happy new year!

and in case you didn't notice, resolution to post more frequently on the blog kept.

beast!

daily dose of disney

see you again soon disney world!!

daily dose of disney

daily dose of disney

we did "pick a pearl" at the japan pavilion again... caroline picked an oyster with twin gold 6.75 pearls which we made into earrings. Q picked a shiny white 7.25 which he put into a mini glass bottle for display. Q helped pick my oyster and got me a gold 7.5 that matches Caroline's perfectly. i had that made into a ring.

daily dose of disney

life size gingerbread house!

daily dose of disney

merry christmas!

merry christmas!

merry christmas! 

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daily dose of disney

daily dose of disney

daily dose of disney

our little padawan

daily dose of disney

daily dose of disney

daily dose of disney

on the left, first night disney trip, january 2013; epcot

on the right, first night disney trip, december 2013; epcot

almost time to go!

making cinnamon ornaments

excitement

caroline: "i'm excited! 3 days until disney world! tomorrow it will be 2 days and i will be SO excited. then it will be 1 day and i will be WAY excited. then i'm going to be there and i'm going to say (shrieking) "i'm in disney world!!"

santa is ready. ish.

party face

ahhhhh

now that's what i call christmas weather!

one week

until disney world!!!

sequels

the kids seem to think that every movie ought to have (and will have) numerous sequels. 

quentin wants to know when madagascar 4 and despicable me 3 are coming out. 

even better, caroline keeps explaining the plots of movies like "merida 2" and "ariel 4" which are quite elaborate.

same santa

comfy kitty

snowmingos

what was supposed to be <1 inch of snow (that i was quite frankly completely unaware of) quickly turned into 8 inches. it took over 45 minutes for us to go less than one mile down a fairly major road because morons were spinning out everywhere.

at least snowmingos are pretty.

reunion

caroline's school had a parents' shopping day today where you could ditch the kids for 4 hours and get some stuff done. Q always loves going back to his old stomping grounds. especially when his core group of buddies is there too. he was exhausted from all the playing.

excellent use of $20.

nightmare before thanksgiving

Q is working on a script for "the nightmare before christmas 2", where jack skellington goes into thanksgiving town and eats all the turkey so the people have to kick him.

last christmas

they seem so small 

stories

caroline loves to read. and by read i mean turn the pages of book while stringing together nonsense based on the illustrations. i love it. her tone and inflection are just as though she were actually reading. and she uses only real words, some big ones even. it just doesn't make any sense.

a line from a story tonight:

"belly flops are not for new year's princess birthday parties."

cuties

colonial

tree!