Florida - 2012!

We had a terrific time in Florida this year - going to the beach and swimming in the pool with granny and poppy, and adventuring off to Disney world! The kids were champs on 2 very long days, but I can honestly say a great time was had by all.

Sydney met her favorite princess, Belle....

As we were waiting for out turn to meet each princess, Daniel said he didn't want to talk to any of them. I didn't push it and just focused on taking pictures of Sydney as she met each one. Well we finished with Cinderella and moved on to Belle and all of a sudden I looked back and there was Daniel chatting up Cinderella all by himself. He said, "when I'm 1000, I'm going to be a......... giant".. He was a big hit with everyone else in line and got a big laugh! Then he announced loudly that he was done..So apparently Cinderella is his favorite :)

We had breakfast the next morning at Chef Mickeys and saw all the "key" characters - Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto.. The kids had a great time :)

And, no trip to St Augustine is complete without a trip to Marineland to see the dolphins... We got a special tour to see their new baby dolphin!

Special thanks to Granny and Poppy for hosting us. Getting to go to such a special place on vacation is really a treat!

We love to party!

Our grandma sue turned 70 this past week so we herded all the grandkids and grandmom to the local picture people.. The pictures turned out really cute and I was proud to be part of such a nice family.. Then it was on to Great American Buffet - where they are happy to accept a group of 25 that includes 10 kids - yowsa :)

Crazy cousins!

Boys VS Girls

So since our trip to the movies a few weeks ago, Beauty And The Beast is pretty big in our house right now. We've been watching the movie and listening to the music in the car non stop. I love how both kids really enjoy the music and are working hard at learning all the words to all the songs, and they are always asking when the current song appears in the movie.

The funny part is how different they are. Sydney's favorite song is "Beauty and the Beast/Tale as old as Time"... Very girly...

Daniel's favorite song is "Kill the Beast" (otherwise known as the mob song). Very boyish...

But they both thoroughly enjoy saying "Peabo" over and over when we listen to the duet with Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson :)

My funny valentines 2012 edition....

I always take valentines pics of the kids... Here's this years edition...

Here's a flashback to 2009.. My how things have changed..

http://mjoneses.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.html

Snow, 2012...

It wasn't much as snowstorms go.. About an inch of very icy snow. No chance for a snowman, and snow angels were a no-go too.. But, take really icy snow and a tiny hill in the back yard and you get sledding :)

The kids did great - and once I showed them how to get on the saucers and push off, they were pretty much able to do it themselves. They had a good time!

How I know Daniel is sick

Because he just never does this: