WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD!!

We just got home from 6 days at Disney World. It was AWESOME! Mommy and Daddy surprised us with the trip. We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge and went to all the parks (Magic Kingdom twice). We had lots of fun meals and met tons of characters. It was so much fun and we cannot wait to go back.

AND GUESS WHO WE MET

While Dad and I went to ride Tower of Terror (yes, I rode Tower of Terror) Davis and Mom met the Incredibles. Flex!
This is Flick from Animal Kingdom. We loved the show It is Tough to be a Bug.
Our favorite, favorite character ever...THUMPER!
Goofy has anyone told you that you look like Santa?
The whole family is excited to meet Donald. He was the last character that we met.
PHINEAS AND FERB!
We were pretty stoked to meet the Green Army man too!
I think Davis was thrilled to meet Handy Manny. Check out that smile.
We didn't get McQueen's signature but we loved seeing him at the stunt show at Hollywood Studios.
Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. We love that show.
Pinocchio. He was in a pretty truthful mood when we met him.
Chip and Dale. Just so you know, Dale signs his name with a backwards "e"
Davis met Donald while Dad and I rode Mission Space.
Mom and Davis with Goofy in his street clothes!
DARTH VADER! We did not get his autograph but we totally enjoyed his Jedi Training show.
Piglet was our first character meeting. We had breakfast with all of Pooh's friends on our first morning at Disney!
Tigger led a parade around the restaurant and I was first in line.
Winnie the Pooh!
Jesse and Woody were so fun to meet.
Did you know Pluto can sign his name with his paw?

WDW Excitement and Rides

I went on my very first plane ride to get to Disney World. It was pretty cool!
Have you ridden the Astro Orbiter? It is a pretty tame ride except it is 2 stories up just to get on the ride. It was a good starter ride at Magic Kingdom day 2.
Getting ready for Star Tours. It is an amazing 3D ride through 54 possible Star Wars locations. We got to ride it 3 times. We saw Hoth, the wookie planet, and Mom was even the rebel spy on one of our trips!
EXPEDITION EVEREST. Luke rode this ride 4 times. Twice with Mom and Twice with Dad. It was so awesome. But Tower of Terror is his favorite ride and he only got to ride that once!
Daddy was front and center for a fire stunt during the Back Lot tour.
The Dumbo ride kicked off our Disney attractions.
The teacups are a lot more fun than they look. Especially when Mommy and Daddy turn the wheel.
Luke rode Splash Mountain on the first day and he was hooked on the big rides from then on.
It's A Small World is still a classic! It has such pretty colors and we love that song.
This balloon goes up 400 ft and is tethered to the dock. We rode it on a very windy day and it was so cool. You could see all around!

We also rode: Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion (twice), Tomorrowland Speedway, Winnie the Pooh, Tom Sawyer Island, Buzz Lightyear, Big Thunder Railroad, Pirates of the Carribean (lame), Aladdin's Magic Carpets, Jungle Tours, Nemo, Soarin', Livin with the Land, Imagination with Figment, Captain EO (the Michael Jackson show...lame), Test Track, Mission Space, Spaceship Earth, Toy Story, Tower of Terror, Safari Tour, Triceratop Spin, and Dinosaur!

We saw tons of shows too: Tough to be a Bug, Lion King, Disney Jr. Show, Muppets Show, Osborne Family Christmas Lights, Animation Show, Mickey's Orchestra and Mickey's Dream.

More Disney...

A view from our room. We saw zebras, giraffes, antelope, ostriches and cranes. So close and so cool.
Do you see that giraffe behind us.
Pirate face and Mickey ears. Argh!
Mommmmm...sigh!
But it is funny when Luke does it!
Mommy loved this flower bed. Pics are bad b/c it was in a major thoroughfare.
Did you know you can dig for fossils at Disney? Yep, at the boneyard you can.
Luke and I say the best dinner was at the Sci Fi Dine In where you get to eat in a car and watch trailers to old silly horror movies like the Colossal Man and Attack of the 50ft Woman. Who would watch those?
We loved the dinoland part of Animal Kingdom. But mom is the only one who liked the actual Dinosaur ride.
Bet you can't get that sword out!
Cheers from the Biergarten at Epcot!
Fish (and Bymans) are friends not food!
After a long day at Epcot we took the monorail over to Magic Kingdom to see the electrical parade. It was pretty awesome. And you should have seen how many people were there. I'm not sure I've ever been around that many people at one time.
Oh yeah! I loved the star tours ride. We rode it 3 times. Then we watched Jedi training. I cannot wait to do the training next time we come.

Soccer Season is OVER

I got my first trophy- yay! Luke has another to add to his collection too. I see a lot more soccer in our future!

64 Months

Hi friends!

How's it going? I'm am doing GREAT. And if you ask I will for sure tell you that. I ran in my first fun run this month. I trained for it with Mommy and then ran a 1K. It was fun, and pretty chilly. I got a metal for finishing and can't wait to run again. I'm still loving all my music. I have an uncanny ability to understand and memorize pop song lyrics. Even if I don't totally know what it means. I'm good at memorizing in general. I have learned and know the entire Lord's Prayer this year. I LOVE to draw. I am on a kick drawing scary pictures. It was inspired by Halloween. I'm moving on to fireworks as my new subject matter. I'm also working diligently on my Christmas list. I can't wait for Christmas. I LOVE my school still too. I'm getting a new reader home every week and like reading it to my parents every night. I like preparing for our Christmas program too. We are signing some great songs this year. My sense of humor is really evolving too. I've got good timing and I'm working on my content! I will be in touch!

-LFB

42 Months

Hi guys!

Happy Fall. I'm loving this cooler weather. We are playing outside almost every single day. Yay! We like making our fort into the Ultimate Tree House and booby trapping the rabbits cage or the playroom upstairs. Up above I'm posing at Mimi's' birthday party. They had a photo booth concept set up and I dominated it. I loved posing but I also liked helping people pick out their props and taking their pictures! I have loved watching baseball season wrap up. I'm sad the Rangers lost but I'm now an expert at announcing the count and telling you what inning the games is in. I also really like doing "conculations" on my mom's calculator or phone. I'm still a huge fan of that phone and the iTouch and iPad. We love the Smurf game on the iPad. My soccer season ended and I'm trying to decide what to do next season...soccer, karate or gymnastics. Any suggestions? I have been saying lots of funny adult like things lately and when I have to think about something I cup my hand around my chin to show that I'm really thinking. Just last week, when I walked into a room I said "This did not JUST happen!" Who knows where I come up with this stuff. At school everything is going so well. I'm practicing for the Christmas program. I actually get to be involved this year. I will let you know how it goes!

Love,

Davis

Kindergarten is Awesome!

I got my first report card. And a Wonderful Writer award. Everything was good. That's because I love Kindergarten. I'm counting, reading and writing so much better than I was over the summer. I like reading the best! But, I got the writer award because when it comes time to write I always know what I want to say.
Kindergarten is also awesome because we get to go on Field Trips and do science experiments. So much fun!! We went to see a play at Main Street Theater. Mommy got to go too. But it was kids only on the big yellow school bus. I think I like the school bus better than the play but the play was pretty awesome too. It was Diary of a Worm, a Fly and a Spider (or something like that).