Tuesday, August 15, 2017

January 2017

As usual, January was full of birthday fun. But, before we could start the celebrations, we got to enjoy some beautiful North Carolina snow. For NC, we actually got a decent amount so the kids (big and small) got to enjoy some nice sledding and snow ball fights in our neighborhood.



Thankfully, the snow was gone by the time we needed to leave for our Mason's 5th birthday celebration in Orlando. As much as I was dreading my baby boy turning 5, having that milestone birthday in Disney World seemed to make it a bit easier. We decided to stay on the Disney property this time and stayed at All Star Sports and Mason loved it. After having a fabulous character breakfast at Chef Mickey's we spent Mason's actual birthday in Hollywood Studios and Mason got to experience almost all of the Star Wars attractions. The next day, we visited Animal Kingdom, which was a treat for all of us because even Todd and I had never been there. Our last day of the trip was spent at Magic Kingdom and by the end of the day, we were all exhausted so we probably didn't get as much excitement about that day as we should have. 


With Mickey at Chef Mickey's

Watching the Storm Trooper parade through Hollywood Studios.

He chose a funnel cake for his birthday cake and it was bigger than his head.

Yep, 38 years old and no shame in taking a picture with my favorite guy Goofy.

The kids (with squinty sun faces) in front of the Tree of Life

Meeting Donald Duck at Animal Kingdom.

Obligatory Cinderella's Castle picture at the Magic Kingdom.

After the exhaustion of traveling to Florida, we decided to have a super low key birthday for Aubrey. She had dance on her birthday so we brought cupcakes for her friends to enjoy during class. Afterwards, she got her presents from us and enjoyed some cupcakes at home. Later that weekend, we invited her BFF over for a sleepover, which was one one of the most requested events in our house.  The girls had a blast and made Aubrey's birthday celebration a blast.




As usual, I was happy when January was over. Traveling and 2 birthdays made it an exhausting month so I was ready to get back to some sense of normalcy.

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