She's swimming!

Disney 2012

Well our trip was on again off again throughout December and January but we woke up Saturday morning and Tom said he wished we went and I asked what was stopping us. So we prepared all day Saturday to Mara asking why we weren't just leaving that day.  We told the kids where we were going after church Saturday night which resulted in Audra jumping up and down and Mara asking "why?". And we took off by 7 a.m. Sunday.

We all had a lot of fun.  The weather was perfect, if not a bit chilly for the light show Monday night.  The lines were wonderfully short on Tuesday.  We learned that Audra loves Ariel and HATES loud, dark rides.  Mara's favorite was Autotopia as much for the "official driver's license" as the ride itself.  We made good use of the rider swap privileges which worked out especially well for Mara could rode numerous rides twice for a single wait.

More pictures here.

Pictures!!!

Eliza is 2 weeks old!!! There are pictures up at http://hallway.shutterfly.com

Drummer Girl

We were at a friends' party and Audra heard the boys playing the drums.  She wanted to go check it out.  The drumming continued and Audra didn't return so I went to check on her.  The boys were long gone but she was happy as a clam.

Mom, I don't need a nap

She was fussing about being asked not to talk SOOO loud while looking at books for rest time; when I went to see why the silence when the timer went off that rest time was over, she was fast asleep . . . sitting up (elapsed time 6 and a half minutes).

Halloween Costumes

Naptime has not been cooperating with blogging but without further ado, here are the Halloween costumes.  Mara had a hard time with the speaking up part of Trick or Treating Friday afternoon at the office party; but after asking continuously for 48 hours when we'd go again and some very excited practice Sunday afternoon, Trick or Treating was a real treat.

 Goldilocks

Corduroy/Baby Bear

Wild Experience and the Wild Animal Park