Cale's 5th Birthday Party

Cale turns 5 years old today! He wanted to go to Florida for his birthday (since that is where we were for Zach's birthday), but he had to settle to have a kid birthday party at our house. 4 of his little buddies from daycare came over this morning and I think they all had fun, but I personally could not wait until the end of the party to come. Wow, the energy they have his overwhelming! In hind sight, I am on day # 3 of no caffeine- not a good time to have a killer headache and lack of energy. Oh well, it's not about me, the boys had fun and Cale enjoyed having his birthday party.

These boys have been together since infants or toddlers. I am a new appreciation for their teachers at daycare!

I had games planned and we did play them, but the Wii won out! Another thing I found interesting was while all the boys were playing downstairs with toys and I had a moment to take it all in, what do I see, Cale playing with his brother Zach. It made me smile, love seeing them becoming good friends, not what happens an hour later- Zach yelling at Cale and Cale crying- oh well!

Birthday Celebrations

Last weekend, we celebrated Zach and Cale's birthday- with a family birthday party at our house. 24 of us, just (just Alex missing, who was working) all the people we love and care about the most!

the kids

the bigger kids

the men

the women

Disney 2010

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Day # 8

Woke up at 4:00 am for flight back. Flight back smooth, working on my to do list, thinking about all the things I have to do in the upcoming weeks. 4 loads of laundry done, neighbor kids at door, house already a mess, camera broke, back to reality. Now we all will just dream about our great vacation with perfect weather, lots of laughs, fun memories and of course, I will start planning our next one.

Day # 7 Happy 8th Birthday to Zach

We had one day left on our park passes and we all decided we would go to Epcot in the morning. Zach was wanting more pool time and since it was his birthday ( and we all thought it was a good idea) we were back to the hotel by 2:00. I can't believe Zach is 8 years old. What a great way to celebrate- on vacation. Cale wants to know when we will get to go to Florida for his birthday. Next year, probably not, but hoping when Cale turns 8.

I did get to make a trip around the World Showcase at Epcot. Not much for kids to do, very educational for a little bit older kids. 10-15 countries represented each with their own building, food and film.

Outside the American station- singing and playing God Bless the USA- loved it!

A few of my favorites with random people in them :)

Day # 6 Hollywood Studios

We have talked about this ride for weeks, the Tower of Terror. I wasn't sure if the boys would actually go on it, but they did. It is creepy and it drops you 15 stories and Cale's face was priceless.

I am not sure if it was that I was wearing down, it was the hottest day we were in Florida, or that the park was so crowded, but it ranked 4Th out of the parks for us. They have lots of neat things to watch, but everywhere it was packed. The schools in Brazil were on fall break and I think half the country was at Hollywood Studios the day we were there.

With the above being said, it was my favorite afternoon parade. It was a called a Block Party Bash. It was full of energy, the kids were entertained and during parts of it, were up dancing and singing along.

We watched a couple of stunt shows- Zach and Eric really liked them. There was the Indiana Jones one and also the Extreme Stunt Show which was pretty cool.

The boys were nice enough to sit through the American Idol experience (my guilty pleasure- I love that show), anyway I thought it was pretty neat. People audition in the morning and throughout the days shows three people compete, the audience votes and the one that wins returns to the night finale show. The person that wins the night show gets to audition for the real American Idol without waiting in line.

Day # 5, Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom was the most anticipated park and it has the most actual rides, we all loved it. Another beautiful weather day. We stayed busy with lots to get in. We got to everything we wanted to see and do.

Even rode Space Mountain twice. This picture cracks me up. We talked Cale into riding it a second time, he said he would only if he could close his eyes the whole time- which it looks like he did. You wouldn't know if by Zach's face, but he said he loved it! They did speed the ride up since Eric and I rode it in 1998.

Can't go to Magic Kingdom without seeing some beautiful princesses.

Creative and impressive.