Promises broken

Ok, so I promised when we moved to this blog that I would not fall off of the face of the earth. I guess I might have let a few of you down. This past month has been a whirlwind adventure and I am just now sort of stopping from spinning.

We just got home a little over a week ago from our family vacation. We had an amazing time. I have been trying like crazy to catch up around here. I have to sort through pictures so I can share. Between the pictures we took with our personal camera and the pictures we will soon have on cd, we have well over 1,500 pictures! Yikes!

My baby girl is nearly 6 months old. Summer seems to be flying by. My baby boy will soon be 3.

Disney Day 4 -Disney's Hollywood Studios

Updated: I changed the privacy settings on the online album. It should work for everyone now. Oops, sorry. I thought if I linked to an album it would automatically allow viewers. Sorry! Now you should be able to just click on the picture and see our wonderful day!

Well, can we just say that I have been horrible at getting these vacation pictures up? I am terribly sorry too! There are so many of them, I have been uploading them to online albums as I get a chance. It takes forever. Anyway, all you have to do is click on the picture below and it will take you to the album and you can see all of the pictures from day 4. We spent the day at Hollywood Studios.

We started off with a Playhouse Disney Character Breakfast. Jo Jo, Goliath, Leo, and June were there. We had a great time. Boog loves the Playhouse Disney Characters. We did this breakfast the last time we were there too. My family loves breakfast! We do not go out for breakfast much while at home. I think it is crazy the price you have to pay for a pancake or egg! So, needless to say, this was an awesome treat for daddy and the kids. While we were eating though, Boog snapped the elastic on his cap and popped himself in the chin. Poor guy. He tried so hard not to cry.

After breakfast, we headed to Mommy and Sour Apple's favorite ride, Rock 'n' Rollercoaster with Aerosmith baby! My all time favorite! I feel the need for speed, dark, twists, turns and upside downs! Woo hoo!

After this trilling ride, we headed over to Tower of Terror, Daddy and Lemon Drop's favorite. I skipped because we were wanting to see Beauty and The Beast and head over for the Playhouse Disney show too. After the shows, we went into the Imagination of Disney. (I am sure that is not what it is called but I forget right now) Sour Apple (and Daddy) love to draw and inside we got to take a class and learn to draw Dug from the movie UP. Well, needless to say...I suck at drawing...somehow we managed to not get enough seats so daddy sat with Boog and did not get a chance to show all of his skills. He ended up finishing up for Boog though. I tried to get him to take my place because we all know I cannot even draw a circle! And at Disney, a circle is the beginning of everything! Oh well.

We headed out for a late (really late) lunch and to find a place for the parade, which by the way, we thought we were at the beginning and come to find out we were at the very end. Horrible place to watch from. They were all hot and tired by the time they got to us so they just waved and walked through the gate. Oh well.

After lunch we were off to ride Toy Story Mania, the new 4D ride. It was awesome! After that, we crossed the sidewalk and met with Buzz and Woody.

When we finished, the big kids wanted to go off on their own for a bit. We played in the Honey I shrunk the kids play area then went back to ride Toy Story Mania once again.

We met up with the kids a while later and had dinner at the Sci-Fi drive in. Awesome food.

The sad part of the day, we managed to lose a bag with a Rock 'n' Rollercoaster purse that Lemon Drop had picked out and a Yoda shirt we had gotten for Boog that said, "Judge me by my size, do you?" Oh well...maybe next time.

Enjoy the pictures but please let me know if you are unable to view them. Please excuse the quality and repeats, with there being so many, I did not edit any of them. I just uploaded all of them as they were. Straight out of the camera. Sorry. I hardly ever do that. Just did not have the time! We had a fantastic time. Enjoy!

Disney Day -Disney's Hollywood Studios

Day 3, Magic Kingdom

Wow...can you believe it? I am actually getting this going. I was hoping to find a way to get more pictures up so hopefully this will work. Hopefully...you can just click on the picture below and it will take you to an online album. Cross your fingers!

This was our 3rd day, we spent it at the Magic Kingdom, or as Boog calls it Magic Kangdom. We did not really get a lot of random pictures on this particular day. We spent most of the day riding rides and meeting Mickey and Minnie. We watched the Celebration Parade and later that evening, we had dinner with Tigger, Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore at the Crystal Palace. I do not really remember much about the food. We were too busy meeting our friends! Hope you enjoy the pictures and I will work on getting more up soon.

Disney Day 3-Magic Kingdom

Checkin' out the room...Vacation day 2

Well, I looked...and these are the only pictures I have from our first day there. LOL. It was hard work dealing with a baby, a walking boot, a stroller and a wheelchair. And of course the heat. On our first day, we had a late start. We had arrived the night before but had to stay in a different hotel, so when we got up, we had breakfast, went to the new hotel to check in then headed to the park. We hit Magic Kingdom first but only stayed there for a little while. We had dinner reservations at the Coral Reef at Epcot and some friends of ours were at Epcot as well. We hopped on the bus to go by our room first, then it was over to meet our friends and have some dinner. If you ever make it to Disney, you have to eat at the Coral Reef (and everywhere else we ate!) the food there was awesome.

We stayed in Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort in one of their newly redecorated Pirate themed rooms. They were really cool. This was the curtain that separated the bedroom from the bathroom. I thought I got more pictures because there was an engraved Flying Dutchman in the shower, and the TV was sitting on what looked like stacked crates. It was really neat, sorry I missed those pictures.

The headboard had a wheel and that is where Boog loved to hang out.

The comforters looked like gold coins and treasure.

If you are headed to Disney and have a small pirate of your own, we definitely recommend this place! It is really big and stretched out but it is worth the walk. Hopefully I have some pictures of the pool from another day. It was neat too. They also had beaches with hammocks but sadly, we did not get a chance to relax in those. :(

Havin' fun at the beach...Vacation Day 1

Ok...lets see if we can start up with vacation pictures. Hold on tight, it might be a long ride! I am going to try for a day of vacation per day until we finish up. Just keep in mind that as of today, I have been to the doctor with either myself or a different kid almost every day since we have been home so hopefully I can get a break in between whiny kiddos to throw a few pics your way! Wish me luck.

Boog loved the white sandy beach. It was nothing like Daddy or the kids had ever seen. We stopped in Destin, Fl. on the way to Disney. We thought it was a (sort of) half way point in our trip and would make for a nice break from the car. Boy were we right! The kids LOVED the water and sand. Our beach is disgusting so it was a nice treat for them all. We all wished we would have had more time to spend there.

Tutti-Frutti loved the beach too, but he was in it for the sand. He thought it was yummy! I know! Yuck. I thought that once he got it in his mouth the first time he would think so too, well...not so much. I guess he loved the taste of it. And NO...I did not just let him have a buffet but he did get a few handfuls over the course of the time we were there. Most of us had a picnic lunch with sandwiches, lil man had a sand picnic.

Sour Apple was hard at work the whole time we were there making a huge sand tunnel for the water to go through. You would not believe the people that looked down at him and continued to walk right through what he was building. It was rude. Boog had fun helping him.

Lemon Drop spent most of her time in the water. The water was gorgeous and felt great. It was clear blue and perfect. Man I would love to live there. I can for sure see a trip back to the beach in our future.

The kids played so well together! See, that is reason enough to move there, right?!

Boog hard at work. He loved playing in the sand. We were all sad to leave this beautiful place. It was an awesome day!

It was not horribly hot but man the sun was beating down on us. The resort had umbrellas and 2 chairs for rent for $35! Can you believe they were that much? Well, we went to a souvenir shop and picked up an umbrella and 2 woven mats for $10! Cannot beat that! When we got up, I slathered everyone up with SPF 70 and within a few hours of being there, we (ok, not Tutti-Frutti, I am not that horrible of a parent) were already baked. Sheesh...if we moved there, we would have to be more careful! LOL

Can you see the concentration :p

What a great day!

We were all too sandy to dig out the camera for a picture of the final finished product! Sorry! And, in case you are wondering why this post has more of the male children than the female...well, let's just go with she was wearing a bathing suit and I chose pictures that I felt ok posting. Geez, that makes it sound like she was wearing a skimpy suit...lol, and no she was not. Hope you enjoy "day 1," we sure did.

How could I have TOTALLY forgotten Weekly Wednesday?

Ok...so I am sure you know that this was not actually taken this Wednesday, but I am sure we can all agree to forgive me, as I have a very full plate right now! And besides, this was just too stinkin' cute to keep all to myself.

Hopefully one day soon, although not too soon, I will post more pictures of our fun Memorial Day Weekend (you remember the one? Where I broke my ankle!) at the lake with part of our family. But this will have to do for now.

It is not easy packing for 6 people to be gone for over 2 weeks! I am stressin' people! 85 suitcases packed, only 23 more to go! LOL

Happy Thursday!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it, most of the time anyway. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!

Whoa, what a 2 weeks since my last Not me! I was not super happy that we skipped the Not me's! last week. I might have felt more unnecessary pressure to get my post done.

Since you last heard read, I did not break my ankle, nope, not me! I am not so clumsy that I would have fallen...INTO a boat. Nope, never would have happened. Glad it didn't either, because you might have noticed the counter in the top right corner that says something like 6ish days to Disney World! Wheew, glad I am all in one piece. I mean seriously, who wants to be in a stylish walking boot to go to Disney World!

Speaking of the trip we are not taking to Disney in 6 days, I am not so unorganized that my upstairs game room looks like a department store erupted and clothes flew everywhere! Nope, I am on task and ALL of our stuff is packed and sitting by the door waiting to be loaded. I have everything we could possibly need or want, all packed up nicely in matching luggage and color coordinated by person, including any overnight bags we need for the trip.

I am not so excited that I can barely contain myself and my kids are not absolutely busting at the seams wanting to know how many more days we have. Nope, not them. They do not get excited.

Did I mention that I DO NOT ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS WALKING BOOT THAT IS ON MY FOOT? Nope, I love it. I do not know how I have lived my life without it. It is stylish, light, cool, and the most wonderful color of black, it is comfortable and super easy to walk in. I just love how it makes my heel feel too! Yep, I love this thing! I am going to get one for everyone I know. Please let me know ASAP if you too would like to be added to my list to receive one of these beauties! Taking orders through tomorrow at noon CST! Come on, you KNOW you want one!

Well, I am not going to cut this short because I have to hobble run excitedly to Target with 3 kids in tow.

If any of you have any suggestions on how to make this boot more comfortable, please do NOT leave a comment with your suggestion...I do NOT want any help with this! Oh, and I have not purchased 2 different types of gel heel pads along with trying out the heel cup the doctor's office gave me.

That is my Not me! for this week. I will not be taking the next 2 Mondays off, because I will not be at Disney World with my family having the time of my life stuck in this stinkin boot sporting a cool walking boot!

Now, head on over to see the folks at My Charming Kids and see what everyone else has not been doing!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!

What a week...good thing none of this really happened to me!

I did not have to take Tutti-Frutti to the pediatrician this week because he was sick. That would have been no fun to spend the better part of an entire morning sitting in the waiting room.

Also, while I was not sitting there, there would have been no way that I would have met the nicest lady. After not talking to her for a while, I in not way found out that she is pregnant with her ninth (yes, I said 9th!) child. When she told me that, I most certianly did not get excited and wonder what that would be like. What, am I CRAZY?!

She also did not tell me that they were taking the 9 children to Disney World! OMG! They are taking 9 children to Disney World? And I am freaked out about what it will be like taking 4 this time around! HA! We have it made.

After we were moved back to our room, I absolutely did not wonder, out loud to my husband, what in the heck her husband does for a living that would allow 1) them to have 9 children and 2) to be able to take said children on a vacation to Disney World. You know I would have never done that, because that would have been rude!

Also, after that conversation with husband, I again did not ask him about having another baby. Seriously, 5 kids? Well, I have to be honest here...I did indeed ask hubby about baby #5...

Speaking of kids...we were, right? I did not send my dear sweet husband to make the most awesome purchase EVER! We got a double stroller, not just any double stroller. I LOVE this stroller. I had a BabyTrend sit and stand deluxe and I HATED it! (Did I mention that I hated that stroller?) It was worse than trying to drive an 18-wheeler thru the store, wide turns and all. Well, I have not taken this one into a clothing store, but I can only imagine that when I do, it will drive like a dream. So, if you are in the market for a new double stroller, especially one that fits a growing 3 year old, go check this out! I thought I had a picture of both kids in it, guess not...

Friday, I did not go on a field trip with Sour Apple's class to The Museum of Natural Science. I also did not beg my mother to go, nor did I take a 3 year old or a 5 month old. That would have just been plain crazy. And since none of that happened, we did not have a great time.

Since we were not already right beside the train outside the zoo, we did not take the little boys for a ride before we left. That might have been a fun thing to do, and we cannot have any of that! You will never see pictures to prove it either!

Oh...and I am really glad that this did not happen...when we got in the car, my mother did not have a message on her phone from MY alarm company saying that my garage detector had been activated and the police had been called! WHAT? I am an hour away and this was 2 1/2 hours ago! Just great, wouldn't that have been loads of fun to deal with on our way home if it had indeed happened? You will be happy to know though that if this had indeed happened, that it was just the wind and an unsecured side door...wheew!

It is a really good thing that we did not go too, because traffic was HORRIBLE on the way home. That would have meant that I would have gotten back to the school WAY after the bus full of children did, AND that Sour Apple would have had to wait there for over an hour for me to arrive to pick him up! Sooo glad that none of that actually happened. I might have been voted Mother of the Year! And...I might have had a kid fall asleep in the car...

Another good reason that none of that could have happened is because we had company waiting for use at home and it would have taken, ooohhhh...let's say 30 more minutes than usual to get home from school. AND since Boog did not have basketball at 5:30, it sure was nice to be able to come home and sit down and relax for the rest of the night since I had not been gone all day.

Oh, and I almost forgot. I did not buy one of these so that I can make my own babyfood. Since I did not buy that, I cannot tell you how great the food was. Too bad, now we might never know!

Saturday night, we were not invited over to our friends' house for food and fun, good thing too, hubs had to work today and it might have been really hard on him to get up and go to work today after all of that yummy Mexitalian food we would have had. Not to mention the fact of how late it would have been when we got home. Man, I am sooo glad that did not happen.

I am glad my little Tutti-Frutti is not keeping me up all night anymore. I would be really tired if that were still happening...{yawn} Good thing is though, at least if it really were happening, he is certianly not the most beautiful baby in the whole stinkin' world! See for yourself...

Oh...and I would never admit to hitting refresh while checking MckMama's blog this morning only to find that she had just put her post up and I am #5! Holy cow! That would never happen, I am soooo not that lucky! Happy Not Meing...

Now...go on over to MckMama's and see what everyone else has not been doing...

Not me! Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!





Let's see...this week, I did not get woken up all night long, almost everynight by a precious 5 month old, because we all know that he is way too old to be waking up in the middle of the night.





So, in light of not being that mom, I most certianly am not so tired during the day that I can barely function!





Then if I am not that mom, I surely did not beg my mother to pick up the older kids from school one day because the little ones were napping and I did not want to wake them up!





I did not try to nap with them one day only to be roused from my near dozing by said 5 month old because he was ready to wake up. Nope, glad that was not me!





On Tuesday, I was not sad because My Knight in Shining Armour went on a field trip with one of the older kids and I did not get to spend the day with him. Nuh uh...wasn't me! Because I know how important it is for Dad's to get a chance to go when they can.





This Friday, I am certianly not taking a 3 year old and a 5 month old on a field trip with another older child's class! What, am I crazy? Wait, do not answer that!





About that field trip, I really never would have thought to ask afore mentioned grandma to take a day off of her busy work schedule so she could go with me to make sure we kept not only the children on the field trip in line, but the little ones as well. That would mean that I might not be able to handle 6 or 7 kids on my own.





I have also not eaten at Chipotle two or more times this week. I certainly know how important variety is!





Surely you all now that I have also not still been procrastinating doing my Disney itenirary! That would be just plain crazy.





You should know too that I am not sitting here typing this one handed because I am holding the most beautiful baby in the world.





The reason I am not holding that baby is because he is for sure not feeling under the weather like the rest of the clan.





Ah, and about the rest of the clan, I have not turned their world upside down by reading and following the advice in this book. Tell them once and walk away...my new motto!



Sunday, I most certianly did not have to redo spruce up my blog because I messed it up so bad I could not fix it...nope, glad that did not happen to me! I had too much to do for that to have happened.



And finally, last night, I surely did not have to pry Tutti-Frutti's foot out of his mouth in order to feed him. Now that would have just been plain funny!



So, now join in the fun and let me know what you did not do...truth...it's good for the soul.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama.You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

As for me, I certianly did not make a chore list for the older kids so they could help me out around the house. Nope, that would make my life easier.

I also did not sign Tutti-Frutti up for Kindermusik either, that would be way too fun! You know, because Boog has not been going since he was 4 months old...

Yesterday...about that...we absolutely did not stay in our pajamas ALL day! Nope, not us, that would just be plain lazy! Glad that was not us!

I also did not have to punish Boog yesterday by not letting him have a brownie OR a popsicle because he did not take a nap. Nope, that would have just been mean.

Oohhh, and about vacation this year...I have not booked a 2 week stay at Walt Disney World for this summer. Nope, not me, because you know that would most certianly not be any fun for me or my family. And, since I have not booked that vacation, I definitely have not been freaking out because MY itinerary is not finished. So, you know it is a really good thing we are not going in June!

Now, wasn't that fun? Not Me! Monday! is from a blogging friend of mine...lots of people play along each Monday, if you have a few extra minutes, go check it out...here.