Harry Potter and Disney World Catch-Up!

Amy and I went to universal islands of adventure Tuesday afternoon.  We were most looking forward to Harry Potter world!

Us in front of the castle.

Rip saw falls was as wet as advertised!  Glad it's warm here!

The castle at night was awesome!

Girls at the parking lot of Disney.  Little do they know the actual park is still a tram and bus ride away!

First princess of the day, Merida was lots of fun to talk to!

The belle interaction was great!  The girls were part of a show, Parker was a feather duster and nat was phillipe the horse.

Posing with Belle.

Afternoon ice cream break!

Outside Ariel grotto....the girls favorite ride!

Waiting to meet Belle.

The classic tea cups. 

The giant carousel....

Riding dumbo with Dad.

Completely soaked, glad we have a change of clothes!

Off to do the Ariel ride again!

Cinderellas castle at night is beautiful!5

Cinderella visit.

Aurora visit.

It's Rapunzels tower!

What a cool castle!

After running like crazy, we left the park at about 8:00, the girls were exhausted!!! Successful day at Disney!

Disney

We have arrived!!!

Florida day one!

Sorry, here is the day in reverse!  Currently in swim session number two!

Jen and Amy hanging in the kitchen....

The fire rescue boat in action.   Also fun on land!

Evie, not sure of the water yet.,

Model Natalie!

Lunch on the patio...

Disney princess lounge party!

And in between all this naps, run to the store, and a bike ride!  Loving Florida!!!

Week catch-up!

It's been a cold week....lots of snow and cancelled school.  Still managed to get out and have some fun!

Evie is a master of slides at Playland!  

Bounce house mania- Eve, Nat, and Evie rocking out!

Heading out back for some playing in the snow.  The snow beast in the back is still a big hill.

We have put the Duplos to good use.  This was a two story project, quite the build!

Dad perspective shot.

Good thing Nat can man the camera for us!

The CRASH zone!

Little sneaky girl.  Nothing is safe anymore!

New valentines day dress from grandma and grandpa Hiatt....

Nat's buddy from school came over last weekend to play.  I think we reached maximum occupancy on the baby shack!

Ready for the Super Bowl, and what turned out to be a big win!

Evie, dad wanted her to root for Peyton....

Little colts cheerleader.

Making winter look good!

Evie is into making weird faces for the camera.....this is just an example!

Having fun, even in the cold!

Natalie looking good in her new hat from Aunt Polly.

Evie also loves to model her matching hat...

Goofy girls headed to the Filatoffs house for dinner.

Had a good time playing with the boys....Evie ended up in goofy glasses and running all over!

Guess who's in a big girl bed?!?!?  After several successful goes at climbing out of her crib (with mom watching) evie has moved on!!

Sunday was the first night....didn't like it much last night when going to bed, but slept well once she settled down.  Fingers crossed, tonight was even better!

Coloring activities at home, can't keep evie out of the crayon drawer!

Natalie's cool new world puzzle from the Filatoff's, learning all about the continents now!  We live underneath a raccoon!!  At least that's how she finds Ohio :)

Snow wall

Woke up to this snow wall, didn't need to put any work into it....staying cold and windy, so we can't go out and play in the snow!  This has been the coldest winter in a long time!!

Mall trip

Another trip to the mall, evies cute boots don't fit her legs-they didn't account for baby fat!!  But first a run at the play area...all to ourselves!

Don't go outside!!

After lots of shoveling yesterday I was able to get out of the house and get to work....

Here is the view from the front door tonight.  Lots of drifting in our neighborhood.  Just getting into the garage was interesting...

Leaving work tonight, definitely a new personal best on temperatures.

This is how you look cute going outside (on Sunday before the extreme cold).

And this is the reality of 35 below for 5 minutes!!!  STAY INSIDE!!!

Blizzard!

Obi adventured outside...super cold and snowy!

The gray sky looks like it could snow all night!

Brrrr...

Playgrounds are good in the winter too!

Thankfully, the snow pants still fit!

Time to go out and snow blow with dad!  Get that kid a shovel!!!

I want to play outside!!!

This is Evie's favorite thing in the garage!!

Tis the Season!

This is from last year's home reenactment of Mary and baby Jesus.
Can't wait to see what we do this year!!!!  It's a fun time of year right now in our house :)