Disney World!!!!!!

We had such a great time in Florida. It was tiring and hard at times, but SUPER fun :)

Day One: We drove all day to Orlando. Both boys did a great job. H had some tears, but overall he was good.

Day Two: Matt went to his conference in the morning and then we hit Animal Kingdom!

Grey was VERY overwhelmed with the amount of people and things to look at. We went straight to dinoland and rode a ride. Grey was very unsure at the beginning and then decided it was really fun to ride "roller posters". This was Holden's first ride as well. He liked it just fine :)



These were taken right before the Nemo stage show. We had to leave about five minutes into the show because someone started crying and carrying on.....it was not Holden. We quickly found out that Grey is not a fan of the shows or movie type things at Disney.



We then went on an African safari. Grey really liked seeing all of the animals. Holden got a little sleepy from all of our animal scouting.





I went to go and feed Holden and when I came back I found a chocolate covered Grey. He HAD to get a Mickey ice cream. It wouldn't be a real Disney trip until we had one!



We went on a train. You know Grey LOVED that!



Grey wanted to meet Mickey. We waited in line to meet him. We got to the front and of course he was scared. Oh well! Characters and shows are not his thing.



We left Animal Kingdom at dinner time. Grey was SO exhausted. You can see on his cheek he got a boo boo. He was so tired he was wobbly while playing on a dino playground and slammed into the side of a slide.



Day Three: Matt went to his conference for a little while and then we went to Magic Kingdom. This was our favorite park. Grey was so happy and excited!

On the ferry boat from the parking lot to Magic kingdom.



Watching some street performers.





Our first ride, the people mover.



This was a Buzz Lightyear ride. I was very nervous about it because it was sort of in the dark. Grey was nervous, but he ended up loving it. Holden liked it fine :)



We then rode the Astro Orbiter. Grey was learning that he loves rides. This one was a little intense for Holden, but he didn't fuss. Maybe he likes rides too.



Grey got to drive his own racecar! He loved it so much, that as soon as he got off with Matt I went back on it with him. Holden was not allowed on this one, so he slept.



We rode the carousel.



Both boys LOVED the Small World ride. Even Holden was mesmerized. They loved all the singing and kids moving.





It only rained one night. It rained pretty hard, but for only about 15 minutes. We stayed at Magic Kingdom and powered through. We went on a wet Aladdin ride and then got some night time ice cream!!



We stayed out SO late that night. Grey fell asleep in his stroller on the way to the car. Matt stood him up to get into the car and had to catch him because he was falling over!!!



Day Four: We went to the park early. We could only stay a while because Matt had to be back for his conference in the afternoon. We went to Hollywood Studios. We did not do a ton here because it was mostly shows and movies. Grey was not a fan!

Matt and I each got to go on a roller coaster. The boys were kind enough to wait for us!



Grey got to meet Lightning and Mater. He was nervous. But he did let Matt hold him for a photo. He was also very interested to look from far away.



We played on a playground and went to a super fun stunt car show. A few rides and then it was time to go. Grey did get to pick out something and he chose a Buzz Lightyear.



Day Five: We decided not to go to Epcot. We decided to go back to Magic Kingdom. We thought that Grey would rather re-do things he had already done rather than try to get him to see shows or something like that.

More Small World. They LOVE it!





We didn't get to ride Dumbo the first time!


We saw TOM BERGERON filming America's Funniest Home Videos. You know you are jealous. (He is under the unbrella, wearing maroon).



Mickey pretzel!



More racecars, people movers, and Buzz rides.



Grey even rode the Pirates of the Caribbean ride (scary!!!) and he liked it.



A little treat and a new Buzz hat!



Day Six: We drove home. Holden was not nearly as good. But it was fine. We did see something that made the trip just a little better :)



We had a really wonderful trip!!! Lots of memories were made.

Construction Party!!!

Grey had his birthday party today. It was a ton of fun! These kiddos are getting so big and so wild. Grey has been so excited for his "instruction" party. He even got in the bounce house and ACTUALLY enjoyed it this year :)






Holden wore his dump truck shirt to match Grey!



Matt is redoing the garden in the next few weeks and he was messing around and saw that all of the wood was rotten. It started to fall apart and he asked me my advice. I said lets let the kids just dig in there! They really liked the dirt pile. It does not take much!





At one point Matt looked down and Holden had just passed out. Apparently he was tired out from watching everything!



After most people left we broke out the four wheeler. Grey once again stayed up so late that he still has not opened his presents! We are looking forward to a leisurely Sunday morning with lots of present opening!



Happy Birthday kiddo!