Friday, April 22, 2011

WALT DISNEY WORLD

Disney was truly the experience of a lifetime. We had a magical three days exploring the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. There are too many highlights, but some of our favorite things were meeting Woody and Jessie, riding Dumbo, and the Country Bear Jamboree.

























The very first ride was DUMBO. When we walked through Cinderella's castle, Andrew saw Dumbo and screamed, "PAPA, there HE is!!! I see DUMBO!!" The tears were flowing to see the pure joy in his face. Each day was better and better. Four is the perfect age to do Disney. It was pure magic.


















Onward to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.
Not sure whether Andrew or Grandma had more fun.



































Lucy found her voice during the Country Bear Jamboree. When the bears started singing, Lucy sang along with them-- loudly. Big Al was the same silly bear that he was when I went to Disney as a kid, and Andrew loved it.


























Andrew rode the Big Thunder Mountain railroad about 5 times. Daddy and Andrew even rode in the very front car. So brave.



















One of the sweetest moments was meeting Woody and Jessie. They were so amazing and even came over to meet Lucy in her stroller. Andrew was absolutely smitten with Jessie.















































My sweet boy.

























Where is Buzz Lightyear when you need him?
Zurg put us in jail!














































Still happy after several full days of excitement!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Hilton Head

En route to the happiest place on Earth, we stopped in Hilton Head for some R&R. We found this little guy lurking around Grandma and Papa's swamp. He was watching us play on the playground. He must have thought he saw a nice snack.






































































































Wednesday, April 13, 2011

St. Pat's & Passover

Happy smiley girl is getting faster at crawling and loving her exersaucer.



















This is Lucy's baby push up. I finally got a picture. She's probably the only 7 month old that is concerned with physical fitness.





































Check out Andrew's frog hat that he made for the Passover seder. It was a nice school seder and Andrew was able to ask the children's questions. He particularly enjoyed eating and drinking while leaning.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Family Time

Another quick weekend road trip to DC to visit family and get some of Granny's home cooking
























Andrew loves to dress up handsome like Daddy
























We took Grandma to Bubba's for dinner

























Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011

How to make due with March weather

After the initial excitement of having a wonderful beach house wore off a bit, the realization of cold dreary March weather has set in. We won't let a little cold weather stop the fun.


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

5,000 miles later...

And just like that.... we arrive on the mainland.
























The good news is that they have an ocean here, too!
Thank goodness.