Spiderman

While I admire David's ingenuity and desire to do things himself, this method of reaching things on the top shelf would not have been my first choice.

Resolutions

While I love the idea of resolutions, I am notsogreat at following them. That said, some things we're going to work on as a family this year are:

1. Eating better. We need to create better eating habits for our children, and ourselves.
2. Sticking more closely to our budget. This is rapidly becoming a matter of necessity, not just a "would like to do" since Chris is working only roughly 24 hours a week.
3. Maintain our organizational systems. I'm a very organized person, but it needs to be maintained by our whole family on a regular basis, not just when things get cluttery and drive Chris and me insane.
4. Be more patient. This is an ongoing life skill for us.

That should be plenty for us to do this year.

HELP!

I am the only moron who can't switch my blog layout to something else if it's not a blogger provided template. HELP! Everytime I try, I get some stupid error message. Who can help me with this?! (Read: I give you my password and you do it for me.) I am sick of my blog being lame!

Vacation Recap

OK, where did I leave off? After Cocoa Beach and the Kennedy Space Center, I think we spent the next day hanging out at our resort. We went to the Island Pool, where the boys played on the "beach". They loved it. We went back to Downtown Disney which was, by far, their favorite place to go. Henry loved this Santa made out of Legos.

We also went to Ponce Inlet, to the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse. It's Florida's tallest lighthouse, and the boys loved it. We all did. It's 203 steps to the top, and David and Henry climbed up and down all by themselves. They did a GREAT job. It was a LOT of stairs! I think this picture is a pretty accurate representation of what I looked like when we got to the top! ETA: Chris carried Jack up all of the stairs! I kept offering to take him, mostly because I was afraid Chris would have a heart attack and drop him and then who do you run to - your husband or baby? But he carried him the whole way. With no heart palpitatoins, I might add.

The next day we went to Ikea. Henry was all about the play area, and David wouldn't go. He begged the entire time for the European version of the Snuggie sold at Ikea. You know, because his "hands always get trapped inside my Gigi blanket". WTH? This child is obsessed with the most obscure products. I finally convinced him that he didn't NEEDASNUGGIERIGHTNOW because they didn't have the Ikea version in red. Thank the LAWD!

Our trip was great, and we had a lot of fun. It's always nice to come home though!

Miss Me?

I'm still here. We got back from vacation on Sunday evening. I spent Monday unpacking, doing laundry, getting things organized for the week, and we picked up my new car. It's very fun, and I feel much cuter and cooler driving the new car than I do the minivan!!

I have lots to blog about - the rest of our trip, Christmas, and New Year's resolutions. I promise it's coming soon!

Five for Friday

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a fun New Year's Eve! Ours, as you can imagine with three children, was rockin'. We were all in bed well before midnight.

Yesterday we went to Cocoa Beach so we could go to the ocean. We packed our lunch and went to a really nice park. I was amazed at how clean the public restroom was! We ate lunch and the boys played on the playground for a while, then we ventured to the beach. What kind of moron doesn't bring bathing suits for small children to the beach? This one. It was only like 70 degrees out, so I didn't really think they would go into the water. WRONG. If you were at Cocoa Beach yesterday, my children were the white trash looking children splashing in the water. In their underpants. The water was frigid, but they didn't care.

After the beach, we went to the Kennedy Space Center. It was really cool, but completely reaffirmed our decision to not go to any of the parks. David and Henry enjoyed it, but were FAR too spastic to allow us to enjoy anything. They were also exhausted by the time we left, and there's no way we would get anything close to our money's worth at one of the Disney parks.

By far, the boys' favorite things to do so far while we've been here have been the beach (whether the real beach or the pretend beach at our resort), riding in the boat shuttle at our resort, and going to the playground. All FREE! I am enjoying that, because I know the next time we're here on vacation that will not be the case. Henry keeps asking, several times a day, when we're "going to our home". I do not think he'll be the world traveller in our family!

Today I think we'll hit the pool and the "beach" at our hotel. Have a great day, and Happy New Year! (A post on my resolutions is to come once our vacation is complete!)