March For Babies

My son was born 6 weeks early due to pre-eclampsia. If it wasnt for programs like the march of dimes, he may not be here today. Luckily he is a happy, healthy 4 year old now!
Any donation amount you could spare will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Kids say the cutest things...

This went around facebook a LONG time ago, at the time SJ didnt really get the questions well for some reason it popped into my head today. Maybe it was when he told the bank teller that he wanted 6bucks and a lollipop.
so here goes:

Without ANY prompting, ask your child these questions and write down EXACTLY what he/she says. It is a great way to find out what he or she really thinks. When you re-post, put your child's age in the title box.
I added some of my thoughts in red.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Ummmm sit in time out
*this really makes no sense since he has maybe sat in time out 2 times in the last year*

2. What makes mom happy? Ummmm getting hugs and kisses

3. What makes mom sad? When I buckle up right behind me
he likes to buckle his carseat without him in it drives me nuts lol

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Making funny faces

5. What was your mom like as a child? fishing

6. How old is your mom? Umm 5?

7. How tall is your mom? Very tall

8. What is mom's favorite thing to do? Ummm check the kids, make sure they are ok

9. What does mom do when you're not around? Ummm wait for us to come home

10. If mom became famous, what will it be for? Be a queen
love this kid :)

11. What is mom really good at? bowling

12. What is mom not very good at? Like pop pops golf

13. What does mom do for a job? Get money

14. What is mom's favorite food? Mashed potatoes

15. What makes you proud of mom? Ummm giving me hugs

16. If mom were a character, who would she be? mommy

17. What do you and mom do together? Play the wii game

18. How are you and mom the same? Both very long

19. How are you and mom different? Different clothes and I don’t have any glasses and you do and your hair looks funny and mine doesnt
and i thought i was having a good hair day

20. How do you know mom loves you? She loves me cause she made me

21. What does mom like most about dad? Love him and hug him


22. Where is mom's favorite place to go? Her grandmas house

23. How old was mom when you were born? 5?

Snow Much Fun!

Somehow we managed to make it into Newark, NJ on Thursday during a blizzard. We thought for sure our flight would be cancelled. Jetblue did a great job of getting us here ontime and safe. I will say coming down to land was very scary, the plane was getting thrown around quite a bit.

When we landed SJ got off the plane looked out the window and YELLED, SNOOOOWW!! It was so cute there were HUGE snowflakes coming down

My dad lives in the Poconos and it was a dangerous, scary drive home. The roads were icy and snowey. It took us 2.5 hours to get here but we did safely. Then we got to relax and watch the snow come down and boy did it come down, over 2 feet!

The 1st time we went to go out, SJ saw the snow come up past my knees and said MOMMY ITS TOO DEEP

PopPop pulled out the big guns and cleared him a path then he started enjoying the snow

Epcot Days

We actually spent the next 2 days in Epcot.
We started in test track, SJ rides this ride everytime but hates it every time. R was nervous to get on. Well as expected they both hated the ride. They were both in tears by the time we were to get off, the poor kids who were about to get on looked terrified. They did like looking at the cars in the showroom though. i wanted to bring the CTS and Camero home but I didnt have enough souviener money.
We went to Nemo in the morning and this building was a big hit with the kids. We went to see turtle talk with Crush and SJ got picked 1st. He was so cute talking into the microphone. Crush kept calling him SJ DUDE and he said no Im just SJ not dude. It was funny everyone laughed when we were walking out he said Mommy why were all those people laughing about me?
Crush also chose R to ask a question. R asked him how watered breathed? Ummm crush was just as confused as you are reading this. LOL
We then rode Soarin SJ and my dad LOVE this ride. We ended up riding 3 times in 2 days. Be sure you get a fastpass for this ride, the line can become long very fast.

We went into the countries to look for something to eat but ended up eating in the american pavillion.
We were headed back to the hotel when SJ spotted the character connection and wanted to meet the fab five so we did not to bad 30 min to meet 5 characters. Unfortunetly my camera started acting up and I didnt get any good pictures.
Some shots from the countries



Tuttu Italia dinner Innovations fun
we learned about velcro then got to make a frog to take home for free!

An interactive game in the big ballDevons Epcot Top Picks
-Soarin
-Test Track
-Turtle talk with crush
-dining Tuttu Italia
-Illuminations

Publix Gift Card Giveaway

I love following deal finding blogs and this morning when I went to mojosavings.com i found a contest for a $25 giftcard to my favorite grocery store Publix! go here to check it out and enter yourself.

Magic Kingdom Day

I love the magic kingdom, growing up in FL I have been more times than I can remember and every time has been as special as the last. I have gone with my mom, my school, my dad, my grandparents, my friends and now my son.
We conquered fantasyland first
.Then we headed over to toontown for barnstormer right when we got off, the train pulled up in ToonTown so we jumped on and hopped a ride over to SJ's favorite rollercoaster Big Thunder Mountain! Last time we rode it in November it was raining and not so fun. This time it was perfect!He dressed himself up after the Pirate of the Carribeans Ride.




SJ was really into getting Character Autographs this trip. We waited along time to Meet Jasmine and Alladin but they were totally worth it! It was so cold Jasmine had to wear her jacket.
We had dinner at Cinderellas Castle oh how I love eating in the castle. When we were finished with dinner both the castle and fantasyland were closed and we were the only ones in the hallway it was pretty magical.
We then picked a spot for Wishes and Spectromagic right in front of the castle. I did not think this was a good spot but i was outvoted and that was where we stayed.
SJ had a blast playing with the lightup toys papa got him and playing with the CM's in the street. For the record I was right, we should have gone further down main street alot of the fireworks were blocked by the castle but there were some beautiful shots I was able to take.
We then waited for Spectro to start SJ got lots of love from the characters.

Devons Magic Kingdom must do's
Big thunder mountain
wishes
spectro magic parade
move it shake it parade
buzz lightyear
hall of presidents (made me proud to be american)
resturant: cinderellas royal table

Animal Kingdom

We spent day 2 of our vacation at Animal Kingdom. We were exploring dinosaur land and my aunt sons are dinosaur lovers so she insisted that we go on the ride Dinosaur. I had never been on since I had been forewarned it was very scary especially for young children like SJ, but against my better judgement I decided to go on and take SJ too. Let me tell you people are right this ride is scary! Both SJ and R were scared to death and I have to admit my heart was pumping pretty fast. Neither of the boys wanted to go on again I cant say I blame them.
We of course rode Expedition Everest and it was loved by all, SJ is still about an inch to short to go on it which is a shame because he really wants too. When we were up at the top instead of closing my eyes I actually took a minute to look around and enjoy what you can see from up there, it is pretty incredible.
We of course took the 2 week Kilamanjaro Safari ride this baby giraffe was pretty close to us. And I finally got to see the lion awake. I have been on this ride at least 10 times and never seen him or her awake, this trip they were both awake.
We then found these bats I forget their name but they actually are awake during the day, the cm's had just fed them and they were very active, flying around, eating and cleaning themselves.

We had to leave early due to impending rain and we had a luau to get to for dinner!

Devons Animal Kingdom Must Sees
Kilamanjaro Safari
Everest
Lion King Show
Resturant: Tusker House