Disney Reveal!!!!

Back in January/February 2015, Adam and I were talking about taking the kids to Disney in September of 2015.  Then Urban Air came into the picture and we decided to put it on hold.  Last Fall when the craziness of Urban Air started to die down a bit and we were sleeping again, I was ready to book our trip.  Adam wasn't so sure but I was so sure so I managed to talk him into it. We booked our trip for end of February 2016.  I booked our trip thru http://mixandmatchmama.com/travel/.  They were awesome! A first trip to Disney World is overwhelming to plan and they took care of it all!!!   We booked it in November but we didn't tell the kids until the end of January.  I wanted them to know ahead of time so we could read/talk about it but we didn't want to give them too much time to ask about it ;).

I found a cute scavenger hunt on Pinterest.

 Each clue had a word that created this sentence...

 Each day we wrote how many days, it was pretty exciting!

 And they're off!  They were so excited, loved the scavenger hunt.

 Cooper would read the clues and they took turns finding them.

 Putting the clues in order.

When he realized what the sentence said...he had guessed it earlier during the scavenger hunt.

 He asked if we had to fly on an airplane and started crying when we told him yes.  This is why  I told him in advance, this kid needs time to think about this kind of stuff.  For the record, he was awesome flying, no problems at all!

These arrived a couple weeks later and everyone was pumped!!  The kids were so excited about the bracelets.

Royals FanFest

When your team wins the World Series and you have a baseball obsessed son, you must go to FanFest!  Even if you know it's going to be a complete nuthouse with long lines and lots of people!  I took Cooper out of school, left the girls at home and we headed downtown for some baseball fun.  

 He was in awe and I was too - it was an awesome setup.

 Some players were speaking, couple were doing autographs (with crazy long lines) but he chose to do all the interactive baseball things.  First up, the batting cages.  He looks so little in that baggy sweatshirt and jeans...he's grown so much since January!

 Taking it all in...as usual.

 He waited awhile to get to play baseball on a small field.  He was hilarious to watch, never stopped moving - he wanted badly to get the ball.

 After all that anticipation and waiting, he and another kid collided and he ended up with a bloody nose/lip...nothing bad but enough to sit out for a couple batters.

 The last thing we did was the virtual pitching machine.

 I love nothing more than taking the kids to things they truly love and baseball is definitely this kid's number 1 love...besides me of course ;). 

We had brought his Royals book/sharpie and just happened to run into David Glass as we were walking out!

Potty Training - round 1 in January

In January Piper decided she wanted to start going to the bathroom on the big potty.  This was totally led by her, I was dragging my feet.  I thought she was too young but she persevered so I jumped on board.

 Lots of these pictures ;)

 She was naked quite often in January.

 We ran into a roadblock at Cooper's basketball game one day in January.  The toilet flushed before she got down and she was petrified.  For quite awhile, she would not go in public toilets, so we would put her in pull ups.  She would say she had to go, I would get her to bathroom and she would cling to me saying "no, no, no!!"  That was fun ;)

 We kept the little potty in our guest bath downstairs since that's where we are the majority of the time.  

I am sure Adam will appreciate this ;).  When she was potty training, she always liked to have a buddy in there with her.  

Disney World came in February and we put her in pull ups for the trip after she peed all over me the first day.  When we got home we just regressed and went back and forth between underwear and pull ups...basically what they tell you not to do!  Definitely a 3rd child thing, I never would have done that with Coop!!!  However, she has pooped on the potty since January, never went in diaper or pull up!  We recently jumped back on the potty training bandwagon and at 2 1/2, she's totally rocking it!

Marvel Avengers Live!

One of Cooper's Christmas presents was tickets to see Avengers Live in January.  He was pumped!

 I spy an Urban Air wristband ;).

 He was so happy when he got home!  He loved showing off his Spiderman cup from his snocone. 

 They got home late and he was talking a mile a minute all about the show!

Clearly he had a great time!

Open Gym and Arts/Crafts

Cold January means indoor activities!

 My kids love to hit up open gym.  Funny thing...one of their favorite parts is the 2 trampolines!?  Hello kids-I know a place that has a few trampolines ;).

 She's was just getting comfortable doing the balance beam on her own.

 Watercolor creations!

 Cutting and gluing practice.

 This is Cooper's idea of art...

 He practiced these plays over and over again in our living room.

 Hearts for Valentine's Day!

 The kids loved creating these hearts!

Beginning of January

How's that for a boring title??  It is what it is.  Here's a peek into our January.

 Mamaw Jones was in town and the gang hit up Scheels.  Laney rode the ferris wheel for the first time and loved it!

 Most Saturdays we were at the gym watching Coop play basketball!

 They were fun (and sometimes funny) to watch in their first season.

 We celebrated my mom's birthday!!

 A rare moment where they are sitting still.

 These two starting to perfect their baby playing...it's kicked into high gear throughout 2016.

 I sent this to Adam one night from upstairs, he was downstairs...I was so cold I couldn't see straight.  I.Hate.Winter.

 Ha! Ha! Ha!

 We had a rare warm January morning so they played playdoh in the garage.

It was a grill set so we were grilling hamburgers, hot dogs and making french fries. It's a hit!