Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cub Camp

Nicholas partiparted in cub camp the first week of June.  He had a wonderful time and got to do lots of cool things.  Earned his bullseye badge for hitting a bullseye with a bow and arrow and the BB gun! 




Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Beach Trip

Last week the kids and I headed down to St George Island to spend some time at the beach with my parents and sister's family.  After a long drive (7 hours) we made it!  Had a great time.  Found lots of shells, sand dollars and hermit crabs.  Went crab hunting at night and Nolan caught some!  My sister Jamie finally beat me at scrabble!  We play every year at the beach.  Explored on the sandbar.  Lots of fun.  Made homemade ice cream...Yummy! 

Nolan chilling on the beach

Nicholas looking for shells
 
Scout, Nicholas and Nolan enjoying homemade ice cream

Me and my boys!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The most magical place on earth

After school got out on the 18th, we packed up and headed to the most magical place on earth...The wonderful world of Disney!  The kids were so excited to go again.  We stayed at Fort Wilderness again and had a magical time!

Day 1 - We headed to Epcot.  The flower show was going on so we got to see lots of awesome displays like the mickey below.  We ate lunch in France and got to meet Chef Remy!  He was so cute!  We rode some great rides.  Nolan loved the Nemo ride and Nicholas loved Soaring and Mission Space.  He got to ride both twice since Nolan wasn't going anywhere near either of them!




Day 2- We started our day at Chef Mickey's and had breakfast with Mickey and his friends.  Nolan was the most excited about meeting Mickey.  After breakfast we went to the Magic Kingdom.  Nolan got a new friend (see the stuffed Mickey below).  It never left his side.  I think we rode almost every ride in the park.  My favorite and Jason's  -the Haunted Mansion.  Kids didn't like it as much this time.  Nolan's favs - Dumbo!  Rode it twice and smiled the whole time.  Also loved Buzz lightyear.  Nicholas's favs - Pirates - rode it 3 times!  Splash Mountain and Space Mountain.  My little thrill seeker!



Day 3 - We took the day off from the parks.  We ate lunch in downtown Disney at T-Rex and went to the lego store.  We then rented boats at Fort Wilderness and rode around in the water in front of the Magic Kingdom.  Really cool!  Last, we hit the Fort Wilderness pool and Nicholas went down the water slide about 50 times.  Great, relaxing day!




Day 4 - We went to Disney's Hollywood Studios.  Neat park.  We rode the star wars ride about 3 times.  Both boys loved it.  The Indian Jones Stunt Show was awesome.  Nicholas and Jason both loved the rock and roll roller coaster.  Me, not so much  :)  Nolan got to meet Mickey again and was so excited again.  He was grinning from ear to ear and told me very seriously that there was no one inside, that it was really Mickey!  I love the innocence!  We also met Phineas and Ferb and they scared Nolan to death. 



Day 5 - Animal Kingdom!  The safari was really cool.  Nicholas tackled Mount Everest and declared it the coolest ride ever.  I will admit it was really fun!  Both boys rode dinosaur twice and Nolan kept his eyes closed the entire time!  



Saturday, June 2, 2012

Last Day of School

Nicholas's last day of 1st grade was Friday, May 18th.  I can't believe how fast the year went by and can't believe that my oldest is now a second grader!

Nicholas and his teacher, Ms Forte, on the last day of school

Nicholas and his best friend Aidan