Feelin' a little crafty....

I was feeling a bit crafty today so figured I should tackle some things that I have been wanting to do for some time...

1-make more fun hair things! (Thank you Pintrest for easy instructions!)... I just used scrap fabric this time to see what works, what doesn't, what is best for Miss A.... So we made some fabric rosettes to hook to clips (center), repurposed t-shirt 5strand braided head bands (purple top right), reversible headband (bottom right), reversible tie headband (top left {only one with new fabric}). For a first time run, I think they turned out pretty good. Now to do them with fun fabrics!

I've had a "system" in my closet for hanging up necklaces but it fell down a month ago (was only held up by double stick tape) and it hadn't gotten put back up. I really enjoyed having it in there. It was behind the back wall of our walk in closet, sometimes things were hung infront of it, sometimes it was in plain sight. It was handy, out of the way, and easily accessible while getting dressed. Then I saw the greatest idea and for 10$ hung a cheap thin towel bar in the back of our closet and used shower curtain hooks to hang things from. The best part is the ones I got have little balls on them which are great for separating the necklaces so each hook can hold about 6 necklaces!

You know what else that would be great for.....HEADBANDS! So Addy got one in her spare closet as well! Its hanging nicely above her hair supply drawers! We also finally hung up her hair clip holder that I made with an old frame from Goodwill (repainted, strung with ribbons). AND even hung up her new hooks for her little backpacks. (the hair clip holder and hooks fit perfectly behind her bedroom door)

We even had time after swim class to do some finger nail painting! AJ wanted different colors with glitter on top.

Ji'Robert wanted green with blue sparkles!

So it was a lovely day (even with a failed boy its too windy park attempt!).

The much anticipated trip pics!

In the past few days I have had tons of people email, facebook, and ask in person when I was posting trip pics; wondering why I hadn't posted updates while we were gone, why I haven't updated the blog yet... Well HERE IT IS! I kept my phone away from sight for the majority of the trip, I didn't check email, facebook, blogs or any other social network. I enjoyed the time with my family and let the rest of the world go on without me! It was awesome!

Our trip was FANTASTIC! I wouldn't have even considered taking a 2.5 and 4 year old to Florida but it was perfect and SO much fun! The kids did awesome. They sat at restaurants nicely, enjoyed just sitting on the balcony watching the boats come in, loved disney, and loved spending the vacation with Meena, Robyn, Papa, and Eric.

We stayed at a Condo in Ft Myers. It was right on the water and there was a big marina next door which was great. JT could just sit and watch the boats all day! There were manatees in the water below our balcony, dolphins off the dock, and warm weather everywhere!

The first day we decided to go to a park that had a train museum and ride on train... AKA little boy heaven!

Pure happiness!

After Robyn and Eric flew in, we went over to Sanibel and spent some time on the beach! There were a ton of rays in the water there that we were able to watch which was super cool!

My little man looking at the wide open blue!

Papa making a sand castle with the best grandson ever!

On the way into the Magic Kingdom!!

On the ferry over to the Kingdom!

The princesses were the highlight of the trip for Miss A...

Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)...

JT LOVED Princess Belle (AKA Sleeping Beauty)....

And her chest....

And the most anticipated princess.... Cinderella. She is the princess who AJ wanted to make sure that she got to see while we were at Disney.

So we had to get a picture of the girls with Cinderella...

In front of the much anticipated castle. Addy wanted to walk through the castle numerous times!

We got to meet Chip and Dale... no not those Chip n Dales... the Chipmunks!

Peter Pan... Oh how I love thee.... Peter Pan was AWESOME!!!! He was totally in character, super playful, so real.

What was really cool is that Tinkerbell (who was in a different location than Peter Pan) was just as awesome. Their lines played off of one another. She was very much into her character as well. They made it so enjoyable and so fun!

Aladdin and Jasmine were great. (Have you noticed that AJ had her Snow White costume on and off all day! Unfortunately we didn't get to see Snow White when we were there)

BUZZY!!!! This was the highlight of Disney for JT! His hero!

Aunt Robyn got the kids some Mickey ears that had flashing LED lights in them.... Super Cool!

Family pic time....

Just the girls....

After all the Disney fun was done, there was more to do on our trip.... We went to Manatee Park. It was lovely but there were no manatees that day. Lucky for us they were hanging out by our condo so we still got to see them!

Jared and JT head home a couple days before us due to work and coaching. The rest of us went on a sunset dolphin cruise... It rocked! We saw a TON of dolphins! The captain even had Addy and I go to the back of the boat and he had the dolphins play in the wake of the boat! SO cooL!

The sunset on the cruise...
We spent a day in Fort Myers Beach.... Shopped, Ate, Played in the ocean!

One joyful little girl! (this may be my favorite picture of the whole trip!)
Learning to body surf...
Its hard to see, but she wrote her name in the sand really big next to her!
My sister and I... About 8 years ago we went to California and have a picture like this on the beach... note Robyn has dug her feet into the ground about 8 inches making her the same height as me!
Cartwheels and handstands on the beach. Is there anything more relaxing as that!
I know I haven't typed out all of the details of the trip but it was a blast! It was our first family vacation and completely worth the stress of flying (which by the way went ok!). We made many memories and the kids are still talking about the trip. Addy about everything we did. JT about the minivan that we rented (he really loved it, not sure why!)!

Happy V Day

Valentines day isn't something I've ever celebrated a whole lot but with these two cuties, who could resist! We decided this year to do picture valentines to give out at daycare!

We spent the evening using our new hand crank ice cream maker from Aunt Robyn... It was kind of a massive failure but the kids had fun. The ice cream over froze and I couldn't get it off the machine so we had to let it thaw for a while before we could eat it!

Hope you had a wonderful day enjoying those that you love.