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Saturday, March 20, 2010

SHAMU!!!!!!

Since we had a day to kill while in Orlando, we were deciding between Sea World and Universal Studios. We figured Kashton would enjoy Sea World a little more!

We had to park our strollers outside the stadium and this little guy was quite the thief. He was going from one stroller to the next seeing what sort of food he could steal. Not only did we laugh quite a bit and were very entertained, but we realized we needed to bring our lunch into the stadium with us. He climbed under our stroller and ripped a hole into the sandwich bags. Sneaky little thing!!!

These amazing creatures seemed to be just as curious about us as we were of them. They were constantly pressed up against the glass watching us until the show started.

AMAZING!!!

Dancing!

This was another incredible experience of our trip. The PhilHarMagic at Disney made me cry, and this show made me cry. Kashton couldn't pull his eyes away from these whales. He was in complete awe. When "Shamu" first jumped out of the water, Kashton turned to Cameron and put his hands on Cameron's cheeks and said: Did you see that??? The look of wonder and amazement in his eyes made me cry. What a wonderful way to appreciate God's creatures and experience the wonder of them.

The dolphin show!!! These two dolphins launched this guy so high up into the air!!

The over-achiever. :)

Feeding the sting rays!!! What a cool experience!!

Okay, Kashton has NEVER really liked stuffed animals. I always wanted to get him his first teddy bear but he just doesn't like stuffed animals. Last year we went to the St. Louis Zoo and were shocked when he wanted a stuffed animal penguin. So we got him one and to this day, he STILL loves that penguin. We think it's because he picked it out...it was HIS choice. So, while we were at Sea World, Kashton picked out a Shamu. Sure enough, he LOVES it. He now carries around his Shamu and his penguin and sleeps with them both.

Another wonderful day!!!!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A Day With "The Mouse"!!!!!

So, I've decided that 2 is a WONDERFUL age to take your kids to Disney. We were able to enjoy every aspect of the park. He was able to go on all the rides (or the MAJORITY of them). When he took his nap in the stroller, we were able to take turns on all the adult rides with automatic Fast Passes...and he was FREE!!!!!!!

We had the BEST day. Kashton loved all of it....and so did we. It truly was the most MAGICAL day!

We were hoping to see Cinderella, but she wasn't there. However, Fairy Godmother was so sweet. She got Kashton to put one arm behind his back and she was able to thread her arm through his other. A PERFECT gentleman!!

The future King Arthur???
The Wanna-Be-King!!!

DUMBO!!!!!

Big Hugs from Pooh!

And Tigger too!!!

CHURROS!!!! Cameron's favorite Disney treat (he ate three and only shared one of them).

Right before we saw the PhilharMagic show. This made me CRY!!! Kashton was absolutely adorable during this show. Because it's all in major 3-D, Kashton reacted SO cute to everything. He was trying to pop all of Ariel's bubbles, reached out to save Donald Duck, and jumped back in his seat when the giant mop dumped out the bucket of water. He was so cute. The magic and amazment in Kashton's face....yeah, I cried like a baby!!! I'm getting old!!

The Wild Animals!!! Don't let them out!!

The BEST ride of all!! Small World!!! Two weeks later and Kashton is still singing the song.

A one hour wait to see Mickey and Minnie....TOTALLY worth it!! Kashton was completely in AWE!

Look at the smile!!! Nothing beats that!!

I remember when the characters use to walk around the park and you'd just see them all over the place and take pictures of/with them. Now, they're in certain areas where you have to wait in line to see them. LAME!!! So, we didn't see too many characters!

Riding on the race cars! He loved to bump into the track over and over.

Classic!!!! Tea cup time!

Beautiful!

What a MAGICAL day!!!!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Day 1 in Orlando!!!!

Well, it's getting to be that time of year where we start back up at work and we were really itching to have one last "fling" before we begin a long, crazy year. So....we took Mr. Taye Diggs and Miss Piggy's advice and we did the Disney Give A Day, Get A Day.

I made a bunch of blankets to be sent to Haiti (so mad at myself for not taking pictures because they turned out SO cute) and we found these amazingly CHEAP flights straight to Orlando. It ended up costing only $230 dollars TOTAL for all three of us to fly round trip. Isn't that crazy??? Meant to be, I guess!!!!

We stayed with our friends the Eichelbergers and while we were outside visiting and enjoying the WARM weather, I looked over at Kashton and saw this:

It totally occured to us that this was the first time our cute son had ever experienced SAND!!! Isn't that sad???? He LOVED it. Normally I would not have allow this....but...COME ON....FIRST TIME IN SAND!!!!!!!! So we let him play and get FILTHY and it was totally worth it. He had a blast!

We really spoiled him rotten...and I don't regret it. This is him riding on a little train. I felt like I was in tears the ENTIRE trip watching the joy on this little ones face as he experienced all this new, fun stuff.

He would wave at us and just BEAM the entire time he went past.

Lucky mouse!!!

Um...EXCUSE ME???????

Family Photo with the guilty butt grabber!!! Just don't tell Cameron!!!

Wow, Buzz is just getting all he can get from my family!

Stopping to smell the roses....or geraniums!!!

It was SO windy!!

We were at Downtown Disney and they had these jumping fountains!! So, being the horrible parents that we are...we stripped our kid down (the weather was not THAT warm) and let him have the time of his life.

That night we went to Margaritaville with Cam's old friends Adam and Jon!! It was fun to see these three together again. The last time he saw Jon was about four years ago and it's been about three years since he last saw Adam.