Day 7

Day 7 - or "Hubby's First Day of Birthday Celebrating" - was a lazy day.  We woke up and let the Caterpillars play on the computer for a bit.

Minnie Mouse spent the morning trying to convince GO that "Golddigger" was her favorite Glee Song.

She at least danced with her Minnie Mouse!

When everyone was ready (except Granddaddy - he had to work today), we headed down to one of the local neighborhood parks.  This was the first time Hubby has really gotten to "play" with GO on the playground.  She's actually big enough now to DO stuff.

She really liked the dinosaur ride.

B10 and CW met some other boys, and played Tag (or Robbers/Cops...or Spacemen/Aliens...whatever - it involved chasing each other).

But, they kept coming back and playing with their little sister some, too.  (Without me even asking them to do it!)

Hubby took GO up on the playground equipment and she had a blast!

Then we went out to the mall to have "food court" for lunch, before a lazy afternoon at home.

Minnie Mouse and CW went out to pick up Hubby's cake and balloons.

They were HUGE.

Seriously!  Look at the size of Hubby's head next to the balloon.

GO was amazed.

After dinner, we did a little more geocaching.  The first one was pretty neat (and pretty new).  It was near a playground with lots of trees so we could run around.

The giant airplanes reminded me of Germany!  I really like living near an Air Force Base.

The second one was HARD - I won't give away any secrets, but this is what it looked like:

Then it was back home for Hubby's birthday celebration.  CW picked out hats for everyone.

GO knew how to wear hers...but was confused by the Boy-Type-People in the family!

Delicious cookies and cream ice cream cake that Hubby picked out!

Minnie Mouse doing the honors of cutting.

GO really enjoyed cake!

Tomorrow is our last day!  Granddaddy is able to stay home and we have some exciting things planned for the Caterpillars.  YAY for vacations!

~Lone Butterfly  )i(

Walt Disney World Vacation - Day 1

Off we go, into the wild blue yonder!  Or at least...into the dark, cold yonder.

5 am is EARLY, people!  But, everyone had smiles on as we got up and dressed to head on our way.

We did most of the packing of the car last night (except for food and computers), and the caterpillars quickly fell back asleep.

Hubby and I geocached a bit, and grabbed our own breakfast (love the Dollar Menu at McDonald's) and kept heading south.

By the time B10, CW and GO woke up, they were more than ready for breakfast.  We swung through another McDonald's and while the boys ate, GO nursed a bit, then helped Hubby drive.

Okay, so she didn't actually DRIVE - but don't tell her that.  She was cracking Hubby and CW up, because every time Hubby put his hands on the wheel, she would carefully peel them off, finger by finger and push them down.

B10 was focused in the back with his iPod and book.

We continued on (after GO was safely back in her carseat), for about another two hours, geocaching as we went - until GO put her foot down (figuratively) and I nursed her again.

Which meant that she needed to "drive" again.

For lunch we stopped at Wendy's, and then continued to geocache.  B10 took his turn finding geocaches (and bugs).

CW played with the Nintendo DS that one of Hubby's co-worker's lent us.  GO just kept sleeping.

It got so warm we were able to roll down the windows.

One of the highlights for B10 was getting to tour the University of Florida Campus - he was SO excited to have his picture taken with the sign.  :)

By the time we got to the hotel, it was a little after 5 pm.  Over 11 hours on the road (and plenty of found caches to show for it), but we decided to take a swim before dinner.

GO loved the pool!

B10 and CW loved the pool, too, though for vastly different reasons!

We spent an hour in the pool, then walked next door to the Cracker Barrel.  (In our matching shirts!)

I wish I had taken my camera.  GO was DONE with food, with highchairs, with LIFE in general.  She slammed her head against the table at one point (trying to sleep on her cornbread muffin, it did NOT work as a pillow).  We took her back to the room and bathed her, then put her to bed.

Hubby took B10 and CW down for more swimming, and hopefully we will all fall asleep soon!

The Caterpillars are watching the Lindsay Lohan version of the Parent Trap on Disney Channel (gosh, she used to be such a cute kid) and Hubby and I are finishing up our computer stuff so we can crash.

Tomorrow - ON TO DISNEY!

~Lone Butterfly  )i(

Our Shirts!

For those who understand geocaching - and especially those who understand geocaching and loving Walt Disney World - here is the upclose picture of the back of our personalized shirts.

The front have a pocket logo with the castle and our names (which, won't be going up here for privacy reasons).  The coords are for the center of the Magic Kingdom.

They are AWESOME!  GO's is pink, but she managed to spit up on it within 5 minutes, so we'll have to get a picture of her's later...

~Lone Butterfly  )i(

Geocaching with Edelweiss and LG

Today the Caterpillars and I drove out to see Edelweiss and LG. We decided to do a bit of geocaching in their neck of the woods. Edelweiss had checked to make sure that they were still there (we had a massive flood down here and many geocaches in the area were swept away). It was a muddy trip, but besides the couple of swarms of mosquitoes, we all enjoyed ourselves!
LG and CW show off the treasures they have already found.

B10 is always fun to have when we are geocaching, because he's got no fear of sticking his hand down holes in the ground or up in trees. He pulled this lock-in-lock box out for us. It was one of the ones that survived the "Great Flood of 2009".


B10 really helped out carrying GO part of the time I was working with the GPS. You can tell she loves and trusts her big brothers!

After geocaching (we found FOUR!), we headed to the local park to play for an hour or so. The boys were off and running to the playground, while GO, Edelweiss and I hung out on a park bench.
I love seeing CW with LG. When he's with LG or Little Sheep, he really gets to be a "big brother" to another boy. It's kind of cool to see him do for others what B10 does for him.
The park was awesome! So much to climb on - plus I got a really good lesson in how to use my telephoto lens on my new camera.

After the park, we headed back to Edelweiss' house for a hot dog lunch. It was awesome to spend time with friends we haven't seen in a while. I hope to do it again soon!

~Lone Butterfly )i(