Sunday, February 22, 2009

Finding Nemo...
















Here we are at Epcot. The kids loved walking around the aquarium and seeing the dolphins and manatee...etc. Especially Nana...she loved the dolphin and was enthralled with them...even Jojo kept peering at the glass to get a peek.















Riding the monorail







Here is Isaac with another one of his favorites, Donald. And us riding the front car in the monorail.

It happens to the best of them!







It is inevitable that Disney wears anyone out!! It is such a fun place with so much to do...and it eventually wins out even the most energetic of kids....which mine would be at the top of the list! And this was even before lunch!!












Just hold my hand sis!
















Here is out last visit to the Magic Kingdom. It was just me and the kids since Jerod had to be at work for the morning. WE took some pictures with some of the characters that we hadn't had a chance to. Isaac loves Chip and Dale, he has from the first visit...and it's easy to see why. Not that you can tell from the pictures...but they were dancing and playing peek-a-boo with the kids. Than as we were walking to a ride, Isaac was very concerned with Nana not getting lost. So he took matters into his own hands! It was very cute to see them share a special sis-and-bro moment!

Isaac the Dino Daddy!!
















Not only is Isaac really into Dinos nowadays...but he also LOVES stuffed animals! He sleeps with about 8 of them in his bed. And plays with them all day, takes care of them etc. He says he is the daddy, I am the mommy, and Jerod is the uncle....it's pretty funny! So you can imagine he was in heaven at the restaurant's make a stuffed dino store. He enjoyed every process of it and picked out his clothes, got him dressed, and was very excited to bring his new 'kid' home. He really is a good daddy...I think it's because he has such a great one himself!! :)

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Jojo says No!
















Just this week Jojo learned to say no! Here she is...but of course...not really performing for the camera! So I kept trying to get her to do it again, but I think she thought I was telling her no! Poor thing! And more pictures of Dinos.





Princesses...and more Dinos!
















Here they have this huge Disney Store...my husband's least favorite place! And it's decorated beautifully, so I had my princess take a picture with another princess. (Nana was sleeping)










Can you tell yet that Isaac loves Dinosaurs? Last year the day after his 3rd birthday he told me he wanted a dinosaur party. And the whole year long anytime him turning 4 or his birthday came up he'd say ''my dinosaur party" and sure enough that is the party he had. So here we are at Downtown Disney hanging around. We were planning on going ot dinner at Rainforest Cafe, it's this neat restaurant that had life-size animatronics that move...and ever so often there is a 'rainstorm' and all the animals activate at the same time. It sort of is a tradition each time we are here to go there. But this time we didn't! There is a new restaurant open called T-Rex...it is like Rainforest Cafe, but with Dinosaurs. And every 20 minutes there is a 'meteor shower' and all the Dinos go off at the same time...so surprise surprise, Isaac wanted to eat here instead.

Downtown Disney
















Here we are at Downtown Disney. I had to take the classic welcome to Disney picture! Isaac really appreciated the Lego sculputres this time...and loved the store. He had lots of fun playing with the legos!















Reading time with Nana
















After a long day at the parks, nothing like curling up with a good book!! We always joke around that Nana will grow up to be a teacher. She loves book and writing, as a matter of fact she just drew a beautiful mural for us on our dining room walls! ;) So when we got home she found her book and Jojo curled up with her to hear her telling her the story!










Meanwhile, Isaac was taking good care of his monkey and feeding him dinner!

Diggig for Dino Bones







Here we are at Universal Studios. Isaac went on the Jurissac Park ride (it's one of those log rides with a high steep fall) twice!! With daddy they went on the front row and got soaked!! His also posing with a T-rex...I guess he must have been digging for Dinosaur bones!! ;)

Animal Kingdom and Cinderella's Castle
















Here we are my two princesses at Animal kingdom doing what they do best...being cute!! Then you will see Isaac at the parade. This was actually the second time of us watching the first parade...it was coming back around the park. This parade starts and ends at the same place...which I didn't quite know. We went on the Safari ride which is right next to here...when we got off the parade had just started. For those of you whom have been to Disney before know that people stake out their parade spots an hour before the parade starts. Since we were going to be leaving the park after parade I really wanted the kids to see it, but we couldn't get that close for them to see the action on the ground. So while Jerod went to grab our stroller, I took off with Nana and Isaac to find a spot. No luck!! So I put Isaac on my shoulders and held Naomi up as high as I could...you should have seen the looks I kept getting!! And it lasted good 20 min...do I need to tell you that I 'felt' that parade for the next two days?!?! Well, once the parade was over we decided to go check out the hippos and gorillas that were located right next to the Safari. By the time we did that, the parade was coming back around...so this time the kids got front row action! Each of the characters that would walk by kept giving Isaac a high five...he was just loving it!!
Then we went back to the Magic Kingdom. There was a couple of rides we still wanted to go on and we wanted to catch the Fireworks, we had missed them the last time we were there. It was too cold to take the girls out of the strollers...so we tried still getting them in the picture, but Nana was cut off!!