Half-Marathon

Ok, so I know most of you have already seen these pictures and heard all about this,  but I am so stinking proud that I want to make sure it is documented :-) My absolutely amazing husband ran his first ever half marathon just a little over a week ago on May 3 in Indy. He finished in just over 2 hours! We had a great (but very quick) visit with family while we were there too!

Preschool Program 2014

On Thursday night the kids had their preschool program. Each of the classes sang songs that they have been doing in class. Alia's Spanish class even performed some songs. Afterwards we all enjoyed yummy treats! It was adorable and lots of fun. We were so proud of them both.

(Videos of each performance are at the end of this post!)

The 3-4 year old class - Max is on the left with the white shirt and navy sweater vest.

The Spanish Class - Alia is on the right with the pink dress.

The Pre-K Class

Birthday #36 & Easter Sunday

I had a wonderful birthday weekend. On Friday night we went out to dinner with some friends ... like a grown up dinner with no kids! Food was yummy and company was great. On Saturday morning, Jason and the kids let me hang in bed a while and they went to pick up some Panera for breakfast (a special occasion staple around here). 

Alia made me this one of a kind birthday crown and we opened presents while eating our yummy bagels! My favorite gift was a new Blazers tee-shirt which I am pretty certain is responsible for our amazing post season performance thus far!

In the afternoon, we colored our eggs for the Easter bunny. 

 We had lots of fun experimenting and mixing coloring this year.

Daddy made me a yummy dinner and I requested my favorite cookies (peanut butter with peanut butter cups inside) as my birthday treat.

The kids were pumped and ready to hunt for Easter baskets in the morning.

Max's basket was under the dining room table.

Alia's basket was in the linen closet in the hallway.

We had to thoroughly check out our baskets before getting dressed and ready for church.

After church, Grammy, Tom, Simone, Nick and Alex came over for a Easter egg hunt and Easter brunch. 

Easter Bunny 2014

For the first time ever, both kids just "hopped" right up and smiled for the picture. 

The camera girl had to act fast! They showed the Easter Bunny how to bunny hop and we were on our merry way. 

Hollywood Studios

On day two in Disney World we went to Hollywood Studios. It was the only day of bad weather we had the entire trip, but it rained pretty consistently the entire day. The kids LOVED the Disney Junior show and the grown ups enjoyed riding the Tower of Terror. 

This moment was easily the highlight of Max's day!

Grandpa and Alia sporting rain gear and big smiles!

Lunch time! 

Mike & Sulley were one of the highlights of the day too!

Max managed to fall asleep on the tram while we were doing the back lot tour. We were right in the middle of the part where there are loud explosions and a fake storm when he fell asleep. Impressive!

The weather finally cleared as we were getting ready to leave. There was a band playing and we had a little mini dance party to end our day. Awesome!

Reading Charlotte's Web with the kiddos before bed :-)

Disney World

We had an outstanding day in the Magic Kingdom. We were able to ride just about everything on the kid's which list (some things more than once) and met several characters. Alia was VERY interested in them ... Max, not so much :-)

on the ferry headed into the Magic Kingdom

I  have a picture of me in front of this very spot when I was about 7 years old. I couldn't resist taking a picture there with my little girl!

Daddy, kiddos and Grandpa ready for a day of fun

sporting her "first visit" pin

The first character Alia met was Cinderella. She was totally star struck. It was adorable!

Next on the agenda was Sleeping Beauty. She was very sweet and chatty. 

Alia was very quiet and shy.

What would a trip to Disney World be without Mickey Mouse shaped ice cream treats?

That's a lot of fun for one day. The little man needed a little power nap.

being silly while we waited in line for the carousel

It was Alia's favorite and she rode it 3 times!

Florida

We just returned from a wonderful vacation to Florida. My father-in-law spends every March in Estero Beach (Fort Myers area) in a condo. We spent a time at the beach, the pool and took a road trip to Orlando to get in some Disney World fun as well. 

Sand angels = Lots of fun!

It just so happened that my grandparents were staying in a time share about a half a mile down the road from Grandpa Max's condo, so we were able to get a short visit in with them before they headed north.

We spent our last three days soaking in the Vitamin D and enjoying perfect weather. We watched three perfect sunsets from the balcony as well. The kids enjoyed performing for us and being silly while we waited for the sun to set. 

 A few photos from our walks and play time on the beach ...