tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56759119524839460212024-03-13T12:47:53.586-04:00The Many Layers of Methemanylayersofmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811264074147062180noreply@blogger.comBlogger1473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675911952483946021.post-41625452859856907052018-02-22T09:00:00.000-05:002018-02-22T09:00:45.928-05:00Monster Jam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We don't do a party every year for birthday's. Logan will probably get one next year, since Olivia got a big one when she turned 5. Instead we try to do something fun as a family. This year we decided to go to Monster Jam!</div>
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Michael showed the kids some videos so they would know what to expect. But even still, they had no idea what was coming. It was held at AT&T Stadium (where the Cowboys play). Just waking in the place had Olivia in awe.</div>
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When they started coming out for the first time, Logan was speechless.</div>
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I was told that since the trucks are so big and loud, and the screen is the largest screen ever (thank you Jerry Jones), that there really wasn't a bad seat in the house. Anything at AT&T Stadium is going to cost a pretty penny--plus parking, plus food--so we sat far up. I was fine with it. Michael thought it would have been nicer to be a little closer. :)</div>
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The beginning part was races and they didn't really get into that much. But they loved the free style at the end.</div>
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Then there is this crazy. </div>
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If you know my family, then you know that my dad and brothers like to stick their tongues out in pictures. I posted this to Facebook and said that every once in a while the Gjertson comes out in him. Ha! Personally, I think he's a bit of a mix of Michael and my brother Jared. Let all the saints start praying!!!!</div>
themanylayersofmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811264074147062180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675911952483946021.post-72364775501503377982018-02-21T09:00:00.000-05:002018-02-21T09:42:48.400-05:00A January Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Olivia was learning to draw a giraffe in her art class, so she asked if we could go to the zoo and feed the giraffes. That reminded me about the Penguin Days (cheaper admission) that the zoo does every January and February. We generally go once a year around this time, so I agreed.</div>
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The weather was in the 60's, which was perfect for seeing animals. I learned back in my nanny days that you always see more animals when it's cooler out.</div>
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I didn't take a ton of pictures, but Olivia kept asking me to snap one of her.</div>
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Olivia and Michael made a habitat for a lizard.<br />
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She did get to feed the giraffes. Michael took a video, and I assisted, so no picture evidence.</div>
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But she did return to art class and add herself feeding the giraffe from the podium on the right. :)</div>
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She was so proud because someone at art class asked her if her teacher drew her giraffe. ;)</div>
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Sunday was a little warmer. So after church and lunch we headed to a school to ride bikes and play on the playground.</div>
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Olivia was a riding machine. She eventually took a break and played on the playground and conquered the monkey bars. She was thrilled. She's trying so hard to get to the top of rock wall 4 (she's just not tall enough). We keep telling her to just work on building her muscles. So the monkey bars was a big boost of her confidence.</div>
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We had a very cold few months, so it's nice to finally be able to get out and enjoy nature.</div>
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Logan woke up on Christmas Eve with red eyes--looking a little off. It always starts in his eyes for some reason. He was doing alright until the afternoon when he took a nap (which he <b>never</b> does!) and started running a fever. We ended up having to skip the Christmas Eve service. He was rapidly getting worse. He ended up going to bed super early.</div>
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Olivia had to put out the reindeer food by herself.</div>
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There was also no cute kids in pajama pictures by the tree. Olivia set out the cookies for Santa by herself and then eventually headed to bed.</div>
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Michael had to stand guard while I played Santa. Olivia tried to come out of her room at least once. We waited until right before we went to bed to add the actual gifts from Santa.</div>
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Logan asked for a Batmobile toy and Olivia asked for an Art and Craft supply center that she saw in the Lakeshore Learning catalog.</div>
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With Logan being sick and Olivia being a night owl, they actually slept in pretty late. I got up and got breakfast in the oven before they woke. </div>
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We had to wake Logan and then change him into last year's Christmas pajamas. He had slept so long that he had wet the bed. He's not a happy riser in general, but being sick definitely did not help us.</div>
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He had a fever of around 102.6, so we gave him medicine and tried to pump the liquids.</div>
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Olivia is slightly obsessed with Junie B Jones. She has read every book at least a half a dozen times. Seriously. She reads them and rereads them, arranges them in order and reads them again. I told her if she's reading 4 chapter books in a day it's probably too easy for her. Despite my efforts to introduce different authors and series, she returns to her beloved Junie B. At the last minute I bought the journal and the puzzle book--2 books I did not have from my teaching days. These were by far her favorite gifts!</div>
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The kids had gifts from Michael and I as well as his mom.</div>
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The last gift was a big gift from my mom. She got them each a bike. Olivia was nervous at first, because she doesn't know how to ride a bike. But since then, after actually learning that she can do it (still with training wheels--we're behind over here), she's declared it a favorite gift of hers.</div>
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Logan later spiked a fever of 104 and I thought we might be headed to the ER on Christmas day. Thankfully, a bath helped bring it down. We just kept making him drink as much as we could, giving medicine to help with the pain, and he did a lot of sleeping.</div>
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He would do better, and then crash, do better, and then crash. The next day we ended up taking him in to the Dr and it turns out he had the flu. Thankfully, non of the rest of us got it.</div>
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He literally did not eat for like 6 days. We had to work to keep him hydrated (and if you know Logan, you know that is not like him-- he loves to drink). He took multiple naps a day and did a lot of just laying around. I caught this sweet moment where they were just relaxing in Olivia's room.</div>
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So we just did a celebration at home. Michael had some vacation days to use before the end of the year, so he actually extended his day off for Christmas to a 6 day break.</div>
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He went to the movies the night before with a friend from life group. He slept in some, and then woke up and I fixed him a favorite breakfast of his. Then he head to the movies by himself. He loves going to the movies and he wanted to see the new Star Wars.</div>
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While he was gone the kids and I got the house ready.</div>
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I love this picture of my favorite 3! The kids made him special hat and Olivia and I bought him that glowing 40 pin.</div>
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Olivia made him a card, chose a gift from her and Logan, and wrapped it herself.</div>
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Michael and the kids had been watching some You Tube videos of the new Mario Odyssey on the Nintendo Switch. So I bought him the Switch. He was surprised!</div>
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We ended up heading out to lunch at a local Cafe that he chose. Then we went to Game Stop to pick up the game for the Switch. (I knew he'd have birthday money to spend!)</div>
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We came home and the 3 of them played the new game until dinner!</div>
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After dinner we had cake and sang to him. I think he had a pretty good day. :)</div>
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We always go on a date to celebrate our birthdays, since they are a day apart. We waited until the weekend. We went to dinner and then to a Comedy Sportz show at a new comedy club in our local downtown. I promise I did attend his birthday and the date. What I've noticed after catching up on all of these blogs is... We rarely take selfies together. We may need to have Olivia start taking our picture. ;)</div>
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Last year I got this reusable table cloth on after holiday clearance for like 40 cents! So it's an upgrade from the IKEA curtain panel I've been using the last 5 years. Ha!</div>
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Olivia actually made that art in her homeschool art class, and the dove chocolate came in my good-bye Target goodie bag. Score!</div>
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Both kids got a tube of Reese's. I had to run into Michael's and their Valentine's stuff was already 60% off! So both kids also got a water paint pad. Logan got a Monster truck toy and a giant tub of bubbles. One of his Disney souvenirs was a BB8 bubble blower. He has used every ounce of bubbles we had in the house. We'll see how long this thing lasts.</div>
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Olivia got a new book--trying to get her interested in a new series. She also got Prismacolor colored pencils, which are suppose to be artist quality colored pencils. She needed some new ones, and she was thrilled that she got actual artist colored pencils from the art store!</div>
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She came running into my room exclaiming that I needed to wake up because it was Valentine's Day! (Little did she know that I had actually been up hours ago, taught 2 classes, and went back to bed!)</div>
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For breakfast they had strawberry toaster strudels with a heart drawn on in frosting--that sort of melted into a blob. I also got those straws that are suppose to make the milk taste good. I even attempted to give Olivia 2 straws hoping it would change the flavor enough. She doesn't like regular milk or almond milk (which is what we buy), so she gave hers to Logan as soon as he woke up.</div>
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The rest of our day was pretty normal. I cleaned, we did school, the kids played, and they made some homemade Valentine's for Michael. (Any excuse to use glitter glue!)</div>
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That about summed it up. I'm holidayed out... and after cleaning for most of the day I'm toyed out as well. Actually, while we're at it I'm sugared out as well. We need a detox on all of the above. </div>
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Since Easter lands on April Fools, I'm considering the "joke" of cancelling all of the gifts. That's funny, right? April Fools! You don't get a basket full of junk this year. Ha ha! Just kidding... kind of.</div>
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I wasn't great about taking pictures in December. I didn't document every Advent activity, but we did do something every day. We took the month off of school, but since I was getting hired and starting a new job (while still working the old) I was still just trying to keep my head above water.</div>
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We started the month with a trip to the Heard Museum to see the dinosaurs. Yes, in shorts and a sundress in December. Don't worry. It got colder a week later.</div>
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Our friends from life group own an HVAC company, and they participate in a lot of parades. We rode on their float for our towns Christmas parade. It was a first for all of us.</div>
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We went on our annual carriage ride at Watters Creek. We also saw Santa there earlier in the month.</div>
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We went to Logan's preschool performance. He was the cutest little cow I ever did see.</div>
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We made fun shaped pizza for dinner one night.</div>
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My sweet friend Heather threw a birthday party for myself and our friend Emily. Unfortunately, despite our warnings of the cursed late December birthday, not many showed up. </div>
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But we still had a blast. I love that girl!</div>
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That gets us til the week of Christmas. (I think I depended on Michael to take pictures this month, because it is crazy how few I have.)</div>
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Alright. It's mid February, and we all know I skipped a few months. So I'm not going to go back and post about each individual event. But I do want to remember a few of the highlights. Here they are for people like my sister and our mom's and my dad who actually care. ;)</div>
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Our church had a Fall Festival halfway through the month of October. This is the first October in our new church building, so it was our first big children's event with our kiddos. They had so much fun seeing their friends, playing the games, getting tons of candy, and petting the animals.</div>
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This picture just makes me laugh--Olivia's face and the Llama's teeth. Ha!</div>
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Logan and I were killing time at Half Price Books while we waited to sell a few things.</div>
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We all know my daughter was not going to let me get away with anything different than a themed meal.</div>
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My sweet friend Heather invited us to come to her house and Trick or Treat with them. </div>
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Both of my kids love Nadia, so this was a win!</div>
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It was unseasonably cold for Texas, but we survived!</div>
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Y'all. When you go to preschool in Texas... these are your pictures.</div>
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Olivia and I ran errands while Logan was at preschool. She didn't know they were for our big trip!</div>
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We set up the tree mid November. I knew when we got back from vacation it would be the week of Thanksgiving and would get crazy!</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving! We just did our own low key meal at home.</div>
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And then I headed to my LAST Black Friday (or brown Thursday) working in retail!!</div>
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Honestly, I already want to be a minimalist, but seeing people go crazy for a bunch of junk just because it's on "sale" just makes me want to never shop again.</div>
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Olivia has been talking about going to the Daddy Daughter dance since last year's dance ended. In fact, if you remember her list that she taped to her closet door, another Daddy Daughter dance is on it! (Check!) The time finally came last weekend!</div>
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But before she could go to the dance, she needed a dress. So one day after dropping Logan off at preschool, we headed to the mall to shop.</div>
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I usually just buy her clothes off of the rack when she isn't even with me. So sorting through racks of dresses and trying this on was completely new to her. She loved it! She thought every dress was wonderful, and kept exclaiming how beautiful she looked. (Don't mind the static hair).</div>
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She settled on the perfect dress, and then we had to accessorize. She really wanted a crown, so we found a tiara headband. She got a necklace and bracelet and we searched for silver shoes.</div>
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She had the best time. I am confident there are many more shopping trips in our future.</div>
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We painted her nails and curled her hair and she felt like a true princess getting ready.</div>
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(I promise her bangs are cut straight. She has the <b>worst</b> cowlick right in her bangs. I keep trying to convince her just to grow them out. Ugh.)</div>
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She is a daddy's girl for sure!</div>
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She was very excited the food, drinks and dessert. She chose to sit by the dessert table once again this year.</div>
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A new edition this year was a cotton candy machine. You could choose your flavor and watch it be made. She loved it!</div>
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She did actually dance. I promise. :)</div>
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This year they took a clue from the neighboring city and separated the dance by age. Because of this, her dance was pretty early in the night.</div>
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After the dance was over, they headed to Target to buy her a diner for her doll. She has been saving birthday and Christmas money for a while and she was finally ready to spend it all. The purchase was large, so we wanted to do it while I still had my discount. She ended her night playing with the toy she's been eyeing for months.</div>
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So Logan and I went and rode the Tea Cups and Dumbo--two of his favorites.</div>
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It was our last day, and it was a pretty warm morning, so we treated the kids to their one and only Mickey shaped ice cream. Outside of popcorn refills, these are the only snacks we purchased in park the entire trip. We brought everything else in with us.</div>
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I'm almost positive that we rode every ride in the park at least twice. Most of them we did even more over the course of the 3 days. It was so worth it all!</div>
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Seeing Merida--another of her favorites</div>
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She was so good and her accent was perfect!</div>
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The Christmas party isn't cheap, but here are the benefits--- the have different snack stations all over the park where you can get cookies, hot chocolate, egg nog, snow cones, Dove chocolates, and apple cider for FREE. We got way more than we could possibly consume. You get to see characters that are only there during party hours. The crowds are less, so you can ride the rides easier. There is a special parade and fireworks show. There are dance parties and other activities. It's just a lot of extra fun. We figured that we'd probably never be back around Christmas time, so why not?</div>
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Judy Hopps LOVED Logan. She just kept making gestures about how cute he was, and hugging him. Then she gave him a nose kiss. I told her she was speaking his love language. It was seriously the cutest thing. Finally one of the cast members was basically like, "We get it. He's cute. You've got a line." Like... let's wrap this up. LOL! Michael made sure he got a hug from Judy too. He loves Zootopia. But there was no photographic evidence. Ha!</div>
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We made sure to get to the 10 o'clock fireworks show. It did NOT disappoint. It was so good!</div>
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From there we split up. Logan and I headed to get a spot for the 11 o'clock parade, and Michael and Olivia went to stand in the line to see Moana.</div>
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Meanwhile, Logan had fallen asleep in the stroller before I even found a place to park for the parade! Poor guy. It had been a long day with no naps, and 10:30 is pretty late for him.</div>
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Michael and Olivia joined up with me just in time for the parade to start. It worked out perfectly! T here was even a part at the beginning where she got called into the street to dance with the pre-parade entertainment. She had a blast!</div>
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Our flight the next day didn't leave until the evening. So we slept in, packed up, checked out right at 11, and then had the day to kill. We ended up heading back to Disney Springs. One souvenir that I really wanted was our yearly Christmas ornament to be from our trip. So we had lunch and then went on a mission to find that.</div>
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We did great on budget (using all of the prepaid gift cards) until this last day. We caved and let the kids choose one more souvenir. Overall, I'd say $40 over for 8 days at Disney isn't all that bad, though. :)</div>
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We headed to the airport early. It was the weekend before Thanksgiving, so we knew security would take some time. We had a really yummy dinner. We were still plenty early. While we waited, the kids did some of the crafts that Tinkerbell had brought earlier in the week.</div>
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We got home late. We were all tired, but all very happy! Overall the trip went better than I could have expected. All my planning and research paid off, the kids behaved well, and we got to do SO MUCH. Michael came home and immediately started listening to Disney podcasts and watching You Tube videos of things we may have missed, and had conversations with Olivia about how they wished we lived in Florida. LOL! He <i style="font-weight: bold;">may</i> have been bitten by the Disney bug! Now we can't wait to go back.</div>
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On our 6th day we headed back to Magic Kingdom. From the very first ride on day 1, Olivia was hooked on the fast rides. Each new ride we would get in line for, she'd ask if it was a fast ride or a slow ride. I made all of our fast passes for rides that we could <i>all</i> ride, but by the last day I was making sure that she got to ride on every ride she could. Michael went with her on all of the crazy, jerky fast rides, and I rode the more mellow rides with this cutie.</div>
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The ballroom.... It's a little different than some of the other character meals, and you order and pay the price as the item (verses all adult meals are $60)</div>
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I decided ahead of time that if our waiter was nice about it, I would give a generous tip. We ordered one of every dessert on the menu and we all got a drink. I had read lots of stories online, but our waiter was nothing but kind and helpful! The kids thought it was amazing that we were having dessert for dinner!</div>
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After we toured the castle, we met the Beast. He was SO good. It was totally worth it! Olivia told him she played him at Enchanted Tales with Belle and he motioned for her to let him hear her roar. She also told him that Belle kissed Logan and he had a big reaction to it. He spent a good amount of time with them and it was just perfect!</div>
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We ended our early night by hitting the pool back at the condo. It was a little too cold for me, but the kids liked it. I spent my time in the hot tub. We could even see some fireworks from the pool. I'm not sure what park it was that we saw, but it was still fun.</div>
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Day 5 was our day at Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM). I had also never been to this park, so everything was new for me too!</div>
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We started our day out with a character breakfast at Hollywood and Vine. This was another one for Logan. It has the Disney Junior characters, and he really likes Jake. They've both also seen their fair share of Sofia and Doc, so I thought it'd be fun.</div>
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We already saw Doc at Animal Kingdom, but we didn't have our autograph book with us (it was in our parked stroller, because we didn't know we'd see her). So we were able to get a picture and an autograph.</div>
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We've never really watched Handy Manny, but I did put it on a few times right before we left just to secretly introduce them to him.</div>
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Storm troopers! Logan really wanted his picture with them, but they were in character and were not stopping for anyone or anything.</div>
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Hollywood Studios has a lot of Star Wars things to see. If you know me, then you know that I pretty much hate all things Star... (Star Wars, Star Trek, Star whatever). I strongly dislike Sci-Fi and grew up with my mom and brother watching all sorts of Star nonsense. But Michael likes it, so now my kids are also into it. So I go along for the ride. :)</div>
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The lines were really short, so we met the Star Wars characters first thing.</div>
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Chewbacca was so nice!</div>
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And then we met Kylo Ren. Everyone in line was telling us how terrifying he is.</div>
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And then he came over and said something to me, and I was like "Oh crap" and went and hid behind Michael. Ha ha!!</div>
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Some people say that Hollywood Studios is a half day park. There are only 4 rides at the moment. They have closed a lot down and are currently working on making Toy Story Land and a Star Wars area. But there are a lot of shows. We spent the entire day there, and never ran out of things to do. In fact, there was at least one show we didn't get to because of timing and 1 ride we didn't even attempt because neither of our kids are tall enough.</div>
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This is Logan and Michael at the Disney Junior show. The kids loved the shows!</div>
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We were expecting Daisy to be at the Chef Mickey dinner. Pluto was there instead, so our kids were insistent that we see her.</div>
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Thankfully she was standing out near the entrance with a very small line.</div>
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Olaf likes to give warm hugs.</div>
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Some of the characters don't sign autographs, depending on their costumes (big paws, no hands, etc). Olaf doesn't sign, I think because he's all white. Ha! But they said it was because he was only 3. So they hand out autograph cards, which is nice.</div>
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It wasn't just the princesses that thought Logan was cute. Buzz paid him a lot of attention. It was funny because Buzz was tickling him and playing with him and Woody was just standing there posing. Then he realized what was happening, so he started to try to interact with Olivia. It was slightly awkward, but funny.</div>
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Buzz can't sign, but he has a stamp that he uses for his autographs.</div>
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We had dinner reservations for the Sci-Fi dinner. I thought the kids would think it was fun to eat dinner in a car. It's set up like an old drive in theater.</div>
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We stayed and went to the Fantasmic show, which is a lights/laser/water show that we had heard good things about. We were tired, but we all enjoyed it. It was another good day!!</div>
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I knew that we were doing a lot of park days, and that we would be tired. So I planned a "rest" day in the middle of our trip. We slept in (as best we could) and then headed to a late breakfast.</div>
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And my coffee had a certain "sun" on it.</div>
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Flynn Rider is showing her what's in his satchel. (It's the crown! Shhh!)</div>
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Logan is working on his smolder. ;)</div>
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For the longest time Ariel and Rapunzel were in Olivia's top 3 princesses. I think Moana might have bumped one of them, but she still loves these 2. It's really hard to see any of the princes if you aren't at a special event. So when I saw that there was a breakfast with two of her favorites PLUS their prince, I knew we had to do it!</div>
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The Bon Voyage breakfast was one of the cheaper character meals that we did, and it was the BEST food. It was so nice to just pull out all of my gift cards and already have everything paid for!!</div>
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Then we had late lunch at T-Rex Cafe. It's basically just like Rainforest Cafe, but with dinosaurs. Logan was a good sport about all of the princesses. He tags along with his sister as much as he can, so he is use to girly things. But I thought it would be fun to throw in a few dinosaurs for him. He loved it!</div>
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From there we headed to Target. Ha ha! When we switched hotels, we checked out early in the morning and then checked into our new place late at night. I knew that perishables would not last through the day. So when I ordered from Instacart, I only got perishables to last the first 3 days. So we picked up a few more things like more yogurt for the kids, orange juice, and we also bought supplies to make dinner at our condo.<br />
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So that was our day off. It was probably still packed with a little too much, but lots of fun and memories too!</div>
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It's a little late in the day, but I wanted to take a break from our Disney posts to wish my favorite little guy a Happy Birthday!</div>
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Because of Monday commitments (work and Bible study), we decided to go ahead and celebrate on Saturday. That way he could have a whole day all about him and Michael could be there too.</div>
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He woke to up streamers on his door, balloons littering the ground, and Mario Brothers decorations all over the place. He wanted Dunkin Donuts for breakfast.</div>
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After breakfast, we let him open his presents.</div>
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He spent his morning playing a few video games with Michael. Michael got a new gaming system for his birthday with a new Mario game. Since then, Logan has been able to play some and is obsessed. Obviously we limit his time, and he isn't all that good, but he has fun.</div>
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We just had lunch at home and he spent the afternoon playing with his new toys.</div>
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He was very excited to get a Mario cake. I ended up ordering it from the local grocery store that has really yummy cakes. Then we added some little toys to it to decorate--which he then got to keep and play with.</div>
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Both Olivia and Logan were obsessed about the cake and what it would look like. I was pretty much over the cake talk by the time we picked it up at 3. So we just went ahead and did cake and ice cream in the afternoon!</div>
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We headed to Rainforest Cafe for dinner. I think he had a pretty good birthday!</div>
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I can't believe he's 4. He still seems like a toddler to me. He's still a little guy--not yet 40 inches, and only about 35 pounds. He's barely in 3T clothing and is still in toddler size 9 shoes. His love language is definitely touch. He prefers to be with people than to be alone. And by prefer, I mean he basically is never alone unless it's a punishment (which sleep is to him). He would rather just sit on my lap and do nothing, or play girly things with Olivia, than play with his toys on his own. He can talk your ear off, but he has very little interest in learning his letter names or sounds. He thinks it's hilarious to say something like "elbow" when asking what the letter B is. It's not a battle I'm willing to fight. However, he loves numbers, patterns, puzzles, figuring out how things work, building things with his hands, and doing anything mechanical/electronic. I often joke that he has two modes: emotional wreck or class clown. Seriously. He's either in tears or doing anything to get a laugh. He has BIG emotions. We are constantly working on self control and sharing our emotions appropriately. I'm <i>cautiously hoping</i> that this may be the year with less tears. Maybe? I do know and believe that one day this quality will make him the best husband and dad! :) He is the sweetest little guy. Teachers are always telling me 2 things--he's so sweet and his dimples are so cute. We've yet to figure out where they came from. ha! </div>
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He is my biggest challenge in life, but he is also my biggest fan. He loves his mommy fiercely! Here's to year 4!</div>
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Our third park day was Epcot. We took our time getting ready and arrived a little after park opening. We went on a few rides, and then had a late breakfast/early lunch at Akershus.</div>
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Choosing our character meals was hard. Originally I really wanted to eat at the Bon Voyage breakfast (coming up tomorrow!), but we could not get reservations. So when I saw an opening for one at Akershus, I snagged it! It had 5 princesses, so it was the next best thing. Later when I got the Bon Voyage breakfast, I fully intended on cancelling this one. But for some reason I just could not let it go... Almost all of the character meals have a set price. It's usually around $60 for an adult and $30ish for a kid. You are paying for the food, but you are also paying for the character interaction and the experience. I had budgeted out all of our meals ahead of time and had more than enough gift cards to cover everything. So at the last minute I decided to keep it. Once in a lifetime, right!</div>
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We stumbled upon Jasmine right before 8 when she was to be done.</div>
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Using their Tinkerbell gifts of notebooks and a fun pen while they waited. We also added fun blue LED lights to our stroller. (We already had them, so I just threw them in our bag!)</div>
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We were there on the very last day of Food and Wine Festival. Michael and I tried a few little things to eat. Olivia really wanted sushi!</div>
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The line for Elsa and Anna was long all day, so we waited until the very end. It still said 30 minutes, but we didn't have a choice at that point. Luckily, it was much quicker than the 30 minutes posted.</div>
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I'll go ahead and say, we experienced a lot of magic while on our vacation. There were so many over the top good character interactions that met or exceeded our expectations. Elsa was not one of them. Lets just say she took her role as Ice Queen a little too seriously. She was my least favorite. It was quick, not very friendly, and uninspiring. It felt like she didn't want to be there.</div>
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Granted, it was the end of the day. She was probably ready to be done. And my kids didn't know the difference. But I will say that the local 17 year old who dresses up as Elsa is HANDS DOWN a better option. She looks more like her, even.</div>
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We didn't have a fast pass for Soarin', so we waited until the end of the night. Logan wasn't all enough, so we had to get a rider swap. Michael and Olivia had to wait in line for a bit. It took so long that the park actually closed and they were still somewhere back on the ride. As the cast members were roping the area off, I asked what happens if you have a rider switch for the ride but the park closes. Are you just out of luck? They said, no, that if I had a rider switch I could still ride. They said they try to honor the fact that a family member had to wait and couldn't ride. Michael and Olivia came out at 9:10. They let Olivia and I go back in. It was literally just Olivia, myself, another mom and her daughter who also had a rider switch. They told us they would give us the best seats in the house. How fun! These are the kind of things that sets Disney apart!<br />
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After our day at Epcot we headed to our new place to stay, which was Wyndham Bonnet Creek. It was a two bedroom, two bathroom condo with full kitchen. It was so nice and big. The kids loved it!</div>
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Since we were at Magic Kingdom so late on Saturday, we slept in a little on Sunday. We made sure that we arrived at Animal Kingdom before our first fast pass, but we didn't get there at opening.</div>
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Logan wasn't quite 40 inches, so there were a handful of rides that he couldn't do. We utilized the rider switch for most of those. Rider switch (or swap) is when 1 member is not tall enough. You can ask a cast member at the entrance for a rider swap. Then the other adult (me) who has to stay with the small child can also ride without having to stand in the long stand by line.</div>
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One of Olivia's favorite rides was the Everest Ride. We did a rider swap on that and she rode it twice--back to back--once with me and once with Michael. Yikes. It was a little wild. She keeps mentioning that I screamed my head off throughout the ride.</div>
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This happened right around dinner time. Michael and I actually ate while they slept.</div>
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We let them sleep as long as we could, and then tried to wake them up for the Lion King show. We had a fast pass and I had heard so many good things about it. We got them some snacks, and got it line. We weren't in line for more than 2 minutes and Olivia started crying and saying she was done and didn't feel good. Turns out it wasn't from the crazy rides.</div>
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So we had to end our day at Animal Kingdom a little early. It was a good thing too, because right when we got to the car she got sick again. I'd much rather it in the car than in the middle of a show! We went back to the hotel, got cleaned up and cozy, and just laid in bed watching Disney Junior the rest of the night. We missed out on a lot of AK, so will have to spend a full day there the next time we go back. But it was good to rest and relax after our whirlwind of a few days. Thankfully, with some medicine and rest, it turned out to only be a 1 day thing and no one else got sick!</div>
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Our first day in the parks was a Saturday and a holiday (Veteran's Day) at that. We were anticipating heavy crowds, but we really wanted to start out our trip at Magic Kingdom. Since the kids had no idea what Disney World actually was, we thought doing the main park first was important. We also knew that the crowds may be crazy, but they would get less and less as the week went on. We went into it with the attitude that we will see and do what we can, and hit the rest another day.</div>
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Our day started bright and early and we were there as close to rope drop (8 AM) as possible.</div>
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Everyone rents from the same few stroller companies, so all of the strollers look alike. I made a little sign for ours and added ribbons across. It made it very easy to find in the sea of strollers.</div>
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We didn't get a ton of great family pictures. We didn't always want to wait in line, and no matter when and where we tried we were always fighting the sun.</div>
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I've been to Disney a few times, but never when they had fast passes. That was new to me, and I didn't effectively use the system until a few days in. But I did come with a plan and a strategy! I wrote our schedule (not minute by minute, but suggestions with fast pass times listed). I had a 3 x 5 card for each day that had all of the information I needed. Then each card was laminated and fit easily into my running belt. I'm sure some of you are rolling your eyes at me, but I promise you all of that planning and those cards are what made our trip AMAZING. I had multiple people comment on them when they saw me looking at them. :)</div>
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Our first fast pass wasn't until 10 something, so our plan was to ride as many of the kiddie rides as we could. Everyone goes to the big ticket rides, or rides they know will have long lines later. We went and rode Barnstormer, Dumbo, the Tea Cups, the Tomorrowland Speedway... things like that. We knocked out so many in just a short amount of time.</div>
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Here is an example of our money saving... We ate cereal in our room for breakfast. Then for lunch, we ate the food that was delivered by Instacart. I even brought some of our leftover Disney themed paper plates. Some days we had Uncrustables (pb&j sandwiches), other days we had hummus. I tried to pack things that were easy, but also high in protein. We had chips, apples, grapes, cookies, fruit snacks, and more. The kids each got a new water bottle in their bags too, so we always had tons of water on hand.</div>
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At the end, each child gets to come up and take a picture with Belle and she gives them a bookmark. Logan had the entire room of parents laughing because he was being so bashful. Plus, when you add in those dimples... :)</div>
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And then Belle kissed him!!</div>
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This was one of our most favorite things that we got to do!</div>
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Michael took a picture of the kiss from Belle. Logan was slightly obsessed. He kept saying throughout the day, "it's a good thing you took a picture of it!"</div>
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Our last fast pass of the day was kind of late. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is a hot ticket ride. Our travel agent got our fast pass for later in the day. We rode it close to 5 PM. Then we immediately left the park.</div>
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But our day wasn't done!!! Here's why-- Disney publishes park hours a few months in advance. Then, as it gets closer to that day, they may change and extend the hours based on crowds. When we originally planned out the day, it was suppose to be open from 9 AM to 9PM with Extra Magic Hours (EMH) from 9 to 11. Extra Magic Hours are when you stay on property, you get to come early or stay late depending on the day and how they are offering it. They aren't available every day and times vary. But a few weeks before our trip, they changed the hours. They made opening at 8 and closing at midnight. Then they had EMH from 12 AM to 2 AM. That is CRAZY!!!! My first thought was that was no good for us. We have two small children!! But when I started looking at our day and when our fast passes were, I thought it actually may work in our favor. Olivia is a night owl and regularly stays up in her room until 11 reading. (Despite her 8 PM bedtime!) I knew if we could get the kids a good nap, then we could take advantage of these crazy hours. Because of our schedule and also only staying on site for a few nights, this was the ONLY night where we could take advantage of the EMH. So we decided to go for it!</div>
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By the time we got out of the park it was close to 5:30. We picked up a fast food dinner, ate quickly, and we all headed to bed shortly after 6 PM. We slept until around 8:30. We actually had to wake the kids up! So between that and their nap on the way out of the park, they probably got close to 3 hours of sleep. I don't know about your kids, but if my kids nap, they are up late. Plus, the nap itself was late in the day. They had no problem hanging the rest of the night!</div>
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We were back in the park shortly after 9. It was a little rough at first, because Main Street was crowded from the parade and people trying to leave. But after that, we went and rode a ton of rides.</div>
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Logan said, "<i>I don't know what to do! I just don't know what to do</i>." LOL! The camera lady and the cast member were both cracking up.</div>
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Since there wasn't much of a wait, we got a lot of time with her. It was really nice.</div>
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By the end of the night we had rode almost, if not all of the rides in the park. Some of them we rode multiple times. At the end of the night we were on the Barnstormer and the cast member said we could just stay seated if we wanted to ride again. We rode that thing 5 times in a row! The same thing happened on the Tea Cups, only Mommy can only handle that ride 1 time in a row! Logan got so spoiled, because the next day whenever we rode a ride he liked he would say, "I just want to stay on it." Too bad it doesn't work like that!</div>
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From 12 to 2 there were very few people there. Apparently no one else is crazy enough like us to keep our kids out that late. Ha! It was crazy and it was an exhausting day, but it was so good!! I would do it the same way all over again.</div>
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Day 1 was everything we could have hoped it would be and more. Honestly, even though the crowd calendar said it was an 8 out of 10, we didn't feel like it was that bad. The longest we waited for a ride was an hour and that's because we chose to use it as sort of a break. Everything else was 25 minutes or less. We all went to bed tired, but happy.</div>
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We started out 2017 with Michael declaring, "We need to make Disney happen <u>this</u> year!" Olivia was approaching the point where she wouldn't believe the characters were "real", and her love of all things princess was waning. I started researching the best dates, deals, budget friendly ideas, and information. Our plan was to keep it as budget friendly as possible while still making it <i style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">magical</i>. We will likely go back, but we didn't know when, and the kids will surely not be in this stage. So we kind of treated it like a "once in a lifetime" vacation.</div>
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We chose NOT to tell the kids before hand. Mostly because we didn't want to hear about it 38302089 times. We surprised them the DAY OF. We always decorate our table special occasions--birthdays, Valentine's Day, etc. So I thought decorating for a fun breakfast would be the perfect way to surprise them.</div>
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It was a mix of cheap little things I bought, and things we already had on hand. This kind of stuff is so fun for me. </div>
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Our flight was mid morning, but we still had to wake them to ensure we had enough time. They were happy and surprised, but not over the top, because they really had no idea what Disney World was. Olivia told me later that she thought it was like the rides at the mall. LOL! We had mickey waffles, raspberries, and some mickey yogurt pouch I found. They were most excited about their backpacks that had fun things in them for the flight.</div>
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Our original plan, to keep it budget friendly, was to drive. We were going to break it up into 2 days driving there and 2 days driving back. Michael's mom graciously offered to pay for us to fly!</div>
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It was the first flight for both of the kids and they loved it.</div>
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After a long travel day, we wanted to start our trip out with a bang!</div>
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Chef Mickey was one of the most expensive meals we did, but it was worth it. We got to see 5 characters, and it kind of showed our kids what they were in for. They still really had no idea.</div>
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I got a character encyclopedia off of Amazon. We used that as our autograph book. This was BY FAR one of the best things I did in my planning. Each character signed their page. And most of them are familiar with these books, so they knew exactly what page they were on. Olivia read the book from cover to cover multiple times during our trip, so it served as line entertainment too. We got so many compliments on it.</div>
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*I knew we would need a lot of new things for the trip, so I made a giant list and divided it out between the 10 months we had. Each month I bought a little more for our trip. We didn't even have any luggage. Ours had been ruined and we generally just drive and use 31 bags. I watched for clearance and deals and bought things along the way.</div>
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*If you use your red card, you can buy Disney gift cards at Target and save the 5%. 5% isn't much, but when you are talking about a vacation that costs in the thousands, it adds up. (Sam's Club also offers a comparable discount, but I am not a member there.)</div>
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*I brought "Tinkerbell" gifts for each day. Our kids aren't really ones to say "I want..." or "Can I have...", so I wasn't really worried about us spending an enormous amount on souvenirs. That's why most people do "Tinkerbell" gifts. I just thought it would be fun and add to the magic. Each morning they woke with a note (and some fairy dust) from Tinkerbell, along with a gift. These are things I bought throughout the year. They also mostly served double duty. For example, they got (dollar spot) glow sticks and Target party section Mickey ears. These thing would have cost a fortune in the park. I am so glad I went with the ears that I did, too, because my kids didn't even wear them half a day.</div>
themanylayersofmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811264074147062180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675911952483946021.post-32421733646718339092018-01-31T12:15:00.000-05:002018-01-31T12:15:44.891-05:00New Year, New Word, New AdventureHello. Yes, I do realize it's been nearly 4 months since my last post. Not even my sister's <strike>annoying</strike> friendly texts to blog more could get me to sit down and document our life. Ha! It's been a BUSY 4 months! We had Halloween, had an <i style="font-weight: bold;">amazing</i> family vacation to Disney, celebrated Thanksgiving, kept up with all of our traditional advent activities, celebrated a 40th birthday (and a 38th), had a cozy Christmas, survived the flu (Logan), rang in the new year, and started a new adventure! I <u>am</u> going to go back and document some of that--especially our Disney trip. Not because I think you all want to hear about our 3 month old vacation, but because I want to remember the details. But for now, I'm going to start with my word for the year... which leads to the new adventure I mentioned. 😀<br />
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The story starts back sometime last year. Working at Target got to the point of absolute ridiculousness. I could elaborate for days, but to keep it short and sweet, it got to the point where I just needed to be done. Every time I went into work there was a new rule, a new threat of a write up, and new job requirements. There were many times where I wished I could just throw my hands up and say, "I quit". But we all know that the responsible rule follower in me would never go for that. One night in mid November, I stood in the candle aisle, with tears in my eyes asking myself "what in the world are you doing here? Why haven't you quit?". I immediately heard in my spirit, "<b><span style="color: red;">fear</span></b>". Wow. Way to cut deep, God. But it was true. Ultimately, I was staying out of fear.<br />
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I chose Target as a side job to bring in extra money to pay off debt. I chose it to have the discount work <i>for</i> me. I chose it because it meant I could stay home with my children (as opposed to using my degree and teaching, and sending them to daycare). I chose it because the pay was decent, and the hours worked for me. When it came to quitting, I really didn't want to trade in one "dumb job for another dumb job". So I stayed. I often looked for alternatives, but never did anything about it. Until that night in November. I knew exactly what I had to do.<br />
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I have often struggled/argued/battled with God. Why did He put the calling on my life to be a teacher, but also put a strong conviction to be a stay at home mom? Why not make me one of those mom's who wants to go to work?? There are plenty of those. I know. They are my friends! Or why not make my calling something I could do while staying at home? Or why not magically just make me rich? 😉 I could not reconcile the two...<br />
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Until now! I went home and the very next day applied for an online teaching position. I had seen it advertised many times over the last few months. Whenever I looked into it, it overwhelmed me. The application process was like 5 steps. The pay seemed too good to be true. There had to be a catch... But after being miserable for months at Target, and hearing God tell me I was living out of fear, I just went ahead and went for it. The process was a little crazy, but I pushed through with confidence.<br />
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I was hired within an hour of my online interview! I've been teaching English to little kids in China since the beginning of December.</div>
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The curriculum is provided for me, the pay is significantly more than I was making at Target, I can set my own hours and work as little or as much as I want, I can wear my pajama pants, and it is FUN!</div>
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There is a time difference (obviously), so the best times for me to teach are early mornings. That is their evening. My goal is to teach from 5 AM to 7 AM Monday through Friday. I also teach a few classes on Friday nights, because that is their Saturday. I am an independent contractor, so they have to choose me. So my schedule isn't completely full yet, but it's getting there!</div>
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I get fun feedback like this--Bob is a 5 year old little boy who is in love with me! 😍 And I've never been called patient so much in my life! ha ha!</div>
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Not only do I get to teach AND be home with my kids, but I miss out on less family time. Instead of leaving after dinner a few nights a week, I will be up and done with work before they even wake up.</div>
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It's been a little rough these last few months, though. I've gotten home from Target at midnight, only to wake up at 4:30 to teach. I knew it was for a season, though. So I pushed through. I put in my two week at Target last night, and I couldn't be happier.</div>
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My word for 2018...</div>
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The kids ran through the hay maze. See them?</div>
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Michael was hiding out at one of the windows. They found him. :)</div>
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The kids both decided that they would like a white pumpkin, because it would look better painted.</div>
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And since it's Texas, it was SO DANG HOT that we ended up getting sno cones. Needless to say,we are ALL ready for fall--a real fall!</div>
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Someone in our house is turning 40 in a few short months... So the time for adventure is NOW (if you get what I'm saying 😉). Actually, we have been talking about going camping for years. And when we were out on a hike a few weeks ago, Olivia mentioned again that she wished we could go. So on a whim we decided to go for it. We bought as little as possible. A tent, a tarp, a lantern, and 2 new camping chairs because ours had fallen apart. We used what we had and made the bet of it!</div>
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Since it was our first trip and we weren't wanting to invest much more, we just went to one of our local parks. You can stay the night for $12.50.</div>
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Examining a butterfly that had just landed.</div>
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We ended up with the best spot! This was the area right behind our site!</div>
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We went exploring and looking for fire wood.</div>
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Remember when we went on our hike and someone had drawn on the trees? Olivia made sure we were bringing supplies for her to do the same.</div>
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After unloading, exploring, and coloring on trees, we took a break for some popcorn and water!</div>
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Kicking around the soccer ball</div>
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We had these bird houses waiting to be painted since this summer. It was one of the things on our summer bucket list that we never got to. At the last minute I threw them in the bag.</div>
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After painting the bird houses, they painted the trees.</div>
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Can you see those lanterns in the trees? Olivia spotted them and decided that those, coupled with the painted tree, was the perfect spot for a party. She brought over the chairs, and used the wagon as a table, and invited us to her game party. 😁😁</div>
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Bubbles!</div>
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A boy digging in dirt as a boy should do...</div>
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I told Olivia to bring along a notebook to nature journal in. She thought it was a fantastic idea, and had all sorts of brilliant drawings!</div>
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Oh, we did buy one more thing...</div>
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The tent and airbeds were finally up. We had some very dirty, but very happy kids!</div>
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The kids were practically begging to go to bed. That never happens! Don't be fooled, though. It wasn't because they were tired. It was just because they wanted in the tent. We got in bed a little after 9. It wasn't the most comfortable sleep (for me!), but we made it through the night.</div>
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After breakfast we ended up just packing up and heading home. We unpacked, showered, and actually made it to church for the late service!</div>
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The kids had a great time! Another family adventure is in the books!</div>
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There has been a lot of discussion in our house recently about how fortunate we are and to be thankful for the blessings we have. It's hard to raise grateful kids in a material world!</div>
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Olivia was able to participate in our church's serve day this summer, so that was a start. But she's constantly talking about how she wants to help out. How she would invite people to her house, or how it's "<i>just not fair</i>" that she lives in this beautiful house (ha!) while others don't even have a home.</div>
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Of course we want to encourage her and help her live out being the hands and feet of Jesus instead of just talking about it. It's hard, though, because a lot of normal volunteer places have age requirements on who can help. So we decided to take a more immediate and age appropriate approach.</div>
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There was a piece of art we were studying, and Olivia's take was that the people were very poor and hungry. She wished she could give them food. So this week we headed to the store before art class.</div>
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We walked through the aisles and picked out food that would be good to share.</div>
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She was SO excited!</div>
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She talked non stop about how she hoped they liked what she picked out for them. She also chose things like strawberry oatmeal, because "<i>oatmeal fills you and Boppa up! and I like strawberry!</i>"</div>
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Each week she has to learn a new Proverbs as part of our first grade curriculum. As we were walking to the register to check out, she said, "<i>He who refreshes others, will he himself be refreshed!"</i> (part of Proverbs 11:25, which was her verse a few weeks ago). Y'all, I'm not going to lie, I might have teared up a bit. When the work of homeschooling, plus church, plus all the <span style="color: red;"><b>heart</b></span> work you hope you are doing comes full circle and your child preaches to you... there are no words.</div>
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Right outside the art house is this little "red door food pantry". We see it every week. Last week it was empty, and as I was waiting to pick Olivia up, I saw a lady walk by looking for food. So this seemed like the perfect opportunity for Olivia. It's part of <i>her</i> life.</div>
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There was some food in there this week, but even by the time class was over, some of the food we had donated was already gone. That made Olivia really happy!</div>
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We don't always do everything right as parents, and this one can be <u style="font-weight: bold;">super sassy</u>, but she also has a heart of gold. I hope we can always teach and encourage her to be a generous giver!</div>
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Sometimes after we drop buddy off at school, we run a quick (and quiet) errand. You just never know who you are going to run into!</div>
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Doesn't everyone lay on the kitchen counter to read a book?!? Ha! She got a new book and had it finished within 20 minutes of getting home. She's in a phase where she <u style="font-style: italic;">can</u> read pretty big chapter books. She does every once in a while (she's currently working through The Littles). But since she's a relatively new reader, and she's 6, she wants chapter books that have pictures. Not only does it need pictures, but she wants the pictures to be COLORED. She's very disturbed with black and white pictures. So we are trying to find books that are the right reading level AND age appropriate/fun (colored).</div>
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Logan just wants all the super hero books!</div>
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She grabbed this candle, hunched over, and said in a creepy voice "Do you want to go look in my basement on Halloween?" Ha ha!!!</div>
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Olivia had her first art class of the new school year. We stayed at the same art house, but chose a different teacher. Her new class focuses just on drawing and painting. It's a homeschool class, and as of right now there is only 1 other student in the class with her. She drew this cat, but her painting wasn't finished yet. When I picked her up, all her teacher said to me was, "<i>Wow! She is one VERY SMART little girl.</i>"</div>
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Michael took this picture of Olivia, and I just love it! Pretty girl!</div>
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We were in Logan's room getting ready for bed. Michael laid down using a soccer ball as his pillow. As soon as Logan had his pajamas on, he grabbed a smaller basketball and laid down to use it as his pillow too. The picture is a little blurry, but so cute!</div>
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Logan had "silly shoe day" at preschool. So we added all sorts of fun pipe cleaners. Free and it took 2 minutes. Perfect! :) He loved it.</div>
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<br />themanylayersofmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811264074147062180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675911952483946021.post-81352701975487365392017-09-28T09:00:00.000-04:002017-09-28T09:00:02.636-04:00Things I'm Loving<div style="text-align: center;">
Back in the day I use to share all sorts of information about fun things I've found or new things we are using. These days I tend to just share about the kids. But recently I have been telling everyone who will listen about a few things that are changing my life. So I thought I'd share a few with you!</div>
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1. PODCASTS</div>
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I do realize that I'm about a decade (or more) late to this party! Heck, Michael was listening to podcasts at work when we met over 11 years ago. I've just never had a job where it was conducive, or even the equipment necessary. (Random fact: I've never owned an ipod or an mp3 player!) But about 9 months ago someone asked on a homeschool forum about homeschooling podcasts. Then someone bravely asked how to get said podcasts on an android phone. I still wasn't sure if it would be my thing, but I figured I'd check it out. I was sick of all of the negativity that Facebook was throwing at me and I was looking for something to do during laundry time, or workouts, that would add value to my life instead of tear me down. Y'all. I am loving listening to podcasts! As you can see, most of mine fall into a few different categories. 1) Homeschooling. Duh! ;) 2) Mom/Christian woman encouragement and 3) RVing--these are new. We've thrown around the idea of being a full time RV/Roadschooling family, so I've started to listen to others who do the same. </div>
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Honestly, at this point I have more podcasts that I can even listen to. But I love it, so I keep going! They are all so different, but so good. I was going to try to give my top 5, but I couldn't. There are just so many good ones!</div>
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2. ORGANIC ROSE HIP OIL</div>
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Speaking of podcasts, the ladies at the Big Boo Cast recommended this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Teddie-Organics-Rosehip-Seed-Essential/dp/B00NCF7206/ref=sr_1_8_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1506534926&sr=1-8&keywords=rosehip%2Boil&th=1">Teddie Organic Rose Hip Oil</a>. Now I'm not usually one to look for the newest and best beauty products. I pretty much stick with my cheap stuff that I can get at Target. But previous them talking about this, I had started thinking how I needed to do something about my skin. I'm getting older (gasp!), and I just wanted something that would maybe heal some of the damage, make it look a little more even, and maybe even be able to go without make up some days. Well, this item has all 5 star reviews on Amazon, and got rave reviews from my girls Melanie and Sophie, so I decided to give it a try. I freaking love it. I use it in place of moisturizer. It has made my face look better, feel better, makes my make up go on better. It's amazing. I'm sold. I made my sister try it when she was here, and I think she's sold too.</div>
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3. MASON JAR SALADS</div>
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We are trying to eat a more plant based diet. I've always been pretty good about meal planning, grocery shopping, and cooking family dinners. But where we struggled was lunch. Michael just hates to take the time to pack stuff, and I hate taking the time to prepare something mid day when I'm also making my kids stuff. So a few months ago we started making mason jar salads. LIFE CHANGING! I make 10 salads on Sunday. Then we both have lunch throughout the week. The salads stay fresh, they are quick to grab, and it's an easy way to eat the rainbow! Bonus: my kids love helping make them! The few people I've told about these (because I'm trying to change the world one mason jar at a time) have said that it can't be enough food. You would be surprised. I pack those babies tight! When you dump it out on your plate/bowl, it fills up a full size plate and is plenty of food! Sometimes I follow a recipe on pinterest, and sometimes I just throw whatever vegetables and beans we have into a jar. I've made dressings following a recipe (sriracha/peanut butter/soy sauce), I've bought vegan dressing, and this week we are just using avocado oil and cracked pepper. The choices are endless!</div>
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4. RIGHT NOW MEDIA</div>
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(I don't even know if I could do this justice, so make sure to check out the <a href="https://www.rightnowmedia.org/">website</a>.) I love Right Now Media. It's a resource that churches can pay for, and then every member of the church can log into for free. It's sort of like a Christian Netflix of sorts, but with more teaching and Bible studies and less shows/movies. We use it for our life groups and women's Bible study. The vidoes are all just there, and then depending on the study we can just buy the book to go with it. But what I love. love. love. is the kids section! There are so many good shows that teach about the Bible, or just character development. We've cut down are TV significantly, but I'm always comfortable with letting the kids watch shows on here because I know they are learning. Fun note: The home office for Right Now Media is literally right next door to our church! We use their parking lot for overflow parking on Sundays! I love that my church has found this tool valuable and that we get to benefit for free!</div>
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Logan was ready for adventure, and was willing to run the whole course had we let him!</div>
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The walking trails are also for mountain biking, so we had to watch out for quite a few bikers. It made Michael a little nervous, but most of the bikers were good about slowing down and watching out for people.</div>
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Logan got a "walking stick" and then was hitting all the trees he passed. He's such a boy! Then when he found out the trees were dropping leaves on me when he hit them, he thought it was funny and made sure to hit them more.</div>
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We found an area where the trees were painted with all sorts of cool designs. Olivia wants to go back with paint or chalk and add her own designs to the mix.</div>
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It was hot, but we were still out there for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. We even ran the last half mile to mile of the trail AS A FAMILY. What?!?! 3 out of 4 enjoyed the run. One little girl was complaining of sore feet. So it may be time for new shoes. But it was a great little adventure nonetheless.</div>
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One of my friends, Jessica, from Target invited us to her daughter's birthday party.</div>
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It was Wonder Woman themed.</div>
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Olivia had a great time!</div>
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Our friend Michiah (also from Target) dressed up as Wonder Woman and surprised the girls at the party.</div>
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My kids love her!! And I do too. :)</div>
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They both call me Mom! Sweet girls!!</div>
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She's such a goof. I love her confidence. She just ran around pretending to fly, danced like a crazy woman, and played the games with gusto. She has no inhibitions! I love that she is just her own person.</div>
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