Breakfast with Elmo and Friends at Sea World

As a gift for the kids birthday we purchased tickets to Breakfast with Elmo and Friends at Sea World. It was a breakfast buffet..anything you could imagine. Yum Yum Yum. Even better than the food was the entertainment. It was so much fun. The kids thought they met the biggest movie stars ever.

Then after breakfast we stuck around Sea World to go to the Elmo and Abby Lost Treasure show. After the show the kids had the opportunity to meet with Elmo again. Mommy and Daddy even got a chance to ride the Kraken before we headed out to attend Mady's 1st bday party.

Here are some videos from that day. Click on the slideshow on the right to see the other pics from that day.

Parker's First Love

On the day we had Breakfast with Elmo and Friends at Sea World, Parker met his first love. One of the pearl divers at Sea World. She started blowing him kisses and he made sure to blow them back. Check out these funny video clips.

First Earrings

Here is a pic of Sydney with her first earrings...some clips ons that came with her beautiful movie star outfit that her Auntie Carrie sent her.

There are some more pics in the slideshow.

Easter Sunday

Church service on Easter Sunday started an hour later than our usual 9am church service. This was great because this gave us some extra time for the kids to hunt for their Easter baskets(oh and Daddy had one too, of course). They also opened a package their Auntie Carrie sent them from California.

After a great church service, it was home for a quick nap and then we went to MeeMaw and Papa's for an early dinner. Yum Yum Yummy!

Then they got a chance to go on another Easter Egg Hunt.

Easter Eggstravaganza

The Saturday before Easter was a great day! At 10 am the kids attended the Remington Park Annual Easter Egg Hunt--this is our neighborhoods egg hunt. This was their first official easter Egg Hunt and they caught on right away. Don't tell Parker but Sydney got close to twice as many eggs as he did.

After lunch and a short nap, we made our way to Dave and Val's Easter Eggstravaganza, I don't know if you remember from last year(if not you can check back about this time last year on the blog)but we had the best time at this Easter event. Well this year was even better than last year. Last year the kids weren't walking yet and this year they are running everywhere. Sydney did not stop bouncing and Parker did not stop sliding for almost 6 hours straight. Parker insists on sliding on his belly so ended up with a nice rug burn mark on his nose(great for Easter pics). Like last year it was such a great time and great food with friends and family. We truly are blessed.

SPRING VACATION 2009

The weekend after the kids 2nd birthday we packed up and took our spring vacation to North Carolina. We drove through the night on Friday evening. The kids slept most of the trip up there.

The first day we were there was a little rainy which was really nice. Nothing like rain on a tin roof. What a perfect excuse to be lazy. The kids felt at home right away.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous!!

Throughout the week we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway..it was BEAUTIFUL. We drove up to Mt. Mitchell where it was literally freezing and so windy. We got out of the car and then got right back in. The altitude at Mt. Mitchell is 6578 ft.

We hung out by Lake Lure where the Parker chased the geese and the kids got to play on the playground.








Sydney had her first fishing lesson with Daddy.

We explored MeeMaw and Papas property.

We went window shopping in Hendersonville and stopped to eat at our favorite sandwich/soda shop.

We visited the hands-on children's museum in Rutherfordton, KidSense. The kids got to drive a fire truck, fly a jet, shop in a store just their size, read the news, and cook and clean in a kid size restaurant. We had so much fun.

Its definitely been hard getting back to reality.