The Zoo - through Connor's eyes

As I mentioned before, Connor got his very own camera for Christmas. He really likes taking pictures. So a couple of weeks ago, the weather was really mild for January - 50s - so we decided to take a trip to the zoo. Connor insisted on bringing his own camera to take pictures of the event. Here's the zoo - from his perspective.

The Zebras

His shoes

The Giraffes

Say Cheese

Our favorite animal of the day - The red panda

Last - but not least - the elephants

Christmas 2012

 This year, Connor made sure that we were well prepared on Christmas Eve. He carefully laid out the cookies and milk for Santa and put some reindeer food on our lawn to attract the sleigh.

Santa was very generous this year :)

Connor woke up very excited - "It's Christmas!!! Let's go downstairs and see our presents" he was yelling as he bounded into our room. We woke Jack up and then hurried downstairs to see what Santa brought us. Connor had to dive in... Jack took his time and was sure to get his morning milk first.

Jack's new truck

Connor's new camera - more on that to come

Both boys got Geo Trax - Jack got the train set

And Connor got the batman set - so fun!!!

Getting Ready For Christmas

With all the festivities going on we are a little behind with our posts but we wanted to share a summary of the activities as we got ready for Christmas and Santa this year.

Decorating the Christmas Tree (with McQueen and Mater ornaments or course!)

Waiting for Snow....

This year we have yet to see snow so the boys decided to make some of their own snow with some packaging materials.  We are still finding pieces of white foam in our house.

Meeting Santa

The year the boys are very excited about Santa coming this year.  We even got to see him before Christmas in CT (of all places) for our visit out to see Lauren and Ryan.

La Salette

Last weekend we visited La Salette to see all of the Christmas lights (or as Jack would call them Ho Ho lights) The weather was perfect - just cold enough to wear our winter gear without feeling cold. The boys had a great time - especially on the tractor hayride through the displays.

My Boys <3

Daddy + Jack

Mommy + Connor

Time for a bonus picture - Last month, Connor celebrated his half birthday. Can't believe he is 3 1/2 !

Half a cake for his half birthday

Florida 2011 - Part 4 - More Disney



We spent a night at the Polynesian
We spent the morning playing on the beach



Makes we want to visit Hawaii

Jack loved the beach!!!

Aloha!

Naptime at EPCOT

Connor riding Cricket at Fort Wilderness

My little star waiting for the Hoop Dee Doo



Hoop Dee Doo Revue with our whole family
It was a blast!!!
Great food, entertainment and company!




Jack was in love with the red headed performer
He could not keep his eyes off of her

Ready to ride the new Star Tours

Date night at Magic Kingdom

Food and Wine Festival
We decided to visit Snow White - after a couple of drinks of course

Connor getting stuck in the balloons on Main St.

Electrical Light Parade - The boys loved it!
So worth staying up late for it!!!

Cinderella's castle lit up for Christmas

Our last night - Campfire at the Polynesian
Followed by fireworks on the beach



Florida 2011 - Part 3 - Disney

The second week of our trip was spent visiting Disney World. Connor absolutly loved it!!!! Three really is a great age to visit because it is so magical for them. He loved meeting the charachters and riding lots of the rides (but not all of them.... he still didn't like any dark rides). Jack enjoyed himself too - tagging along with his brother. We got to spend lots of quality time as a family and we were also able to share some time with Nane, Pepe, Mama, Pa, Auntie and Uncle! I have over 500 pictures from the trip so here is the first half of the sampling.



Our first day it rained ALOT - but Connor still really wanted to ride Dumbo
The good news was that there were no lines at the park!




A wet carousel ride




My cuties ready for Mickey's Philharmagic




Small World - One of Connnor & Jack's favorites!




Another favorite ride - the race cars




Connor and Daddy in the lead




Animal Kingdom




Ready for an exciting day




A great safari ride - we saw LOTS of animals



Jack liked riding in the "big trucks"





Chip n Dale






Mickey




Riding the dinosaurs with Nana




Auntie got to ride with me




Connor loved playing hula hoop throughout the parks




My boys with Special Agent Oso
We did one charachter breakfast - Play n Dine at Hollywood Studios
It was super cute for preschoolers because the Disney Junior charchters were there
Connor was so excited to see the charachters he loves to watch on tv




Leo from the Little Einsteins




Winnie the Pooh




Meeting McQueen and Mater!!!!




Connor's preschool asked us to bring Share Bear with us to Florida to document our trip
Here he si posing with the Christmas tree outside of Hollywood Studios