Yes the slacker blogger in me has come out this holiday season :) I still haven't downloaded the Christmas pictures off the camera! But we had a great Christmas and hope you did too!!! I'll have to start off the new year with a better blogging attitude and get back on the wagon!
For Christmas, Santa brought me Wii Fit Plus. All of us have had a great time playing the new games. Little Lion even has a new favorite game. He likes the Pink game as he calls it. It's meant to work on hand-eye coordination. You stand on the wii board and hold the remote. There are two levels where the balls fall. The top level you control with your remote and the bottom level you control by leaning on the board. The object is to get the balls into their corresponding color. Little Lion is quite ready for both the remote and the board. So we can to the compromise of me controlling the remote and LL leaning on the board. He is actually pretty good :) Here he is showing off his skills. Don't mind the notorious no pants LL or the mess on the floor :) You can see he gets the ball in at every firework!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas Show!
Here is the video of Little Lion's first preschool Christmas show:) Notice him not singing and looking around as to what the other kids were doing, and he was the ONLY one who didn't take the bells. However it was still CUTE!!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Drum Hero!
Little Lion LOVES playing instruments! He has numerous guitars around the house that he "plays" while music is on. One of his other favorite instruments are the drums! We have the Beatles rock band game. It comes with a drum set. LL thinks he's a rock star when he plays them! He even has a rock star face! Just watch my future rock star jamming out on the drums. You can hear Mr.E playing the keyboard in the background!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Snow Bunny
This year for Christmas my in-laws gave us their timeshare week, but we had to use it before the end of the year. So Mr.E and I decided to go skiing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado while Little Lion stayed home with Grandma and PopPop. Yes we were very fortunate to go on not one, but two trips alone this year!
We arrived in Denver, Wednesday morning. We picked up our rental car and drove 3 hours to Steamboat. We checked in to find that our room had an electric fireplace! We used it everyday, all day ;)
Here was the view from our balcony. Gorgeous! 
That night we went to dinner and to see New Moon in their tiny movie theater...it only shows FOUR movies!!
Thursday, we headed up to the mountain for my big debut as a skier! I've never skied before, but Mr. E has and now snowboards. He was determined to teach me! He was a good teacher and had me going down the bunny hill within a few hours.
Here is my professional snowboarder hubby ;) 
Since the mountain had just opened the week prior, not all the trails or lifts were open. There was only 3 lifts and not a ton of snow. So they were making it.
Once you got on the lifts the view was amazing! Here's the view from the Christie Express Lift. 
The other main lift that was open was the Gondola which went to the middle of the mountain. The top wasn't open yet. It was an enclosed lift. The ride took 15 mins and was beautiful! 
Here we are at the middle of the mountain. 
Now the reason I went to the middle of the mountain was that everyone I talked to said I could make it down the "blue" trails which are the easiest. Ok I'll be brave. I have Mr.E with me to help me stop if I need to:) So we start the trail and we get about a quarter of the way down and I'm freaking out the whole way!! It was very steep and very narrow and I'd fall a couple of times. I was over it. So we called ski patrol who came to "rescue" me :) They took me on the snowmobile back to the Gondola and rode it down. Mr.E snowboarded the rest of the way down with the other ski patrol guy and even got a tour of another trail that wasn't open to the public. I admit I was a wimp, but hey it's my first time ;)
Friday was more of the same. Skiing and Snowboarding. I stayed on the bottom half of the mountain and enjoyed it just fine. My cute husband went down the harder trails.
The problem with this day was that it was COLD!!!!! It was -3 at the mountain with a windchill of -15 and then once you get skiing, it was even colder!! So we didn't stay out as long. Here we are at the mountain.
Saturday, we headed into town to check out the sights and the local flare. The town was quaint, but very small!! Every building was log cabiny and not many chain restaurants or stores. Here are some scenic pics from our walk.
The highlight of the day for me was going to the Alpine Slide. This is a mountain where they have 3 huge and high ski jumps. We watched the KIDS jump. We even saw an Olympic jumper....I forgot his name though. These kids would jump 300 feet and land perfectly! I didn't see a single one fall! Talk about putting my skiing skills to shame!
The next morning we had to head back to Denver to catch our flight. It was snowing hard and driving was not fun. Our 3 hour drive took us 4.5 hours! However, I did manage to catch a few good scenic shots. Check out the snow over the mountains!
And you can't go on vacation without a few fun shots! Here is our favorite gas station. Yes it was the butt of jokes!
And the closest Target which was 45 mins away! A log cabin!! Sears was next to it and it was log cabiny too!
We had a great time in Colorado, and I enjoyed skiing. However, I am VERY grateful to live in Florida where we don't have to put on layers, boots, hat, mittens, scarf, and winter jacket every time we go outside :) And driving in snow is no fun at all!
We arrived in Denver, Wednesday morning. We picked up our rental car and drove 3 hours to Steamboat. We checked in to find that our room had an electric fireplace! We used it everyday, all day ;)
Here was the view from our balcony. Gorgeous! 
That night we went to dinner and to see New Moon in their tiny movie theater...it only shows FOUR movies!!Thursday, we headed up to the mountain for my big debut as a skier! I've never skied before, but Mr. E has and now snowboards. He was determined to teach me! He was a good teacher and had me going down the bunny hill within a few hours.
Here is my professional snowboarder hubby ;) 
Since the mountain had just opened the week prior, not all the trails or lifts were open. There was only 3 lifts and not a ton of snow. So they were making it.
Once you got on the lifts the view was amazing! Here's the view from the Christie Express Lift. 
The other main lift that was open was the Gondola which went to the middle of the mountain. The top wasn't open yet. It was an enclosed lift. The ride took 15 mins and was beautiful! 
Here we are at the middle of the mountain. 
Now the reason I went to the middle of the mountain was that everyone I talked to said I could make it down the "blue" trails which are the easiest. Ok I'll be brave. I have Mr.E with me to help me stop if I need to:) So we start the trail and we get about a quarter of the way down and I'm freaking out the whole way!! It was very steep and very narrow and I'd fall a couple of times. I was over it. So we called ski patrol who came to "rescue" me :) They took me on the snowmobile back to the Gondola and rode it down. Mr.E snowboarded the rest of the way down with the other ski patrol guy and even got a tour of another trail that wasn't open to the public. I admit I was a wimp, but hey it's my first time ;)Friday was more of the same. Skiing and Snowboarding. I stayed on the bottom half of the mountain and enjoyed it just fine. My cute husband went down the harder trails.
The problem with this day was that it was COLD!!!!! It was -3 at the mountain with a windchill of -15 and then once you get skiing, it was even colder!! So we didn't stay out as long. Here we are at the mountain.
Saturday, we headed into town to check out the sights and the local flare. The town was quaint, but very small!! Every building was log cabiny and not many chain restaurants or stores. Here are some scenic pics from our walk.
The highlight of the day for me was going to the Alpine Slide. This is a mountain where they have 3 huge and high ski jumps. We watched the KIDS jump. We even saw an Olympic jumper....I forgot his name though. These kids would jump 300 feet and land perfectly! I didn't see a single one fall! Talk about putting my skiing skills to shame!
The next morning we had to head back to Denver to catch our flight. It was snowing hard and driving was not fun. Our 3 hour drive took us 4.5 hours! However, I did manage to catch a few good scenic shots. Check out the snow over the mountains!
And you can't go on vacation without a few fun shots! Here is our favorite gas station. Yes it was the butt of jokes!
And the closest Target which was 45 mins away! A log cabin!! Sears was next to it and it was log cabiny too!
We had a great time in Colorado, and I enjoyed skiing. However, I am VERY grateful to live in Florida where we don't have to put on layers, boots, hat, mittens, scarf, and winter jacket every time we go outside :) And driving in snow is no fun at all!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Christmas Extravaganza!
You saw our Halloween Madness now watch our Christmas Extravaganza :) We have a music/light show.
I got my first Christmas present this past weekend. A new 3gs iphone ;) It takes video!! Hopefully we'll be vlogging more!
I got my first Christmas present this past weekend. A new 3gs iphone ;) It takes video!! Hopefully we'll be vlogging more!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Picture Perfect!
For this holiday season, we decided to get family pictures done. We have never done semiprofessional picture of our family. We decided it was time! Little Lion was not the most cooperative, but the photographer managed to get a few great shots! Here are our family pics. 
Here is Little Lion at his cutest!
And his worst :)
Lastly LL telling you he is TWO!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with your family like we did!
Here is Little Lion at his cutest!
And his worst :)
Lastly LL telling you he is TWO!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with your family like we did!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thanksgiving Feast #1
I've been a bad blogger, but for good reason! I have been super busy this past week. We have been going nonstop! There have been events at Little Lion's school and my cousins from Wisconsin came for a visit. So to catch up I'm post SEVEN blog updates for the week ;) Plus many, many pictures! So here we gooooooooo
Blog Post #1
This past Thursday was Little Lion's Thanksgiving feast at school. It was really cute. The kids all dressed up as Indians (Native Americans for you PC people ;).
Then we went and feasted on yummy finger foods. My picky LL ate his fruit cup from home.
At the end of every month, I've been taking pictures of all the projects LL has been doing at school since I don't think I'm going to keep them all just the few that are too cute to get rid of. Here are November's projects.
Don't forget to keep reading about our weeks adventures :)
Blog Post #1
This past Thursday was Little Lion's Thanksgiving feast at school. It was really cute. The kids all dressed up as Indians (Native Americans for you PC people ;).
Then we went and feasted on yummy finger foods. My picky LL ate his fruit cup from home.
At the end of every month, I've been taking pictures of all the projects LL has been doing at school since I don't think I'm going to keep them all just the few that are too cute to get rid of. Here are November's projects.
Don't forget to keep reading about our weeks adventures :)
Family Visit #2
Blog Post #2 of our week
My cousin S and his wife J brought their 2 boys B, who is 4, and C, who is 2 down from Wisconsin to stay with us for the week. Hence the reason I haven't blogged in a while...we've been busy!!! So you get all of these blog updates and TONS of pictures to go along with it. It's like you're actually there ;) haha
There first day here, we decided to do something low key since the kids were tired from the flight and adjusting to sleeping changes. We went to Downtown Disney for the day. The Festival of Masters was going on which is an outdoor art show that has little activities for the kids to do too.
We also checked out the shops. The funniest part was in the Magnet store where everything is a magnet. Little Lion LOVES doughnuts. He saw the doughnut magnet and thought he should take a bite. I had to quickly distract him since he wanted it and didn't understand why he couldn't :)
The best part of the day was exploring Legoland! One of the kid's activities was to help build Buzz Light Year. All of the kids loved looking at the different lego sculptures! 
We headed home for an early evening since we planned on hitting Disney and Universal in the next two days....are we crazy????
My cousin S and his wife J brought their 2 boys B, who is 4, and C, who is 2 down from Wisconsin to stay with us for the week. Hence the reason I haven't blogged in a while...we've been busy!!! So you get all of these blog updates and TONS of pictures to go along with it. It's like you're actually there ;) haha
There first day here, we decided to do something low key since the kids were tired from the flight and adjusting to sleeping changes. We went to Downtown Disney for the day. The Festival of Masters was going on which is an outdoor art show that has little activities for the kids to do too.
We also checked out the shops. The funniest part was in the Magnet store where everything is a magnet. Little Lion LOVES doughnuts. He saw the doughnut magnet and thought he should take a bite. I had to quickly distract him since he wanted it and didn't understand why he couldn't :)
The best part of the day was exploring Legoland! One of the kid's activities was to help build Buzz Light Year. All of the kids loved looking at the different lego sculptures! 
We headed home for an early evening since we planned on hitting Disney and Universal in the next two days....are we crazy????
Disney #3
Blog Post #3 for our week
One of my good friends, S, helped get a few of us into Disney on Sunday. We got their bright and early in hopes of less crowds. Luckily their wasn't too much traffic on Sunday at the Magic Kingdom. You can't go to MK without the castle picture.
We headed over to one of my favorite rides...Buzz Light Year. Buzz was out signing autographs and taking pictures. LL wasn't too sure about him. 
Our next ride is Mr.E's favorite...the race cars. Mr.E even let LL drive the car :) 
Mr. E took Little Lion on his first roller coaster at Toon Town. LL wasn't a big fan, but he didn't cry while he was on it either;)
We even met Mickey and Minnie. 
We rode all of the kids rides which I've never done in one day, but since the crowds were so slim we were able to!
And what happens when you ride all the rides?????
Love Disney!!
One of my good friends, S, helped get a few of us into Disney on Sunday. We got their bright and early in hopes of less crowds. Luckily their wasn't too much traffic on Sunday at the Magic Kingdom. You can't go to MK without the castle picture.
We headed over to one of my favorite rides...Buzz Light Year. Buzz was out signing autographs and taking pictures. LL wasn't too sure about him. 
Our next ride is Mr.E's favorite...the race cars. Mr.E even let LL drive the car :) 
Mr. E took Little Lion on his first roller coaster at Toon Town. LL wasn't a big fan, but he didn't cry while he was on it either;)
We even met Mickey and Minnie. 
We rode all of the kids rides which I've never done in one day, but since the crowds were so slim we were able to!
And what happens when you ride all the rides?????
Love Disney!!
Universal #4
Blog Post #4 update for the week
We didn't get up quite so early for our second day in a row of theme parks. We got to Universal around 10. It was sooooooooo dead!!! It was fantastic! The longest we waited for any ride was 10 mins!! That NEVER happens!! Of course the little ones couldn't ride on most of the rides at Islands of Adventure, but us adults took turns swapping out kids to ride. Here we are in the Marvel Comics area.
Mr.E and Little Lion in the comics.
The kids enjoyed Suess Landing the best. A favorite was the carousel.
We finished the entire IOA in 3 hours!!! And that was riding all the rides! We headed over to Universal Studios for the afternoon. You'll notice that there are not so many pictures. Why you ask....we were tired :) 2 days of theme parks was exhausting!! Nonetheless we hit most of the rides. Here I am at Jaws.
And the kids playing on the playground at Curious George.
Look how tired LL is and poor C, he wasn't up to par that day at all! Everyone went to bed early!!
We didn't get up quite so early for our second day in a row of theme parks. We got to Universal around 10. It was sooooooooo dead!!! It was fantastic! The longest we waited for any ride was 10 mins!! That NEVER happens!! Of course the little ones couldn't ride on most of the rides at Islands of Adventure, but us adults took turns swapping out kids to ride. Here we are in the Marvel Comics area.
Mr.E and Little Lion in the comics.
The kids enjoyed Suess Landing the best. A favorite was the carousel.
We finished the entire IOA in 3 hours!!! And that was riding all the rides! We headed over to Universal Studios for the afternoon. You'll notice that there are not so many pictures. Why you ask....we were tired :) 2 days of theme parks was exhausting!! Nonetheless we hit most of the rides. Here I am at Jaws.
And the kids playing on the playground at Curious George.
Look how tired LL is and poor C, he wasn't up to par that day at all! Everyone went to bed early!!
The Cousins' #5
Blog Post #5 of the week update
On Tuesday night, my parents came down to babysit the munchkins while the adults went out for dinner and drinks. The kids were excited to hang out with Aunt M and Uncle J or Grandma and Pop Pop for LL.
Here we are all dressed up nice and ready to ditch..I mean miss...the kids.
We went to BJ's Brewhouse for dinner and drank our fair share of their home brewed beer.
After dinner we headed over to the Blue Martini for BEER...beer before liquor never sicker, so no martini's for us. 
We got home at a whopping 11:00! That's what happens when you have kids and the husband has to work the next day ;)
On Tuesday night, my parents came down to babysit the munchkins while the adults went out for dinner and drinks. The kids were excited to hang out with Aunt M and Uncle J or Grandma and Pop Pop for LL.
Here we are all dressed up nice and ready to ditch..I mean miss...the kids.
We went to BJ's Brewhouse for dinner and drank our fair share of their home brewed beer.
After dinner we headed over to the Blue Martini for BEER...beer before liquor never sicker, so no martini's for us. 
We got home at a whopping 11:00! That's what happens when you have kids and the husband has to work the next day ;)
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