Orlando Day 4

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and shopping

Jayna had been dying to go here ever since we told her about it before the trip. She was just as excited for this as she was about Disney World. As soon as we got there she started laughing and jumping up and down, she was so excited!

You get to dress up as your favourite princess and get your hair, make up and nails done.

She chose to be Belle

Checking herself out in the mirror

Her "Fairy Godmother in Training" was so sweet, she did an amazing job!

Getting the works

She was in love with her Fairy Godmother

Pixie Dust

Explaining what all the colours mean on her special Mickey hair clip

Jayna still hadn't seen herself in the mirror yet, but I think she was too afraid to move in case she ruined something.

Seeing herself in the mirror, she was so excited!

Jayna & her awesome Fairy Godmother, Mae

Then they had a Princess Parade trhough Downtown Disney

And she got to ride the carousel

I don't think life could have been any better for this 3 year old, she was in heaven

While Jayna was becoming a princess Kepler found this Mickey and he wouldn't put it down. He loves it, he carries it all around, puts him down for naps in his crib, gives him hugs, and takes him to bed with him.
And he makes him clap and says "Yay!!!"

Orlando has some really good outlet malls and they stay open until 11 pm. I spent a couple of evenings there after the kids were in bed. I could have spent all week there!

Orlando Day 5

Swimming

I can't count how many times Kepler went down this slide, it was all he wanted to do.

Oh yeah, and stick his head in this spurt of water, for some reason he thought that was super fun too.

Jayna just wanted to jump in the pool all day long, and she got really brave (for her).

Gibb brought this frog into the condo and set it down on the bed beside me and it almost jumped on me. Then he was surprised that I freaked out.

Some of our friends we met at dental school in Cleveland now live a couple hours away from Orlando. So we got to meet up with them and swim and hang out for the night.

Jayna, Austin, Kepler, Ty and Luke
Jayna and Kepler are the same age as their 2 youngest boys, they had so much fun together!

It was so fn to see them again!

Orlando Day 6

Sea World (again) and more swimming

This is the reason we went back to Sea World, so Gibb and I could ride their new ride Manta. We are total roller coaster junkies and we could not leave without trying it, and they also have another sweet roller coaster Kraken that we both love.

We also wanted to go to the Dolphin Show. We didn't have time the first day and it's the best show there (we think so anyways).

In the aquariums

Whenever a dolphin would swim right up by the glass Kepler would start running and chase it

Jayna loved these flamingos, she kept wanting to go back to them

Jayna & Minnie

What an amazing trip! It was a lot of work, but SO worth it. The kids had so much fun and it's always nice to escape real life for a little while. I know it's cheesy but seeing them so happy was priceless, I can't wait to do it again!

J is for Jayna

We're back from our trip, and I'm too tired right now to try and go through pictures yet, so instead here is a little glimpse into the mind of a 3 1/2 year old. She keeps us entertained.

1. As soon as we got to the Orlando Airport: "Where are all the princesses?!" in a sad/disappointed voice.
2. At a breakfast buffet one morning: "Mommy did a dog go poo poo right there?" pointing to a sausage on my plate.
3. First day driving in the really hot van: "I'm hot, can you turn down the heat?" (and then she was introduced to the wonderful invention called air conditioning!)
4. About all the huge bugs that she was terrified of: "I really don't like the bugs! They're not my best friend!"
5. To the guy sitting in front of us (who didn't really seem interested in kids and had been listening to ours for the whole flight) on our flight home to Fort McMurray: Points to a gum wrapper on the seat beside him. "Is that your garbage? You better throw it away, we don't put garbage on the seats, that's naughty. We only put it in the garbage. J is my special letter, because I'm 3." I don't think he had any idea what she was talking about, but he did take his gum wrapper and throw it away.
   

April

April was kind of a crazy month. I'm kind of glad it's over. Mostly because that means we leave for Orlando tomorrow! We made the mistake of telling Jayna over a month ago that we were going to Disney World and we've been regretting it every day since then ;) We're all pretty excited! Here's some pictures from last month.

The snow had all melted and then we got a huge snowstorm. I think we got almost 3 feet in a day.

Gibb came home from work and couldn't make it up the driveway so he had to start shovelling.

(2 weeks after this snowstorm we had a week of 20C+ every day!)

One of Jayna's favourite toys right now, her ponies.
She lined them up and we named them all and she memorized all of their names.

One of Kepler's favourite toys, this will keep him occupied for a while.

Chef Kepler

My boy is never happier than when he has his thumb and blankie, he always tries to sneak it out of his crib now, but then he snuggles it in the middle of the kitchen floor...not so sneaky.

Potato head

Jayna's version of a mess
and Kepler's version of a mess

Oh Kepler...

me little cutie!

The highlight of this month was having my mom here for 3 weeks!

We miss her lots!