Planning Vacations

Last night we went to Toy Story 3 on Ice. It was a combination of the Toy Story 3 storyline and flashbacks from the two previous storylines. It was cute and we had great seats! We were one row behind the VIP section.

Before the show, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy came out. It made me REALLY want to take the kids back to Disney World. (Oh who am I kidding, I want to go for me just as much for them. LoL). Even before the show, we've sorta made plans to go back. See, at 10 years old, kids are charged adult ticket prices and before 2, kids are free at Disney and they can also fly for free. So, the plan is to go back to Disney in April of 2013...right before Zaine turns 2 (so he's old enough to enjoy it even if he won't remember it!) and it will also be right before Savannah turns 10--we'll save a bunch of $$ that way!

In the meantime, we're planning on going to Buffalo, NY next spring/summer. My father moved back to Buffalo recently and I also have aunts and uncles and cousins there I'd like to visit. We'll likely cross into Canada and visit Niagara Falls. Yeah, you can visit from the US side but the Canada side has the better view. I've done both but El and the kids haven't and nor have they been to Canada. Just another little experience for them all. :)  Savannah, El, and I all already have passport cards (which are good for cruise travel and driving across borders) so we'd just need to get one for Zaine! Easy peasey. I sure hope airline prices come down a bit though--man! Expensive! Nothing's booked but I'm hoping we'll go right after Savannah gets out of school for the summer. Have to research some deals!

I love planning vacations--especially since we didn't get to take one this year!

4 month stats and the end of summer

Zaine is growing along quite nicely! At his 4 month well baby check he weighed in at 14lbs 13oz and was 25.5" long. He cried when he got his shots (who wouldn't?!) but by the time we made it out to the receptionist, he was smiling again.

One of his new favorite things to do is to grab my face and pull it down to his for smooches. Or to eat. Same difference in baby land. Can't get enough slobbery baby kisses! <3 He also laughs quite often and we recently bought him an exersaucer for him to play in. He's not quite sure about it yet, but I think it's growing on him.

Savannah started the 3rd grade in Argonia at the end of the summer. I can hardly believe she's growing up so quickly! We had such a great summer with her, hate that we're back to our school schedule but it can't be helped when she lives an hour away. Tomorrow when she's here we're headed to Toy Story 3 on Ice. Looking forward to it!

Over Labor Day weekend Elery and I took Zaine out to Kansas City to see my family. Savannah went to Wyoming with her Mom to see her step-father' family. Hopefully her trip went well, I know ours did! Zaine got lots of quality Nana time and Elery and I got to have a date day at Schlitterbahn's--one of the newer water parks in the area. They had a swim up bar in a "hot tub" area. It was amazing. We spent a lot of time there and probably too much money but it was SO lovely to have that time to be an adult with my hubby.

Off to watch some Trailer Park Boys with El!