Little Teeth

If I have a kryptonite (I actually have a lot them), it might as well be my kids baby teeth.  The first one my son lost I caught the counter before the legs gave way.

You would think you would get used to this but apparently I don't.  The Boy has lost many, even two with an hour.  The Girl has just started losing them.

She has had this loose tooth for a while (#2) which has been hanging on for dear life.  The Boy suggested going over to his Busia's house as he has lost many teeth there, but to my luck it came out before then.  No crying or trouble, when I saw the tooth I was little wobbly and as I type this I am a little nauseated.  

So when choosing to be a stay at home dad and then a teacher, why didn't I realize that I was walking into a situation that the smallest baby tooth could put me on the floor.  Everyday there is a good possibility I could see a lost tooth, maybe I will start wearing a helmet.

Basketball, Pictures and 3D

The Boy had his first basketball game this weekend.  It didn't go well.  The kids played hard and got better as the game went along but didn't score a basket.  The Boy however did have a couple of steals and did get a couple of good shots off.

Then we had pictures taken.  It went well and the kids looked beautiful.

Then we watched Polar Express in 3D.  We have seen it many times but it was like watching it the first time in 3D.  It was fantastic, the kids really enjoyed it as well.

Now it is getting ready for the Christmas season and the lists from the kids keep growing.  I just hope they are good enough to get some things on their lists.

It has been a while...

Finally a chance to sit down.  Ever since the move and Disney, we have been busy.  Will give you a quick update to get back up to speed.

The rest of summer flew by, we had much to do before school started with unpacking, painting, and making our new home feel like home.  It was a pretty easy adjustment for the kids.  They both love their new rooms and we have some separation space.  Granted the basement which was to be a combination place for my bar and toys, has pretty much become toy land.  That is ok as now they have a place until some start to migrate up the stairs to the great room but they quickly get taken back down.

Quickly into August Cross Country started for both kids and myself.  It was a cooler August so it was much more enjoyable but that meant school was near.  With changes at school I have been busier that ever, which isn't bad but tho Thanksgiving break is very welcome.  The Boy is doing very well in the fourth grade, taking fifth grade math along with kicking butt in most areas.  The Girl loves Kindergarten.  My AGW is busy but doing well and it will be great to be able to spend some time with her over this extended weekend.

The Girl has deemed every day shorts and flip flop weather even though it is freezing out.  I figure she must be very warm blooded as any day of the year she is in shorts.  At least now we have gotten her to regularly wear clothes of some kind.

The Boy is well the Boy.  He definitely marches to his own music.  He thinks so differently (not in a bad way) but am always amazed at what goes in his head.  The other day he was trying to be cool, making a serious face as he was walking by.  I asked if something was wrong and he said, "No, I am just being cool."  He is now 9 and about the tallest one in his class. The kid wears size 10 pants and they are already too short.

Disney World

After making the move a week ago, we took off from a week in Disney World.  This turned out to be an awesome week but now I need a vacation or at least my AGW and I need a night out alone.

Disney knows how to do the whole package.  We decided to fly down partly due to work schedules and partly due to driving that long in a car both ways.  After our week I was thankful that we flew as the drive home would have been brutal aside from the fact that my legs either hurt or are numb from all the walking.  The greatest thing was is that Disney gets you where you want to go we did not have a bad experience with any employee.  It must be in their contracts to be happy.

We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside, the cheapest closet resort to the Magic Kingdom.  We really wanted to be closer to the Magic Kingdom but couldn't justify the cost for basically sleeping in a room. We also had the dining plan, it worked out great as with not knowing to schedule character meals so far in advance (6 months) we still had a character meal almost everyday and the times actually allowed us to get away with two meals a day as breakfast usually happened around 11:00 am and lunches 3-4:00 pm. The portions were great even on the quick service meals.  Within a month of going to Disney I scrambled for Character meals, only ended up with Whinnie the Pooh and Friends; Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatter, Pooh and Tigger; Princess Breakfast (Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Ariel); and Lilo, Stitch, Pluto and Mickey.  Not bad for not knowing what to do.  

In our six days at Disney we went to each park and the Magic Kingdom twice.  Animal Kingdom was a half day park for us as we arrived before noon, got lunch and got on our way.  It was probably the best choice for the first park and a half day as we missed the one new big attraction but were so tired from getting at 5 am to travel to Disney that day it didn't matter.  The Safari was pretty cool along with our first parade, as the Girl wanted to see Minnie (which was new to us), with Minnie in the parade.  The Boy rode his first ever coaster, wasn't sure how it would go but he laughed and cheered the whole time.  

The second day we conquered the Magic Kingdom.  It lived up to the hype and then some.  We walked to a show right at the beginning of Main Street.  The we were all in awe as we walked up main street towards the castle.  We arrived there and a show started with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Princesses, Peter Pan, etc.  Awesome way to start the day.  We rode rides, met characters, and had our first character meal, a 3:45 pm lunch with Pooh and friends.  Even the 8 year old boy was excited for that.  It didn't hurt as we learned most character table service meals were all you can eat buffets.  After that we rode a few more rides and decided to stay for the electric light parade, again a fantastic event.  Get seats early so you can be in the front row, we lucked out as someone left their space and I got it for the family.  After that we stated by the castle for fireworks but there was a show projected on the castle about 9:45 pm and ended up being one of my favorites of the trip.  Then came a great fireworks show.  The worst part which wasn't all that bad was getting out of the park and on the bus back to the resort.  I carried the Girl out of the park and onto the bus as she was spent.  Surprising we didn't have to wait that long for a bus although our resort had a long bus line.  

Here are a few pictures from the first two days with other days to come in later posts: