Middle School

All of Ian's supplies are purchased and in school.  We dropped off everything yesterday.  Hmmm...what are they doing with all these 2inch binders?  I am still confused on how they are going to walk around with 3 classes worth (3 2inch binders and books if needed for those classes).  Still trying to figure out where he is going to put his backpack or jacket.  O_o

Wordful Wednesday - Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday MOM!  

Glad we could come down and celebrate your special day with you. 

Last Sunday was my mom's 60th birthday.  We went down to celebrate with her this weekend. 

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Wordful Wednesday - Mickey Mail

Today I received Mickey Mail.  :)

Love getting Mickey Mail.  :)

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10 Things.

1.  My son starts his week long Band Camp today.  This is his first year and it's the first year that they are not doing sleep away camp.  He is really happy it's only a day camp.  He was a bit nervous this morning.  I know he will have a great time.

2.  Lily has a busier social calendar than I do.  Which makes my calendar really full.  Lots of play dates and birthday parties over the last couple weeks. 

3. We have been home from our Florida adventure for over 2 weeks now and I still need to blog about our adventures.  I finally downloaded my photos from my phone today.

4.  We rented a car a couple times and went sightseeing/exploring sunny Florida.  I finally got to see the Mickey power pole.  I had seen it on blogs, but never in person.  It was really cool!

4.  The Erie County Fair has come to a close for another summer.  It's an August tradition here in WNY.  I am very impressed with the new improvements to the fair.  We went 3 times this year.  My favorite thing is the Butterfly exhibit. 

(Hope my family can make it back to Hamburg to next year's 175th fair.)

5.  Ian has middle school orientation on Wednesday.  Where did the summer go?  While I am ready for them to go back to school (insert evil laugh here), I am not ready for summer to end.

6.  I am ready to go back to Disney for my 40th birthday in November.  Not so sure about being ready to turn 40, but being in Disney will make it more palatable.  :)  Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party here I come.  (yes, we are going back to Disney again!)

7.  I am giving away this special Little Mermaid necklace over here.

8.  Last weekend there was a family reunion of sorts in PA...sadly we missed it.  I am traveling down that way to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday this coming weekend.  We couldn't make the trip 2 weeks in a row. 

(photo above taken by my father - my mom & her 4 sisters)

(above photo taken my my cousin - the whole group)

9.  Never say never.  Up until last week, I refused to make the Monster High characters. Not really sure why, Lily was Frankie Stein for Halloween last year and I am sure she would have squealed in delight if I did.  Of course, Lily now wants an ornament of her own.

10.  You are never to old to be silly.  ;)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday.

Shop is Open

The last couple days have been cold here in WNY.  Feeling much more like fall than mid August.

Only a couple more months until Halloween....

You can purchase these goodies along with a bunch of other designs in my shop here.

Wordful Wednesday

Missing Palm trees and warmer weather this morning.  Brrrr, it's been pretty cold here in Buffalo the last couple days.  Feeling more like fall than mid August.

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Back to School

I am giving away one of these over on my facebook page here.


I can not believe that the kids are going back to school soon.

Wordful Wednesday - Rapunzel Tower

The new Rapunzel Tower in Magic Kingdom is just beautiful all lit up.

 It amazes me the attention to detail. 

The new bathrooms are just beautiful.  (Here are photos I took in January during the construction before we knew it was a bathroom.)

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Adventures

One of my favorite things to do at Disney World (besides going to the parks of course) is resort hopping.  It is so fun to see the different theme of each property and their different details.  One day we hopped a bus over to Animal Kingdom Lodge (you can not go directly from your hotel...you have to take a bus to a park and then take another to the lodge property).

I pulled up the map of the property and we checked out the animal viewing areas. 

Hello beautiful!

The cast members working there said that they feed them about an hour before dusk right up at the fence and the giraffes come up to visit. 

The plan is to take the kids over there on our next visit during a feeding. 

Animal Kingdom Lodge is a beautiful property.

Home Sweet Home

Jeff & I are now home after our 2 week adventure in Florida.  

While I was sad to be leaving, I am happy to see my kids and sleep in my own bed.

The only thing I am missing is warm weather.  It's August and it is only 66 degrees outside at 11:30am.  Seriously it feels like late September here already.  :(