Saturday, April 6, 2013

WDW: Day One

We flew out of Houston this morning to visit Disney World and burn off a bunch of Hilton points.  We were lucky enough to be upgraded to first class and I don't think Finley ever wants to go back to coach.  She devoured her huge breakfast, especially loving the warm cinnamon roll, so much so that she wouldn't even share one bite with me.  Once we arrived in Orlando and got our bags (first off the carousel, I think all the rest of the bags were sent directly to WDW) then walked over to rent our car.  No shuttle, which was really easy.

We wanted to get to Hollywood Studios by 3 pm for the Pixar Pals Parade.  Today is the last day EVER for the parade and there is no replacement parade lined up.  So if Finley wanted to see her favorite Monsters, we had to make the parade.  We got checked into our room and headed over to the park.  We got there in plenty of time, so we grabbed a bite to eat and fastpassed Star Tours.  We got our same great viewing spot for the parade and ended up next to a big group of castmembers who were obviously also bidding the parade farewell.

Three rides of Star Tours later, it was on to the Great Movie Ride and the new Disney Jr show.  Finley is obsessed with Doc McStuffins, so she was thrilled to see Doc and all her animal friends live. I  have a feeling we will be seeing this show again.  We walked through an exhibit about Walt Disney on our way to the Studio Backlot Tour.  Finey loved the water effects, but was afraid of the fire.  We played a little bit in Honey I Shrunk the Kids and decided to call it an early evening.  We will be returning to Hollywood Studios again tomorrow to get Finley in the Jedi Training Academy!
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Friday, April 5, 2013

Children's Museum

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Finley loves Doc McStuffins. For those of you without kids, Doc McStuffins is a show where the kid doctors her stuffed animals. Finley's new favorite place to play in the Children's Museum is the vet office so she can pretend she is Doc McStuffins. She loves doctoring the animals. Maybe we have a future vet! Of course the grocery store is a still a favorite as well as the restaurant. Food and animals...Finley is obsessed! We are so lucky that we can just pop on over whenever we like to play.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hoppy Easter!

Finley woke up Easter morning and was ready to hunt for eggs.  She was most excited about the eggs the Easter bunny had hidden in the At At Walker.  It was an egg shaped like Darth Vader!  Halfway through the hunt, Finley discovered her Easter basket which came with a Doc McStuffins toy and book, Minnie Mouse memory and all sorts of candy.  Grandma, Jack, Grammy and Grandad all came over for Easter dinner.  Finley wasn't a huge fan of ham, but she loved the Sunflower Peep Cake.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Coloring Easter Eggs

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Finley did a fantastic job dying Easter eggs this year.  She is a seasoned pro and really didn't even need any help at all.  Because she is so self sufficient, we did lose an egg to cracking, but 8 out of 9 sure isn't bad.  After the eggs dried we added the Easter stickers to the outside and they were ready to go for the Easter bunny to add to the baskets along with the blown out eggs from years past.  I find it hysterical that hse was in the same shirt last year, I guess I am the mom that puts her kid in white to dye eggs!  And she did way better than two years ago when she only had three eggs survive.  And way better than three years ago when she didn't even participate.  And her first Easter eggs...

Monday, April 1, 2013

Country Girl

After taking our bluebonnet photos, we met up with Aunt Rose, Faith, Grandma and Jack for lunch at K-Bob's in Brenham. After a delicious (and huge) lunch we headed out to Grandma and Jack's place in Independence. We took a tour on the mule and Finley was super excited to ride on it. She did some tree climbing with Daddy and took some more pictures in the bluebonnets on the property.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013