All by myself!

Sunday after church Joshua came running into the kitchen so proud of himself. "Look mom, I did my own hair." He used a ton of product and we all had to work really hard not to laugh. I think he might have a career ahead of him?

Long night

Emma woke up several times through out the night with severe pain in her ear. By morning her ear drum had burst and she was throwing up. After my run we basically had a mellow day in the hotel while she rested. Once we got home I took her to the dr's and she slept some more. I felt so sad that there was not much I could do for her in the middle of the night besides give her Tylenol. It is hard for the mommy in me when I can't take away there pain. I was glad when she felt much better the next day.

Love the rain!

Even while on vacation I love it. We walked along the pier then enjoyed having lunch at Ruby's. The kids loved it and we loved watching them. The best part really was the walk home in the rain. We all got soaked to the bone because I had left the umbrella in the car. We laughed and smiled and just enjoyed acting like kids. Ahh I sure feel so lucky to have them as my children.

We also really enjoyed bowling later that day. I didn't know I liked bowling so much with the kids. I am not very good but it sure was fun to watch the kids get excited when they hit a pin or a bunch of pins.

Disney

I stopped trying to make sure all the kids were looking before I take a picture. This way I get much more character. We started off vacation by enjoying some fun rides. I think we all love toy story mania best. The kids almost talked me into going on the rapids but it was just a touch to cold for me. The other new favorite ride is splash mountain. Yes you get a little wet but it is just so much fun to watch the kids squeal in delight. I convinced Joshua to go on the ride this time and he was so cute about it. He didn't think it was to scary but didn't want to ride a 2ND time. I think over all it was a great start to our vacation.
We learned that family vacations are all about the kids and expecting anything different would be totally naive.

Its all over.

Jacob has learned to climb to the top of the stairs. He was so proud of himself today when he booked it up there while I stepped out of the room for only a few seconds. What made matters worse was that he also got into the cabinets that have child locks on them. I wish child locks actually worked. Even though it means he will be getting into more I love watching him learn new skills.

Cheerios for dinner?

I spent over and hour making a dinner I was so excited to eat. When we sat down to eat it I took a bit and instantly knew something was wrong. The shrimp was bad - very very bad. I bought it tonight, instantly came home and cooked it. It should have been good. I am hoping the kids didn't eat any before I stopped them.
I think the they were so excited to get to eat cereal for dinner and sugar cereal at that. While we were at the store I let them all pick out junk cereal for our trip. Score for them!! I made myself pancakes after they went to bed. Bisquick has a supreme (or deluxe or something really good) pancake recipe on the back of the box. Oh so yummy!!! Kaci if you are reading this you should try them!!!

It was one of those days...

...where really the only thing that can make things better is to get lost in a book. Once the kids went to bed that is exactly what I did. Again I will say -Yeah for book club girls!!!