing a standard room which we normally try to steer away from as a family of five. However, there was a balcony off our room so Scott and I knew we could hang out on our balcony and drink some wine after putting the kids to bed early. They had a pack and play for Wells that we were able to tuck away into a little spot where he felt like he had his own space. Everyone slept great. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once we got settled into our room and the boys had their time playing in the hotel playroom, we were ready to check out Woodstock. I fell in love immediately.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyM3VpN2JJvzMYq7iCM7ljbN6Zx5_eoqd9z8JjYPyaTAnI732aIimHoSY82kbmN33uA1-RX0KQv7kLlVsEnHBXJS4A2NmcG1LBE4yEuKof3ozcdJLDBemjXq7FG6ZwGANrxwghaKGJyA/s2048/Woodstock+Inn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyM3VpN2JJvzMYq7iCM7ljbN6Zx5_eoqd9z8JjYPyaTAnI732aIimHoSY82kbmN33uA1-RX0KQv7kLlVsEnHBXJS4A2NmcG1LBE4yEuKof3ozcdJLDBemjXq7FG6ZwGANrxwghaKGJyA/w480-h640/Woodstock+Inn.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The only word that comes to mind when trying to describe Woodstock is charming. It is truly the most charming little town I've ever been in. Everything is classic and colonial. You feel like you've stepped into an old 1800's film. It is simply beautiful and the homes and buildings are just gorgeous. Everything about it is pure perfection.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmKZ_P8i3jUr4GzV6FfAVdUwPN34kFb56IEE-CcsBHGgroXfUSDKHWYrYiAq0uvZxOz3kWCDq8IbZRJ4tlwRQgrw8TDZ7gVSwxZum4fyJsAQYo7F-XpWqdkmGiBk-kxgIOCfEORJnhWA/s2048/_RBL7728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmKZ_P8i3jUr4GzV6FfAVdUwPN34kFb56IEE-CcsBHGgroXfUSDKHWYrYiAq0uvZxOz3kWCDq8IbZRJ4tlwRQgrw8TDZ7gVSwxZum4fyJsAQYo7F-XpWqdkmGiBk-kxgIOCfEORJnhWA/w640-h428/_RBL7728.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>We walked around the town for a bit then decided to head back to our hotel for dinner then bed. We knew we would have a full day the next day to explore all of Woodstock so we wanted to get plenty of rest that evening. We had a lovely dinner at our hotel (probably my favorite meal of our trip--I got the pasta and it was delicious) then headed back to our room to get the boys in bed early. It was so nice being able to eat a nice meal right inside our hotel. It just made it really convenient with the boys which is why we decided to do it again the following night. </div><div>More about our fun, full day in Woodstock tomorrow!</div></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-58572313019175317302021-10-19T21:29:00.001-05:002021-10-20T17:31:39.621-05:00Our Vermont Vacation in Stowe<p>Last week I checked a vacation destination off my bucket list--Vermont in the fall. I have wanted to visit Vermont for a long time and I felt there was probably no prettier time to see the state than in the fall. I was thrilled to be able to make it happen this year. We spent four nights in Vermont--two in Stowe and two in Woodstock--and it was the perfect amount of time to see all that both of those beautiful towns had to offer.</p><p>We flew into Burlington, Vermont which is about a 45 minute drive from Stowe. Burlington is home to the University of Vermont and the first Ben & Jerry's so we thought we would spend a few short hours checking it out before we drove to Stowe. The town most definitely had a college vibe to it. The University is a very short distance to Church Street which is a cool, brick paved street where people can't drive down. There are a lot of cool shops to pop into. This is where we grabbed our Ben & Jerry's ice cream and simply walked down the street to check everything out. We didn't stay too long before we felt like we had seen it all. We decided to hop back into the car and drive the short distance to the University. We drove through campus for a bit then decided to head towards Stowe. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdSvvgXjCh0kb8K9gf-GVrztNM5Aizc3UjJVk7RDq9Jfd82GPt2n4dXfnS7n2V2qNQMkM-GnaTu4l-lOxRO4h3pNtNTMjqLCPrkzB4bWeS9G4DyXYk7lV7bCEbjSC1UCRO0OqUpiM7iw/s2048/University+of+Vermont+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdSvvgXjCh0kb8K9gf-GVrztNM5Aizc3UjJVk7RDq9Jfd82GPt2n4dXfnS7n2V2qNQMkM-GnaTu4l-lOxRO4h3pNtNTMjqLCPrkzB4bWeS9G4DyXYk7lV7bCEbjSC1UCRO0OqUpiM7iw/w480-h640/University+of+Vermont+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBugXu-FKT_wOBg-ZMKX5KXxP-5AuqVcEjaueRLTpKXdoCwsH5VuMe-0AE5_-ISqcqvDTFeP6wMqBIng9b81oEhlcbGcoTyw4Hwya9Ialc0l0QrofhsIHUP6tk6R5xTd10iIVnMmXzUE/s2048/University+of+Vermont.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBugXu-FKT_wOBg-ZMKX5KXxP-5AuqVcEjaueRLTpKXdoCwsH5VuMe-0AE5_-ISqcqvDTFeP6wMqBIng9b81oEhlcbGcoTyw4Hwya9Ialc0l0QrofhsIHUP6tk6R5xTd10iIVnMmXzUE/w480-h640/University+of+Vermont.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The drive to Stowe was easy, quick and beautiful. Gorgeous fall trees were all around us and before we knew it, we were in Stowe. Stowe was different than I imagined it to be. It has a ski-town vibe to it. It's a beautiful and quaint little town and everywhere you look is picturesque. We drove straight to our hotel to check in. </p><p>We stayed at <a href="https://www.fieldguidestowe.com/" target="_blank">Field Guide Lodge</a>. I have mixed reviews about this hotel. My good takeaways are that the location was fantastic. We had a two bedroom cabin and that was nice having more space. The decor is updated, fun, and fresh and the scenes outside of the hotel were beautifully fallish. My negatives are that this hotel is obviously old and renovated and I feel like they could have done a better job of renovating besides a fresh coat of paint and new furniture. Scott's side of the bed had a wet spot on the rug so there was obviously a leak coming in from somewhere. It was clean but didn't feel clean if that makes sense?? The bathroom situation was my least favorite. It had only a shower which is challenging with small kids. We knew this going into it though and made the decision to deal with it regardless. However, there was zero counter space in the bathroom. They had a big, modern sink but no counter space so there was nowhere for us to keep our toiletry bags which made getting ready in the mornings challenging. Overall, if we ever go back to Stowe I probably would find somewhere else to stay. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm9CekUTkI_Y59LbiSNJXnPDyfm3dSlJ_1f_NXoevTDC_x9t369sTyNulMLO4VbnnubKUowB7NwcW3lMwrgt73ywdkPUGq44K_8ryH5kMs2ZoxqkD7XC8L3qpCM_RgHQFq8J1W7a0QFI/s2048/IMG_5269+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm9CekUTkI_Y59LbiSNJXnPDyfm3dSlJ_1f_NXoevTDC_x9t369sTyNulMLO4VbnnubKUowB7NwcW3lMwrgt73ywdkPUGq44K_8ryH5kMs2ZoxqkD7XC8L3qpCM_RgHQFq8J1W7a0QFI/w480-h640/IMG_5269+%25281%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>We checked into our hotel around dinner time. We were all so tired from an early morning flight and long day of travel. We grabbed some food somewhere unmemorable. We honestly didn't care where we ate, we just needed to eat something then go back to the hotel and go to bed. And that's what we did. We were ready to rest up for a fun day of exploring the town of Stowe the next day.</p><p>We set our alarms for early the next morning so we could get the most out of Stowe. We grabbed a complimentary breakfast at our hotel then headed out. First on my agenda was getting to take THE photo I have been wanting to get for years. We were staying very close to the spot where I could tell was the best to stand to get this perspective so we drove straight there, I hopped out of the car with my camera in hand, and started snapping away. It was cloudy and foggy but I was so happy with the shot I got of this classic Stowe view.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywwmRD1lnaRC69SsG7e38jbQECLNgFmkSqsbAYuK67-dCffcQilLA6Xz4aqympQviSgRZJSePPTjo65JWLqbEzy2RrGqJAIFAO3fEh1OclwYtRF0jb-7y-VgpsoR-tGx8DpdCJ4QQ84M/s2048/_RBL7179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywwmRD1lnaRC69SsG7e38jbQECLNgFmkSqsbAYuK67-dCffcQilLA6Xz4aqympQviSgRZJSePPTjo65JWLqbEzy2RrGqJAIFAO3fEh1OclwYtRF0jb-7y-VgpsoR-tGx8DpdCJ4QQ84M/w640-h428/_RBL7179.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I twisted the boys arms into getting in a few photos then we hopped in the car and headed towards Main Street to explore the town. Stowe is very, very small and the nice thing about the town is it takes maybe five minutes to get from one side of it to the other. I absolutely LOVED Main Street. I could have sat on a bench and stared at the street all day long. The street is so quaint and the shops on Main Street are so good. Everything feels old and charming and simply gives you a feel good vibe. I never wanted to leave that street. The boys loved exploring too. We browsed in a book store and picked up a few new books. The Stowe Mercantile was one of their favorites because it had all kinds of goodies like toys and candy. Every store was unique and fun to shop in. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIDxGR-_xagvBcRvrSzGAS0AwXZ6yGyEUuCUCEj_8A3jHXBwwxuoCu8E5ptR6BOerUzSeJXt_kLIpG-bjRNJ2HDmp1eUMoPG36SijvkjLJpmnTTAR1ZSrsW1pB-LdcJABjWPxbhyphenhyphenBI_o/s2048/_RBL7261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIDxGR-_xagvBcRvrSzGAS0AwXZ6yGyEUuCUCEj_8A3jHXBwwxuoCu8E5ptR6BOerUzSeJXt_kLIpG-bjRNJ2HDmp1eUMoPG36SijvkjLJpmnTTAR1ZSrsW1pB-LdcJABjWPxbhyphenhyphenBI_o/w640-h428/_RBL7261.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwtdPjosKoJ9FE5PPV61rAWzU9JXlIZaNxoR4FzOddooJMMxY6eYA-6GGxgBIGVWOLBtg0jrCIRdaafcbqPdegLwuN8B2EvEHR14Hw9hdy4v9FYGvCem7v-9fvS87ZyrOsJZWvJSpds0/s2048/_RBL7268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwtdPjosKoJ9FE5PPV61rAWzU9JXlIZaNxoR4FzOddooJMMxY6eYA-6GGxgBIGVWOLBtg0jrCIRdaafcbqPdegLwuN8B2EvEHR14Hw9hdy4v9FYGvCem7v-9fvS87ZyrOsJZWvJSpds0/w640-h428/_RBL7268.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERXn83J4hpGYeVMz11jVjWStdv6NkptLBHuBYBdHPHaxlPE3S0pRvQ0nXfyf7A2ZYr4Agn2fss24_G8N6h9nQspBj1JPAjoQ8r3GTNGJI05ih9nESjKTIc0WLfbMp9n1w5Bw_wAp9JPo/s2048/_RBL7280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERXn83J4hpGYeVMz11jVjWStdv6NkptLBHuBYBdHPHaxlPE3S0pRvQ0nXfyf7A2ZYr4Agn2fss24_G8N6h9nQspBj1JPAjoQ8r3GTNGJI05ih9nESjKTIc0WLfbMp9n1w5Bw_wAp9JPo/w640-h428/_RBL7280.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqIqDbLyXcLFfB7w7ewdyv-UsWfoynkPLXyDkq-J8ySMhJDOwMuYpVhF3bqSrfthufZa8H7zrJOCgNszepYMIySMOfJRR5T-l1TBGzJDc66KZU09fRSUX6cb3E3XL6IvdQGsYd2gspp4/s2048/_RBL7287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqIqDbLyXcLFfB7w7ewdyv-UsWfoynkPLXyDkq-J8ySMhJDOwMuYpVhF3bqSrfthufZa8H7zrJOCgNszepYMIySMOfJRR5T-l1TBGzJDc66KZU09fRSUX6cb3E3XL6IvdQGsYd2gspp4/w640-h428/_RBL7287.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiwSCVqv10wDPZnhyphenhyphen8o0rqjHkfSeQtrunVuKIBGpUNxfFSwhyXKLMEjJtJIUo-dcFiAmIwvHtC2yUgjdW0EILPu4rncRlmHuB7cGVnY0SE5h8iffD371JN810gWM3MqC4OkjD7PxysuM/s2048/_RBL7301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiwSCVqv10wDPZnhyphenhyphen8o0rqjHkfSeQtrunVuKIBGpUNxfFSwhyXKLMEjJtJIUo-dcFiAmIwvHtC2yUgjdW0EILPu4rncRlmHuB7cGVnY0SE5h8iffD371JN810gWM3MqC4OkjD7PxysuM/w640-h428/_RBL7301.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>After browsing Main Street for a bit, we decided to head towards <a href="https://coldhollow.com/" target="_blank">Cold Hollow Cider Mill</a>. This is something I had read about being a must do when in Stowe so we wanted to make sure we checked it out. This ended up being my favorite thing about our trip. Cold Hollow is a cider mill that you can visit and watch them make apple cider and apple cider donuts. It was so interesting seeing how they make apple cider and they have a "testing tank" inside the viewing room where you can drink the absolute freshest apple cider you'll ever have. It was DELICIOUS and the boys were over-stepping their free test tasting boundaries because they couldn't seem to get enough. We decided to get them all a large cup of cold cider and it was so delicious I grabbed one for myself as well. Once we were done watching them press fresh cider, we decided to grab some lunch in their restaurant. We all ordered sandwiches (they were delicious) and I couldn't resist trying a hard cider flight for myself (also delicious!!). This was such a neat experience that we all enjoyed so much. If you go to Stowe this is 100% a must do!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ipJxa6Dr6ooeWE5RCiskTDXzHTujPjSOsD9NhdxS05x8FQl280fXAwy0NPdGzU9corvs73R6OD1o-HneVPdgF9fQ3apmmiW5i8AhckoeuLm8heF-j124MLOhyphenhyphenFsTKZWrk3Qycc1vmN8/s4032/Cold+Hollow+Cider+Mill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ipJxa6Dr6ooeWE5RCiskTDXzHTujPjSOsD9NhdxS05x8FQl280fXAwy0NPdGzU9corvs73R6OD1o-HneVPdgF9fQ3apmmiW5i8AhckoeuLm8heF-j124MLOhyphenhyphenFsTKZWrk3Qycc1vmN8/w480-h640/Cold+Hollow+Cider+Mill.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We left Cold Hollow and were nearly next door to the </span><a href="https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/factory-tours" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Ben and Jerry's Factory</a><span style="text-align: left;"> so we decided to go for a visit. I had read that the factory tour was closed (due to Covid) so I knew we wouldn't be able to tour it but we were still able to get some ice cream, visit their gift shop, and see the gravesite where the retired flavors go to die. I wish the factory tour had been open but it was still fun getting to see Ben & Jerry's and eat some ice cream. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaZ18_OlNLi9LmmJwfG0z2IGWdBwzWLokUTxHbJeCwPTrqvQvpmCycw0ylsISCwK58jXFPh-JEPkkXHVIUcjQQPnB9rs4aaOIMFhQuJfVAEc5oseH-tz2FiopFPinklyyqGqrQrD5x5g/s2048/_RBL7357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaZ18_OlNLi9LmmJwfG0z2IGWdBwzWLokUTxHbJeCwPTrqvQvpmCycw0ylsISCwK58jXFPh-JEPkkXHVIUcjQQPnB9rs4aaOIMFhQuJfVAEc5oseH-tz2FiopFPinklyyqGqrQrD5x5g/w640-h428/_RBL7357.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>After Ben & Jerry's we decided to drive to the <a href="https://gostowe.com/listing/gondola-skyride-at-stowe-mountain-resort/" target="_blank">Stowe SkyRide</a> and ride the gondola to the top of Stowe Mountain. I had read that the views of the fall foliage were spectacular from the gondola and we knew the boys would love riding it. It was pretty foggy so the last bit of the ride we couldn't see much but it was a beautiful site seeing the foliage from that perspective and the boys loved riding the gondola. It was a quick up and down ride and that was pretty much it--it didn't take as long as I thought it would. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02MDDvesE_xQog7YtL7J8oLsEijsz_xuQPLMOuPHEDEWd6xr_tq9nvGq91ezJEEK90sHtxh-aWErFe1rcjtg1NHX3ACI4lEZ0dZgAkUbKvdZ8RubZDh7PfiB_2v_dW50vDGiC_AeEKOI/s2048/_RBL7375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02MDDvesE_xQog7YtL7J8oLsEijsz_xuQPLMOuPHEDEWd6xr_tq9nvGq91ezJEEK90sHtxh-aWErFe1rcjtg1NHX3ACI4lEZ0dZgAkUbKvdZ8RubZDh7PfiB_2v_dW50vDGiC_AeEKOI/w640-h428/_RBL7375.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>By this point we had pretty much done everything we had hoped to do in Stowe. We still had several hours left in our day so we decided to seek out the Vermont covered bridges. There are over 100 covered bridges in Vermont. While in the Vermont book stores, I spotted several books written about Vermonts covered bridges. Some people dedicate an entire trip to finding all of the covered bridges in Vermont. They are really so very neat and we had such a fun time hunting them down. It was like finding a piece of old history tucked inside of Vermont. We grabbed a map of Vermont because the map marks where all of the covered bridges are. So we went old school and used a map to find the bridges. I thought it was so fun finding them and taking photos of the bridges. Some were really out of the way and some we drove right up on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwLkLLp7jgHdxRFvGOkq83wtC2FZGR6FQjnoGKEAa90nKYqbapoqfIAItaWMTgDfdNzcu0-bm6mWa50_74BUCkX5TygiJHck92ZW1jJYgslRU9Zuo3v88kgZmvbaFF-zPhAqyVPYLrbs/s2048/_RBL7329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwLkLLp7jgHdxRFvGOkq83wtC2FZGR6FQjnoGKEAa90nKYqbapoqfIAItaWMTgDfdNzcu0-bm6mWa50_74BUCkX5TygiJHck92ZW1jJYgslRU9Zuo3v88kgZmvbaFF-zPhAqyVPYLrbs/w640-h428/_RBL7329.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>After spotting a few bridges then popping back on Main Street for a little more browsing, it was time for our dinner reservation. This is the only reservation we made the entire trip. I had read that <a href="https://www.piecasso.com/" target="_blank">Piecasso</a> was not to be missed and I wanted to make sure we were able to eat there. The pizza was absolutely delicious and one of my favorite meals on our trip. We sat outside and the atmosphere was super cool and the service was fantastic. Highly recommend. </p><p>Our day of leaf peeping and exploring Stowe had come to an end. We were able to do everything we wanted in one whole day and we never felt rushed or felt like we missed out on anything. I would say two nights in Stowe is the perfect amount of time. I'm not sure what else we would have done had we been there longer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xcVIAhXLpnI85BGPlScQ1CenKzxPeA7Sw24iqA1NajDi-SjlYKlCSL2dt0u2CjVmCiG52yEms7ipfj-xjolcndbuj5JP_MUo2eDCWz-TuJnHZnDzKhe2Lh-WLHFIKA_eQt3LtWDtEX0/s2048/_RBL7254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xcVIAhXLpnI85BGPlScQ1CenKzxPeA7Sw24iqA1NajDi-SjlYKlCSL2dt0u2CjVmCiG52yEms7ipfj-xjolcndbuj5JP_MUo2eDCWz-TuJnHZnDzKhe2Lh-WLHFIKA_eQt3LtWDtEX0/w428-h640/_RBL7254.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDsxx1g5h6gUZxZp1N7SQoZXUW9lU1PagSf65NWGBKsNSX_aR39EJMtIqw-VGhr5KPIfJJZ8Z2TkzaLSO41ROAZ18-U40vgC54QG2w8oWlaC_si_ii1tygV7-iRbwAO8_9IpeCViSvzQ/s2048/_RBL7452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDsxx1g5h6gUZxZp1N7SQoZXUW9lU1PagSf65NWGBKsNSX_aR39EJMtIqw-VGhr5KPIfJJZ8Z2TkzaLSO41ROAZ18-U40vgC54QG2w8oWlaC_si_ii1tygV7-iRbwAO8_9IpeCViSvzQ/w428-h640/_RBL7452.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The next morning we woke up and drove through </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smugglers_Notch" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Smugglers Notch</a><span style="text-align: left;">. We knew that Smugglers Notch was not to be missed in the fall because of the incredible foliage. It was full of bright yellow trees that draped like a canopy over the beautiful curvy road. It was absolutely stunning and a pretty quick drive up then back down the mountain. We didn't realize when we were riding the gondola that we were literally right at the start of Smugglers Notch. We would have been a little more efficient with our time had we driven through Smugglers notch right before or after the gondola. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQEIq9BBeoZq_NFwbP0mz2nDk0vRIvZNDhhR86jblhOEDdKxwr2FWihKACpR6VhFfyckGIkc9__ayeV0bJzzQwzs-InAEGEi7Nu1XleUPE36V5ST2PKR_j0mWmVLnRhjVa4i4CIHbaQo/s2048/_RBL7559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQEIq9BBeoZq_NFwbP0mz2nDk0vRIvZNDhhR86jblhOEDdKxwr2FWihKACpR6VhFfyckGIkc9__ayeV0bJzzQwzs-InAEGEi7Nu1XleUPE36V5ST2PKR_j0mWmVLnRhjVa4i4CIHbaQo/w640-h428/_RBL7559.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>By this point we felt we had seen all that Stowe had to offer us. We grabbed a few sandwiches at Stowe Sandwich Company and they were delicious. I wanted to snap one last picture of iconic Stowe as we were heading out of town and I loved it just as much as the first one.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGh2kSB9mgc0tPtBbuXXEvhsUFB34BCp3hhhI0eGYBvK8tE3vjsSqkRTstjR6XxSMQ98E-hdazyTVGnCtN132rKV1WWFU_RuzcPS0oRyjU1X_9EYYzgCPs3GO4i3E2EWK4BDVxa_0Rthw/s1620/Stowe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGh2kSB9mgc0tPtBbuXXEvhsUFB34BCp3hhhI0eGYBvK8tE3vjsSqkRTstjR6XxSMQ98E-hdazyTVGnCtN132rKV1WWFU_RuzcPS0oRyjU1X_9EYYzgCPs3GO4i3E2EWK4BDVxa_0Rthw/w640-h426/Stowe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>I snapped the pic then we were on our way to Woodstock. We decided to take the scenic route to Woodstock which was just a few minutes longer but so very worth it....</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-393043773493146262021-09-13T19:29:00.001-05:002021-09-15T19:43:57.677-05:00Wells Goes To School<p>Well it's finally this little boys turn to experience school!! Wells has been home with me for a loooong time. I did have a nanny last year come to my house every week so I could get out and run a few errands but sending Wells to school feels much different than a nanny. I actually did really love having someone come to my house last year. It was nice that Wells could just be home and it was easier than taking him to school. However, I really wanted him to be in a little KDO program this year. A part of me felt a little sad to drop him off but I know this is so good for him to be around other little kiddos his own age and I think he'll love being there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG9B0RKspXMxV2lXStOyBdXprgjjRPu5lcbv9Jq8Ce4GY8gnVqAyUbhNUzCoE1qwsgwNmnpRKGOk_FQ6bN0tlSPGn7mSi0Vycmnu_zhTKqMQopZEbLu_1i0CXHBnOZn0iQA1BZYxWfko/s2048/_RBL6310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG9B0RKspXMxV2lXStOyBdXprgjjRPu5lcbv9Jq8Ce4GY8gnVqAyUbhNUzCoE1qwsgwNmnpRKGOk_FQ6bN0tlSPGn7mSi0Vycmnu_zhTKqMQopZEbLu_1i0CXHBnOZn0iQA1BZYxWfko/w428-h640/_RBL6310.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKC8GLoj8LJXvn_TWdpg9qEr0qX_sReYFF_7MnZg3WRFnUcJyJSLc3tuqRnPHlwNSp_aQg7NjKLtpLrR12-fYmqDAUeRLyR1hE9HQgSGWcDplBMKwyVx59LUmV69pEQI2GrgbiM2UZHA/s2048/_RBL6328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKC8GLoj8LJXvn_TWdpg9qEr0qX_sReYFF_7MnZg3WRFnUcJyJSLc3tuqRnPHlwNSp_aQg7NjKLtpLrR12-fYmqDAUeRLyR1hE9HQgSGWcDplBMKwyVx59LUmV69pEQI2GrgbiM2UZHA/w428-h640/_RBL6328.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We are going to a new (to us) school this year. I have a lot of friends send their kids here and I've always heard what a sweet program it was. I like that the hours are 9:00-1:00 because we can come home and Wells can take a nap. We went to open house last week and Wells loved playing in his classroom. He was especially enamored with the Mr Potato Head. I got a chance to chat with his teachers for a long time and they were both so sweet and friendly. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_mLmmIxQg4zb-PpAdkCcUBrOz50z5ZlYXQGtPZd5RfIAHFGx_9r9-KWX_Bj6IZvx67j15iZGWBTaVj59ERacGcWLaP367Z0ZXs-0m4clgni7CytLPAys_DUiojcfItXHRVZbG1GCBfc/s2048/_RBL6333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_mLmmIxQg4zb-PpAdkCcUBrOz50z5ZlYXQGtPZd5RfIAHFGx_9r9-KWX_Bj6IZvx67j15iZGWBTaVj59ERacGcWLaP367Z0ZXs-0m4clgni7CytLPAys_DUiojcfItXHRVZbG1GCBfc/w428-h640/_RBL6333.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHt2Vyb9mEs-RH3SBgvLHZn5NdXyP4RJnKlLQI502F4JSXW1aJ3efw7oPXr9UYbpLFgTh8XNMa2065Cs51mO59fE8xvmuKaxulp8BKggeBWYlgZ4yEP9rTktRKUbT222i59I0tCnR0Mg/s2048/_RBL6338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHt2Vyb9mEs-RH3SBgvLHZn5NdXyP4RJnKlLQI502F4JSXW1aJ3efw7oPXr9UYbpLFgTh8XNMa2065Cs51mO59fE8xvmuKaxulp8BKggeBWYlgZ4yEP9rTktRKUbT222i59I0tCnR0Mg/w428-h640/_RBL6338.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCnR-NTjV6lMyhCrOtndUfK5BAwgFJEv5vKGewymBF888uEbrwq1_FP3v0y2tCdYZ3RhhGlaH6M2oitnHeCfv8vNjwA_HBaawdI5AhWusmCO_JvBrU_4cCMvoOJEIsrifaHxyrkzk1zQ/s2048/_RBL6345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCnR-NTjV6lMyhCrOtndUfK5BAwgFJEv5vKGewymBF888uEbrwq1_FP3v0y2tCdYZ3RhhGlaH6M2oitnHeCfv8vNjwA_HBaawdI5AhWusmCO_JvBrU_4cCMvoOJEIsrifaHxyrkzk1zQ/w428-h640/_RBL6345.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Wells obviously thought his first day of school was going to be just like open house where we were both going there to play! He skipped right on into his room, so happy to be there. About 10 seconds later he turned around to see I wasn't coming in the room with him and he immediately started crying. I got out of dodge knowing he'd calm down in a few short minutes. </div><div>I didn't even know what to do with myself during my alone time. I ended up eating lunch by myself at my favorite lunch spot--Panera--and it was so lovely and quiet. Before too long my day flew by and it was time for me to pick up my sweet nugget.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGKYvWMurdgd74lG9uK7C6cHGnQAWSaEhLS0Q589a0ZwHl0WOQ3pNX2o1WVYAngKdpgWYQHmKEhzGm_hPHOewkhqTpmQ1Hc0RgpbJmwXq7y_SkJ8RzUJ5eozMNSssQNrNZNys6VU7FC4/s2048/_RBL6346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGKYvWMurdgd74lG9uK7C6cHGnQAWSaEhLS0Q589a0ZwHl0WOQ3pNX2o1WVYAngKdpgWYQHmKEhzGm_hPHOewkhqTpmQ1Hc0RgpbJmwXq7y_SkJ8RzUJ5eozMNSssQNrNZNys6VU7FC4/w428-h640/_RBL6346.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV14MS07PDcdbnaUaeBgm5NXl911rMTdxC9ccNDwzTohZfP2lipCcDfNrZoUFxqYXw936a22IKgIRihCcyQftKhllMRx5_a1b24bi8ToK__EONbR5l1aawwnHiQrEl3AxfuXZezY6kTtE/s2048/_RBL6349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV14MS07PDcdbnaUaeBgm5NXl911rMTdxC9ccNDwzTohZfP2lipCcDfNrZoUFxqYXw936a22IKgIRihCcyQftKhllMRx5_a1b24bi8ToK__EONbR5l1aawwnHiQrEl3AxfuXZezY6kTtE/w428-h640/_RBL6349.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wells was so happy to see his momma and I was so happy to see Wells! I couldn't stop kissing his little cheeks that I had missed so much while I was away from him. His teachers said he had a great day and when they showed him the lunch I packed him he said "yum!" and ate almost all of it. He colored a pretty picture that he was so proud to show me and I think he overall had a great day! I'm excited about this new school we're doing for Mothers Day Out. My overall first impression of it is really great and I'm praying we have a wonderful year!</div></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-16850899325650144622021-08-16T13:11:00.000-05:002021-08-16T13:11:30.540-05:00Back To School<p>Back to school! Today was Campbell and Bennett's first day of school. Campbell is in 2nd and Bennett is now a kindergartner!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpT7rlbJc5fMiDJNSrgtdg4JunMchW2xmYHcDJQYVttqCZnDOifCAFxPdLzpFonjlZYJbBHN-DJPM0eweUTIaO8dHRSGbpSknGxzUiHpZnV5tlbxT7ydLE6BZodMXT9bYni43GkJrqr18/s2048/_RBL5584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpT7rlbJc5fMiDJNSrgtdg4JunMchW2xmYHcDJQYVttqCZnDOifCAFxPdLzpFonjlZYJbBHN-DJPM0eweUTIaO8dHRSGbpSknGxzUiHpZnV5tlbxT7ydLE6BZodMXT9bYni43GkJrqr18/w428-h640/_RBL5584.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>The boys were excited to go to school! Bennett was full of confidence and has been looking forward to this moment for two years now. He couldn't wait to go to kindergarten and I'm just dying to know what he thinks about it. I can't wait to hear all about it when I pick him up! Thankfully Bennett will tell me all about it too. His brother usually just says "it was good" and that's about all I get. Ha! Bennett's teacher seems absolutely precious and I feel so thankful he is her student this year. I can tell Bennett already feels comfortable around her and I know he is just absolutely going to love kindergarten! I couldn't even bring myself to feel emotional about Bennett being such a big boy now because he was so excited to be there. I'm so happy for him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxZLgKoqX0a8UeZKB88Ms_9xTx73ocuF9V3Epy0TZThwNcTyp67li4PLmf1dEpqpxh7C4ne_zMJ1-Uv7zbyW-pv8I19UzW1UmHM-LaQ71BPC_Oo2oMDl2AUHonUYc5wUOYjoTjTPQNA8/s2048/_RBL5557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxZLgKoqX0a8UeZKB88Ms_9xTx73ocuF9V3Epy0TZThwNcTyp67li4PLmf1dEpqpxh7C4ne_zMJ1-Uv7zbyW-pv8I19UzW1UmHM-LaQ71BPC_Oo2oMDl2AUHonUYc5wUOYjoTjTPQNA8/w428-h640/_RBL5557.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>Campbell was excited for school to start. He has two friends in his class so that made him really happy. He was a little bit nervous when he woke up this morning and he started shutting down a little as I was walking him to his class. When I was saying goodbye he was fighting back tears which didn't surprise me. Campbell is just like me when it comes to emotions so I know exactly what he's feeling: excited, nervous, homesick already, looking forward to the year, happy to be there, wishes his momma could stay because that would make it perfect. He may look like his daddy but he is just like me when it comes to all those big feelings. I know it didn't take him too long after I left for him to perk up. I hope he'll share more than a few words with me about how his day went. Just like last year, he didn't want me to pack him a lunch. Campbell LOVES the school lunch hahahaha and I didn't pack him lunch one single time last year. Makes it so nice and easy for me!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hyphenhyphenFGDfSGxjz94gBpyFIcz9tdOYv1fQqGVdx9R-d-rOaRKvYEpUTeUQjHrr3Opn-dwO4ugkt_dKzjnxCdmRfDvnOGAa524HUMpAjYkUKLRlzbdzY2yTvdOfu4j_frtudcQFa_9cQT6Ns/s2048/_RBL5537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hyphenhyphenFGDfSGxjz94gBpyFIcz9tdOYv1fQqGVdx9R-d-rOaRKvYEpUTeUQjHrr3Opn-dwO4ugkt_dKzjnxCdmRfDvnOGAa524HUMpAjYkUKLRlzbdzY2yTvdOfu4j_frtudcQFa_9cQT6Ns/w428-h640/_RBL5537.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>I hope both of my boys have a wonderful year. We have been blessed with amazing teachers in the past and I hope that continues for us this year. Campbell seems like an old pro at school at this point. I hope he learns a lot and grows a lot academically. I hope school comes easy to him and that he enjoys learning. I'm so excited to watch Bennett's little mind expand this year. He will learn so much and I'm excited to watch it happen. He is going to love learning and he's so good at it too. Bennett is patient and doesn't get frustrated if he can't get something right away--he will try and try until he masters something which is such a fantastic skill.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4y9p09bnjf_l_F7Wdq9Z1EuhU2kACLLwZtCvU52CWefm5lGYq7VjTmOOAyeH2RSephZfQPg0KthDtpzcdlS_wKqagv4iFjL8FRyyoGu7aXZv15kth3PA3s4lHqT48JYc_io0v4Athpg/s2048/_RBL5598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4y9p09bnjf_l_F7Wdq9Z1EuhU2kACLLwZtCvU52CWefm5lGYq7VjTmOOAyeH2RSephZfQPg0KthDtpzcdlS_wKqagv4iFjL8FRyyoGu7aXZv15kth3PA3s4lHqT48JYc_io0v4Athpg/w428-h640/_RBL5598.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>My house is eerily quiet today and Wells and I weren't so sure what to do with ourselves so we decided to go have a lunch date then pick up some fun treats for Campbell and Bennett to have for when they get home from school. Anxiously awaiting to see how their day went!</p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-64133518102316967892021-07-20T21:01:00.000-05:002021-07-20T21:01:58.687-05:00Disney FAQ<p>People often reach out to me with Disney questions and I love that they do because I love to talk all things Disney!! I get asked a lot of the same questions so I thought I'd compile them all here in one post in case anyone reading has wondered these same things. I'll try to link all I can.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujejrzLlMXm1N30pzhrm8Cp5jtm3wAf2ZIn35rXLnTFkXKX-cXhFiueXk6r9GpGAIneZ_M_xvXfCQhcdYby5ed109yXaac_XxErvr4ppPqfIjOq3fdVZdodHVnbbCi5hdul8thVYw69g/s2048/IMG_1707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujejrzLlMXm1N30pzhrm8Cp5jtm3wAf2ZIn35rXLnTFkXKX-cXhFiueXk6r9GpGAIneZ_M_xvXfCQhcdYby5ed109yXaac_XxErvr4ppPqfIjOq3fdVZdodHVnbbCi5hdul8thVYw69g/w480-h640/IMG_1707.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Disney's Beach Club Resort</div><p><b>Where should we stay?</b> I haven't stayed at very many Disney resorts but I have a few I love and a few I hope to stay at some day. We recently stayed at <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/riviera-resort/" target="_blank">The Riviera</a></i> and I couldn't have loved it more. It's brand new and so nice. The interior decor is exactly my style, the restaurants at the hotel are fabulous, the pool is wonderful and the Disney skyliner is literally right outside the hotel so you can easily get to Hollywood Studios and Epcot. The sleeping situation was perfect for our family of five. We had a lot of space and everyone was able to sleep well. I also love the <i><a href="https://swandolphin.com/" target="_blank">Swan/Dolphin</a></i>. I've stayed here several times in several different types of rooms they have. For the cost this resort simply cannot be beat. It's not nearly as expensive as some of the other Disney resorts but it's very, very nice. The location is the best part. I prefer this location over the Riviera. You can walk to Epcot from here in about 10 minutes and take a boat to Hollywood Studios in about the same amount of time. </p><p>A few resorts I haven't stayed at before but hope to someday are Beach Club and the Grand Floridian. We always go to <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/beach-club-resort/rates-rooms/" target="_blank">Beach Club</a></i> when we go to Disney. They have great restaurants and I just love the overall vibe. I also love the location--steps away from Epcot and Hollywood Studios. The pool is considered the best pool at Disney. This is where I would love to stay the next time we go. I also have always wanted to stay at the <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/grand-floridian-resort-and-spa/rates-rooms/" target="_blank">Grand Floridian</a></i>. It's very pricey but it looks wonderful! We love going to the Grand Floridian to eat breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. It's a beautiful hotel and so close to Magic Kingdom. This may be somewhere I would stay if just Scott and I went by ourselves simply because it is so expensive for just a standard room. Our family of five would be too squished in a standard room but their one bedroom villas are a lot more than some of the other one bedroom villas on Disney property that I actually think are nicer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Q54_CgAT_73LX31HVBfh5ibBZWCiZ1iP2NxWBTeYf0eN_3Ov3tMNCgXGyV7ZGM5bWBoGVx9NMlLeZGA4UOBOwNUd1BMawzEGlX4NhmppUyqMgAHFjekJN4J6o5b2x_hEyqpySvf_ew/s2048/IMG_2351_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Q54_CgAT_73LX31HVBfh5ibBZWCiZ1iP2NxWBTeYf0eN_3Ov3tMNCgXGyV7ZGM5bWBoGVx9NMlLeZGA4UOBOwNUd1BMawzEGlX4NhmppUyqMgAHFjekJN4J6o5b2x_hEyqpySvf_ew/w480-h640/IMG_2351_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p><b>Where do you get your ears?</b> I always get my ears in the park! They have them literally all over the place. I have a few pairs and I love having them. I think they're a fun souvenir. I typically get mine at <i><a href="https://touringplans.com/blog/magic-kingdom-must-do-the-chapeau-for-custom-embroidered-disney-hats/" target="_blank">The Chapeau</a></i> in Magic Kingdom. It's one of the very first stores on Main Street. They have a lot to choose from and they will also embroider your ears on the spot! That's where I got the boys ears and I had them embroidered with their names on the back. They're super fast so it doesn't take long at all. Surprisingly, the boys actually enjoy wearing their ears. Most people in the park have them on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3WK9DdYEjBVNgfP0dCZfpGsNA-VxSsw_hF8ZlQMfVgRCZHZif_0TMBIoTjOAqFSSzYn_EfdKnup8iw6pgox4Cdp39WpVjGRohp0V8cTbxnorGf-2Y_V6nk0W-fTTq27uCh2VIR71Mis/s2048/topolinos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3WK9DdYEjBVNgfP0dCZfpGsNA-VxSsw_hF8ZlQMfVgRCZHZif_0TMBIoTjOAqFSSzYn_EfdKnup8iw6pgox4Cdp39WpVjGRohp0V8cTbxnorGf-2Y_V6nk0W-fTTq27uCh2VIR71Mis/w480-h640/topolinos.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Topolinos Terrace</div><p><b>Where should we eat for a special occasion?</b> <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/riviera-resort/topolinos-terrace/" target="_blank">Topolinos Terrace</a></i> in The Riviera would be my first pick. It's a very nice restaurant and the food is fantastic. If you can't get in at Topolinos my next recommendation would be <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/contemporary-resort/california-grill/" target="_blank">California Grill</a></i> in the Contemporary. If you're in Epcot I vote <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/epcot/le-cellier-steakhouse/" target="_blank">Le Cellier</a></i> and if you're struggling to get a reservation to either of those, I love <i><a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/dolphin-hotel/shula-lounge/" target="_blank">Schulas</a></i> in the Dolphin and sometimes it's easier to get a reservation there than the others. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9TOpIxZkSYXuWRQtMUB_VUMbei9JDaKPA6r3kAazA5Ze3nqNlB9HdpbRpm_lCgW1g4OQ9e3qfOwX8LJRr_jxRRIDaV7AAwIW4IC6tU_4LvSm7WcWm-FB0Iyknbz82HomOzhL3K-2FCE/s2048/IMG_1951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9TOpIxZkSYXuWRQtMUB_VUMbei9JDaKPA6r3kAazA5Ze3nqNlB9HdpbRpm_lCgW1g4OQ9e3qfOwX8LJRr_jxRRIDaV7AAwIW4IC6tU_4LvSm7WcWm-FB0Iyknbz82HomOzhL3K-2FCE/w480-h640/IMG_1951.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p><b style="font-weight: bold;">If I'm going to Disney for just two days which parks should I go to?</b><b> </b>Ahh this is always such a hard question. Without a doubt Magic Kingdom for one of your park days. If I absolutely had to choose the other I would say Hollywood Studios. There's so much to do and see in Hollywood Studios. They have a lot of fun rides and so many good shows like the Disney Jr Dance Party, the Frozen Show, Cars Show, Muppets Show, etc. I love Animal Kingdom too but they don't have very many rides without a height requirement which is the only reason I would choose HS over AK--there's not as much for the littles to do there. If you don't care about rides, Animal Kingdom is such a beautiful and unique park. AK also has some great shows like The Lion King, It's Tough to Be a Bug and Nemo. Plus the safari is so cool and again, it's such a unique park. If you don't have kids with you then hands down I would choose Epcot. I love Epcot but kids can get bored so I wouldn't take a kid there if you only had two days.<b> </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlOOS9FvCLyv1oB41OCDp28GN9XBa9RowGOVCrOM-DezQtVK6SLtPsMMwVgkonLgnX12ydfz9KuF8CmKIfXeRKPLaarKsER2_tbgDN-nFJHeopgnQeSf8hZOA0y-Y1LXdN3ZvnwS944E/s2048/IMG_2267_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlOOS9FvCLyv1oB41OCDp28GN9XBa9RowGOVCrOM-DezQtVK6SLtPsMMwVgkonLgnX12ydfz9KuF8CmKIfXeRKPLaarKsER2_tbgDN-nFJHeopgnQeSf8hZOA0y-Y1LXdN3ZvnwS944E/w480-h640/IMG_2267_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Where do you get your boys Disney outfits? </b>Jetson Cubbington is my favorite place to get my boys Disney outfits! They are custom made so you have to order 12-14 weeks out. You can create the cutest pieces!! I absolutely love our JC Disney outfits!! I'm a hostess for JC so if you want one of their outfits the easiest thing to do is shoot me a message! Other cute places I like to order from is <i><a href="https://shoppinkpelican.co/" target="_blank">The Pink Pelican</a></i> and <i><a href="https://benoitandmatisse.com/" target="_blank">Benoit and Matisse</a></i>.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNIUXhCvqcAX4xBuiqHV4DCjA8r90G2npaJIomnM4KVHKGRmE6FOzaoWhq1PKflYtJrM7SsTG380RZLjkawfx6ZuEGWH-3_RFgaIfuQNJob0p5OUsNK7X-RGV8mr_n9GSHiPn97Cqb64/s960/JC+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNIUXhCvqcAX4xBuiqHV4DCjA8r90G2npaJIomnM4KVHKGRmE6FOzaoWhq1PKflYtJrM7SsTG380RZLjkawfx6ZuEGWH-3_RFgaIfuQNJob0p5OUsNK7X-RGV8mr_n9GSHiPn97Cqb64/w480-h640/JC+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><b>Tips to help make it easier with little kids?</b> You will definitely want to have a stroller even if your kids haven't used a stroller in years. Campbell and Bennett were fighting over getting to ride in the stroller this last time. I prefer bringing my own stroller and I'm never worried about it getting stolen. Ever. But you can rent strollers <i><a href="https://www.kingdomstrollers.com/" target="_blank">here</a></i> if you don't feel comfortable taking your own. A clip on fan is a nice bonus too. It's hot and humid! We took the boys <i><a href="https://www.yeti.com/en_US/drinkware/bottles/12oz-jr/YRAMJ12.html#pos=15" target="_blank">Yeti</a></i> cups this last time and Scott and I commented over and over what a solid move that was. We filled them up with ice water before we left the hotel and the water stayed cold well into the afternoon. They always want just a sip or two so it works so much better than having to stop to find water all throughout the day. Next time Scott and I both said we would bring Yeti's for ourselves too. There are baby care centers in each park and they are very nice to visit for a diaper change or whatever else you may need. I wrote more in detail about them <i><a href="http://www.karasstories.com/2020/01/going-to-disney-with-baby.html" target="_blank">here</a></i>. Disney is exhausting so we try to stick to our sleep schedule as much as possible. We never go back to the hotel for naps and just cross our fingers for a stroller nap. It would just suck up way too much of the day to leave the park for a nap. We like doing sit-down meals for a chance to get in the air conditioning and wind down for an hour. It always helps us re-group and re-energize. Finally, get the balloon as soon as you get to the park. They won't stop asking you about it if you don't.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh49Bo4BTMNkQRRGooiNlKcwclnxeoxmoft2GlwxRQrU7ctnZ-TpWeUuMIQtaMoS9pjiK92rPFKSfxWQ1ljNBcXonkzp-IZRJsBJOrYLAVQ3kQG6aZMa6Ro1hl5kkKdFZGiLSUHFs5Hs/s2048/IMG_1867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh49Bo4BTMNkQRRGooiNlKcwclnxeoxmoft2GlwxRQrU7ctnZ-TpWeUuMIQtaMoS9pjiK92rPFKSfxWQ1ljNBcXonkzp-IZRJsBJOrYLAVQ3kQG6aZMa6Ro1hl5kkKdFZGiLSUHFs5Hs/w480-h640/IMG_1867.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coffee in hand--proof this was taken as soon as we got in the park haha!</div><p><b>How do you always look so fresh in your photos?</b> Ha! This is a sweet question I get a lot. I'm flattered you think so. Trick? Take the photos as soon as you get in the park. I promise I look disgusting after just a short amount of time in the parks. I get all the photos I want of everyone as soon as we get there. My family knows this about me by now. Take pictures for mom right away, then it's fun time from that point forward! I would be lying though if I said I didn't pack a hairbrush and a little bit of makeup to touch up throughout the day. The boys hair (and mine) looks so much better after a quick little brush.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVOcPx-1RkkXkqmnFSVSi47SXINZ1TVKG-CnatvEAqXfOvS5o_QIZhCCv705m9In8iLbEkJyFy0EVrLwTUfeGg1GRaGsqJnQ-Enu2I8r9bq4swtTPcEcWvvSIcaPJVlb18iUJVyM3VVA/s4032/IMG_2078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVOcPx-1RkkXkqmnFSVSi47SXINZ1TVKG-CnatvEAqXfOvS5o_QIZhCCv705m9In8iLbEkJyFy0EVrLwTUfeGg1GRaGsqJnQ-Enu2I8r9bq4swtTPcEcWvvSIcaPJVlb18iUJVyM3VVA/w480-h640/IMG_2078.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A margarita and tostada in Epcot's Mexico. My favorite snack in Epcot!</div><p><b>Where should we eat in each park?</b> Magic Kingdom: The Plaza, Crystal Palace, Be Our Guest. Animal Kingdom: Tusker House, Yak & Yeti. Hollywood Studios: The Hollywood Brown Derby. Epcot: Le Cellier, San Angel Inn or just snack around the world. We usually eat "lunch" in Epcot by snacking around the world and we love it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBCm67VKQQSE3XgmWtFdc3zR15EQ4BHgc974dgnDhOgv67becUdtpDGraHyOMfM1BRBT-hFZdHmneglcxhI-GpxIiWjpXorwIhGFFs5KVFHCMpLmbBZzoptGDKdlMpErttDEROzeK7FM/s2048/IMG_2264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBCm67VKQQSE3XgmWtFdc3zR15EQ4BHgc974dgnDhOgv67becUdtpDGraHyOMfM1BRBT-hFZdHmneglcxhI-GpxIiWjpXorwIhGFFs5KVFHCMpLmbBZzoptGDKdlMpErttDEROzeK7FM/w480-h640/IMG_2264.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p><b>What's the best bag for me to carry in the parks?</b> I've carried several different bags in the parks over time. I love my Freshly Picked backpack and it's a great bag for the parks. It's kind of big but of course you can leave it in the stroller which is nice. Lately I've been carrying just a small crossbody bag. I like wearing my bag on the ride with me because I have cash, cards, phone etc in it so I don't really feel comfortable leaving my bag in the stroller. It's definitely more comfortable riding the rides with a small cross body than it is the big Freshly Picked backpack. Other fun bag options are the <i><a href="https://www.shopdisney.com/brands/loungefly/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6NmHBhD2ARIsAI3hrM2uUXdAeN2aa0upAhZ5RoGl7aTHncHi-DdCDjcJvpwvV0JVMFIl5OQaAsbCEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Loungefly</a></i> bags. You can purchase them in the parks or find them online too of course. I have a little cross body Loungefly bag that's fun to carry around Disney. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1McgldXN_-NW3oMH28Dxr-hoXhyphenhyphen1W4ETRKwktYaNkCVfQ7fNapG3kDsI5nU21HyiMxiAFtrGTXZovvInJxiwE-cnomDMEeGgptVNSlUqbYZu70OrqOayA55cSkYwi_DEQJMxQkYnRxY/s4032/IMG_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1McgldXN_-NW3oMH28Dxr-hoXhyphenhyphen1W4ETRKwktYaNkCVfQ7fNapG3kDsI5nU21HyiMxiAFtrGTXZovvInJxiwE-cnomDMEeGgptVNSlUqbYZu70OrqOayA55cSkYwi_DEQJMxQkYnRxY/w480-h640/IMG_2009.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Breakfast at Topolinos Terrace</div><p><b>Best character meal?</b> Our favorite character meal at Disney is breakfast at 1900 Park Fare in the Grand Floridian. By a landslide. The food is <i><b>amazing</b></i> and I love the character experience + the atmosphere. Close runners-up are: Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom, Tusker House in Animal Kingdom and Topolino's Terrace in The Riviera. Honestly just go ahead and do all four because they're all so great. Ha! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaCbClOfh5bRw1UGVkVloo8dWqwIv7EVCtsBn84tP2TtC1pkVnGWrBXM03Z6gFpCTswecWF14xGjtxm_sMk7Qw6ajb0QD5nxqedVURlo8lHKfOfUpNsCR_RRRhsuCCDrinksUizWQncc/s2048/IMG_1496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaCbClOfh5bRw1UGVkVloo8dWqwIv7EVCtsBn84tP2TtC1pkVnGWrBXM03Z6gFpCTswecWF14xGjtxm_sMk7Qw6ajb0QD5nxqedVURlo8lHKfOfUpNsCR_RRRhsuCCDrinksUizWQncc/w480-h640/IMG_1496.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>What shoes are the most comfortable to wear in the parks? </b>I never really put much thought into this for myself. I just wear whatever shoes I want to wear. If it's a shoe I wear at home all day that doesn't bother me I will wear it in the parks too. The boys like wearing their Natives and I like for them to wear Natives too in case it rains (which it probably will). They have also worn their Sun San's. I usually pack some sandals and sneakers. I mostly like packing a super cushy house slipper for me to wear once I get back to the hotel because I feel like they do my tired feet some good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-18jUJoymArry0rzosVsTXjaXJZOyH2Xyt0WVHcVYBY-SGI3EWwoW9M1iiJXup0w_Y_wlMi5XesVma14bjG58Vm6oUSEYzn7SF5T79snEk2AEHQxSQX1AmUXFIJu6jfOW08_O3SuMx8/s960/JC+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-18jUJoymArry0rzosVsTXjaXJZOyH2Xyt0WVHcVYBY-SGI3EWwoW9M1iiJXup0w_Y_wlMi5XesVma14bjG58Vm6oUSEYzn7SF5T79snEk2AEHQxSQX1AmUXFIJu6jfOW08_O3SuMx8/w480-h640/JC+Christmas.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas Day at Magic Kingdom 2019</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>What kind of clothes should I pack for November-February?</b> We spent Christmas at Disney in 2019 and wore shorts the entire time. It was hot! I know locals say you never know what to expect so you should pack for all the seasons. I did bring a little cardigan for Wells and light jackets for Campbell and Bennett + a cardigan for myself in case it was chilly at night. I think I wore my cardigan one evening when Scott and I snuck out late to watch the fireworks. Other than that I don't think we ever needed them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3i3c_I8YQ_fvhGCqTX6uMOBY6EOa7Zg2MK6XIRPmbbRZw6fyQnZSu4jGMc642i5LOPS-ItWZs9sx01w7lIRql-UfkI2PWCJN4uRYqTOwyO-bfb8LCSB_yHOx-Sqjb5TMqrAUm901S5I/s2048/IMG_2514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3i3c_I8YQ_fvhGCqTX6uMOBY6EOa7Zg2MK6XIRPmbbRZw6fyQnZSu4jGMc642i5LOPS-ItWZs9sx01w7lIRql-UfkI2PWCJN4uRYqTOwyO-bfb8LCSB_yHOx-Sqjb5TMqrAUm901S5I/w480-h640/IMG_2514.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Any other tips I should know?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> My biggest tip is to make sure you book your dining reservations ASAP. Reservations get booked quick and if you want nice meals, you HAVE to have a reservation. You would never be able to just walk in and sit down. Even if you didn't get a restaurant you wanted, keep checking on the MyDisney Experience app. I was able to get us a reservation to Topolino's Terrace for breakfast two days prior and I had been checking consistently for 60 days before that!! People's plans change and they will cancel their reservations so just keep checking! Another tip I have is to not pay for bottled water in the parks. You will get thirsty and want some water but you can get cold ice water for free. It actually tastes better because it's ice cold and it's more refreshing than a bottled water that will quickly get hot unless you drink the entire thing at once. Plus the bottled water in Disney is expensive. Paying for bottled water several times a day adds up! </span><i style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2021/06/08/everywhere-you-can-find-free-water-in-disney-world/" target="_blank">Here</a></i><span style="text-align: left;"> is a great list where you can find all the free ice water in Disney. Finally, a lot of people are under the impression that there aren't very many rides for little kids. It's actually the opposite. There are more rides that an infant can do than aren't. Disney was made for little kids and kids of all ages can have the absolute best time there!</span></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-1913741853858993742021-07-19T09:47:00.000-05:002021-07-19T09:47:59.026-05:00Epcot Try Two<p>Since our first day at Epcot was slightly a bust, I was happy that we were able to do another day there. But before we went to the park, we took the Skyliner to the Boardwalk to eat breakfast at Trattoria al Forno. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMSGBGABFA27nfxYYXsy6ij4-Z23eVNXqDjuziXxawrVvzJkTUg4slu_ltn1WiFc4RjidPWXPuWZKxupbVvc7j8BtArGHiiapX5ShxzKMiJtUn7Fh4qkjeymd-9dqxugB6YZj1QIV9s4/s2048/IMG_2426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMSGBGABFA27nfxYYXsy6ij4-Z23eVNXqDjuziXxawrVvzJkTUg4slu_ltn1WiFc4RjidPWXPuWZKxupbVvc7j8BtArGHiiapX5ShxzKMiJtUn7Fh4qkjeymd-9dqxugB6YZj1QIV9s4/w480-h640/IMG_2426.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I had heard it was one of the best breakfast spots at Disney and I wanted to give it a try. Scott and I ate dinner here in August when we came by ourselves and it was terrible!! They have since completely redone the menu so maybe it's better now. I'm happy to report that breakfast was fantastic and I can see why it gets rave reviews. I got the breakfast pizza and Scott and I both agreed it was the best thing we ordered. The pizza was huge and we should have all shared it. I didn't get a photo of it but I have a video of it and the rest of our meal on my Disney 2021 highlights on IG. </p><p>We finished breakfast then headed over to Epcot to rope drop. I have never experienced rope drop before but I'll never be anxious to do it again. It all was very confusing to us honestly. We've walked into the parks up to thirty minutes before they say they open and hopped on rides so we assumed it would be the same this time but they literally had us all wait behind a rope, in the middle of the park, until exactly 11:00 when Epcot opens. It was hot, and crammed full of people who were already getting smelly and I was not the slightest bit thrilled by the situation. If I had known that's what it was going to be like I would have just browsed around the Boardwalk or popped in Beach Club and shopped in the gift shop. We were anxious to get in line for Frozen though so we stood there packed like sardines with everyone else. If we hadn't done rope drop we would have waited in line for a really long time for Frozen (we waited 21 minutes) so I <i>guess</i> it was worth it but it was a little disappointing. I was expecting something different out of the infamous rope drop like a special song or Tinker Bell flying above us. That would have been epic. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMDeR9A0Ip_vY8q6xwYUqM6hZa_dy-CXYqJrGv1XzW4N2L9HU4k5S3bYONW8DCTYCZG_3hwlkpMaBVLuVQl1a0LgUzq8lWx0jW0S-D4ln96FnCsu4SL77eRz3gHKpdDTVWAASvg1M0RY/s2048/IMG_2532_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMDeR9A0Ip_vY8q6xwYUqM6hZa_dy-CXYqJrGv1XzW4N2L9HU4k5S3bYONW8DCTYCZG_3hwlkpMaBVLuVQl1a0LgUzq8lWx0jW0S-D4ln96FnCsu4SL77eRz3gHKpdDTVWAASvg1M0RY/w480-h640/IMG_2532_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2zOlsUPy3KnFOEgP6dqXumfbFAzGGOQnH39iuDz-xtnDK86zMuQYJC-6vCo8PNfgd63rYU-9bKDVAkhgm8ar13tf2-PpOwom1MQRwwRJQrAepOEBx_VU6U0HG-HbbmWGNUKi_MZoFwE/s2048/IMG_2437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2zOlsUPy3KnFOEgP6dqXumfbFAzGGOQnH39iuDz-xtnDK86zMuQYJC-6vCo8PNfgd63rYU-9bKDVAkhgm8ar13tf2-PpOwom1MQRwwRJQrAepOEBx_VU6U0HG-HbbmWGNUKi_MZoFwE/w480-h640/IMG_2437.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7vjkg8iHHHAbWmnDp6LBjcTtbyuxZSm3dYqIcQJzfgdmSpXewIKFPlkZq5wVMhhbCq98JFuFxvtXGEa7y7yWCi4A7n65tg-ujs3Q2aakbiihTPQqxmzH4BnUi0qhdjEDIhI3vFXokOE/s2048/IMG_2447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7vjkg8iHHHAbWmnDp6LBjcTtbyuxZSm3dYqIcQJzfgdmSpXewIKFPlkZq5wVMhhbCq98JFuFxvtXGEa7y7yWCi4A7n65tg-ujs3Q2aakbiihTPQqxmzH4BnUi0qhdjEDIhI3vFXokOE/w480-h640/IMG_2447.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We road Frozen, did some shopping, grabbed some drinks and food, and focused most of our time collecting our passports from around the world. It's similar to the Wilderness Explorer thing in Animal Kingdom. You find each "Kidcot Fun Stop" in each country and someone is there to hand you a "passport." Collect all 11 and you get a special little card that says something about traveling around the world. The boys love stuff like that so it was a fun challenge to get all of the passports from each country. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TyjivVZI1JuQFsWoBBCYY_iXZ868IMn4ClbsDxYnWFCrZF8lrCvJcREsDPTgytEL2CYjFfy_70nDJUcqVIe-oCQUh_nmr3NDBu8sbTCqwwnReSrL9NVMAYeFYdG5Ku0vBgovfql24as/s4032/IMG_2448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TyjivVZI1JuQFsWoBBCYY_iXZ868IMn4ClbsDxYnWFCrZF8lrCvJcREsDPTgytEL2CYjFfy_70nDJUcqVIe-oCQUh_nmr3NDBu8sbTCqwwnReSrL9NVMAYeFYdG5Ku0vBgovfql24as/w480-h640/IMG_2448.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>We won't talk about how we got all the way to Germany (from the UK) to collect our passport before realizing we had lost all the others we had collected. Campbell was playing with them while we were in Italy (see photo above) and somewhere between our Italian pizza and my glass of prosecco he must have set them down and walked away from them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAnGuVAVP0CdH1IRwDzzzdwY5IFH8oMBImOmDiHGlHJuw3MdzpvmMRDPNSiU-MD-q-itRpBuGBfQshEBgGlK1jgO4K6uw3RCzit_0KXiRIGeC6qPpkeyDsf1PToeB6x1cgQxVHJyHvoU/s2048/IMG_2450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAnGuVAVP0CdH1IRwDzzzdwY5IFH8oMBImOmDiHGlHJuw3MdzpvmMRDPNSiU-MD-q-itRpBuGBfQshEBgGlK1jgO4K6uw3RCzit_0KXiRIGeC6qPpkeyDsf1PToeB6x1cgQxVHJyHvoU/w480-h640/IMG_2450.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZox_unAWW4WE5dj50Jk-3g5fS20oEjeAsgcF72xG_dlZn_6bk77e8g5lMHTtMEafsavE7mXPFADQVfXulr35Na32nji0vCuDCDL_sXJgxJ6CvkrBLtwe1mBFEe-MPxQi6mCsX5z9Gtw/s2048/IMG_2454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZox_unAWW4WE5dj50Jk-3g5fS20oEjeAsgcF72xG_dlZn_6bk77e8g5lMHTtMEafsavE7mXPFADQVfXulr35Na32nji0vCuDCDL_sXJgxJ6CvkrBLtwe1mBFEe-MPxQi6mCsX5z9Gtw/w480-h640/IMG_2454.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnUyghgNluuBvfwiHzKIwZd1Mpr68DjKpRC3XtUQBNagETVPS-LhqzvXTRLQE9bfZuDZumaamIciJlsbI-nwon86pSX9h-IxJQp5gKHab56835z7nqLGuPTmBRfdPIAFU4JR04S0RBwQ/s4032/IMG_2465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnUyghgNluuBvfwiHzKIwZd1Mpr68DjKpRC3XtUQBNagETVPS-LhqzvXTRLQE9bfZuDZumaamIciJlsbI-nwon86pSX9h-IxJQp5gKHab56835z7nqLGuPTmBRfdPIAFU4JR04S0RBwQ/w480-h640/IMG_2465.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwIdMcq9LqeSv86hv0_QbMTyYi2J1sapIgHwpu2CUaSz9syEuNRJTwXq612xSZkQtSXiuqJiFH2-xj9U_wpQ37IHhIaIKuqCPVT2a-VvX-uCc10AqAkx8pkfcXlL61qrnYJn3ZbdMwEo/s2048/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwIdMcq9LqeSv86hv0_QbMTyYi2J1sapIgHwpu2CUaSz9syEuNRJTwXq612xSZkQtSXiuqJiFH2-xj9U_wpQ37IHhIaIKuqCPVT2a-VvX-uCc10AqAkx8pkfcXlL61qrnYJn3ZbdMwEo/w480-h640/IMG_2482.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>We ran back to Italy to try to find them but they were gone (some super lucky kid found them without having to do all the work to get them, I'm certain of it). Campbell cried. It was a big thing. We were running out of time so Scott and I decided to divide and conquer. He went one way, I went the other, and in the end, we got all of our passports. Praise. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9QiZCec3XBSumLr3Ft_GKeF5RoheLpXQo6qLRX0qLEbGB1_PlCSUObtsWWjCYH3CElk96mKBwWDjrKFD0mj8aBd3L2rwznfLkmsv600htIHpN47oGJZxH5xt8pekLAAYmyn-yK0XlJs/s2048/IMG_2500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9QiZCec3XBSumLr3Ft_GKeF5RoheLpXQo6qLRX0qLEbGB1_PlCSUObtsWWjCYH3CElk96mKBwWDjrKFD0mj8aBd3L2rwznfLkmsv600htIHpN47oGJZxH5xt8pekLAAYmyn-yK0XlJs/w480-h640/IMG_2500.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYvxUUXC9XFTN395jgMI0Acxcr_JES6XPboKMKc8VwXjsL_VPIXDk04J-nFGvR9b-nkkLEf51QJSbOaLQ4sXx7lSpGFxv3C8EEg1yXvE0APGr8IsuuHgTOpdfweVxG7aaBKYHA4w9s-0/s2048/IMG_2514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYvxUUXC9XFTN395jgMI0Acxcr_JES6XPboKMKc8VwXjsL_VPIXDk04J-nFGvR9b-nkkLEf51QJSbOaLQ4sXx7lSpGFxv3C8EEg1yXvE0APGr8IsuuHgTOpdfweVxG7aaBKYHA4w9s-0/w480-h640/IMG_2514.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>This trip around the world went slightly better than the first. The kids don't love Epcot and I don't blame them honestly. It's not as fun for kids as it is for adults. They kept saying they were bored but I love Epcot so much I could never not go while at Disney. It was probably a good idea for us to do two half days here with the kids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLWE9eWK_RxT5Mr-diTC-Ku9IJYeia2UuKeGzpnU0Lk0chAintlOufE_6eWHwi-cVrC4lvyn0QrwuDajVMDc_shO7e0qYDMDg6771v7RwcPxSQ40HZUt517t9iZFq-X155gf2hA_GIxA/s2048/IMG_2523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLWE9eWK_RxT5Mr-diTC-Ku9IJYeia2UuKeGzpnU0Lk0chAintlOufE_6eWHwi-cVrC4lvyn0QrwuDajVMDc_shO7e0qYDMDg6771v7RwcPxSQ40HZUt517t9iZFq-X155gf2hA_GIxA/w640-h480/IMG_2523.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately our time at Disney had come to an end. I always want more days at Disney. We had the absolute best trip and we made a lot of memories. I do wish we had done one extra day so we could have had a day in the middle where we didn't go to any parks but instead stayed in our room to chill, rest, and re-group. I really think it's necessary with little kids to do that. I say that every time and we never have a day where we don't have a park reservation. It's hard to be at Disney and not go to a park but next time I think we'll have to do that in order to make our trip more pleasant for everyone. We learn each time we go to Disney what we could do better the next time and for this trip, that was my biggest takeaway. Overall, the trip was pretty smooth sailing. We loved our resort, our food and our time together as a family at the happiest place on earth!</span></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-52274411197649333202021-07-16T11:37:00.000-05:002021-07-16T11:37:09.783-05:00Magic Kingdom Take Two<p>Magic Kingdom is most definitely my happy place. I love all of the Disney parks and Epcot is high up on my favorites list but if I could only go to one park it would for sure be MK. It's what I think of when I think Disney. We were excited to go back to Magic Kingdom for a second time because there were several things we weren't able to do the first day we were there. I really feel like you need two full days in Magic Kingdom to be able to do and see it all, especially with kids. It's definitely the most kid friendly park of the four.</p><p>The first thing I like to do when I get into the parks is spend a little bit of time to take a few good photos. There's always one shot I'm wanting to get and I want to get it before everyone is gross, sweaty, grumpy and tired.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaX16SDy84-oYLrzsB10WsyR99-Ju_WAL0snlb5GkiR-Fn6POz3jX-uxGvya3CR0SfUAXkJoDHVaeRTxqjxdqEXV3CTlGpWvbRy80rz8gv5uJpLmCvYX_sTI_BzAMhvyAaWhFW1Ravlw/s2048/IMG_2167_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaX16SDy84-oYLrzsB10WsyR99-Ju_WAL0snlb5GkiR-Fn6POz3jX-uxGvya3CR0SfUAXkJoDHVaeRTxqjxdqEXV3CTlGpWvbRy80rz8gv5uJpLmCvYX_sTI_BzAMhvyAaWhFW1Ravlw/w480-h640/IMG_2167_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhkBST-ZIw6jdxddoF11aYtjIIoxxBJjg9FjNRSJokTKhW6o2oVzJS2gUx8NTH_jHthFIKrvgkdABz_optMBQhQdXgZjFU-Hf4p_ClNzfzUWiBL7IeiMf5RaURgdGiJIWE7lWYDfTW7E/s2048/IMG_2214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhkBST-ZIw6jdxddoF11aYtjIIoxxBJjg9FjNRSJokTKhW6o2oVzJS2gUx8NTH_jHthFIKrvgkdABz_optMBQhQdXgZjFU-Hf4p_ClNzfzUWiBL7IeiMf5RaURgdGiJIWE7lWYDfTW7E/w480-h640/IMG_2214.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>As always, we got to the park right when it opened and Campbell really wanted to ride Splash Mountain so we headed that direction first. We did rider swap and there's a great little playground for young kids to play in that's covered and out of the hot sun so Scott hung there with Bennett and Wells (Bennett didn't want to ride it) while Campbell and I did Splash Mountain. Campbell loved it and was excited to ride it again right away with Scott. </p><p>Next we headed back to Fantasyland to get on Dumbo. The boys loved playing in the play area inside of Dumbo before we got on the ride and Scott and I enjoyed getting to sit down in the air conditioning while they did. We gave them about 15 minutes of playtime then decided we should go ride Dumbo. While we were waiting in line, the sweetest Cast Member noticed the boys were wearing Dumbo outfits so she opened up a special section of the line so the boys could get close to the ride and I could take some photos of them. I thought it was so sweet of her to offer, especially since I didn't even make mention of it. I got the cutest photos of the boys that are some of my favorites from the trip! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nPYl66zRqypjyDoLWFejKqYK3Xf8rvCX9xxTCLkS4Nv2S3I0QZ60cZ8uiiflMEnJZe0MkHPE5drcY1gSjspOJvV3wMRGZPIHTUcbpfcjBrZstgWJeSiM-_kOc5Ec7pYKJYPSZkJ6T04/s2048/IMG_2251_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nPYl66zRqypjyDoLWFejKqYK3Xf8rvCX9xxTCLkS4Nv2S3I0QZ60cZ8uiiflMEnJZe0MkHPE5drcY1gSjspOJvV3wMRGZPIHTUcbpfcjBrZstgWJeSiM-_kOc5Ec7pYKJYPSZkJ6T04/w480-h640/IMG_2251_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7Zrwpa9ZYiAn7nmSRiEHDVU41R70wniilQFXKZ5_QKAnS5lZYN7Vlfjk9kMwRhUh7vSWcWgJsI-o_xsBIFwushVBaNE_SHUjmC8mSDYfw6gEx645Dnd2xWe4R3Pv30g0fOOAU5eIR0s/s2048/IMG_2259_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7Zrwpa9ZYiAn7nmSRiEHDVU41R70wniilQFXKZ5_QKAnS5lZYN7Vlfjk9kMwRhUh7vSWcWgJsI-o_xsBIFwushVBaNE_SHUjmC8mSDYfw6gEx645Dnd2xWe4R3Pv30g0fOOAU5eIR0s/w480-h640/IMG_2259_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PKQwLJno9apbj_i6MsvLoN0VfdxejnXxayu_4pE60R25Qwl63BlRlHCn1SMP3iQJb5OnMbGQPRK2jnlSSJ3C9UbgWjIORHDS4WH-L7mbd3wC0qkjbADvjRBeF-7jY-G-ij5B2L4tv6E/s2048/IMG_2267_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PKQwLJno9apbj_i6MsvLoN0VfdxejnXxayu_4pE60R25Qwl63BlRlHCn1SMP3iQJb5OnMbGQPRK2jnlSSJ3C9UbgWjIORHDS4WH-L7mbd3wC0qkjbADvjRBeF-7jY-G-ij5B2L4tv6E/w480-h640/IMG_2267_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jm2RlvkhrzCchabIZ6KrMjNRwD7LATFgl43AFIvqjpIxt9_FUOtN-wQPh50y8VWUeZJ_sGDGQatfBHlISVQh2nzAmPfrz6sf3Et8I9BrYN-MZHwUO89HHZGVdRXVTTjgN4k6S_uIji0/s2048/IMG_2287_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jm2RlvkhrzCchabIZ6KrMjNRwD7LATFgl43AFIvqjpIxt9_FUOtN-wQPh50y8VWUeZJ_sGDGQatfBHlISVQh2nzAmPfrz6sf3Et8I9BrYN-MZHwUO89HHZGVdRXVTTjgN4k6S_uIji0/w480-h640/IMG_2287_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLA7w4AsxTqdV5GdS9OAl5w9A_vatF0U0jkU2fypNFAuLNJBxJxfDr5P6ZYaE5gATttn0fV8fKsMY-rXSFniVdb_RAr9M83Fpb-3MHyLVYTfYRUn7gcVB8samFIvpTrPvt_-li0xqnao/s2048/IMG_2303_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLA7w4AsxTqdV5GdS9OAl5w9A_vatF0U0jkU2fypNFAuLNJBxJxfDr5P6ZYaE5gATttn0fV8fKsMY-rXSFniVdb_RAr9M83Fpb-3MHyLVYTfYRUn7gcVB8samFIvpTrPvt_-li0xqnao/w480-h640/IMG_2303_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOSpt_mJ6FborcvqFDr_ZbNmMDDedgtUR413XR1lN7aWLfyIDcqY2sS9oGZ3KCfYKOgSTgdVjspBXegO7Hbfur54_g7QGH3kSTa4bK7HQWR14JwidCcepVOGOQhQjkc7PQa9FzOWdU1U/s2048/IMG_2304_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOSpt_mJ6FborcvqFDr_ZbNmMDDedgtUR413XR1lN7aWLfyIDcqY2sS9oGZ3KCfYKOgSTgdVjspBXegO7Hbfur54_g7QGH3kSTa4bK7HQWR14JwidCcepVOGOQhQjkc7PQa9FzOWdU1U/w480-h640/IMG_2304_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGyXBn5EbwVd8e4b_QKJpvDxF6MM70NbIwaNNepcGTYjhKzZ8szMMW1uwfioEYpm9lOPF4feFG5hKNOzJS98jkkF7DvO-5uwtDMQh2ID8QW8ozxgwc42josK3vNMHOcrWx4E1w_bnAEo/s2048/IMG_2306_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGyXBn5EbwVd8e4b_QKJpvDxF6MM70NbIwaNNepcGTYjhKzZ8szMMW1uwfioEYpm9lOPF4feFG5hKNOzJS98jkkF7DvO-5uwtDMQh2ID8QW8ozxgwc42josK3vNMHOcrWx4E1w_bnAEo/w480-h640/IMG_2306_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>The morning was flying by and before we knew it, it was time for lunch at Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace is my favorite place to eat in Magic Kingdom. We always eat either breakfast or lunch here every time we come. The location is fantastic and I just love the ambiance. The food is obviously delicious too, otherwise I wouldn't want to eat here every time. Normally this is a character meal with all of the Pooh characters which is another reason it's my favorite but the characters still aren't making an appearance here unfortunately. I was so hoping they would be by the time we went. Oh well! We still had a wonderful experience with the best waiter and food. This was one of my favorite meals on this trip. So delicious. Also, I know this is so silly but I really like being able to use the bathroom at this restaurant (lol--it's small and feels really nice and extra clean to me) and getting my drink to go is a nice bonus too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2JaW3s_b3nuik8qBmmYwEtOraUG9EWOm0j6a8b5V7ifyLEcZ0TpD4KMYtCKdHtOevQ1zIUKNZUaXF7idDOYJgGTrGrnfeHISKzpLU_sH6Df8O9na5mmuukQlE4YR790IuEaxARqL8tA/s2048/IMG_2310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2JaW3s_b3nuik8qBmmYwEtOraUG9EWOm0j6a8b5V7ifyLEcZ0TpD4KMYtCKdHtOevQ1zIUKNZUaXF7idDOYJgGTrGrnfeHISKzpLU_sH6Df8O9na5mmuukQlE4YR790IuEaxARqL8tA/w480-h640/IMG_2310.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_s4cji8T3kXNFwEh_HTfaO517kPPdLGtNd1meYj0S99n-2aGtu0TFtNSM83rEhZaaC0W5ImbWSh32J4fuNBte7Xf6CbTc71ILFdk-WkEzMZClHqI-RqDId8PZisdTNZosUupdKlfoeU/s2048/IMG_2311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_s4cji8T3kXNFwEh_HTfaO517kPPdLGtNd1meYj0S99n-2aGtu0TFtNSM83rEhZaaC0W5ImbWSh32J4fuNBte7Xf6CbTc71ILFdk-WkEzMZClHqI-RqDId8PZisdTNZosUupdKlfoeU/w480-h640/IMG_2311.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3c3dhPLyFrXFm1cwvb-ptx4Upj_gN0JKRe26md0XuGJad3EAkd7ed8A5WCtI4aHnC1_qW9OhCXR6X3zLI48J93EBS9clKlxK2DXUNy7MnevH3ZdKYId5qhwaIwb34c9HLwFB2aZzbZ1g/s2048/IMG_2312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3c3dhPLyFrXFm1cwvb-ptx4Upj_gN0JKRe26md0XuGJad3EAkd7ed8A5WCtI4aHnC1_qW9OhCXR6X3zLI48J93EBS9clKlxK2DXUNy7MnevH3ZdKYId5qhwaIwb34c9HLwFB2aZzbZ1g/w480-h640/IMG_2312.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We took a left out of the restaurant and right in front of ice was a Mickey ice cream and you really can't go to Disney without eating one (or five) so we all enjoyed one of those before riding more rides.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwvpxGvMz9oBX0zcznbrufvlLrVS4_e7OYe9pQ_zKvZXKHdT1NVQszO-X0oYLrVgmxNq1cwjHRK4kML0RAjDTjp0d_JZdTLj2wnDhDNo18oYS0ydx-BK1U84Yfi1n84myt0tFIXiJb4Q/s4032/IMG_2321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwvpxGvMz9oBX0zcznbrufvlLrVS4_e7OYe9pQ_zKvZXKHdT1NVQszO-X0oYLrVgmxNq1cwjHRK4kML0RAjDTjp0d_JZdTLj2wnDhDNo18oYS0ydx-BK1U84Yfi1n84myt0tFIXiJb4Q/w480-h640/IMG_2321.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5L7V0LC4UBTGp142-fjLI6Ik2jRsbsYTjSvSqC_XAi5MIU8W7LDNZLw-HDmn8zMJ-2CyIXriFjb-zSoXNCdR4LsC0dLZsOjbNiy8e0H-nIq4VBHkTYRA2HdPB6hpaM93WqcEmZtIadc/s2048/IMG_2351_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5L7V0LC4UBTGp142-fjLI6Ik2jRsbsYTjSvSqC_XAi5MIU8W7LDNZLw-HDmn8zMJ-2CyIXriFjb-zSoXNCdR4LsC0dLZsOjbNiy8e0H-nIq4VBHkTYRA2HdPB6hpaM93WqcEmZtIadc/w480-h640/IMG_2351_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>One of my absolute must do's I wanted to do on this trip was get a silhouette done of my boys. They all obliged my wish (all four of them, haha!) and we walked towards Main Street to make it happen. There is a small little spot halfway down Main Street where you can get your silhouette done (there's also another spot in Liberty Square across from Sleepy Hollow). There was only one person in front of us and they were halfway through so we didn't have to wait long at all before it was our turn--maybe 5-10 minutes. You can do singles, doubles, the entire family....whatever you choose. I wanted all three boys in a silhouette together. The gentleman doing the silhouettes told Campbell to go first (oldest to smallest) so Campbell sat and literally 90 seconds later it was Bennett's turn then Wells. I could not believe how fast he was. He cut out the silhouette, pasted it onto some special paper then someone checked us out. The cost was $30, $10 per person and I will treasure this souvenir forever and ever!! I know a lot of times when you do stuff like this on vacation it really doesn't look like you but these silhouettes look just like my boys. I was so, so pleased. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGJCsOZCGwDYm56Xsuasn_yLpcrX3sR9d5fF5QgjW0fc2clrc23RjCrYn4DeEUuQ4NUeAkKE1W6LfN5GooPj2EWLZc7QPv4U0_tWIzfhmyqgv8UGc2sfR-egUk_C127yPa9lRhs3-VdI/s4032/IMG_2374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGJCsOZCGwDYm56Xsuasn_yLpcrX3sR9d5fF5QgjW0fc2clrc23RjCrYn4DeEUuQ4NUeAkKE1W6LfN5GooPj2EWLZc7QPv4U0_tWIzfhmyqgv8UGc2sfR-egUk_C127yPa9lRhs3-VdI/w480-h640/IMG_2374.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We got some more rides in and before we knew it, it was time for dinner. We decided on Be Our Guest for this trip because we wanted to stay in the park to eat. After doing Disney several times, we've learned we just prefer to stay in the parks for meals vs hopping to resorts or other parks. There's a few exceptions we'll make (like breakfast at 1900 Park Fare in the Grand Floridian) but we've learned it's just simpler to stay put. We ate at Be Our Guest the first time we ever went to Disney and I always said it was a one and done for me. However, it was honestly our only option this time so we booked it and we were very glad we did. The food was <i>wonderful </i>this time and we all really enjoyed it. My only complaint is they took too long (I kind of like getting in and out because I want to get back to the rides!!) but otherwise the food was fantastic. I enjoyed my meal, the boys enjoy theirs, and my wine hit the spot after a long day on my feet. The best part was dessert for the boys--they got to paint Chip with edible paint then eat him! It was seriously so cool and chip tastes so good!! I think he is made of white chocolate but it was yummy. I had the grey stuff and it truly is delicious. In the past I would have said this is a restaurant everyone should do once just for the experience but you probably wouldn't want to do it again but now I'm not so sure. We may end up eating here every time we're in Magic Kingdom from now on. We were pleasantly surprised how much we enjoyed our meal considering the last time we ate there we found it to be fine but nothing super special.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDBgwpd_NSyNv9Fp8GtTpk3NHzfx_r2Rsv117DQNeBhUKo2FyhbidIATNo69JdDpZb6fZZ7_Z5Jz1hnoYlhrgRK2kbGcSbezLfhB_1Q0eqJJjXlh5vcpRtsSuARRbTH4SD7D_OSP2RzI/s2048/IMG_2379_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDBgwpd_NSyNv9Fp8GtTpk3NHzfx_r2Rsv117DQNeBhUKo2FyhbidIATNo69JdDpZb6fZZ7_Z5Jz1hnoYlhrgRK2kbGcSbezLfhB_1Q0eqJJjXlh5vcpRtsSuARRbTH4SD7D_OSP2RzI/w480-h640/IMG_2379_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Unfortunately when we got out of the restaurant the weather was showing a severe storm headed our way. Even though we still hadn't done one of our favorite rides yet, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, we made the decision to head on back to the resort. We took the bus to the Riviera and within seconds of walking into our room the rain came pouring down. Since we got back to our room a little early, Bennett wanted to paint some pottery like Campbell had done the day before. I took him to the art room and he enjoyed getting to paint his own masterpiece that is actually a really fun souvenir to have from our trip. </p><p>We got the boys tucked into bed early then I snuck downstairs to do a little shopping in the Riviera gift shop. I had spotting some things I had been wanting and wanted to shop kid-free. The hotel gift shops are always really good and it's easier to shop there than the parks sometimes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljoUe3yQjhCVsu6eVTURiTfX0oXu6DZnjco1uLXyGtuJhQFMxtu55DDtp24cGBZ85DZTPpAplFZ0NI03fq85pDGKF_KWVsv19bwyCnOPkIPgQRDOJgdzPbkvNrQv5jjG4insa4t8HBcw/s2048/IMG_2338_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljoUe3yQjhCVsu6eVTURiTfX0oXu6DZnjco1uLXyGtuJhQFMxtu55DDtp24cGBZ85DZTPpAplFZ0NI03fq85pDGKF_KWVsv19bwyCnOPkIPgQRDOJgdzPbkvNrQv5jjG4insa4t8HBcw/w480-h640/IMG_2338_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Scott and I toasted another successful day in Disney on our balcony. We absolutely loved having a balcony off our room and I'm not sure we'll ever be able to do Disney again without one! This day couldn't have gone better. The kids were happy the whole time we were there and there was minimal complaining or fussing from either of them. Just an overall great day!</p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-63865032075513166192021-07-15T11:37:00.002-05:002021-07-15T19:45:00.467-05:00Epcot Flower and Garden Festival<p>Our fourth day at Disney went a little different than we had planned. Originally, we were going to spend the first half of this day super slow paced by lounging all morning then going to our resort pool. We thought we'd let Wells catch a nap, then in the afternoon head over to Epcot for a few rides and dinner at Chef's de France. It seemed like a good plan. But it rained. And at the very last minute I managed to score a breakfast reservation at Topolino's Terrace and I couldn't pass it up. We were staying at the Riviera after all, so how could we skip out on Disney's best breakfast right inside our hotel? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzfSCsKKJdfADQvAWsrUMvFkGpN6A0vvZpcpwlkV7iMt5p5A-Eh2DvIFTGTXuHnhVApeEIYFcWNs63JB7sSFzUPtoVQRvO32UnH5waU2eOlMaltMVP3yM4mrlQbZzBnNMe_nnudL1lf4/s2048/IMG_1999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzfSCsKKJdfADQvAWsrUMvFkGpN6A0vvZpcpwlkV7iMt5p5A-Eh2DvIFTGTXuHnhVApeEIYFcWNs63JB7sSFzUPtoVQRvO32UnH5waU2eOlMaltMVP3yM4mrlQbZzBnNMe_nnudL1lf4/w480-h640/IMG_1999.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Our breakfast reservation wasn't until 10:00 so we were still able to enjoy a slow paced morning which was nice. And breakfast was incredible. Without a doubt one of my must do's every time I go to Disney now. We have eaten dinner at Topolino's and it's amazing but this was our first breakfast experience. The restaurant is beautiful and the entire experience was 100%. The characters are fabulous and this may sound silly but their outfits are amazing. Oh and of course the food was delicious. I had the quiche gruyere, Scott got the spiced sausage hash and the boys chose the Mickey waffle dippers. I loved the Mickey waffles being on a stick--so much easier and less messy to dip in syrup! Overall I give this a 10/10 and say it is an absolute must do at Disney, especially if you have kids. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffUx9W9KVq7kdZL09uR_7iBt8YC4MMtvRcFugE8vS9HR5U6TBsyxUJ8D6MaSVRkcC4hPg0oR8aRH9mvHnNAiDpC-Xxqzmq93aJfzc1SPw5mSugQe4IqNRLfPGkfpLSd174rZcGQGTygg/s4032/IMG_2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffUx9W9KVq7kdZL09uR_7iBt8YC4MMtvRcFugE8vS9HR5U6TBsyxUJ8D6MaSVRkcC4hPg0oR8aRH9mvHnNAiDpC-Xxqzmq93aJfzc1SPw5mSugQe4IqNRLfPGkfpLSd174rZcGQGTygg/w480-h640/IMG_2004.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLGzt-PE8y6Z_SySFPcf5Ctme1fs5uGEYIMXXshVlflszNH6fVmD-OGp2JVgGAIAoBzE35wwWV3CvwrLWueoM2hnnfhIyCY8LqTmkAkpnkS35fMVHUODcFcngnJ-QmH3oGq-YRoaKQRg/s2048/IMG_2006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLGzt-PE8y6Z_SySFPcf5Ctme1fs5uGEYIMXXshVlflszNH6fVmD-OGp2JVgGAIAoBzE35wwWV3CvwrLWueoM2hnnfhIyCY8LqTmkAkpnkS35fMVHUODcFcngnJ-QmH3oGq-YRoaKQRg/w480-h640/IMG_2006.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ0rSx-mAotu5WFgnkIlKM5Ev6qAbweeAJoX7FZNctgwnmJo2zq3lB6GhOjjGbK_Ju60Hcn53slFLk5mckZKAV_zirJdYY5s8V6s3P9d92MQGTn3oQXIpfQMW9-AxeXAvdjb0WyWEGtY/s4032/IMG_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ0rSx-mAotu5WFgnkIlKM5Ev6qAbweeAJoX7FZNctgwnmJo2zq3lB6GhOjjGbK_Ju60Hcn53slFLk5mckZKAV_zirJdYY5s8V6s3P9d92MQGTn3oQXIpfQMW9-AxeXAvdjb0WyWEGtY/w480-h640/IMG_2009.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>After breakfast we decided to hop on the skyliner and head on over to Epcot to check out their Flower and Garden Festival. I have always wanted to see this and it did not disappoint. I have been there for the Wine and Food Festival and loved it but I loved the Flower and Garden Festival more. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRmDu3pq7kMyKJRKtA3S8mMUSLUIPdQLg8r6KXW-EhV7FRAojMWGeChCY6T8jkiONJXKXCTlKUblOPgIg7M__u0eg9Jly5k2mB_eHgX5f4_1yxoHF4uJl17qrh_CekxwhQ5DoyyPhzPY/s2048/IMG_2038_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRmDu3pq7kMyKJRKtA3S8mMUSLUIPdQLg8r6KXW-EhV7FRAojMWGeChCY6T8jkiONJXKXCTlKUblOPgIg7M__u0eg9Jly5k2mB_eHgX5f4_1yxoHF4uJl17qrh_CekxwhQ5DoyyPhzPY/w480-h640/IMG_2038_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I had heard how delicious this orange sunshine wine slushy was in Epcot and right when we arrived I passed by it and had to stop. It did not disappoint. My only complaint is that the serving size was too small!! I ended up going back for seconds....maybe thirds. So, so delicious. After I grabbed my drink we decided to start the day with riding Nemo then we popped over to Soarin and had to do rider swap on it since Wells isn't tall enough. Scott took the big boys and Wells and I headed over to Canada to grab a drink.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxR4OE6Vqflnm9spka0MCJiK0jhmayeV-0hnJRc5vA-aapoMpNJlyYZMiu3gHrB3vjVfLzI8AIdQLnbNyCpjoE-0oCxpZoFEEGy485xG1PF2F1KZsYpqrBj3fN_XNKNszrConsDdYCpVw/s2048/IMG_2041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxR4OE6Vqflnm9spka0MCJiK0jhmayeV-0hnJRc5vA-aapoMpNJlyYZMiu3gHrB3vjVfLzI8AIdQLnbNyCpjoE-0oCxpZoFEEGy485xG1PF2F1KZsYpqrBj3fN_XNKNszrConsDdYCpVw/w480-h640/IMG_2041.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrv7MS8TUDOopNbnOYrJrJyiiMWfBlXoD6cLxlRfqJgMDhyijjG74EnZ87MZ3Ka2tQHolzNgmZUslNqrL0mgujuQle09rudm9Uq7QxRD0B4gDHZ34kEj5g4IQkr5ngDlbQHWXoICDDBo/s4032/IMG_2047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrv7MS8TUDOopNbnOYrJrJyiiMWfBlXoD6cLxlRfqJgMDhyijjG74EnZ87MZ3Ka2tQHolzNgmZUslNqrL0mgujuQle09rudm9Uq7QxRD0B4gDHZ34kEj5g4IQkr5ngDlbQHWXoICDDBo/w480-h640/IMG_2047.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>By this point in our trip, Wells and Bennett were absolutely exhausted. Like, literally suffering from exhaustion. They both napped in the stroller while Campbell and I road Soarin and I loved getting to ride one of my favorite rides with my happy little guy who wasn't at all tired or grumpy like his brothers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Jaa3HEDvR-4rMXbuDhh7Ol3IVl-0pPyki4yfAhZC2qAfgW2mNv6GhcOO3Oh1aKspEQghpCf6whFNbWwrBjg7PFNDc9HivD1rSj3Rjo5nt1djy1Q6yXKU3lt9XlvgPGXzaaFqFltE0Tw/s2048/IMG_2063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Jaa3HEDvR-4rMXbuDhh7Ol3IVl-0pPyki4yfAhZC2qAfgW2mNv6GhcOO3Oh1aKspEQghpCf6whFNbWwrBjg7PFNDc9HivD1rSj3Rjo5nt1djy1Q6yXKU3lt9XlvgPGXzaaFqFltE0Tw/w480-h640/IMG_2063.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Campbell and I met back up with Scott and the two littles after I quickly grabbed my favorite snack in Epcot--a tostada and margarita in Mexico. I think this is the best thing to eat in Epcot. It's so dang good. And that's saying something because I've never eaten something in Epcot that wasn't as delicious as can be. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcmRkbzKNFwKc4AtVHPRcp2N8kNLPip5JF9CqaPGGZxHKP4AoHvZbD91_QVYeEFdW3YgU4gdviCc1N6f-7PxfC7qC2e-Bk3zLLuySYUPb_U8h3Nd5ILnhWprvglNJa1G38GwkKRwWRYM/s4032/IMG_2078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcmRkbzKNFwKc4AtVHPRcp2N8kNLPip5JF9CqaPGGZxHKP4AoHvZbD91_QVYeEFdW3YgU4gdviCc1N6f-7PxfC7qC2e-Bk3zLLuySYUPb_U8h3Nd5ILnhWprvglNJa1G38GwkKRwWRYM/w480-h640/IMG_2078.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Unfortunately the stroller nap didn't make Wells and Bennett feel better and their whining was making Scott and I miserable to be honest. Suddenly it started pouring rain and we were right in America and the show An American Adventure was about to start. I had been wanting to see this show and it was the perfect opportunity for us to escape the rain so we popped in to see it. Y'all. It was SO GOOD. So good. I wasn't even sure what the show was about or what to expect and it blew me away. I wanted to give it a standing ovation after it was over. I will never miss this any time I go to Epcot again. I've even watched it on YouTube since. So good!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ3_KXoB7PrQY9jXEx7XKiz5OISBmyCqiNvGat810BglTot2cbQiwP-oqfuPkTOLwju2mX4NgsjdBUVDy-mb5iK0bZXgLPlDw6LZYx3R83OfaMT3kxsEdbn4I0CTf46I0C-dXjgrwCeg/s2048/IMG_2136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ3_KXoB7PrQY9jXEx7XKiz5OISBmyCqiNvGat810BglTot2cbQiwP-oqfuPkTOLwju2mX4NgsjdBUVDy-mb5iK0bZXgLPlDw6LZYx3R83OfaMT3kxsEdbn4I0CTf46I0C-dXjgrwCeg/w480-h640/IMG_2136.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXw-8mbDYfmN93utU_lMfrZxN6nPAaJpu6qTxcyjddxf-Q1WbsCNjvGU1_vzEhRYorWC-I5BLGNozXV62k-JV1o8acnPqmJ_4h9XzmaY970IY3Yjcnc8GNuVlZMBTZGVHZ54R8ZrjG0E/s4032/IMG_2102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXw-8mbDYfmN93utU_lMfrZxN6nPAaJpu6qTxcyjddxf-Q1WbsCNjvGU1_vzEhRYorWC-I5BLGNozXV62k-JV1o8acnPqmJ_4h9XzmaY970IY3Yjcnc8GNuVlZMBTZGVHZ54R8ZrjG0E/w480-h640/IMG_2102.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The whole day Campbell and Bennett had been dying to go to Japan so they could shop for Mario and Pokemon toys in their store and we finally made it over there. They took their time browsing and walked away with some new stuff they didn't need. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1EV7QUVoGZYz9uUXsMPMQUg8oPrWqt-FsSxWvaSlAgKXRgqIrMcxVk1RsOlCbqaOAEn8anz6J8e9q8X7NIgpuHP-RhKFzNQQM1JtdcuPhKe1opLq59UE-pLEECyJmy75ZeuOECnbCeA/s4032/IMG_2152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1EV7QUVoGZYz9uUXsMPMQUg8oPrWqt-FsSxWvaSlAgKXRgqIrMcxVk1RsOlCbqaOAEn8anz6J8e9q8X7NIgpuHP-RhKFzNQQM1JtdcuPhKe1opLq59UE-pLEECyJmy75ZeuOECnbCeA/w480-h640/IMG_2152.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>At this point though, the whining had reached top level and Scott and I were actually feeling bad for Bennett. He was SO tired and we knew we had to go home. I painfully canceled our dinner reservation at Chef's de France and we left Epcot. The skyliner was down because of the rain so we walked over to Beach Club to grab a Lyft to our hotel. Even though it was still the afternoon, we stuck Bennett and Wells in the bath, put their pj's on, and they laid in bed and lounged the rest of the day.</p><p>Campbell, meanwhile, was perfectly happy and wanted to do something fun. It was raining so we couldn't do the pool but we discovered our resort had a cool room for guests to be able to paint pottery! He picked out a shark piggy bank and took his time painting a beautiful blue masterpiece. As soon as he was finished we picked up some pizza's at Primo Piatto and took them up to our room. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QEhBeLviAmH9-8cmHXtM8wtpHoCwyR6bRj9DcJAoapk8vwXFSfhVcnBLb7N_SfeKX01sJl-E5fISG_1kWKjTzKCWMPG6MW1RsaoC_guVJLx4KW5vzvH3oArAH8ki1eUP0VwW5jGfu4k/s4032/IMG_2162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QEhBeLviAmH9-8cmHXtM8wtpHoCwyR6bRj9DcJAoapk8vwXFSfhVcnBLb7N_SfeKX01sJl-E5fISG_1kWKjTzKCWMPG6MW1RsaoC_guVJLx4KW5vzvH3oArAH8ki1eUP0VwW5jGfu4k/w480-h640/IMG_2162.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZAJTMGr_poTK3wnF-o-LTPl4jkjgyqNwmuvPlL6sbPG6dMg9_4hcqoaxW9pEoGqFzXc7UNO41MLftcyvPLyY0Omwx3AdlprxmMK8RKKpNFDq1_ReIoz4B3GPoL5ciB6q69annE6VVfk/s2048/IMG_2163+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZAJTMGr_poTK3wnF-o-LTPl4jkjgyqNwmuvPlL6sbPG6dMg9_4hcqoaxW9pEoGqFzXc7UNO41MLftcyvPLyY0Omwx3AdlprxmMK8RKKpNFDq1_ReIoz4B3GPoL5ciB6q69annE6VVfk/w480-h640/IMG_2163+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We stuck the boys in bed early then Scott and I continued our nightly ritual of hanging out on our balcony while drinking wine. I was super bummed to miss out on Chef's de France and having to leave Epcot early since it's maybe my favorite park. Thankfully we knew we would be going back to Epcot, otherwise I may have hopped back on the skyliner and explored it all by myself. Ha! It wasn't Chef's de France but our pizza's from Primo Piatto were fantastic, just like everything else we had eaten from there. We were glad the boys were able to get some good, long rest since we were headed to Magic Kingdom the next morning for another fun day! </p><p>Our originally plan of taking it easy that morning and relaxing by the pool would have resulted in a better day for us. Disney is a lot for kids and rest is so important. In hindsight we should have had breakfast then gone back to the room to chill but it's so hard to do that when you're wanting to do and see all the things. Oh well! Thankfully we got to spend another day in Epcot but lesson learned---rest is crucial. </p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-56989598882551284422021-07-14T22:39:00.005-05:002021-07-14T22:39:49.207-05:00Hollywood Studios Day<p>Hollywood Studios Day!! This might be Scott's favorite park and there is A LOT to do here so we knew it was going to be a big day. Thankfully this park doesn't open until 9:00 right now so we were able to sleep in a little bit compared to the day before. We did leave our resort around 8:00 so we would be able to beat the skyliner crowd--which we did, thankfully. We got to the park around 8:30 and headed straight to Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway. We knew the boys would love this new ride but especially Wells and he did!! It was a fun start to a fun day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmzZAtR2xTmUiBneo-wVOXVHxiDrOds50YaP6URz7cE1ZFALdTrJBLEKXfbs5yIN3BO954KdTrG0So6cIkMpNgX8Bx7jkoxgGnFZprb1YIsIkzpylV-tKLTvdgOram2I88iPKQgy9pWg/s2048/IMG_1785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmzZAtR2xTmUiBneo-wVOXVHxiDrOds50YaP6URz7cE1ZFALdTrJBLEKXfbs5yIN3BO954KdTrG0So6cIkMpNgX8Bx7jkoxgGnFZprb1YIsIkzpylV-tKLTvdgOram2I88iPKQgy9pWg/w480-h640/IMG_1785.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht86sC6zai_-uNHBjGQNZc02jiIz3E4Hl4q7wyBhgKGIkToCntifI7N3MALgE7Gignj4Moo9hKHpWNMStwutsMf9MM0akYuHJhd7FhdwshkfFrOZK08lEwarTTTfwDSO4VMnB9ub-k5w0/s4032/IMG_1793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht86sC6zai_-uNHBjGQNZc02jiIz3E4Hl4q7wyBhgKGIkToCntifI7N3MALgE7Gignj4Moo9hKHpWNMStwutsMf9MM0akYuHJhd7FhdwshkfFrOZK08lEwarTTTfwDSO4VMnB9ub-k5w0/w480-h640/IMG_1793.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Of course right after we walked over to Toy Story Land, however, we didn't ride anything. The wait times were really long and we knew as the day went on that they would calm down. I did grab a pop tart from Andy's Lunchbox and it lived up to the hype just FYI.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0uHee3T9LI_1_I1AnWddXr6kInbvniQ1p7vDIIFQrT6x8pdFAj-32_95tFkB0TpKElTj43mAfrzmF9QnS1Kra96BRo8zjqM3wDLO-AnXAYISGpwbz8E-CISZ1mgELRU8jBzOazyaUkw/s4032/IMG_1801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0uHee3T9LI_1_I1AnWddXr6kInbvniQ1p7vDIIFQrT6x8pdFAj-32_95tFkB0TpKElTj43mAfrzmF9QnS1Kra96BRo8zjqM3wDLO-AnXAYISGpwbz8E-CISZ1mgELRU8jBzOazyaUkw/w480-h640/IMG_1801.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lAmKwNeT7PFZmXRo28qCR2NxsW6zdgUHONBHYBvZuSDmHanwyxCmMhiaUwM43zRk_BfOYZQve6qq0AUt5L4eCnv0iOXsHMcW1m1kXHqLnTH1Z4QSZzBl3gYQQMXRdTcce-zuhJlvdyo/s2048/IMG_1813+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lAmKwNeT7PFZmXRo28qCR2NxsW6zdgUHONBHYBvZuSDmHanwyxCmMhiaUwM43zRk_BfOYZQve6qq0AUt5L4eCnv0iOXsHMcW1m1kXHqLnTH1Z4QSZzBl3gYQQMXRdTcce-zuhJlvdyo/w480-h640/IMG_1813+%25282%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Anywho, it was time for our que for Rise of the Resistance. Woo Hoo! This was another ride where we took advantage of Rider Swap. Scott and the big boys went first so Wells and I decided to do some shopping along Sunset Blvd. It was nice to take my time browsing the cute stores and Wells found some goodies for himself in the process.</p><p>By the time the boys were done riding Rise of the Resistance it was time for our lunch reservations at Hollywood and Vine. We had never dined here before but had always wanted to. It's a character meal in Hollywood Studios and, at the time of booking our trip, was the only character meal available so we wanted to be able to do at least one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuz1UUV8FydrT9M-zo33MTpiwRA_xPhk2oLnSxDZ2amKGBbkCJm1QcwyBxd1HswHwniYEvWLhDb-o5XULrXwFHc0bV90fl1gxidd_3p1I5BhNwHYPxY34KI5pRc5SZE8TnRGN2cNz9A7U/s2048/IMG_1854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuz1UUV8FydrT9M-zo33MTpiwRA_xPhk2oLnSxDZ2amKGBbkCJm1QcwyBxd1HswHwniYEvWLhDb-o5XULrXwFHc0bV90fl1gxidd_3p1I5BhNwHYPxY34KI5pRc5SZE8TnRGN2cNz9A7U/w480-h640/IMG_1854.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I didn't bother taking a picture of my meal here because it was one of the worst meals I've had at Disney. The food was not horrible but it really just wasn't good which was a shame since it was also the most expensive meal we had on this trip at a whopping $230!! Highway robbery I tell ya. The menu is different now than it usually is so maybe we caught it at a bad time but I'll never go back and I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. The characters weren't that great, the atmosphere was blah and for some odd reason it was crazy expensive. That's my opinion on this restaurant so there's that.</p><p>After lunch we took Wells to see the Cars show. We have never done this experience before and it was so great!! Wells is OBSESSED with the Cars movies so this was so exciting for him. He loved it. After the show was over it was time for Scott and the big boys to go build their droids in Star Wars land. We had made a reservation for them to do that when we first booked our trip. They were all three excited and Scott said it was a super cool experience. While they did that, I took Wells to the baby care center to freshen up then he and I watched a show called Vacation Fun. I had no idea what it was going to be but it could not have been more perfect for Wells. It was basically a mashup of a lot of shows from The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse which he is obsessed with and watches every single day. We sat in a big, comfy theater and after the show was over he looked at me and said "again? again!?" It was great and I loved my one on one time with my sweet little guy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZlaX1KxmssstYps5Mov_8r1zxYhTDoXUeZwKLCaisNLsfP_m9Fbi1cSVwla81v7ykSNcL4qGpT8KKmEu3_T2S0RlVTZlT6JzvviyXy1fquD7bhALxJwoXos0n5XhD0rrG-EBuF9sncA/s2048/IMG_1880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZlaX1KxmssstYps5Mov_8r1zxYhTDoXUeZwKLCaisNLsfP_m9Fbi1cSVwla81v7ykSNcL4qGpT8KKmEu3_T2S0RlVTZlT6JzvviyXy1fquD7bhALxJwoXos0n5XhD0rrG-EBuF9sncA/w480-h640/IMG_1880.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The whole family met back up again and this time we were able to hit up Toy Story Land and finally do some rides. Scott finally beat me at Toy Story Mania. Sad day. I'll get him next time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEG4bql-2sQf4BNWH0gbZDlgm8FGxsqzZssDSedGyh5qB-Xfv9QFO_q8U1mhE1FCRdJkndKnKEXntOdlEIyNyMp79rwLNc5SOkk0YzDL0kwYiDJZyBBqZwpBFsqRNTLoccs60Y6PNzxM/s2048/IMG_1887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEG4bql-2sQf4BNWH0gbZDlgm8FGxsqzZssDSedGyh5qB-Xfv9QFO_q8U1mhE1FCRdJkndKnKEXntOdlEIyNyMp79rwLNc5SOkk0YzDL0kwYiDJZyBBqZwpBFsqRNTLoccs60Y6PNzxM/w480-h640/IMG_1887.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEino93W4OSQz5PQT-Da2S5NFYiLCCFmXUuaSDRAHi5o5xuLl7q-9r7oupFMGvQgLrBu-Qh0nNoYTwdMWrHFptpTKAMxOn0_UBWcqtqFr3o-8FylrmTzqTSNO-dBPFvJ08JlGMin_7B5ycM/s2048/IMG_1891_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEino93W4OSQz5PQT-Da2S5NFYiLCCFmXUuaSDRAHi5o5xuLl7q-9r7oupFMGvQgLrBu-Qh0nNoYTwdMWrHFptpTKAMxOn0_UBWcqtqFr3o-8FylrmTzqTSNO-dBPFvJ08JlGMin_7B5ycM/w480-h640/IMG_1891_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyHO1R8BhUE2KyTDp9qLPZGaE2UTtdqh2E4ibRTYaHnOnueI-TM1pAtkgbW3qeW71aKtR_2h_cvhjFRvpngZclJV7FugNkKYzuobfLYFkMVVh0a91PpurdegzxZIjkGlqhODM5nixtoY/s2048/IMG_1911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyHO1R8BhUE2KyTDp9qLPZGaE2UTtdqh2E4ibRTYaHnOnueI-TM1pAtkgbW3qeW71aKtR_2h_cvhjFRvpngZclJV7FugNkKYzuobfLYFkMVVh0a91PpurdegzxZIjkGlqhODM5nixtoY/w480-h640/IMG_1911.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>I wanted my turn at Rise of the Resistance so Campbell rode it again with me while Scott, Bennett and Wells went to watch Vacation Fun. It really is such a cool experience and lives up to the hype. I had forgotten about the big drop at the end of the ride so that took me by surprise!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFlrttDnaZLJjKIjs-OalOZr3qxDibxMi71y3Z9yfHEvR6XfFnKafXb_v2bPpHl5B2RBv7GPN6QAK4ZeISJFL5jk1PeQO3gh8gx5bDKnAXEE8N62905h4FVVjRFTRYOzjSdq-ar3UwYk/s2048/IMG_1919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFlrttDnaZLJjKIjs-OalOZr3qxDibxMi71y3Z9yfHEvR6XfFnKafXb_v2bPpHl5B2RBv7GPN6QAK4ZeISJFL5jk1PeQO3gh8gx5bDKnAXEE8N62905h4FVVjRFTRYOzjSdq-ar3UwYk/w480-h640/IMG_1919.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Before long it was time for dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby. We eat here every time we go to Hollywood Studios and it never disappoints. I highly recommend it. I always get the chicken and it's always delicious.</p><p>Our time at the park was coming to an end but we still had a lot of things we wanted to do so we decided to power through. We wanted to see Muppet's 3D Vision because that's something we had never done before and Bennett loves the Muppets! It was a really cute show and I'm glad we got to see it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeC5qE8lfd-ExlMypambigpmRJjeLVqKDH0FTdVzo7u9O0rSu4YnVQ1hxcwD2dtXq-DjinIbj0qgWR7DE-a5jvq0UC6dLTIWM5DDrjeIaOx68PpiV-ZYbRL3s_vKVtfm3d2Lg1n5LKUw/s2048/IMG_1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeC5qE8lfd-ExlMypambigpmRJjeLVqKDH0FTdVzo7u9O0rSu4YnVQ1hxcwD2dtXq-DjinIbj0qgWR7DE-a5jvq0UC6dLTIWM5DDrjeIaOx68PpiV-ZYbRL3s_vKVtfm3d2Lg1n5LKUw/w480-h640/IMG_1930.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUcurrui-TeYaMBANiR4gStltRbbmUqJqYrQVP4cHGZyDSPhqMXfypIa2mGjI06AByeBE-bTB_DW0dTYP7ZE4KxPfUHXEgta-TU6gapRWdduAuuYSRCJkVD1G5aqZaiKEDUC9uPNIhYM/s2048/IMG_1933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUcurrui-TeYaMBANiR4gStltRbbmUqJqYrQVP4cHGZyDSPhqMXfypIa2mGjI06AByeBE-bTB_DW0dTYP7ZE4KxPfUHXEgta-TU6gapRWdduAuuYSRCJkVD1G5aqZaiKEDUC9uPNIhYM/w480-h640/IMG_1933.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The wait for Runaway Railway was short so we popped on that again then ended the day with Slinky Dog. Bennett and I were quite literally the very last people to ride the ride that day. We were the only ones on the coaster and I'm so thankful they let us do it even though the park had technically already shut down. Bennett was SO proud of himself for riding such a big boy ride and he went on and on about it the rest of the way home. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCAvzIY1pQBHeWmMCkrJZJ7CwikcUt5oHQ6uYbVv2IGLVEBEu1QujPRsN9j4ah7_2UrWDIrSz5hhKMtL8tcmQvRBDfcO3ZqxCmiH63KkkheXyWp2KXVqaCDZEhXFvCxCbuTBgWqGYMCY/s2048/IMG_1951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCAvzIY1pQBHeWmMCkrJZJ7CwikcUt5oHQ6uYbVv2IGLVEBEu1QujPRsN9j4ah7_2UrWDIrSz5hhKMtL8tcmQvRBDfcO3ZqxCmiH63KkkheXyWp2KXVqaCDZEhXFvCxCbuTBgWqGYMCY/w480-h640/IMG_1951.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>We got back to our resort way too late and we were all so tired because we did all the things in Hollywood Studios. Totally worth it though. Wells truly got to experience his three absolute favorite things this day: Toy Story, Cars, and Mickey. And we got to do so many things we've always wanted to do in the past but just never had a chance to do. That's the thing about Disney, no matter how many times you've been, there's always something you've never done before, and that makes it a lot of fun!</p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-56290932528428782382021-07-13T20:22:00.002-05:002021-07-14T22:40:10.025-05:00Animal Kingdom Day<p>When Scott and I were planning our trip we tried to be strategic about our park days. We thought it made sense with our littles to do one long day, then an easy day, then a long day, etc. We knew our Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studio days would be our longest days so we thought we'd stick Epcot and Animal Kingdom in-between. Therefore, we decided Animal Kingdom would be a good day for our second day at Disney. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz42BW-nK5Lw8W3vekBVg9NvoAphaLGnStdCfASAovRGOG5WHtDA6jSgtJ5eG6kzQWAD1_jEzgQ9Ot5ZHzf2p_wLYgG46SLKEFYjrLcnKeU86GxKZePI3-tLkl1AjCdYJ7FF1bq6fFAI/s2048/IMG_1644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz42BW-nK5Lw8W3vekBVg9NvoAphaLGnStdCfASAovRGOG5WHtDA6jSgtJ5eG6kzQWAD1_jEzgQ9Ot5ZHzf2p_wLYgG46SLKEFYjrLcnKeU86GxKZePI3-tLkl1AjCdYJ7FF1bq6fFAI/w480-h640/IMG_1644.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>We love Animal Kingdom! Every time I go I feel like I experience something totally different that I've never experienced before. It's such a beautiful park. We wanted to get there as soon as the park opened at 8:00 am (we don't sleep when we go to Disney, ha!!) because we have learned the early bird gets the worm when it comes to Disney. If you get there as soon as the parks open you'll have a whole hour to hour and a half before it gets super crowded and it's so worth it to beat the crowds and get more rides in. We decided to hop on the Kilimanjaro Safari first and, as always, it was a lovely experience. After the safari it was time for our breakfast reservation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVC314BBBT9__fuIEvgIYYyjDleDi-ZFF90X8E7m7gLifcbq7xp4KmF52UPhnrVoNnnfEI2DXnvb-u7cpxH2yQbBC4VjJUkD675-_vgP1MJN6NaibwqXg5SXh1oFDE5E-NazSQi1lFNk/s2048/IMG_1693.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVC314BBBT9__fuIEvgIYYyjDleDi-ZFF90X8E7m7gLifcbq7xp4KmF52UPhnrVoNnnfEI2DXnvb-u7cpxH2yQbBC4VjJUkD675-_vgP1MJN6NaibwqXg5SXh1oFDE5E-NazSQi1lFNk/w480-h640/IMG_1693.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzhfLFk5987R_hO3uY4nYX6jAJpLaebBHmhqc2rThJVIkyoEfTIBniyuPNg1J9lyz_IIXPO5BKLr5GpIqWYLyPhDaWyRHVW920X7osnalFAIfOvuFjTDKZtmtJ929CORc81_C349lxlY/s2048/IMG_1709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzhfLFk5987R_hO3uY4nYX6jAJpLaebBHmhqc2rThJVIkyoEfTIBniyuPNg1J9lyz_IIXPO5BKLr5GpIqWYLyPhDaWyRHVW920X7osnalFAIfOvuFjTDKZtmtJ929CORc81_C349lxlY/w480-h640/IMG_1709.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We got SO lucky because we snagged a reservation at Tusker House which is my very favorite restaurant in AK. Tusker House had been closed since covid shut the parks down and it re-opened on the day we were in AK!!! I really would have preferred to eat lunch over breakfast but beggars can't be choosers and I was thrilled to get a reservation period. We were happy to sit down and enjoy an incredibly delicious meal while getting to say hello to Mickey and the gang. Currently Tusker House is serving it's meals family style (it's normally a buffet) and we didn't get to choose our meal, they just brought food out. It was amazing though!! Mickey and Simba waffles, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, pastries and my absolute favorite item, durban chicken and egg curry with jasmine rice. OMG it was so good. So good that I asked for an entire second helping of it. I could go on and on about how delicious the meal was. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYXZLGRoWl4-wWSmt43i-5MjXpJP5w9NjqLLQc2BUZovo8nUEVVcB9zQVFY0UCOCWxbnzVtvtS_eCZBKnqQaXHs9MPNoFfk7TXxf_rVmX2UFqFy7E70xKrXTMqRlnS8rvg8d7EDS06bI/s3584/IMG_1702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3584" data-original-width="2688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYXZLGRoWl4-wWSmt43i-5MjXpJP5w9NjqLLQc2BUZovo8nUEVVcB9zQVFY0UCOCWxbnzVtvtS_eCZBKnqQaXHs9MPNoFfk7TXxf_rVmX2UFqFy7E70xKrXTMqRlnS8rvg8d7EDS06bI/w480-h640/IMG_1702.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHkpzgjeTMHMpMb0E3DHRoS4FpdzLpsPWjIr7Zgdgw72H4IjN1qBCCUnEut5k_6lXXB5LkJwPf8p6fFjvKuzmSLfw6QLl6fhz91cem8GeeJ0F_MP0P-CKpaIXja8VE05VTnIuyg19dCI/s2048/IMG_1703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHkpzgjeTMHMpMb0E3DHRoS4FpdzLpsPWjIr7Zgdgw72H4IjN1qBCCUnEut5k_6lXXB5LkJwPf8p6fFjvKuzmSLfw6QLl6fhz91cem8GeeJ0F_MP0P-CKpaIXja8VE05VTnIuyg19dCI/w480-h640/IMG_1703.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>After lunch we walked a few steps over to enjoy The Lion King show. We love this show and it wasn't open when Scott and I went in August so we were excited to see it again. The music is just incredible and I kind of got a little emotional listening to and watching the performers. They are so talented!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAjP-ilmzv1nBbZUCQUPz92Y8jBan-9DE45nsEpTOtRpwvEL29ZKq9to8qeVHsPeM-HU4-TJZqWIlK3NLkB8Qh27QMOZD89_pmqvFpqmfqGerrK5s0I_B1pyVN-V7zaN7Co8zixjLI4k/s2048/IMG_1715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAjP-ilmzv1nBbZUCQUPz92Y8jBan-9DE45nsEpTOtRpwvEL29ZKq9to8qeVHsPeM-HU4-TJZqWIlK3NLkB8Qh27QMOZD89_pmqvFpqmfqGerrK5s0I_B1pyVN-V7zaN7Co8zixjLI4k/w480-h640/IMG_1715.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_rotgsiKrCFqf95zQc4f6O5MXFNe0bfzlxokWfdWzvbEMu0MAjADPd4-P1Bx8NwqBXd71ZjO6irThSnOM01kJvatN0oLMoe1MtG97krLOjUDTakwhdM3jwvOxUXkKy4C3aeSk3qBVgs/s4032/IMG_1730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_rotgsiKrCFqf95zQc4f6O5MXFNe0bfzlxokWfdWzvbEMu0MAjADPd4-P1Bx8NwqBXd71ZjO6irThSnOM01kJvatN0oLMoe1MtG97krLOjUDTakwhdM3jwvOxUXkKy4C3aeSk3qBVgs/w480-h640/IMG_1730.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">After the show we decided to pop on Kali River Rapids. Wells wasn't tall enough to do this ride so we took advantage of Rider Swap and the boys got to do it twice. Bennett was nervous at first but he loved it and the boys thought it was so cool that they got a tiny bit wet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqMRZbExA0TWZE8QzUxkyDPq2KadAFh6IrE7dNPxIAAPDARlX-bwnAd-6dAYhhrG5UoDmiCLF0YGoDleXlwHY69FUuawQsduWdo6qwI7z79naXJvme2je7dUMh3e80CxRk48igd2EyVQ/s2048/IMG_1719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqMRZbExA0TWZE8QzUxkyDPq2KadAFh6IrE7dNPxIAAPDARlX-bwnAd-6dAYhhrG5UoDmiCLF0YGoDleXlwHY69FUuawQsduWdo6qwI7z79naXJvme2je7dUMh3e80CxRk48igd2EyVQ/w480-h640/IMG_1719.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Call us crazy but Scott and I made the decision to not worry about doing any of the Avatar rides this time around. The lines for them are always so long and we've done them both plenty of times. We didn't think Bennett would be up for FOP and honestly just didn't want to waste our time waiting in line for them. We also decided to bi-pass Dinosaur and Expedition Everest. We like being able to do rides together as a family and most of the rides in AK aren't Wellsy friendly so we opted out. We knew there were other things the boys would probably enjoy more, including but not limited to, collecting Wilderness Explorer Badges. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7uzsRljPouw_rpZRyFS2dnwXq0ePRMHL7WefhRilNDyaWdVC3ygXVjn5aeJa2YhxEYrjj_deoSkC59WUgLO4IUZ1QyY5eoLbMjqdI7wP4mbpJoavGRASDhFSveHY6plHteBpPB7AP2Q/s2048/IMG_1721.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7uzsRljPouw_rpZRyFS2dnwXq0ePRMHL7WefhRilNDyaWdVC3ygXVjn5aeJa2YhxEYrjj_deoSkC59WUgLO4IUZ1QyY5eoLbMjqdI7wP4mbpJoavGRASDhFSveHY6plHteBpPB7AP2Q/w480-h640/IMG_1721.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAw08BaY4Fj-H7LNLqdu1_-N4PMlWZG2-CzqtT7vO9UzjjGU6vNcABTXZT9D3_mulDpKFuOhgJ8ILipnJvAFSuFPDhPU7ahSVnOinR2VWlCNTg6HfaqLv1BdmwKrAsmWeMyD8KrqgEUA/s2048/IMG_1722+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAw08BaY4Fj-H7LNLqdu1_-N4PMlWZG2-CzqtT7vO9UzjjGU6vNcABTXZT9D3_mulDpKFuOhgJ8ILipnJvAFSuFPDhPU7ahSVnOinR2VWlCNTg6HfaqLv1BdmwKrAsmWeMyD8KrqgEUA/w480-h640/IMG_1722+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>This was something they had done the last time we were at Disney and they loved it. They love collecting things so this is right up their alley. I had shared that we were doing this on my IG stories and so many people commented that they had never known anything about this. The idea behind the Wilderness Explorer badges is borrowed from the movie Up. Basically it's a fun little activity where you start by picking up a Wilderness Explorer Handbook (you can find them all over the park) and there are 31 badges/stickers for you to collect. There's a lot of stations set up where you'll see a troop leader dressed up like Russell. You earn your badges by exploring the entire park and you stop by the WE stations to learn about different animal facts. They will give you a sticker to place in your Wilderness Explorer book (you get a flamingo sticker when you learn and visit the flamingos, a bat sticker by the bats, etc) and supposedly when you collect them all you get a special prize. We have yet to collect them all though!! You can take your book back every time you go to Disney and add more badges each time you go. It really is so much fun. The boys love it and I do too!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiacZqm3OSoGEOOLVCIuwITCGBO-F7fKKVYsgoDxrnVAzCujda8R3c8PTfZFG1tfw_gfEZY7fNMDjos-OY1EcPXZE77yCT7g9b55QFgjpq5z55fs1a0LisC5Mhe7kkeQu1bt1LAVRNfZc/s2048/IMG_1651.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiacZqm3OSoGEOOLVCIuwITCGBO-F7fKKVYsgoDxrnVAzCujda8R3c8PTfZFG1tfw_gfEZY7fNMDjos-OY1EcPXZE77yCT7g9b55QFgjpq5z55fs1a0LisC5Mhe7kkeQu1bt1LAVRNfZc/w480-h640/IMG_1651.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>By around 1:00 Wells was getting so, so tired and honestly, we were too. We decided to call it and head back to the resort. We let Wells take a little nap then we ended our day at the resort pool. Honestly, this was probably the boys favorite part of their trip. They LOVED the water slides and went down them over and over non stop. We had planned on hanging out at the pool this evening so we didn't have dining reservations anywhere. We ordered food at the poolside restaurant, Primo Piatto. Again I depended on Disney Food Blog to tell me what to order which was the Cronque Monsieur and OMG it was HEAVEN IN A SANDWICH. I washed it down with a pina colada and I was a happy momma. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqofdG1u5nI8rruB4nnPb1hyphenhyphenA3dYRxTGRvSI3ikYDUU5yzzWH_HkfKZaaZZ0VB46KB47LD48DR4yZfSxWoA_3WZPUR6wzRR11CMVCw8RgLZ8EnIcjGxeamMEb8hc_XUK-jFoKOXpidTpg/s2048/IMG_1754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqofdG1u5nI8rruB4nnPb1hyphenhyphenA3dYRxTGRvSI3ikYDUU5yzzWH_HkfKZaaZZ0VB46KB47LD48DR4yZfSxWoA_3WZPUR6wzRR11CMVCw8RgLZ8EnIcjGxeamMEb8hc_XUK-jFoKOXpidTpg/w480-h640/IMG_1754.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFspIS4ZNGeX1IIGq6dydndxqbN06Y3jJxgLoZC7Fj67V9hp1pKHcaEJ93ssam90aS-vNOd-AhoKe5m5q-dkfnMh1qqGh2Ju5H-h41GqojCrryogu9Ok5Oa0OGdlhxE4pQCFrfB3YMeBs/s4032/IMG_1761.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFspIS4ZNGeX1IIGq6dydndxqbN06Y3jJxgLoZC7Fj67V9hp1pKHcaEJ93ssam90aS-vNOd-AhoKe5m5q-dkfnMh1qqGh2Ju5H-h41GqojCrryogu9Ok5Oa0OGdlhxE4pQCFrfB3YMeBs/w480-h640/IMG_1761.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODRjSzFbz90cbGhyyY9_VPRQwZgGgzNKs_tewA6pEF-z7o4XPe7I0Od_lOVUF2soE5mMfRuf8BPTZgiTL8MCtQr5o4nesQTMH-cbwWf6rhV_wH2yeiTSZT-eChtdHjWq4wnXwvpRpsrw/s2048/IMG_1764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODRjSzFbz90cbGhyyY9_VPRQwZgGgzNKs_tewA6pEF-z7o4XPe7I0Od_lOVUF2soE5mMfRuf8BPTZgiTL8MCtQr5o4nesQTMH-cbwWf6rhV_wH2yeiTSZT-eChtdHjWq4wnXwvpRpsrw/w480-h640/IMG_1764.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Ending the day poolside was so wonderful. We all needed that little bit of relaxation after two big days at the parks. I highly recommend it if you're traveling with littles or even if you're not really. We managed to get the boys to bed early which they desperately needed. I'm pretty certain all three crashed within seconds of their heads hitting the pillow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzC3fllRlHcForDD2MxqAXeNdvZOUj61Dlwf68qG0geKLf-rJMLbZMpQiQSWMMNt4ZE_-lVEZRa35MDuFb2il0kZnzgMLcJof3XQLgtlj7Z8Sjzlva0lPv4Y_GZ40p-wnM_IHHHmAv_c/s2048/IMG_1772.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzC3fllRlHcForDD2MxqAXeNdvZOUj61Dlwf68qG0geKLf-rJMLbZMpQiQSWMMNt4ZE_-lVEZRa35MDuFb2il0kZnzgMLcJof3XQLgtlj7Z8Sjzlva0lPv4Y_GZ40p-wnM_IHHHmAv_c/w480-h640/IMG_1772.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Scott and I finished the evening with wine on our balcony then rested up for our upcoming big day at Hollywood Studios!</span></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-88329448195632526812021-07-12T17:42:00.005-05:002021-07-14T22:40:00.818-05:00Magic Kingdom Day One<p>Hey all!! Finally getting around to blogging about our trip to Disney World at the end of June!! We had the absolute best time at our favorite place. I thought I'd recap the trip, day by day and share some tips, food reviews, etc. So, let's get started!!</p><p>We took the Allegiant flight from XNA into Sanford which is about a 40 minute drive from Orlando. We like the allegiant flight because not only is it cheaper, it's direct and the flight times are so much better. We left XNA at 8:00 am and arrived into Sanford around 11:00. Our Disney travel agent always arranges a private driver to take us from the airport to our hotel and it's the best thing ever. He was ready and waiting on us with car seats installed and TV's playing Disney movies. We hopped off the plane and less than 15 minutes after landing we were in the car and on our way. It's about a 40 minute drive from Sanford to Disney. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE0rpPzD2DvP-zCSUrP0kBpljLZ-tUy7cc_jvNFpoOX8BUjVys1qgSCZtjQuh0_6pui1vlkCfm47wmMf3RPPuCVnn1jYr8klCXyXEMBtbUgBLYurCDBa8hkuyYsGmJUKs5aIgsvZ9a-E/s4032/IMG_1481+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE0rpPzD2DvP-zCSUrP0kBpljLZ-tUy7cc_jvNFpoOX8BUjVys1qgSCZtjQuh0_6pui1vlkCfm47wmMf3RPPuCVnn1jYr8klCXyXEMBtbUgBLYurCDBa8hkuyYsGmJUKs5aIgsvZ9a-E/w480-h640/IMG_1481+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>This time we decided to try a new to us Disney resort--The Riviera. I've had my eyes on the Riviera since they were building it. The Riviera opened up in December of 2019 so it's a very new hotel. When Scott and I went to Disney last August, we had dinner at the Riviera and we loved the resort and knew we would want to stay there the next time we went to Disney. We wanted plenty of room space for our family of five and the Riviera has very spacious 1 bedroom villas. I did a tour of it on my IG highlights if anyone is interested in taking a look. We had plenty of space and, as silly as this sounds, I loved having a washer and dryer in our room. I did two loads of laundry every night and had hardly any dirty clothes to bring back home. It was fantastic! We also pre-planned a Walmart delivery order to be able to stock our kitchen with everything we needed which was great. Our room had a balcony and every night Scott and I would unwind from the day by enjoying our beautiful view with a glass of wine while the boys were snoozing away in their own separate beds. Literally could go on and on about this resort. I highly, highly recommend it. </p><p>Our room wasn't ready when we arrived so we left our bags at the hotel, grabbed a Lyft super quick and headed to Magic Kingdom. We should have just waited on the bus to pick us up at our hotel--I don't really know why we decided on a Lyft but we didn't like it. Scott and I have done Lyft's at Disney before but never to Magic Kingdom. It dropped us off where people have to park their cars when they take their own cars to Disney. We ended up having to walk quite a ways to either the monorail or the ferry to get us to MK. We took the ferry and it was fine but the whole thing added 20-30 minutes to getting to the park whereas if we had just waited for the bus it would have dropped us right off in front of the entrance to MK. Lesson learned. All was well once we arrived though! The first thing the boys wanted was a balloon so that's what we did. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7AT-Q4P4gtjgEqoBUXwwlQtmRMbTcCZzhaLw5Xn3Lkn1X6u47PB4fzwMrraC58ZeBax0-FHC5RGSY6iSwryDN6qaRQgWziYMKtE21MEe9FmPrA7buB3BlMAwFgb-ISP24qY7dSmfQQ4/s2048/IMG_1490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7AT-Q4P4gtjgEqoBUXwwlQtmRMbTcCZzhaLw5Xn3Lkn1X6u47PB4fzwMrraC58ZeBax0-FHC5RGSY6iSwryDN6qaRQgWziYMKtE21MEe9FmPrA7buB3BlMAwFgb-ISP24qY7dSmfQQ4/w480-h640/IMG_1490.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Il6aI_V1htKrCqmM4zeQczFAi8RcYOI7C6b9nC2fd7e2JiR4ilAEv9MS97yu9v6PcKIXjXg05CdO_OyNxRrt-yX_Ypxz2IxJhYz1sQQOyz1Le2ugML6dUzqthzRtNLEhG9_fPSveANM/s2048/IMG_1494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Il6aI_V1htKrCqmM4zeQczFAi8RcYOI7C6b9nC2fd7e2JiR4ilAEv9MS97yu9v6PcKIXjXg05CdO_OyNxRrt-yX_Ypxz2IxJhYz1sQQOyz1Le2ugML6dUzqthzRtNLEhG9_fPSveANM/w480-h640/IMG_1494.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtHzt6D2Nj4tOrLO5RcGc8wlqlKlwFhcUaFZgvQXDLlMKXY-fYevP1PLjRO7dqLzrE7gNDzVqEz3bAqsbaSilyqXMlLLr6GwVwGDUqPw9HoeTslADIjQO7F7oQRx0H1LQmunGDs92EoQ/s2048/IMG_1496.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtHzt6D2Nj4tOrLO5RcGc8wlqlKlwFhcUaFZgvQXDLlMKXY-fYevP1PLjRO7dqLzrE7gNDzVqEz3bAqsbaSilyqXMlLLr6GwVwGDUqPw9HoeTslADIjQO7F7oQRx0H1LQmunGDs92EoQ/w480-h640/IMG_1496.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dILsyGPl5yLBNbmj3Jjzoqu__0njj2xcNV5YZVZ4uPR5w8ujS6nrKP2xIpecwUyT8BYiBBIv7VoqD-62GxKf2S4ke83KAv35Q8hfW_rXFNovIqpp98-8guN5-ZVKvi1c_cvZAz_9A70/s2048/IMG_1507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dILsyGPl5yLBNbmj3Jjzoqu__0njj2xcNV5YZVZ4uPR5w8ujS6nrKP2xIpecwUyT8BYiBBIv7VoqD-62GxKf2S4ke83KAv35Q8hfW_rXFNovIqpp98-8guN5-ZVKvi1c_cvZAz_9A70/w480-h640/IMG_1507.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We got our balloons and Bennett was dying to go inside the castle so we headed that direction, took a peek inside, then decided to hop on Dumbo as our first ride. Scott and I made the decision to start our first day with all of the sweet little rides to ease the boys (mostly Bennett) into them. We quickly learned how much Wells loves rides and that he has zero fear. We ended up riding most of our favorites that first day. The park wasn't as crowded as we anticipated it to be and we never had to wait in line for more than 20 minutes so we were super pleased by that! By the end of the day everyone was starving because we hadn't eaten anything since breakfast other than a big snack of popcorn and cotton candy in Storybook Circus. We were excited for our dinner reservation at The Plaza Restaurant so we could get some good food and sit down in air conditioning. It was very, very hot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaogPIsf5Hr4RuArgNrSQj3F0pI19bXxEuR6_Use5tkG4zy3uDg0wQ1CjDPR7MNC90gw46k3VCFwj2FBmvqadqk7yHVuuu3AnHk_u-K1xAgfta47nfitxxs8O80MTXncOFFhx6SWVHb2w/s4032/IMG_1538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaogPIsf5Hr4RuArgNrSQj3F0pI19bXxEuR6_Use5tkG4zy3uDg0wQ1CjDPR7MNC90gw46k3VCFwj2FBmvqadqk7yHVuuu3AnHk_u-K1xAgfta47nfitxxs8O80MTXncOFFhx6SWVHb2w/w480-h640/IMG_1538.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn0gOeG5WTbuQvoYtvIIUCfGeruykoNNUt-Jn0J5EyRHXmaYW-V62FxzEqfMuJ9_-oJhqLKk0pXKkpLhmF76sMsdLOQoC9cO3RCJu_sStZpaVuRCYYH5UHJQm8_Zc5gdxiYPvB6UWqqw/s2048/IMG_1545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn0gOeG5WTbuQvoYtvIIUCfGeruykoNNUt-Jn0J5EyRHXmaYW-V62FxzEqfMuJ9_-oJhqLKk0pXKkpLhmF76sMsdLOQoC9cO3RCJu_sStZpaVuRCYYH5UHJQm8_Zc5gdxiYPvB6UWqqw/w480-h640/IMG_1545.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt7bibJYvFzO20q3X7Oss4YKPEtTFQlutwJFz90QDEYIstptS87WZxZm-RbwXHeuRCiQEkUSGQ0J9lguwGpljW5SS3Aw6NauPJt5csUZ0QHSKfhVksvRRBxhsf74tDIfBn8OXNWALMlg/s2048/IMG_1555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt7bibJYvFzO20q3X7Oss4YKPEtTFQlutwJFz90QDEYIstptS87WZxZm-RbwXHeuRCiQEkUSGQ0J9lguwGpljW5SS3Aw6NauPJt5csUZ0QHSKfhVksvRRBxhsf74tDIfBn8OXNWALMlg/w480-h640/IMG_1555.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpfjaLzFebNuBwYlUlL8WChqUQSVGwmLnanesHEEnsY55DodpS-u7uIPZzD8J0qh5cxUHEIMwry4571N2wtPKyY0gWB-ufGXm-TkXDrS7YOBfo8gbKVnJuwZqohKouH2AsbJCcquYcfQ/s2048/IMG_1561_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpfjaLzFebNuBwYlUlL8WChqUQSVGwmLnanesHEEnsY55DodpS-u7uIPZzD8J0qh5cxUHEIMwry4571N2wtPKyY0gWB-ufGXm-TkXDrS7YOBfo8gbKVnJuwZqohKouH2AsbJCcquYcfQ/w480-h640/IMG_1561_jpg.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM0qBmfsc1R6bmCegs3bZY8ZLy9ltUyQaysC1gnxi5eBvRO8H7rLgbB_FN8MXRvxvwgyW4RZAZrLCFKu39iqpQN3cFLNh-SrBPi3wl4JdhkZp1uQEvftgHGIj5LuLV4s_g-_9W80Irok/s2048/IMG_1589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM0qBmfsc1R6bmCegs3bZY8ZLy9ltUyQaysC1gnxi5eBvRO8H7rLgbB_FN8MXRvxvwgyW4RZAZrLCFKu39iqpQN3cFLNh-SrBPi3wl4JdhkZp1uQEvftgHGIj5LuLV4s_g-_9W80Irok/w480-h640/IMG_1589.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8CZcY3MPIaPUaFT-xnaMqTnFURDhbQ44OSD0G0Udewuh86ssyAQ-GQpu5uGELSRlGGcsVFbWH4J0ERiEcUj5LDXo1Xp1H7rfTbncQ5xB3gKAwRR2SCbLYSw0nRTjvtPqJBG8MFDS-oU/s2048/IMG_1605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8CZcY3MPIaPUaFT-xnaMqTnFURDhbQ44OSD0G0Udewuh86ssyAQ-GQpu5uGELSRlGGcsVFbWH4J0ERiEcUj5LDXo1Xp1H7rfTbncQ5xB3gKAwRR2SCbLYSw0nRTjvtPqJBG8MFDS-oU/w480-h640/IMG_1605.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Scott and I had eaten at The Plaza before and we really enjoyed it. You can't beat the location--right in front of the castle. The food honestly isn't anything super special but it is good and, again, the location. After doing my homework on Disney Food Blog when it came to all the best things to order at all the restaurants, I decided the Roast Beef Au Jus was the way to go. Scott and I had a lapse in judgment and decided to share the sandwich. We always share meals when we eat out because the portions are always huge but we forgot that is not the case at Disney. The portions at Disney are appropriate sizes for one person so our shared meal was absolutely not enough for the both of us. It was DELICIOUS and I wanted more. We were both still hungry after so we got an ice cream Sunday which was also super yummy but I was still hungry afterwards, ha!! Campbell, Bennett, and Wells must have really enjoyed their meals too because they all three ate every single bite which never happens. Overall, I love this restaurant for a good meal in MK and I will always recommend it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZAPF0DMV7GciucQeDVUocANJ2ONRCtw-RQi9fwyyyr89fVEEgygvYIkDt0R2O2bsQYlYKbO1ASZCdt-WO4yHl_r_71Vl5TbVS8gXP6SK9QedNP6PD8XRg0kDPmx0YjmMKRBn_tjuww8/s2048/IMG_1629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZAPF0DMV7GciucQeDVUocANJ2ONRCtw-RQi9fwyyyr89fVEEgygvYIkDt0R2O2bsQYlYKbO1ASZCdt-WO4yHl_r_71Vl5TbVS8gXP6SK9QedNP6PD8XRg0kDPmx0YjmMKRBn_tjuww8/w480-h640/IMG_1629.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>After dinner we were all sweaty and tired from a long day so even though it was a little early, we decided to head back to our hotel. We took the bus this time and it was much better than the Lyft. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBjBtHquLs08kP1D59t6OmN1p3-zQRxcoxnUJbCU2jhWQbB1BLhSBba2qQcxa1cwX0NaGXoEy6T0QaWjFv63tZy_y0JkuZ2ecb5egeDRbIkkdOe_A6LxlkPorfBVrS89hInwsxsomTz8/s2048/IMG_1624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBjBtHquLs08kP1D59t6OmN1p3-zQRxcoxnUJbCU2jhWQbB1BLhSBba2qQcxa1cwX0NaGXoEy6T0QaWjFv63tZy_y0JkuZ2ecb5egeDRbIkkdOe_A6LxlkPorfBVrS89hInwsxsomTz8/w480-h640/IMG_1624.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Our groceries we had ordered were waiting on us when we arrived. A bellhop insisted on bringing them to the room for us. He was so nice and happy and chatty and I just loved him. I had ordered some K-cups and as I was unloading them I casually mentioned that I wouldn't need them since there wasn't a Keurig in the room and he said "Oh do you want one? I'm sure I can find a Keurig for you." Ten minutes later he came back with one!! There's nothing like that Disney service!! He officially made my mornings better. We got the boys bathed, asleep and before long Scott and I were right behind them, crashing from a fun first day at Disney.</span></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-59354366853479258712021-06-30T17:41:00.001-05:002021-07-14T17:25:51.235-05:00Wordless Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy-va0Iwh212AKy48JYSUZs9PZ4CPXERD5f8MpCCFKZHqJnJhNEL7ufq4hOV2SR211I_W5hKMD9JUwFr9suihCyezhedyCM57HB5_cNBv7l1esExyLfr4V79_NFCBsYsoSMtW5mcpd7k/s2048/_RBL3843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy-va0Iwh212AKy48JYSUZs9PZ4CPXERD5f8MpCCFKZHqJnJhNEL7ufq4hOV2SR211I_W5hKMD9JUwFr9suihCyezhedyCM57HB5_cNBv7l1esExyLfr4V79_NFCBsYsoSMtW5mcpd7k/w428-h640/_RBL3843.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Happy Monday!! I was really busy last week with the boys activities, summer fun, and work. I had a big photo shoot last weekend and it took me a long time to edit the photos so I didn't have a ton of time on my hands to do much blogging. I'm realizing I never posted photos from Memorial Weekend. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATSGtkRAzLeMXIDQIthvLAT9_c7B9fAeHU-k9zaK0qczoaNTVScVIQPPjyyH8fsjA1NVY5hXYkpByiQ7_eKHtt6McMhsDWSSLnS3ma3DA3MkoG6HlJVoxEfrASYeRHDrQll6julKohw/s2048/_RBL3970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATSGtkRAzLeMXIDQIthvLAT9_c7B9fAeHU-k9zaK0qczoaNTVScVIQPPjyyH8fsjA1NVY5hXYkpByiQ7_eKHtt6McMhsDWSSLnS3ma3DA3MkoG6HlJVoxEfrASYeRHDrQll6julKohw/w428-h640/_RBL3970.JPG" width="428" /></a></div>We stayed in town and spent time with friends and family. I reflected a lot over the weekend over the ultimate sacrifice our brave American soldiers have made for our country in order to enjoy our freedoms. It's not lost upon me and I am so, so grateful. I love my country and everything it stands for. We live in the greatest country in the world thanks to those who fight to protect it. I'm a proud American and our military will always have my upmost respect. God Bless America. Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-62974003120828990672021-06-11T17:27:00.001-05:002021-06-11T17:27:22.593-05:00Summer Fridays<p>Happy Friday!! We are soaking up summer over here. We have been spending so much time at our neighborhood pool and it has been fantastic!!! This is the first summer, since I've been a mom, that I feel like I'm able to actually enjoy myself at the pool. Normally I'm stressed about everyone's safety and it's just so, so hard to actually GET to the pool then it seems like I can only be there an hour before it's nap time or something. This summer Campbell and Bennett are swimming, Wells is big enough to wear floaties so I don't have to constantly hold him or hover over him.....it's just all been so good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlgRBmJKU60d4q7wGMSZs29-gdhY65ttfOQsSw6RKmS1CtvyZrTPE7elmQ9wI2i4WDdqFVtYaj7kR3bujbI-9Ldx4NDUFFaOZVXyjLg3yh9lfuspaFF7QG88Y9ZMHTtZPK8GtAIODIbw/s2048/_RBL3757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlgRBmJKU60d4q7wGMSZs29-gdhY65ttfOQsSw6RKmS1CtvyZrTPE7elmQ9wI2i4WDdqFVtYaj7kR3bujbI-9Ldx4NDUFFaOZVXyjLg3yh9lfuspaFF7QG88Y9ZMHTtZPK8GtAIODIbw/w428-h640/_RBL3757.JPG" width="428" /></a></div>This week we have been really busy. When not spending a few hours relaxing at the pool, Campbell and Bennett have had a full schedule. We've been doing "speed week" swim classes. It's been swim lessons every day this week. I really feel like it's made a big difference in their swimming abilities. Campbell has been swimming for 2 years now but I like having him in classes to help him become a stronger swimmer. He's been learning the breaststroke and backstroke and learning safety, etc. It's been good for him and he is getting more confident in the water. Bennett is officially swimming now. He still has some work to do but he is finally confident getting under the water and pretending to be a fish. I still don't take my eyes off him when he's swimming because his skills are very new, but he's finally got it! And Wellsy can actually swim for a very short distance too!!! I'm so proud of him. These lessons have been fantastic. We started at the end of January and I wish I had done it sooner. I'm planning on keeping Wells in year round....maybe Campbell and Bennett too--we'll see!<div><br /></div><div>Campbell also played his last baseball game of the season. My sweet boy hit a home run and it was SO exciting!! I was jumping up and down like a crazy person and everyone was cheering for him so loudly. Unfortunately he was the first one up to bat--if only those bases had been loaded!!! It was our first tournament game and we lost the game by one point so no more baseball for us. Sad. We'll enjoy the summer then start back in the fall. Campbell LOVES playing baseball. </div><div><br /></div><div>Bennett is staying busy with his ninja classes twice a week and Wells is living his best summer life with Disney+ and all the snacks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Successful summer so far!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-41427469402268326032021-06-09T17:27:00.001-05:002021-06-11T17:28:39.944-05:00Wordless Wednesday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjGotlyYXgFOSTO41EgvROZXvie4ZXQTVXtww_RuG6roRSguI9aFHFo-ElQfdHKZ3RY7dhY5sQKfcbqJSY4DvSdZXjPOmclleXCipxb61o5HHMcHtPrZ_nbzagM_aClvyzjv-otI1B54/s2048/_RBL3492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjGotlyYXgFOSTO41EgvROZXvie4ZXQTVXtww_RuG6roRSguI9aFHFo-ElQfdHKZ3RY7dhY5sQKfcbqJSY4DvSdZXjPOmclleXCipxb61o5HHMcHtPrZ_nbzagM_aClvyzjv-otI1B54/w640-h428/_RBL3492.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7l4mDgEEdhMqoi8zZoMr52DdJek3BkN8IQ3PR1xuIUlhvHYFI6z2mFcJVF4ieASl5sswJMgEzJHlI7SGdhO4feekKA-U00kddxzztbhN8btk3AHHa9vPvX0djSGMuS6tfY-HSuLp2C5k/s2048/_RBL3487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7l4mDgEEdhMqoi8zZoMr52DdJek3BkN8IQ3PR1xuIUlhvHYFI6z2mFcJVF4ieASl5sswJMgEzJHlI7SGdhO4feekKA-U00kddxzztbhN8btk3AHHa9vPvX0djSGMuS6tfY-HSuLp2C5k/w428-h640/_RBL3487.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwJtQDBRd1OmcW5qAJBZQKFEK7Xzz_1UDhAJZJ95vVoe01v64InpXewt06Cs-qH8WRDk8r5MTT0ugJLIo0ycI61X23tmS-IfCHeP3L0ZuZ1zxEt_xepAnB5Wg3HtYtD-k6EPXu9a0tZQ/s2048/_RBL3485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwJtQDBRd1OmcW5qAJBZQKFEK7Xzz_1UDhAJZJ95vVoe01v64InpXewt06Cs-qH8WRDk8r5MTT0ugJLIo0ycI61X23tmS-IfCHeP3L0ZuZ1zxEt_xepAnB5Wg3HtYtD-k6EPXu9a0tZQ/w640-h428/_RBL3485.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402456339402792024.post-88330363979839760422021-05-27T20:42:00.000-05:002021-05-27T20:42:02.805-05:00Last Day of School<p>Campbell and Bennett both had their last day of school today!! What a great school year they've had! They both love school, their teacher, their friends and learning. They never complained once about going to school and never seemed to have a bad day. I feel like I really didn't get to know Campbell's little class at all this year since I never once was able to go inside his school. There was a slight disconnect there for me because I never got to know the other moms or be inside Campbell's class or anything like that. Thankfully I was able to get to know his sweet teacher well so I was grateful for that! Campbell learned so much this year and grew a lot academically. He started the year off not being a fan of reading and somewhat struggling to read. It just hadn't clicked for him. He also hated writing. It was like pulling teeth last year while we were doing virtual. Now he loves reading and often reads to me before bedtime! He wrote his teacher a sweet little note today and didn't need any help--just such a big boy now. It has been really cool to see him grow academically and I hope he'll look back on this year with fond memories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXsCC_XYYpyRLSxO14qrAPf6qPOYm4eHGkG2-HAcBlbCj300EcLjwCPo824kXZOVQQwc03ZKVEFB4MGtD47ZY4IvuFhPnOZFS8s6C3Xw4jUjzpE5VL-sCRJeg7jNq7ptw6MUKUrlXYfU/s2048/_RBL3696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXsCC_XYYpyRLSxO14qrAPf6qPOYm4eHGkG2-HAcBlbCj300EcLjwCPo824kXZOVQQwc03ZKVEFB4MGtD47ZY4IvuFhPnOZFS8s6C3Xw4jUjzpE5VL-sCRJeg7jNq7ptw6MUKUrlXYfU/w428-h640/_RBL3696.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU74Y23_GqKsRssaJNvplge00IdVBApCyMJp4EXe2-Sc0NZXf8oX78Kd2If2feuhnmpFU_xmV41IU4wObVfapeMqDq_0_E1uwdDJk83NUg2ePPRpDmIBG2T4a5ZpQRXVRDo8CT9OPl38/s2048/_RBL3698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU74Y23_GqKsRssaJNvplge00IdVBApCyMJp4EXe2-Sc0NZXf8oX78Kd2If2feuhnmpFU_xmV41IU4wObVfapeMqDq_0_E1uwdDJk83NUg2ePPRpDmIBG2T4a5ZpQRXVRDo8CT9OPl38/w428-h640/_RBL3698.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIfhZENJzHgMkxbjxJDkRZRAFoyNAJKQiXH8ULVXWUK02ZqR87kd9uo4WUwSvfxi7G27CGHxC2v4EN0E_O7ItTJO0du7U8Y6t0oE0n9_6ff0AU3Pq6xWd-2Q0mHWgEstr21z_Bc7-8VA/s2048/_RBL3708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIfhZENJzHgMkxbjxJDkRZRAFoyNAJKQiXH8ULVXWUK02ZqR87kd9uo4WUwSvfxi7G27CGHxC2v4EN0E_O7ItTJO0du7U8Y6t0oE0n9_6ff0AU3Pq6xWd-2Q0mHWgEstr21z_Bc7-8VA/w428-h640/_RBL3708.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiYs_iDaKoBGAwd9cRsQjk6mEjx3t4KVaNuUkz_qrwPIZrlCIUosM7-6ud9SA0mJXHqfjtxY5wfRmkxu4DSmR8F7xAV6_LRkdphoLir9X_qQKvUBiKVaQZXIjiJHIupzQF5Tk129XoI0/s2048/_RBL3714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiYs_iDaKoBGAwd9cRsQjk6mEjx3t4KVaNuUkz_qrwPIZrlCIUosM7-6ud9SA0mJXHqfjtxY5wfRmkxu4DSmR8F7xAV6_LRkdphoLir9X_qQKvUBiKVaQZXIjiJHIupzQF5Tk129XoI0/w428-h640/_RBL3714.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>Bennett is officially a preschool graduate!! He had a fantastic year! The year started stressful for us because the school we were supposed to attend didn't re-open and didn't tell us until the day before school was supposed to start. I knew how important it was for Bennett to get prepped for kindergarten so I literally scrambled and called every pre-school in the area to see if there was an opening. The school we ended up at miraculously had one opening left and we took it. I signed Bennett up the day before school started, knowing nothing about the school or his teacher. Bennett walked in, alone, on the first day of school to a brand new place knowing not a single soul there. It was overwhelming for us all. However, Bennett had a great day (aside from being very upset that they kept his school supplies haha!). As the days, weeks and months went along, we began to really fall in love with his new school. Bennett would come home with legit school work and we were so impressed by what all he was learning. However, the most impressionable thing about the school to us was how much they poured into the kids about Jesus. They made us a worship CD that we listen to every day. Bennett would get in the car saying the sweetest things about Jesus. He now loves to pray and would say the most genuine, thoughtful and mature prayers. We were just truly blown away. So much so that we decided to check out the church. Over half a year later we have not only fallen in love with the school but also the church and found a new home there that we love. What began as an exceptionally frustrating year ended with seeing what a blessing this path the Lord has led us down is and we are so thankful for His wisdom in directing us here. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKRi9fUZPONBc9HCTVZoz36X5DWsCzTVQbD1G0RYLH7uIe4urbxieFm2qfqZTaqdKXnZG42aYBLVZBGH8lLGL066sxHiwocWg50j5J43Noznk9PpVEngp4k_csJL4hqu11HEHN3EaVM8/s2048/_RBL3741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKRi9fUZPONBc9HCTVZoz36X5DWsCzTVQbD1G0RYLH7uIe4urbxieFm2qfqZTaqdKXnZG42aYBLVZBGH8lLGL066sxHiwocWg50j5J43Noznk9PpVEngp4k_csJL4hqu11HEHN3EaVM8/w428-h640/_RBL3741.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTsUKbS-TYnOpWFwkkygaioK8gTNV2MSREE6qeUriKLzTE3B0JJNiohwJ5ReSiPYML8S6kbdzToJ7H8Ud30XJddkzOXI20OFQF2pVNG8FtmOrww13SFgSiwcmq_mHbllI2Yrs4-ipvLo/s2048/_RBL3743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTsUKbS-TYnOpWFwkkygaioK8gTNV2MSREE6qeUriKLzTE3B0JJNiohwJ5ReSiPYML8S6kbdzToJ7H8Ud30XJddkzOXI20OFQF2pVNG8FtmOrww13SFgSiwcmq_mHbllI2Yrs4-ipvLo/w428-h640/_RBL3743.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6jdPWBytcgH23MG0dNoSAwj0cL77CW5XYKx9ABCW1doKs8Aw-eA_GozzKgc0ndAUo8kzfKrxpVfBZTVkzQXSMJT69ULVX4vASOP7PyrFf2GgQm_-47h3QZcqnZyJSHXP013c3V2PQMI/s2048/_RBL3750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6jdPWBytcgH23MG0dNoSAwj0cL77CW5XYKx9ABCW1doKs8Aw-eA_GozzKgc0ndAUo8kzfKrxpVfBZTVkzQXSMJT69ULVX4vASOP7PyrFf2GgQm_-47h3QZcqnZyJSHXP013c3V2PQMI/w428-h640/_RBL3750.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><p>I would normally be really sad that my baby is all grown up and headed for kindergarten but honestly, Bennett has been longing for the day to attend kindergarten since Campbell's first day of kindergarten. So I am SO excited for Bennett to be able to go to the same elementary school as Campbell this fall. He is going to LOVE it so much. I'm so, so thankful he ended his pre-school journey where he did and he made THE sweetest little friends. They literally all came to his birthday party a few weeks ago to celebrate him--truly just the sweetest group of families and we love Bennett's teacher too. Thankfully we will get to see her at church every Sunday and maybe Wells will be blessed to have her as his teacher one day too. </p><p>So that's a wrap on the 2020/2021 school year. I know a lot of people didn't think we'd make it the entire year but I knew we would. :) </p><p>Let's go summer!!</p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13476046815914600873noreply@blogger.com0