Tuesday, September 30, 2014

First Day of School 2014

Wow, this school year is already flying by!  Can’t believe it’s the end of September and the kids are already in the thick of another fantastic year.

Here’s Grace on her first day of third grade!

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Seamus on his first day of fourth grade!

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Typically they wear their full uniform on the first day of school, but it was very warm this year so they were allowed to wear their summer uniform right away.

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Liam started his second year of Pre-K!

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Our tradition for the first day of Pre-K is a special donut for breakfast.  Can’t believe my baby will be off to kindergarten next year and the Pre-K donuts will be all done!

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Hope everyone is having a great school year!

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Our Disney World Vacation–Part 2

Day 3, Epcot, Downtown Disney, and dinner at Coral Reef.

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Test Track was one our favorite rides!

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Meeting Belle!

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Cooling off by catching water at the fountains!

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Day 4, Hollywood Studios and dinner at the 50’s Primetime Café.

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Lots of Frozen fun in HS!

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Wandering Oaken’s had an ice skating rink and real snow to play with!  However, as you can imagine, these upstate NY kids were not overly impressed :-)

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Anna and Elsa!

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Having fun while waiting in line to meet our favorite toys!

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Just having a lil’ dill pickle snack while waiting for the amazing Beauty & the Beast show to begin!

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Seamus rode the Tower of Terror and LOVED it!

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The 50’s Primetime Care…where you feel like you’re eating in your grandma’s kitchen!  Loved it!

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Day 5, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and dinner at Rainforest Café.

I had a snafu with our fastpasses to meet Anna and Elsa.  So Grace and I woke up super early for Extra Magic Hours, and headed off the to MK to be one of the first in line for the princesses.  We had a blast and it was so fun sharing that special time with her! 

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Splash Mountain!  So much fun!

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Trying to pull the Sword in the Stone!

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Three hungry tree frogs at the Rainforest Café!

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One of the most magical moments of our trip…meeting Mickey Mouse!  This Mickey was awesome because he talked!

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It was such an amazing trip and we were sad to see it end!  But we are looking forward to the day we can return, and like Mickey always says, “See ya real soon!”

Our Disney World Vacation–Part 1

This year, we took our greatly anticipated family vacation to Disney World!  It was the kids’ very first visit, and we planned for over a year to make it the best it could possibly be.  We were joined by my mom, dad, sister and aunt! We had an amazing time…get ready for picture overload!!!

We stayed at the awesome Art of Animation resort in a Finding Nemo suite.  The theming of this resort is amazing!  The kids loved it.

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Day 1, Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom, and dinner at ‘Ohana at the Polynesian resort.

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‘Ohana was delicious!029

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After Pirates of the Caribbean…everyone found their pirate side!

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Main Street Electrical Parade…still amazing!

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Day 2, Magic Kingdom and dinner at Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary resort.

Grace wore her Cinderella dress for the occasion!

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Seamus was picked to be a part of the show at Monsters, Inc Laugh Floor!

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Lunch at Be Our Guest!  This place is magical!

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Mickey street art!

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According to a cast member, this is the smallest Hidden Mickey in the Disney World!

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Meeting Stitch!

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Meeting Ariel!  (Liam was shy!)

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Haunted Mansion – so scary!

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Meeting the gang at Chef Mickey’s!

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Pirates of the Caribbean again!  Mommy and Daddy are tired…but still so much more to do!

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