MC's b-day and a mish mosh of pics

Who was I joking? I totally planned to slowly add pictures to act as though I am still keeping up on my blog regularly....fat chance that is going to happen, so instead of letting it get out of hand I decided to just add all of these at the same time! They are quite a mish mash of pictures, so enjoy. We have been loving our summer schedule. Most nights are spent swimming, and we take it easy in the mornings. It is so nice not to have to rush out anywhere. We did go to Vacation Bible School at our church this past week and both girls LOVED it! We are getting ready to road trip it up to Wisconsin for a few weeks starting next weekend and are looking forward to a little bit of cooler wether and time with the cousins! Chris has been running a few extra basketball camps and the girls have had fun going to visit him at the gym. That is about out that is new in our parts. Our kitchen is finally complete and once I take some pictures of the final product I will post the progress, but I have been LOVING it!!

This would be when we were sharing the stroller---needless to say MC got a new one for her b-day and now they each have their own----lets be honest the present was more for mommy than for MC----i am avoiding having to force them to share

 MC on her very last day of school this year.....she did a super job at her closing chapel

 PLaying dress up is a daily activity these days

 Fun times with our sweet friend Cora

 MC on her 4th b-day....getting lots of wishes over the phone during our breakfast picnic

 I'm 4 mom----loving my fun shirt I got from Mimi and Chip

 Eating dinner with some of her favorite people

 The whole gang singing happy birthday

I finally get my very own!!

 Loving me some Auntie Trista time

 And everyone is happy

 Nemo GOGGLES----best dollar store purchase ever

 Dress up again

 Fun with Leighton----just one week between these 2

 Paining at our Easel

 Just another day

 Preparing for our visit to Milwaukee

 Looking cool

MAGGIE

I have a ton of pictures to add so I think I will do it in a couple of different posts, but I wanted to start by pointing out how much I freaking like this girl----I mean you never know how you are going to find her. I pulled some of these out from a ways back but they all make me smile!! Oh my sweet doodle bug

Disney Rundown

I think it is about time, for my own sake, I recap our trip to Disney. We had such a wonderful time celebrating the girls and going on a vacation just the 4 of us. I left with the girls early on Friday so I could get them in and settled at the hotel and we could swim for a little bit before naps. They LOVED it!! The pool was a ton of fun and wore them down enough for a good nap.

Chris showed up about 30 minutes before we had to leave for our princess dinner. We headed there---all dressed up and ready to meet Cinderella, MaryCate was beside herself. When we got there and they introduced Cinderella, MC stood up and started screaming (no joke) at the top of her lungs---"Cindarella, it's me, MaryCate" then she hopped down from our booth and we asked her where she was going, she quickly replied "Mom, I am just going to go give her a really quick huggie"---to which I had to calm her down and explain that Cinderella would eventually make it to our table. It was awesome, and the whole night was like living in a dream for both me and her. Just watching her light up so much almost brought me to tears.

After a delicious dinner and millions of pictures, we went over to downtown Disney and played at legoland, went in some of the shops and picked out a fun light up toy. Then we headed back to get a good night sleep and prepare for our day at the Magic Kingdom.

We arrived Sat morning early enough to watch all the characters come in on the train. They do a really fun show as they open up the park and the girls LOVED it. Maggie was ecstatic to see the MOUSE as she calls him and all the other characters. It was great to get in early and walk on some of the busier rides, we had a blast. They went on it's a small world, peter pan, and the tea cups about 6 times!! Just as it was starting to get a bit hot we headed over to the Contemporary resort where we had reservations for breakfast with Mickey and friends---the timing was great. We were in need of a break, got some great food and pictures again with all the characters!!

We then went back to the park and finished off some rides that we had gotten fast passes for. we went to the daily parade at 3 and then went back to the hotel for naps so that we could be there late to see the night parade. Chris and I showered up while the girls napped and we all ate a little dinner and then went back to the park. We did a few more things and then went to the night parade, which again they loved. Whenever the characters would wave or wink at them, they completely believed that they knew them and would be smiling ear to ear, it was awesome!!

Sunday we went back to the Magic Kingdom because we wanted to hit a few more  of the rides/shows and stayed until the afternoon parade was over and then headed back to Bradenton. Overall the weekend was great. We could not have asked for better timing on most of what we did, the girls cooperated although tired by the end, we did not have any major melt downs. The weather was a bit warm, but it's FL,we can't expect much else. Cannot wait to go back. I think at some point we will get year long passes, probably when they are through taking naps, as the nap is still VERY necessary for both of my girls. I highly recommend Disney to anyone with little girls----definitely a highlight for all of us!!

Disney Pictures

Just going to post a few pics for my dad to see of our trip to Disney---will update more about the trip later,  to say it was incredible would be an extreme understatement!!