Donut time with Thomas

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January Days

Bundled up!

Walking to the school bus.

Snuggling with Grandpa

Reading....Sam is a copycat...but this is good!

Sunday dishes.

Learning to skate.

Between Christmas and New Year's

Still at Grandpa Rider's, Dec. 28

The boys with their cousin, Liam....at Tim's.

After morning meeting.

All the kids....Sammy didn't want his picture taken.

Yum, hot chocolate.

Thomas....so excited....hunting!

They saw a few deer but that's it.

Learning eucher....is that how you spell it?

A quick nap....we all saw the ball drop.

Christmas 2012

Grandma's birthday, Dec. 24

We share a birthday...my niece, Grace.

Thomas and Katie busily talking.

Waiting for birthday cake.

Sam's first Christmas present.

Help from big brothers on the unwrapping part.

Sammy's first pair of skates.

Grandpa and Sam.

Great-grandma and her youngest grandson.

Christmas dinner.

The kids end....

Cute December Pictures

Finally, raking and with lots of help. (Dec. 14)

Fun big brothers!

Yum, frosting!

The big boys wheel Sam around the house at top speeds calling it his chariot.

Morning time with Grandpa.

Sam's new scarf from Grandma.

Near the fire.

Frosting Christmas cookies.

Reading!

Tuesday park hopping...

Sunny, high 82. Looks like a pool day, followed by Blizzard Bay. Then Epcot, tonight!

The Caribbean Beach Resort central pool featured two waterslides.

We then headed for Blizzard Beach!

On to Epcot for dinner and a fireworks display...

Monday at Animal Kingdom

We spent the whole day at (8:30AM-7PM) Animal Kingdom, and no, I don't think we waited more than 10 minutes on any ride... I remember being underwhelmed by it ten years ago, but, I think they have figured it out. Destination Everest was fantastic! I was the boys first "grown up" roller coaster, and boy did it play with their minds! Nathan sucked it up and went twice... once with Dad, and once with Mom. The baby swap thing works great for the boys! (Disney issues a FastPass that can be used at any time of the day for the other parent.) This included both doing Dinosour! twice, too! I didn't get wet at all on Kali Rapids, which made Jen decide to try it. Oops. She got drenched. We saw a ton of animals! We finished the day off at the pool till 9 (they were in @ 6:30AM, too).


We did see Nemo, the Musical, and I thought it was really good... I think Thomas and Nathan thought it was a little babyish (sniff). Of the things we really wanted to see, I think the only thing we missed was The Lion King show... Overall, the park felt comfortable... The shows were full, but the ride lines weren't... Yak and Yeti did a great job on Jen's Mahi-Mahi and my Curry Seafood.. The boys ate a lot of our food, as the kids menu is pretty weak. Oh, we are staying in the Caribbean Beach Resort, which was pretty convenient getting there and back.

All in all, a great day!