Florida, First Plane Ride....and Disney.....Priceless

Entry to The Magic Kingdom: $800
Food, water and souvenirs for our children: $34 (sorry Disney, we packed the Mother Load)
Watching 84,000 strangers blankly stare and/or whisper, "Look how many children they have!": Priceless



Btw, yes, you do see 10 kids. Ours and my SIL's. Ages 12, 9, 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2 and 9 mos.

Madeline's Blog

Her "blog" entry from her quiet time today:

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All About Me and Amarabel (her American Girl doll)

We love to slide down slides.
We do it is tru.
We do. We do. We do.
We like China.
We do.
I love it.
She loves it.
We love W.
Webkinz!
Webkinz!
The beach to.
I love her.
Yes I do. I do.
She is prity.
I like my Mom and Dad.
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Perhaps I should have her take over my blog...
Oh, the last line is brilliant. Of course that's just my opinion.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

"For unto us a child is born, a Son is given...And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9: 6

Locks of Love

Madeline recently donated her hair to Locks of Love, an organization that provides hairpieces to children that have experienced hair loss due to cancer or another diagnosis. She has been growing it out for almost a year now as they require at least 10 inches.

She has mentioned on many occasions that people may not know about this program and might "waste" their hair by going to have it cut and not donating it.
Please help her spread the word and for more information visit:

http://locksoflove.org/

PJ's at St. John's

Abigail arrives home from preschool yesterday just as casual as can be.....in her pajama shirt.
(is this a good place to mention that this is not what she left for school in?)

Here is that conversation:
Me: Hi honey. How was dressing up as the angel today? Wait...wow, ummm, is that your pajama shirt?
A: Yep.
Me: I'm confused.
A: (silence)
Me: How are you in your pajama shirt?
A: I wore it to school.
Me: But, you wore your pink shirt with the thingys on it. (still lost)
A: Yep. And I wore my pajamas underneath my shirt.
Me: Ok. Any reason why?
A: Yep. I wanted to wear my pajamas to school.
Me: Do your teachers know these were your pajamas (please God no, please?)
A: Yep. I told them.
Me: And what did they say? (dreading answer, dreading answer)
A: They laughed. (smiling from ear to ear)

Of course they did. So now I'm the Mom that serves her kids ice cream for breakfast (after something healthy people and only once in a while!) and sends her kids to school in their PJ's (I didn't know, I really didn't know!)

Little Elves

What would I do without my 3 little elves?

Gabe's Three-Quarter Birthday

Yes, we are just that obsessed with him.

Snapped this photo of him this morning during our celebration. He wants everyone to know that flannel is trending.

Happy Birthday Gabers!