Disney Day 1

Hello Everyone!
We just got back from the most ... I can't think of a big enough word...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Trip Ever!

We just got back from 6 days in Disney World!
Get ready for each day broken down so not to overwhelm you with details and pictures.
Cause be warned there IS a lot!!!
So as they say in Disney "Please watch your step" and lets begin!

We got up on Sunday at 4:30Am and headed to my parents to go to the airport.
This was Brandon's first plane trip ever!
We were worried about his ears popping so we brought lollipops but he had zero interest in eating them. He did request his ear plugs for take off.

He loved the plane ride and wasn't scared at all! about a 1/2hr into the flight this is what happened. It lasted for about an hour.

Then we got off the plane and went to our Disney transportation.
For those who haven't stayed on Disney property you MUST. They make life SO much easier. We checked our luggage in at the airport and they deliver it directly to your room! no having to collect it in FL! Then they take you on a special Disney bus to the hotel where they show a little Disney welcome movie.

After checking in and eating a quick lunch its off to the parks!
Disney also provides free buses all day to any of the Disney parks. Its very Convenient
This is Brandon on the bus on the way there. (he was excited b/c of the Jake and the Neverland pirates ad on the bus wall)

We of course began our trip at the Magic Kingdom.
We got there prob around 1:30 I think.
Below is his face as we turned the corner to see the castle.

(this is what he saw)

Below is Brandon at the castle.
He was a little annoyed we couldn't go in at that time.

We got on our first ride Aladdin's Magic Carpet!
I'm a little out of it b/c the Dramamine was kicking in.
(i didnt take it b/c of the drowsiness the rest of the trip)

Next we did the Pirates of the Caribbean which he loved~
He is now going through a pirates phase...
He bought just about every pirate toy in the store.
Then we did Thunder Mountain Railroad which he did not really want to do.
Kenn was determined he could do it though.
As we got into our seats a little tear started trickling down his face and the employee came over and told us we could take him off. the loving parents that we are said "No he'll be fine"
He didn't cry at all after that and after said he liked it (although he didn't want to go again)
He refused to go on splash mountain so we skipped that. I felt like we did enough forcing for the day. Then we all went on to the Haunted Mansion. This is the only ride I remember as a child from my first trip at his age so i really wanted him to go on it. It was a little scary so we basically talked the whole ride. Spoke about how bats are nocturnal how dirty the ride was (there were spiderwebs on everything to be scary) and how the ghosts that were going up the walls were racing. He said that was his favorite ride of the day! At that point we had finished about half the park so we went to our dinner reservations at The Polynesian Hotel's Kona Cafe.

Then we took a boat back to the bus stop and crashed at our hotel. We planned on doing the magic Kingdom's fireworks that night but we were SOOO tired... And I thought "well we have all week" Oh how wrong about that I was :)

B on the Boat back.

B's Birthday 2011

B turned 4 a week ago today.
I know a lot of Mom's cry and get a little sad when their child hits a new milestone,
But I LOVE it!
Every new inch, year, and event Kenn and I just embrace!
B has been looking forward to his party for months
and knew he wanted it at the bowling alley for a while.
He picked out Disney Cars as his theme.
At his 4 year Dr appointment he is 41 1/4 inches and 39lbs
so he's the 75% for both.
He also drew a circle, square, plus sign and a person for their growth info.
He ended up having 4 shots and he didn't yell or kick.
Just cried a little bit, when we left I asked him what he wanted to do when we got home.
He said he wanted chocolate chip cookies, milk and to watch Beatles videos online. (youtube)
It was so cute! He was very brave!
Today is first day back at school, and he was very excited about it.


Below are the pics from his party
I got to make him Cupcake Cake Pops

and got his cake
(which he requested be in the shape of a car)
from Annette's Cakery.

He was very excited!

All the kids seemed to love it, and we only got positive feedback from the parents.

b and his best friend from school

Blowing out the candles

Making silly faces for the camera
(kenn said is from my side of the family)

all the gifts we hauled back home!

January 2011

Sorry I have been MIA for a while...
Here are some random pic's of what we've been doing to keep busy

Science Center Jan 2011.

B was obsessed with the fishing area.

Digging for Dino's.
Although he was nervous when he was near the big pretend ones.

Sledding in the snow

Kenn got sick and then I got sick.
B and daddy made me a get well sign

Port Discovery

B inside a bubble.

They had a temporary Bob the builder area that was his favorite

I finally got my wedding quilt back.
This is the final result. My mother's wedding dress and Mine!

Bowling, Bowling, Bowling...

First I haven't announced the birth of our new Niece!
My cousin Mike and Mary had their first daughter Madelyn a week before Christmas!
I didn't take too many good pics so here she is the day after she was born...

And on her 2 week birthday!

Brandon Loves Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary and was very excited for Maddie to be born.

After we celebrated Christmas with my Aunt/Uncle/Cousins/my parents on New years eve
We went out to do B's favorite pastime Bowling.

This is something he talks about EVERY day...
So I asked Aunt Teresa/Uncle Tim/Olivia to hang out that evening and Aunt Teresa
came up with the great idea to go bowling.
We ended up doing "regular" bowling, not duck pin.
This was Olivia's first time bowling, and B's first time at "regular" bowling.

Shot of the official first game scores (with bumpers)

We started with a Ramp but B refused to use it.
Olivia had very good success with it though.

The Wiskman Family bowling.

The Chisholm Men

After we went to dinner and got icecream at the end.
The restaurant had on Dora so the kids were perfect angels.
Below is the aftermath of the dessert.

Got home at 8-8:30?
B went to bed and Kenn and I watched Tombstone and the ball drop at midnight.
I do have to say this is prob the first year i was excited to have over.
2011 WILL be my year...

Our budding Artist

we've noticed in the last couple of months that B has greatly improved his drawing skills.
He started coming home from school with pictures of "silly faces"
Heads with eyes, nose, mouth, hair.
We were really impressed.

Then he drew a "self portrait" at school
(below)

So we decided to put a easel on his Christmas list.
So Nan and Pop purchased it for him and ever since I put it up he's been on it.
Every day he's used it to paint and draw.
So i figured i'd take some pictures to show you his art work.
(These are all from last monday and the first day he painted)

The first thing he painted... a Basketball

A silly Face for me... or maybe it is me. I'm not so sure

"fire" for daddy's work

A rainbow

Sunflower

Christmas 2010

I can't believe Christmas is over already.
I'm actually sad this year! Dec was such a magical month for Brandon.
He loves all the houses decorated with lights,
our Christmas tree, yelling at our blow up snowman and moose to to hurry up and inflate.
Listening to Christmas songs on the radio,
Watching The Grinch that stole Christmas almost every day
and of course waiting for Santa to come.

This year we spent Christmas week baking 9 batches of cookies.
Christmas Eve we went again to the Children's mass at Church.
B loves watching all the children dressed up as angels and wise men.
He stood on his chair to watch it all as we were sitting. (the people behind us said it was ok)
(I love that he says/sings the "our Father" prayer with us as a Church)
Then we went back to my parents to eat dinner and watch the Grinch one more time.
We went home and B got in his PJ's and wrote a letter to Santa
I think he said he wrote "Love Santa"

Then we set out the cookies and milk and Carrot.
B also told me to make sure the fire was out in the fireplace so that Santa didn't get burned.

We put B to bed and Kenn and I snuggled by the fire to watch "its a wonderful life"
Then Santa came :)
This picture is actually very misleading...
We have the habit of stuffing presents under the tree

I always have trouble sleeping on Christmas...
Brandon always wakes us up at 7am sharp every day.
Apparently on Christmas he didn't get the memo.
Kenn woke me up and we let the dogs out, turned the tree lights on, got the video camera.
basically were a little loud till it woke B up.
He got up walked into our bedroom like normal, still 1/2 a sleep.
we asked him who came the night before, he didn't get what we were asking
Finally we told him "did santa come?"
THEN he ran down the hallway.

I have to apologize, we are HORRIBLE about taking pictures on holidays.
the ones below are literally the only ones I took.
We always video tape and it goes by so quick and I don't want to be behind a camera for the whole thing so we never get any good shots.
(same with peoples houses for the rest of the day,
I never even took my camera out of my purse)

B's new leapfrog hand held game system.
Opening the Woody doll he asked for (and subsequently didn't talk)
I had to take him back and exchange him yesterday...

you can prob guess a theme here. Almost everything was Disney related.

Don't judge... he likes to help me sweep

and even though I have tried to "fight it" Brandon has been exposed to the world of
crime fighting action heroes from school.
So I caved and got him a spiderman.
(which he loves and has lost the 2 webs that he shoots out like 10x already)

Mocha playing in the paper

Brandon rides his new scooter up and down our hall and kitchen.
You MUST refer to him as "super brandon scooter power to the rescue"

I also got him a random Toy Story "grooming kit".
(He has a thing about his hair)
and they had a shaving kit in it, B FORCED me to give him a bath tonight
just so he could play with it again.

Its very cute :)

So after we woke up and did our family presents and ate a big breakfast
we got dressed and went to my parents to open a mountain of gifts there.
Then off to my Grandmothers to see my Dad's side of the family.
Then we went to Kenn's Grandmothers house to eat lunch and visit with his mom.
THEN to Christmas dinner with the Chisholm Family.

It's a lot to do in one day but we get a solid 2hrs at each house
and we love getting to see all of our family members.
(Brandon loved that there were gifts all day long)
We were very spoiled, so we knew that we were either very good this year...
Or very loved :)