Declan's best buddy Coleman's school hosts an ice castle event every year. They bring out blocks of ice for the kids to color with salt and food dye. There are bubbles, obstacle courses, tire swings and lots of boxes for building forts and sledding. Its such a great event, we have enjoyed it three years in a row now. We met Coleman, Michaela, Haylyn, Shayla, Ethan and Lucy there!
We told Declan if he stopped biting his nails we would take him to Legoland. And what do you know! Our trip soon turned into a whole week of fun. Donal's friend from Ireland graciously let us have his timeshare for a week so we packed quite a few things in and had friends join us too. January is hands down the best month to go, cool weather and all the kids are back in school so not much waiting in lines. We played at Legoland, went tubing at a natural springs park, colored at Crayola Experience, ate dinner at Medival Times and played in the Magic Kingdom (Disney)!
on the way
minions at the hotel- so cool!
hmm...what's in their suitcase
Friends Ethan and Lucy stayed with us for three nights and came with us to Legoland....
all lego
Ethan trying to snatch the lego boxes, nice pose Declan
Rory loves fire hydrants ( he may be part dog)
Declan and Ethan ready to pedal
can't quite reach the pedals but still a fun ride
driving school
Ethan- beep beep
boat ride with daddy
boat ride with mommy
Maybe a little bulldog in him
or maybe a sheep dog
on a Safari
up, up you go Rory
The Lego guy himself- sweet
ice cream break in front of mini-town....
Ethan, Declan, Rory, Lucy- 3 cheers for Ice Cream
round and round you go
lego tractor ride
Rory thought we picked a winner by going to Legoland
mini town was awesome.....
Cape Canaveral
Miami Beach
I am your Father
Lucy and Rory playing trains
Lucy relaxing with Declan watching the tube
Monday we went to Kelly Park - tubing in natural springs. Coleman and Michaela join us
It was a pretty special place. Declan spotted a deer, we saw a raccoon, turtles, squirrels, birds, spiders and bugs!
Coleman, Michaela and Declan chillen
What a day to float
Crayola experience was a blast, they made crayons, crayon molds, crayon spin art, wax art and art animation.
melted crayon spin art
crayon molds- diamond ring for mommy, red corvette for daddy
wax art
Ireland Art
Dinner and Show at Medieval Times. Knights, horses, jousting and no silverware. Super fun dinner show, I was impressed. Declan got a bit scared because of all the fighting, but once we were able to explain that it was for fun and the Knights were all friends and they were putting on a show like he likes to do with his friends and sword fight with his brother he felt better and wanted to get pictures with all the knights at the end of the show. I was so glad we left on a positive note.
Slainte
Declan got to handle a real sword
my shining Knight
Declan with the King
Handsome Knights
Declan with our Knight- team Green
Walt Disney World- The Magic Kingdom! Way to much fun. We did Buzz Lightyear, the people mover, speedway, train around the park, Little Mermaid, Mickey's Philharmagic 4D show, Small World, Tom Sawyer's Island, Bear Jamboree, Haunted House, Electric Parade, Swiss Family Tree House, Jungle Cruise, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Declan isn't too into the fast rides or the ones that take you up high or in the dark so we actually did a few things that I hadn't done before. The Mickey Philharmagic 4D show which was good fun to see the kids trying to touch the images-Declan loved it and wanted to see it again. And another first for me was Tom Sawyer's Island. It was fun to wander around and go through caves and tunnels and across bridges; so glad we took the boat over. Declan doesn't like rides that are very dark so we passed on Winnie the Pooh because he remembers a "stormy night" part and also Peter Pan because it was also very dark yet he wanted to go into the Haunted Mansion- I guess he didn't realize it was gonna be a bit dark. But he and Rory both did well with it.
