More Treasures

Dinner at Grammy Kathy's tonight was lovely. The kids were geeked just to see Grammy, plus they received more Easter treasures. Fun! Lucy was a little less than enthused at the tail end of dinner (hey, you'd be strung out too with only a 1/2 hour nap.... that ended at 10:30 am), but all in all she hung in there pretty well. Maybe the pretzel jello desert helped in that regard.

Easter Morning Delight

Ahhhhh... the joy that the Easter Bunny brings was in abundance this morning. E.B. must ~love~ the Rogers kids because they made out like bandits. The boys are playing sort-of-quietly, and Lucy is maybe going to take a nap, so perhaps I will get to post some nice pix. We do have some video too, so we'll see if I can get that up online soon too.

The boys colored eggs yesterday. :)

In hot persuit of eggs!

M - I - C - K - E - Y

WOW! What a week. We had a great week in Florida; who wouldn't love temps above 30? We did make it to the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday. It started off well (except for the sunscreen-in-Owen's-eyes incident); we have never parked so close!

We had "leftover" tickets from our very first visit to Disney world (I think in '86) that still had value on them... we redeemed them--I was using my original ticket, as were Ruthie and "Grammy". A nice sentimental start to the day. We also waited to ride the monorail in the very front with the driver. That was a big hit to the boys. If you ask them, they would both say that the monorail ride was their favorite part! It was completed with their very own monorail co-pilot license (Ruthie and I waited 20+ years for them! haha)

Lucy and Ken met us later, and we all had fun enjoying different attractions. The race cars were big, likewise the merry-go-round. We of course took in Its a Small World, much to Lucy and Owen's delight. The afternoon Parade was a nice cap to the day.

A few days later we enjoyed breakfast with the characters at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary. YAY! The kids just sat in awe of their friends. Lucy just stared at Minnie, and Owen grinned from ear to ear. Mitchell scrambled to get their autographs.




















There were many happy memories remembered and made. I think that we carried on the tradition in fine form. I think Papa Frank would be proud.

There are LOADS of great pictures, so I will post more another night.

ARG! Pirates and Putters

So Lucy is apparently having trouble adjusting to hotel life here, as noted by her repeat performance of wakefulness last night... long story short, I've been up since 1:30 this morning, after being rouse at 4:15 the night before....

Noting our extreme fatigue, we scratched the Disney trip today and have rescheduled it for tomorrow. We decided to hang here at the hotel for the day instead. We played a rousing round of putt-putt golf this morning with Grammy B and Aunt Ruthie. Then after lunch we managed to have some quality time at the Pirate Pool! Later Ken and I took the kids to the little playground here too. It was topped off by taco dinner at Grammy and Ruthie's room. YAY!

Other info of note: Mitchell lost ANOTHER tooth last night in bed. There is more to that story but I'll save it for another post.

My connection here is oddly slow, so we'll see how many pictures I actually decide to upload.

Splish! Splash!

We continue our countdown to arrival at the land of mousy ears. While we wait, Lucy found great joy in emptying the contents of the bathtub onto the floor during last night's bath. The gleam in her eye wasn't just because she was squeaky clean!


Owen continues to adjust to preschool and is making many improvements. Potty training is still fleeting (his participation level is highly variable). He is eagerly awaiting his visit with Mickey, although he is still miffed that Uncle Matt will no longer be joining us there.


Mitchell's teeth are making big progress coming into place. He is cruising as a reader and he enjoys reading to Owen every night before bed. He is also very excited to be in swimming lessons again. Making things even more exciting is that his best friend is in the same class. YAY!

The countdown!

12 Days until we depart for southern locations---YAY! Now only if I can survive Showcase and report cards before then, I'll be all set.

Health status--knock on wood--everyone is currently healthy. Yay x 2!

Snow status--50 degrees plus today, so we've had progress on melting.... don't tell the 10 foot snow pile in my driveway, but its days are numbered.... maybe until May, but at least the process has begun.

Until the next post, here's a cutie of Lucy Jane.

Towering Colorful Days

Life is cruising along here in Boon. We sit here hoping for snow to melt (and partially threatening to take our hair driers out to help it along) and dreaming of our upcoming Spring Break.... ahh.... sit back and dream sunny thoughts....

And to help you with that, here are our bright, cheery children!

Mitchell, with a tower created with Wedgits.
P.S. Mitchell FINALLY has front teeth growing in (he only lost them in September!)