Disney Day 3: Magic Kingdom

Today was the big day... the day to see the Magic Kingdom and Cinderella's castle. But the day started off with another surprise.... some beautifying at the Bippity Boppity Boutique!

First into the dressing room to change...

Then hair...

Nails and makeup...

And voila! The big reveal!

Disney Day 2: Princess Storybook Dinner

The pictures speak for themselves. BEST. DINNER. EVER!

Disney Day 2: Epcot

Highlights from Epcot were the Nemo ride, Soarin', Belly Dancing at a Moroccan restaurant for lunch, and meeting Mickey and all the crew!!!

Disney Day 1: Arrival

We left snowy Colorado and arrived in sunny Florida and quickly made our way to our hotel. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom lodge and it was SOOO cool! All sorts of giraffes, zebras and other animals right outside our balcony! Plus another surprise when I walked into the lobby - Nana and Papa flew in from Chicago to join us for our trip! Just thought I'd share some great pictures from our hotel.

Luke - how has it been 15 months?

Luke my little doll... you are 15 months old! My how time has flown!

You are still a peanut...tall and skinny...but you are busy busy busy busy! There is never a dull moment with you! Your favorite thing in the world is to chase me around and copy everything I do. You have started playing on your own a bit (your favorite games are putting blocks in and out of containers, and playing in the tupperware drawer, both things can keep you occupied for about 20 minutes!)...but you are still too busy to sit and watch TV. You LOVE to dance to music, and we do alot of that around our house since its my favorite hobby too!

You have always been a crazy babbling little boy, always talking even though none of us understand what you are saying. But in the last two weeks you have started saying a LOT of words, and repeating things that we ask you to say. Heard from your mouth:
The usual (mama, daddy, sissy)

Paci
Car
Cracker
Bye-Bye
Night-Night
All Done
Thank You
Delicious (seriously!)

You can also tell us that a duck says Quack and a cow says Moo. When Nana says "oom pa pa" to you, you start to rub your belly because you know what's coming. When momma asks how big you are, you raise your hands up high "so big!"

Daddy likes that you can run now (especially to him after work) and that you are starting to wrestle a bit with him.

You are a lovely little boy...generally good natured...and happy. You LOVE your mama and your sissy...adore your daddy, and are very very affectionate with your grandparents and aunts/uncles. You are a sweetheart and I love you to the moon and back, brother.

Surprise Surprise!

Sorry its been so long since I've posted.... I'm a busy 4 1/2 year old and sometimes fall behind on my blogging duties amidst all the fun I'm having.

So my big news from last month was that mommy and daddy surprised me with a trip to Disney World! They woke me up very early one morning when it was still dark outside, stuck me in the car, drove to the airport and didn't tell me where we were going until I got on the airplane! Nice, huh?

Of course the most excited part of my reaction, in which I threw my hands up over my head and said "I can't BELIEVE it! THANK YOU, daddy!" occurred about 1.5 seconds after mommy turned off the video camera, but nevertheless, its still a fun moment I wanted to share!

Happy Halloween

From Ariel (dressed up for warmth so looking a little funny...but sassy as ever!)