Traveling....to DISNEY!!!

We interrupt our normal, everyday lives......
                                                     for a Family Trip to D I S N E Y L A N D!!!!!

Day 1-- Saturday---heading to California!!

We woke up at 4:45am, and left at 6:30am out of Wichita! 

Flew to Colorado and then on to LA!!

Sitting in the Wichita airport, anxiously and tiredly, waiting to leave!!

The night before we left I told Jaden he would need to sleep in the airplane
 and he immediately told me--

I can't sleep the whole time because I have some "Work" I need to do.

And, he sure did do his work!

Paige sat with me the whole time!  She listened to her (Tyler's) MP3 player quite a bit!

At one time, she was singing quite LOUD along with the songs....

I was cracking up but told her she had to sing quiet! 

Remember---this is EARLY in the morning and most of the passengers on the plane are trying to SLEEP!!!

Both Paige and Jaden took little naps on the 2nd flight! 

We let Tyler and Jaden rent the movie/TV shows on the airplane---they thought that was cool. 

I knew Paige wouldn't watch the whole time and she was fine just watching the TV in front of her without the sound.  I don't think she even realized that the boys got to actually hear the TV!!

We made it to CALIFORNIA!!

Waiting for our Super Shuttle to take us to our hotel. 

We arrived at our hotel around noon.

We found a Taco Store across the street from our hotel and ate lunch there for $12

 (maybe less)  SWEET!

Then, we walked across the street to Target to buy bottled water and pop for our hotel room.

We also bought cereal and milk for breakfast each morning!

Our hotel is the PERFECT location.  Several restaurants, Target, and the cheap Taco store

all near by.  And a FREE shuttle to Disney everyday! 

 After the all the research and worry about a hotel----

we are SUPER pleased with what we choose!

After lunch and our Target run....

TO THE POOL we went!  A fun afternoon swimming and then for dinner we had:

Nachos, french fries, and onion rings!! 

I told the kids only on VACATION can you eat like this!!!

The time difference was killing our kids.

Up at 4:30am and then a 2 hour time difference.

They were ALL 3 SOUND ASLEEP at 6:15pm (their bodies thought it was 8:15pm and they were up 3 hours earlier, no naps, and lots of excitement!!!!)

Ballet

Paige is getting ready for her FIRST DANCE RECITAL!!!

She is doing Ballet/Tap at the YMCA.  It's not fancy, it's not "professional",

but it's perfect for us and Paige at age 4.

 The first 20 minutes of class is TAP!!!

 Then, 20 minutes of BALLET!!

And, at the end of class everyone puts their hand on their head to receive a STAMP from

Ms Elizabeth!  Isn't it amazing that a stamp or sticker is SO AWESOME to kids!!!

Caroline and Paige!!

**One week from today is the big recital!  So, more dance pictures to come.  Complete with HAIR, MAKEUP, and a fun COSTUME!!**

A Fashion Show

I help with Women's Ministry events at our church and in April we had a Fashionista Event

with a Children's Fashion Show!!

Who's idea do you think this was???

Here are all the models!

Each kid was on stage about 1 minute!  So, it wasn't anything MAJOR!  But, they had fun!

I told the mom's to dress their kids in their Easter outfit---since Easter was only a week away--

or something cute they had at home!!

My boys wore their Easter outfits from last year---because they were cuter than this years!!

Paige just picked one of her MANY dresses to model.

Sorry this is blurry---but you had to see this!

Tyler was first.  He had practiced his "move" earlier in the day. 

He walked on stage, did a little spin, and then ended with this pose!!

What a crack up of a kid!  Of course the ladies laughed and thought he was cute!

Jaden was 2nd.  He wanted to walk WITH Tyler, but Tyler begged to walk alone so he could

"do his move"!!  So, Jaden joined Tyler on stage and then they walked off together.

This is typical Jaden.  Not sure about being in front of all these people! 

Jaden's good if he's right behind Tyler!

Paige walked in with Zachary Wood!  I wish we would have planned this earlier---

then we could have coordinated their outfits.  It was still simply adorable. 

They were arm in arm.  Precious cute!

Paige was being a bit difficult---and was not cooperating with pictures.

So, I took a ton of adorable pictures with the boys!!!

Basketball and PJ's

One morning the boys wanted to go outside and play basketball first thing!  They asked if they could wear their pajamas outside.  SURE!!  No biggie!

I go outside to see this!  Hillarious!!!  PJ's, basketball shoes, and sunglasses!!



I'm thrilled that these boys LOVE to play with each other.

They enjoy the same activities at this point in their lives and they really do play great together.

Sometimes we have to tell Tyler to play a little "easy" on Jaden.  But, we tell Jaden he is going to be an awesome b-ball player because he is used to playing against Tyler!!!

Shocker Basketball

Our First SHOCKERS Basketball game!

--A Sea of Yellow--

Our boys were the only ones in K-State jersey's!

I decided if I lost them in the crowd, they would be easy to spot!

Our friends gave us 4 tickets to the NIT game in Wichita so we decided to leave Paige with Grandma and Grandpa rather than buying her a ticket
Paige says b-ball games are too loud!!!!

And, it's just much easier to take the boys than all 3 of them!

So, Paige had a special night with Grandma and Grandpa

and we had a fun night with the boys!

SO Cute!!!

Grandpa and Grandma Roth gave the boys money so they could buy something at the game!

I think they know Mom and Dad are cheap and would probably not get them any food

or make them share! So, instead we got popcorn AND nachos!

At half time we went to the bookstore to look around.  Tyler wanted WSU shirts or anything else he could find in the bookstore.  NO!!  We're not getting any shirts or junk in the store.

So, he settled on a FREE bag and was THRILLED!!!

I love that my kids are easily pleased!

It was a SUPER FUN night with the boys!  They love watching basketball, they don't really care who it is!  I actually think it would be FUN to get more WSU b-ball tickets for next year.  They ended up WINNING the NIT Tournament, that's pretty FUN!!

2nd Grade Concert

2nd Grade School Concert--Green Green Green

Do you notice the girl talking to Tyler?  This is his friend Megan.

AND---now Tyler is talking back to Megan

I'm sure this was in-between songs! :)

Getting to have a "part" in the concert is always exciting!

The kids did a great job!!!

We're proud of you Tyler---you knew all the words and did great on your speaking part!

Tyler's 2nd grade class

Now that I am on VACATION----maybe I can get caught up on some blogging and some pictures!  This will make me one HAPPY momma!!!

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Tyler's teacher took this picture (in Feb.) and emailed it to all the parents---isn't that cute!! 

 We really love Mrs. Whelan!!

In case you couldn't tell---

Tyler is in the middle, back, blue stripped shirt on!!  Pushing the kids on either side of him...

Out of the Way!!!