The bunny does WHAT?????

Yeah! It's Easter says The Pirate...What's Easter???? says The Mermaid. She has NO idea....

This is a chocolate Easter bunny, daddy explains. The Easter Bunny left this????? she says....

The Pirate demonstrates to his sister the proper way to eat one....it looks YUMMY!!!!!!

The Pirate is an "ears" guy. The Mermaid thought that was funny....

Next, he went for the head....Mommy said ENOUGH!!!!! Time for breakfast!!!!

I think The Mermaid liked her first Easter. Can you tell I have eaten tooooo much candy????

Stolen Off Disney Photo Pass

We loved this picture of us all at Animal Kingdom. That is Expedition Everest behind us. It costs $14.95 for a 4X6 inch photo!!!!!!! So, we stole it off the website. Bad, Bad, Bad.....

Visit with Superboy and Wondergirl

On our way home from Disney World, we stopped to visit Superboy and meet our newest cousin, Wondergirl. She is three months old and very cute! The Pirate, The Mermaid and Superboy had fun spinning around in Uncle Don's chair. We capped off the evening having dinner at Daddy's and Uncle Don's favorite place to eat...Denny's!!!!!!

Day 2- Animal Kingdom

The Tree of Life at Animal Kingdom...the trunk is carved with pictures of animals. Beautiful!

The Mermaid petting a goat .

Wow! It's a Llama.

The Mermaid and Mommy .

Meeting Jiminy Cricket .

It's Rafiki meeting time!

We're on safari...looking for animals!

Cool tree...forgot the name. But, cool...

Rhinos...Look how close!

Mommy Ostrich sitting on her eggs.

Komodo Dragon...The Pirate loves these!

Fruit Bats...Mommy does NOT like these!

Playing in the bamboo .

"Goofin' around" with Goofy and Pluto...Check out The Pirate!

The Pirate is driving the dino!


We had a lot of fun at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It was a cooler day..so we all wore pants until we went on the Kali River Rapids (Daddy's idea) and TOTALLY got SOAKED!!!! The Mermaid DID NOT like getting wet and cried. The Pirate laughed his butt off at his sister. UGGGHH!!!! Lucky for the kids...I had a change of clothes for them in my bag. Daddy and I took HOURS to dry. We had Chinese food at the Yak and Yetti restaurant (Asia section) for lunch. We got to see lots of animals. It is a really pretty park with lots of shade. We all enjoyed the Nemo Musical..it is a must see if you go!

Day 1- The Magic Kingdom

We can't wait!

Planning the day with the park map.

Outside of The Pirates of the Carribean

Mickey Ice Cream is....

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Strawberry popsicle boy!

I don't want to look at you Mommy...I want to watch the parade!

Can my eyes get any bigger??????

Free Souvenir from disney. I am OK!

We took The Pirate and The Mermaid to the Magic Kingdom. We had a great time. It was in the low 80's and it rained on us several times. It was very funny...we convinced The Pirate to go on Thunder Mountain and we got two rides in one...it was like Splash Mountain because it POURED on us while we were on the ride!!!!! After the ride...The Pirate was in tears and The Mermaid said "that was awesome!". Poor Pirate....The park was very busy and we got to go on...

The Pirates of the Carribean

Thunder Mountain/Splash Mountain

The Jungle Cruise

Peter Pan

It's a Small World

Snow White

The Tea Cups

and...we saw Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

It cooled off and we left at 4 PM and came back at 8 PM after checking into the hotel and dinner. We got to see the light parade (and walked behind the seven dwarfs at the very end of the parade) and went and sat at the base of Cinderella's castle to watch the fireworks. The kids loved it! We stayed till midnight ( it was cold!) and headed back to the hotel.

The Mermaid did pretty good. She had to go potty two times while waiting in line for a ride. UGGHH!!!!!! She has the smallest bladder ever! The Pirate was so excited about watching the parade...he was not watching where he was bouncing/standing and fell down three steps. Big knot on leg...FREE SOUVENIR!!!! We had ice cream and Daddy finally got that Turkey Leg in Frontier Land he has been wanting.

Day two...Animal Kingdom.

Art Show and Spring Concert

Tonight was all about these two!!!!! What creative kids we have!!!!!

The Pirate sitting and listening to the older chorus sing.

Mommy and the Mermaid being good listeners

Artwork by Mommy's students

The Pirate and the Superstar's pinch pots

Thursday night was the final art show and chorus performance at our school. The school district has eliminated art and music teachers from the elementary schools. We are in a budget crunch and the state does not seem to fund education properly. So, I will be doing something different next year.

I sat and watched the Pirate sing his heart out and dance his tushie off! I sat and laughed and then cried. He gets so much out of music and chorus. It is a travesty to let this happen to our kids. It breaks my heart....

I, being the art teacher...was there to share the experience. I put together a nice art display with 100 plus pieces of artwork for my students and parents. Many hugs, tears and thank you's from parents. I felt truly appreciated!!!!!

Hair issues

For those I have talked about this, The Mermaid has never liked getting her hair washed. I think she is not used to having it washed since...well, she never had any hair till we adopted her. (see referral picture to the right) It has grown so much in the last 10 months, she has little pigtails now. Well, she would scream and cry like I was torturing her every night at bathtime. I tried everything!!! Well, guess what worked....smiles everytime now!!!!!!