Sunday, May 3, 2009

Summertime here we come...

Drew, Seth, Jack & Cameron: The Boys of Summer!

For the past several weeks, well since it got out of the 50's, the boys have been begging to get out the swimming pool. They don't seem to mind that it is still pretty chilly out to be swimmin'. Our neighbors must have been hearing the same comments from their little boy because they gave in and filled up the pool.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Baby Jack...

Jack is, and forever will be, my baby. I can't believe he is all ready 2! It really seems like just yesterday that I was in the hospital having him. He truly plays the baby part super well! He is as whiny as they come, he has no desire to potty train, (Laynee, Drew, and Seth were in undies by now) he loves sleeping in his crib, and won't give up the binky. Normally this would drive me crazy, but seeing that he IS the baby...I'm not caring so much. On the plus side of things, he chatters like crazy. Most of the time you can understand what he is saying as well. In fact, I think he might talk better than Seth. (just kidding, but Seth has really only been talking for about 9 months now.) His favorite song is "We Will Rock You" He goes around the house singing, "we will, we will ROCK YOU!" He is an excellent climber. He is in our cupboards getting food practically every minute of the day. He loves to get his own drink from the sink as well. He pulls the stool over and helps himself quite regularly, it doesn't even matter if the cup is clean or dirty. He also loves to wash his hands and play in the soap. His newest conquest is climbing up our chain link fence and yes, he can get to the top and thinks he can swing his leg over to the other side...did I say on the plus side of things??? At least he is making himself independent. We try to make the cup half full here in the Wells home as often as possible. Lately, Jack has been really into watching the movie "The Incredibles." After watching it myself, I've decided that he REALLY deserves his nickname Jack Jack! They both act exactly the same way.
Since our trip to Disneyworld, Jack has been in love with Mickey Mouse and the gang. We don't have the Disney Channel, so for his birthday he got a Mickey's Clubhouse DVD.

I decided that maybe if we start young, someone in our family will be good at working with their hands, and power tools. Its not the strong point of Jack's parents. He seems to like it thus far.
Happy Birthday to my baby boy. We love you Jack Jack!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Soccer Boy

Getting congratulations from his teammates after scoring a goal.

Using his mad dribbling skills.

Drew eats, drinks, and dreams about soccer. He loves it. One day last week, practice was cancelled because of the rain....he cried! He is the best player on his team, and he knows it! (we are working on the cocky thing, but I figure being a little cocky is ok if you can back it up...right???) Today was the first win of the season and the kids were really excited. Drew scored 6 of the 10 goals for his team. Way to go Drew and team Comets!



Monday, April 6, 2009

Spring Break @ DisneyWorld

DISNEYWORLD HERE WE COME!

We woke up at 2:00 a.m. (yes I said 2:00a.m.) to start our journey to Orlando, Florida. We arrived at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 29th to the Disney resort Carribean Beach. We stayed in the newly decorated pirate rooms there. We did 4 days of parks and ate with a different set of Disney characters every day. Now for the longer, detailed version of our vacation. Sunday we were exhausted from travel so we walked around the resort, hung out at the beach they have there, swam, ate dinner and got ready for our busy week!

DAY 1...Hollywood Studios(ie MGM)
We caught our bus and headed off for Hollywood Studios. Of course Rockin Rollercoaster and the Tower of Terror were first on our list. Seth got to meet Lightning McQueen. The Power Rangers showed us some moves. We saw the Indiana Jones Stunt Show (which Seth freaked out about...it was too loud) and the Lights, Motor, Action Show which was amazing!

That afternoon we got to eat at Playhouse Disney. Leo and June from the Little Einsteins and Jo Jo and Goliath from Jo Jo's Circus were there to sing and dance and take pictures with us. Jack LOVED Goliath.


DAY 2...Magic Kingdom
Tuesday found us at the Happiest Place on Earth. B-Amma took Laynee and Drew on the big rides, while me, Spence, Seth, and Jack headed for Dumbo. For such a stupid ride wow was it a long wait. Seth and Jack loved it, so thats all that matters. Seth didn't like alot of rides. If they went into a tunnel (ie..Peter Pan, Pirates of the Carribean) Seth freaked out. Not sure why, and it made for a difficult day with him, but he loved Dumbo, Alladin, and the Goofy rollercoaster.

That night we hopped on the monorail and headed for the Contemporary Resort to eat at Chef Mickey's. The kids had a ball. We ate with Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.


DAY 3...Animal Kingdom
Wednesday we went to visit the animals. We ate breakfast with Donald Duck, Daisy, Goofy, and Mickey. It was Yummy!!! We went on the safari, rode on Everest (AWESOME btw) got wet on the rapids, not to mention in rained for about an hour in the afternoon, and scared Laynee and Drew to death on the Dinosaur ride. It was a good day.

DAY 4...Magic Kingdom


We headed back to the Magic Kingdom on Thursday. You can never get enough of Space, Splash and Thunder Mountains. We took a few whirls on the teacups, and did a few other rides that we didn't get to on Tuesday. We ate at the Crystal Palace with Pooh Bear, Piglet, Eyeore, and Tigger. By now we were starting to get a little tired of all the eating with characters. Cameras, cameras, and video cameras were gettin' old!



DAY 5...Carribean Resort
We gladly accepted our welcomed break of no more days at the parks. We were pretty worn out. So Friday we spent the day at the pool. They had a fun kiddy park that Seth and Jack loved. The bigger pools were fun for Laynee and Drew. They had two water slides that even Jack and Seth got to go on.

That evening we traveled over to the Floridian Resort for our last character meal. A dinner with Cinderella, Prince Charming, and the wicked stepmother and daughters.
Seth wasn't to happy about eating with Cinderella. But is was fun and the stepmother was the best. She was true to character and we had a good time. When Prince Charming came to our table, the kids looked at him like who the heck are you. Are you here to take our order??? He really just looked like another dude in a funky costume, nothing special.
The next day was Saturday, and that meant it was time for us to go home. We were sad to leave, but happy to get home. Even tho that meant leaving 80-90 degree weather and going back to 30-40 degrees with snow flurries. WHAT THE!!!!! I also now get to catch up on 10 days worth of laundry. That is a lot in case you wanted to know. Thank you B-Amma for coming with us, we had an awesome time and hope you did too!
One last thing that was pretty funny...On our way home, it was about dinner time and we asked where the kids wanted to eat. Seth asked us if we were going to have a great dinner and we looked at him and said, yeah, if you like Wendy's it will be great. Then he says, "What characters will we be eating with?" It was cute.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

"Oh Idaho, I Love Thee..."

O.K. not really, but after this massive project that Laynee has had to do I think we might know more about Idaho than the people who really live there! For a 4th grader, this was a gi-normus project. Just to rattle off a few of the things this project entailed:



  • A report (of course)

  • map of state

  • mobile of natural attractions

  • self designed t-shirt

  • diorama of indian tribe

  • state flag (hand drawn)

  • state bird (hand drawn)

  • tall tale

  • poem

  • brochure

  • license plate

She also had to take into her class a food from Idaho, we chose potato chips naturally, and she had to wear a costume of something that represented her state. She is a sack of Idaho potatoes. She gets to present her project to her class today. I'm glad we had 2 months to prepare this monster, and I'm glad its now over!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Future Guitar Hero Extraordinaire



Jack is the future of guitar hero. He loves it all ready. He screams "ya-hee-o" (his version of guitar hero) all the way down the stairs when he knows thats where were going. He races to the closet where the guitars are kept, and straps up and gets ready to play. He insists on getting his turn too. Otherwise he stands right in front of the T.V. so you can't see. Gotta love the kid!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

What a nuisance!

I may look cute and cuddly........

but when I get hungry, I am not afraid to find trash that stupid people leave out! This is the mess I love to make...



Note to self: Stop leaving trash out on the deck. The raccoons always get into it! The lucky thing about the mess this varment left, was that I was able to recover that little yellow cup that Jack apparently tossed in the garbage. So thanks for the favor, I guess.