HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY LINDSEY!

It is hard to believe my baby is 6 already!!! I told her "That is it, you cannot get any older!!" She just laughed and said in a matter of fact tone "Soon I will be 7 Mom."

Lindsey's birthday started out with the traditional toaster strudel with candles on it. I am not sure when that started but now for every birthday both girls insist on a toaster strudel with "fire" on it for their birthday breakfast. After school she wanted me to be sure to pick her up right at 4:30 so we would have time to pick up McDonald's for dinner, open her presents AND get to family fun night at school by 6. Family fun night was very crowded but Lindsey had a blast with all of her kindergarten friends. Here is her doing the locomotion on the dance floor. What happened to my once shy preschooler???

The next day we had a friend party for Lindsey at our house. We had 13 crazy girls running around, literally! Lindsey wanted to invite all of the girls from her kindergarten class, which made sense so no one felt left out, but who knew they would all be able to come! We made the most out of it and spent lots of time outside!

The girls decorated crowns, had an egg hunt, and just enjoyed being with each other. Lindsey really got lucky and has a good group of girls in her class! What a relief as a parent to see your child making and maintaining friendships, as friends are definately one of the most important things in life. Happy Birthday Lindsey!!!!

Our Disney Vacation

We just got back from an absolute awesome time at Disney. The best part had to be the weather. Just being able to be outside without the hats, mittens, snow pants, etc. was unbelievably nice especially after all that snow we got the day before we left. The first day we were there it was 85 which was quite a shock to these MN bodies, but it was great. The rest of the week was in the 70's but still felt amazing and was perfect for park hopping. Above is a picture of the condo we stayed at and you can see the beautiful blue van the girls picked out the the right. We let them pick the color and for some reason they wanted blue. The positive part of that was we could easily find our car in the parking lot at the parks. Below is a picture of the community pool at the condo unit. We also had a private splash pool behind our condo unit.

Our first stop on our first day in Florida was unfortunately the minute clinic. We suspected Lindsey had strep the night before we left and she did end up having it, BUT she was such a trooper. An hour after we were at the doctor, we were at Magic Kingdom taking pictures in front of the castle. Nothing was going to stop that girl from seeing the castle and the princesses.

We spent part of Saturday at Magic Kingdom and part of it swimming since it was so nice. Sunday we had breakfast with the princesses at the castle. The girls LOVED meeting Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine and Cinderella. Monday we went to Animal Kingdom and Tuesday we went to Epcot where we had dinner with the princesses. Needless to say at this point in the trip David was getting a little princessed out and had to go find himself a margarita in Mexico!

Wednesday we went to Hollywood Studios and Thursday we spent the morning at Magic Kingdom and the afternoon swimming. The girls absolutely LOVED swimming. They must have jumped in and out of the splash pool 50 times.

We took over 600 pictures, so if anyone wants to see more, let me know!! :) We would highly recommend this trip to anyone, especially if you have little princesses.