We continued the Star Wars theme this Halloween. Megan was Padme, and Declan was Luke Skywalker (actually his costume was Obi Wan Kenobi, but Declan think it looks like Luke, so...). 
Ryan dressed as Nemo to observe the trick-or-treating activities. The kids had a great time going door to door and just as much fun handing out candy when they got home. The best costume I saw tonight was the the Jack in the Box fast food restaurant mascot - you know the one whose head is a big white ball. Declan saw him and said, "Hey snowman." Here are some pictures from this evening.
Stay tuned for more Disney pictures...
We just returned from a trip to Walt Disney World. While we were there, we celebrated Megan's 6th birthday! We had a wonderful time. Grandma Ihle met us 
there and Aunt Cathy Bates stopped by a few days later. I'll make a few posts to cover the highlights, but this one will be about Megan's birthday. We started out at Epcot in Norway at the Akershus princess breakfast. We met Belle, Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty), Ariel, Mulan, and Jasmine. Ryan got a kiss on the forehead from Aurora and spent the rest of the day with lipstick on his face. It was very cute. I tried goat cheese for the first, and most likely the last time. 
We did Epcot during the first part of the day where Megan and Declan made paper from some kind of "goo" and made robots after their robot race. We had dinner at Olivia's - the restaurant at Old Key West. Megan got a cake with candles, and the entire restaurant sang happy birthday to her. 
There was also this great lime tart, but that's for another post. After dinner, we went to the Magic Kingdom to enjoy the rides. We had a great seat for the fireworks! Since it was an "extra magic hours" night for the Magic Kingdom that night, we stayed until 10 pm - very late by our standards. Megan had a very special birthday. She got balloons from Aladdin and Jasmine and a card signed by all the princesses. She wore a button that said it was her birthday, so she got a lot of birthday wishes throughout the day. I can't believe the girl is 6! 
Here is Ryan today - 7 months from his birth day. He's a joy. He's quite the babbler. He's also a roller - rolling to get from one side of the room to the other. I think he has sampled every item on Gerber's stage 1 baby food menu and loves every one! His two middle bottom teeth are in, and I think more will be here shortly.
We picked up Declan's school (pre-K) pictures today, and at first I thought we had the wrong pictures. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but he has grown up so much since his pictures from last year! He actually looks like he is two different ages in these two poses. 
Ryan dressed as Nemo to observe the trick-or-treating activities. The kids had a great time going door to door and just as much fun handing out candy when they got home. The best costume I saw tonight was the the Jack in the Box fast food restaurant mascot - you know the one whose head is a big white ball. Declan saw him and said, "Hey snowman." Here are some pictures from this evening.
Stay tuned for more Disney pictures...
there and Aunt Cathy Bates stopped by a few days later. I'll make a few posts to cover the highlights, but this one will be about Megan's birthday. We started out at Epcot in Norway at the Akershus princess breakfast. We met Belle, Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty), Ariel, Mulan, and Jasmine. Ryan got a kiss on the forehead from Aurora and spent the rest of the day with lipstick on his face. It was very cute. I tried goat cheese for the first, and most likely the last time. 
There was also this great lime tart, but that's for another post. After dinner, we went to the Magic Kingdom to enjoy the rides. We had a great seat for the fireworks! Since it was an "extra magic hours" night for the Magic Kingdom that night, we stayed until 10 pm - very late by our standards. Megan had a very special birthday. She got balloons from Aladdin and Jasmine and a card signed by all the princesses. She wore a button that said it was her birthday, so she got a lot of birthday wishes throughout the day. I can't believe the girl is 6! 
