Spandex World, I mean Disney World

We are back in the cold fog. Back from the white sandy beaches. Back from the World of Spandex, Fanny Packs, and Grown Men Wearing Mickey Ears (Magic Kingdom), where our favorite section was Stroller Land (Fantasyland) and our favorite ride was The Sea of Strollers: Just Try To Find Yours, We Moved It (every ride).

If you've ever been to the Magic Kingdom (which basically is Disney World if you are in the know), you know what a logistical nightmare it can be to get in. I think parking, taking a tram to the monorail, then taking the monorail to the park wouldn't be so bad, but you have to add to the equation taking everything out of a double stroller, folding it and getting it onto the tram and monorail.  So you've got John with the stroller, me with a kid, diaper bag, and bag of snacks, and my mom with a kid and bags of drinks and a purse. It's really something to see. My advice if you have two small children or twins: BRING AN EXTRA ADULT.  Also, if you are trying to decide between Magic Kingdom in Disney World or Disneyland, which are close to the same thing, I personally like Disneyland better for little kids. You can walk in and out of Disneyland and go across the street to your hotel and rest. If you are looking for a resort with more than a couple of pools, then Magic Kindom is probably better for you.

We also had lots of fun at the beach and in the pool. I just had to go to Siesta Key when we first got there, it is known to have some the most beautiful sand in the world.  Of course it was pouring and storming there because my luck of the Irish is cancelled out by my German side, so we drove a little north to Lido Key where it was sunny as can be.   Other than that, just a lot of grandma and grandpa time!

Anyway, click here: Album on Photobucket for more pics!

Apparently my Youtube movie won't embed, so here is a link to a movie of Evan waiting in line for the Dumbo ride: http://www.youtube.com/user/gingertwinmom#p/a/u/0/QRhSfUAl85Y

Corey's Farm Day

Corey's Farm Day was on Monday. I can't believe a year has gone by since the last one. It is a day on the farm for special kids with physical differences or developmental delays to be close to animals and ride ponies and horses. It is such a wonderful thing for these kids. Every area needs one of these.

Evan demanded us to go on two antique tractor rides and both Evan and Amelia rode a pony. They also pet all of the farm animals and got cowboy hats and bandanas, which they refused to wear.

We have been very busy. Over the weekend we went on a miniature steam train and yesterday we went to the zoo. Train, farm, zoo, all within a few days of each other. I remember when I was a kid, we waved to the cows on the way to the zoo, where we rode the train. Once a year. And that's the way we liked it!

Now we are getting ready to visit grandparents in Florida (8.5 hour flight with layover) and visit the Magic Kingdom for two whole days!  I want to be able to upload pics from my phone again, but it's not working, so we'll see.

Anyway, here are some more pics and a video of Amelia on the pony. I couldn't get Evan because I was walking with him.

Big boy haircut yesterday!

No time to blog!

I have no time. No energy. Now that the twins are well into their twos, it is chaos during the day. As I write, Evan is climbing onto the Little Tikes kitchen. Oh, now there are two of them on the Little Tikes kitchen. They are climbing from the kitchen, onto the arm of the couch, and jumping onto the couch. Next thing to happen will be Amelia jumping from the couch to the floor, which she does perfectly. I usually stop Evan because of the one kidney thing. He has to avoid impact trauma "in general over the course of his life", but asking a two year old boy not to jump off things is like, well, asking a two year old boy not to jump off things. And of course we are busy dealing with attitudes, a lot of not listening, some time-outs, and potty training.

Other than all of the action, things are going well around here. We found out we will be here for an additional 5 months, so I have finally adjusted to that. It was going to work out perfectly to move for Evan's appointments and both of them continuing pre-school (they get kicked out of the program at 3, so I was just going to start them when we moved in February.) So now I have additional work to do to figure out things here, then at our next location. And of course there is the stress of not knowing where that is!! I think that is the reason I haven't been blogging. I've been in the blahs. But the sun is trying to come out this morning and around here, that is a big deal.

Well, I'd better go, they are fighting over balls. They each have the same one, but they both want two...

Oh, and did I mention that both of them have their first 2 year molars coming in and they are both having bouts of over-emotional-ness? Yeah...