Emory and Ellie Bean: February 2013

Solo & Ensemble Weekend

My Birthday!

This birthday is one that I won't forget. Not because it was so much fun, but because I had a horrible case of the flu. The entire day was literally spent in bed from the time that the kids were both off to school until almost dinner time. Dan, Emory and Ellie did a great job making it into a celebration for me even though I wasn't quite up to it. Love you guys!!!!

Back to Disney

Painting a Masterpiece

As a fundrasier at PES, Ellie and I attended a pottery painting night at school and it was so much fun! Ellie makes the best pottery and has been doing it since she was a baby and was just having her feet painted and stamped onto a plate. This year the school was making bowls and she painted the cutest blue and green bowl. It was so good that Ms. Tina took a picture of it and she said it might just end up in print ads or on their website soon. Great job EllieBean!

A Weekend Getaway to New Orleans

First Trip of the New Year to Disney

One of the perks of living so close to Orlando is the opportunity to just "drop by Disney" for a few hours on a Sunday afternoon. We did just that on the afternoon of January 20th. With our Disney passes again this year, we are going to try to make more of these short trips.

We started off the morning with a little shopping. Dan and Emory wanted to check out the Bass Pro Shop for some kayaks and fishing supplies. This place is huge! It wasn't something that Ellie and I were so interested in but that all changed when we came across this little guy...

This little guy was there visiting from GatorLand. Ellie has done this before and has no fear at all, even though this was the biggest gator that I think she has ever held.

Ironically, I had just taken this picture of Emory out in the parking lot when we arrived. He is not as fearless as his sister!

He was a good sport about it and let me get a couple of pictures...it might have helped that his sister was standing beside him egging him on.

This was painted on the side of a truck just outside. Maybe this would be a good first vehicle for Emory? Just a few more short years until he drives (yikes!).

After a quick trip to Ikea, it was on to Disney. It was a holiday weekend and boy was it ever crowded! Miserably so, in fact. Just another good reason to have passes. We rode Space Mountain and a couple of other rides without crazy long lines and then didn't feel bad when 4 hours later we were in our car and headed back home.

About once a year, Dan decides that the HUGE turkey legs that they sell in Frontierland smell just too good to pass up. I'm not sure that I agree, but they are funny to watch him eat!