Wednesday: prep

I've been working on getting a class ready for next semester.

I'm on day 5 (out of 24). 

While I was somewhat expecting it to take this long, I was hoping that it wouldn't actually.

Tuesday: normal normal

It was just a pretty normal day today.  I got all caught up with grading this morning, did a bit of house work, took a nap, and then picked up the boys.

Last Wednesday: epcot

Today we went to the park with the big ball.  In trying to get us to go to Disney earlier in the week Isaac mentioned that he wanted to go to the big ball.

Excitement!

Under the big ball.

We got in early due to an early breakfast.  There was a penguin sculpture and since it is Ben's "favorite" animal we had to take some pictures.

It was also our 15th anniversary!  We got special buttons and people said "congratulations" all day.

Breakfast!  Delicious as always.  (Side note: Isaac must be going through a growth spurt because he's been eating a TON.)

With Dale:

 With Pluto (the favorite):

And Mickey:

Then, since we were finishing up right as the park was opening, we headed to Soarin'.  I wasn't sure how well Joshua would do, but I think he enjoyed it...but once was enough.  We also went on Living on the Land since it was right there.

Then we went on Figment's ride.  This was Joshua's favorite of the day and he requested several times that we go on it again (we did, later in the day).  I think he liked the stinky smell.

We were waiting for Ben and Isaac and went to the water up.  Joshua didn't want his picture taken; I said too bad.

We did two missions for Perry the Platypus throughout the day.  The one in Mexico was nice because it was inside the whole time...just as it was getting really hot.  Both boys really enjoyed it and wanted to do another one.  So I did a Japan one with them later.  It didn't seem to work quite as well (maybe some pieces were taken out?) but it was still good.  For Japan Doofenshmurtz was making a babyinator that would turn everyone into babies so they couldn't run away from his bad robot.  Joshua asked me, in all seriousness, if it was real.

A shark picture to almost match last time we were here.  Joshua saw Bruce all over the place and always pointed him out to Isaac.

Both boys wanted a Mickey Bar.  (Of course, the messiest treat there is.)  But we had wipes, so why not.  Oh, it's hard to see.  Isaac's face is a mess here.

We finally made it to Spaceship Earth!  It broke down for about ten minutes.  There was a voice continuously saying not to stand up, which was rather annoying.  At least we weren't stuck by the voice that also said "you're car is turning around.  do not stand up"

Mickey pretzels!  They were delicious and just what I wanted.

We stopped by the drums on our way out.

Just kidding!  We decided to go on test track.  Joshua enjoyed it until the fast part, but he just hung on tightly.  He was a really good sport about going on rides that were probably a bit scary for him...but he'll be ready to enjoy them more next time!

Joshua made a car with lots of power.  Isaac made one in the middle.

Joshua saw the trucks on the way out and wanted a picture with the red one, because that's what he made!

Now we were done...at about 8:30.  We were at the park for about 12 hours!  The boys did great and the adults did pretty good too. :D

Monday: test acceptance

Isaac and I were passed today to take the test for our orange stripe in karate.

The instructor said that Isaac's forms looked really good.  It was nice to hear, especially after a week off.

Sunday: sleep

I slept for about 12 hours last night.

What I haven't mentioned on the blog, both because I've been behind and because it's a small detail, is that I've had a cold and nasty cough.  The cough is worse at night when I'm trying to sleep.  I think the sickness and the business of the last few days just caught up with me.

Last night Ben said I didn't cough nearly as much.  I woke up for lunch and to get a few things done and then rested for a while again in the afternoon.  I've since then been going back and forth between feeling yucky and feeling almost ok.  I'm hopeful that I'm on the mend!

Tuesday: on our way camping

Today was mostly another low key day.  We played in the pool, got gelato, and packed for camping.

Packed for camping?  How silly would that be in Florida?!?  However, Isaac got a bit confused at one point and so we ran with it.  I was asked a few times if we were actually going camping, but no one asked me if we are going camping in Florida.  (We're going camping soon in Michigan.)

The boys took a short nap on the way there.  I woke them up before too long since naps at 7pm aren't the best plan.  Isaac had a really hard time waking up.

We got to Disney and told the boys to look for clues.  As we helped them out, Isaac just wouldn't believe that we weren't going camping...apparently we sold it a bit too well.  Joshua switched easily though and was excited.  Isaac had been excited for camping and had a bit of a harder time switching, but was still excited.

Monday: vacation, continued

I asked the boys what they wanted to do to today.  The list included:

*get pretzel chips from the grocery store
*get donuts from the grocery store
*go swimming
*eat crab

We were able to accommodate all requests!

On the way to get crab (which also was a Mother's Day dinner), Isaac said that he wants to "have a bursting good time!"  It was kind of out of the blue, so it took us a while to figure out what this meant.  On a scale of 1 to 10, it would be an activity that is a 10.  It also turns out that he hasn't had a "bursting good time" yet as the best thing on his scale was a 9 with Great Wolf Lodge.

Do you know what's especially good about crab when you're seven?  Other people get the meat out for you.

Joshua was really into this color by number on the kids menu.  He wanted to take it home and then remembered to ask for it the next day.