The Weatherwax Family Blog

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Easter 2012

James, Emma, Kate, Hailey and Sage get ready for an Easter Egg hunt in the back of Grandma and Papa's yard! We celebrated Easter a week early following Hailey's 5th birthday party!

We attended an Easter Brunch with the Weatherwax's. The children had an Easter Egg hunt, decorated cookies, and made crafts.

Checking out his competition

Egg-cellent job Kate!

Some bunny is being silly before the egg hunt at our church, St. Brigid's!

The girls on Easter morning. Little brother didn't want to participate...

But he's always up for a pic with Daddy! We had a wonderful couple of weekends celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Move over Gisele Bundshen! This past weekend the children participated in the Nordstrom Spring Fashion show. This was Sage's first walk down the catwalk. They had a good time and it's always fun playing dress-up. The videos capture their personalities. They ask the kids what their favorite things to do and what they'd like to be when they grow up. Kate said she likes hopscotch and she'd like to be "Doc McStuffins" when she grows up. Emma said that she likes to go to the swimming pool and she'd like to be a waitress when she grows up so she can bring people food and drink. Sage likes to read books and he'd like to be a firefighter when he grows up.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Happy St. Patty's Day 2013

Hope you feel as lucky as we do!

The girls and their green gear

Sage doing an Irish jig before the parade

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day - 2013

Monday, February 11, 2013

A Princess Finale

What an amazing trip! Many thanks to the Weatherwax's for everything. Going to Disney with small children can be challenging, so the help was greatly appreciated. As an FYI we took 600+ pictures, so these posts are actually pretty condensed. It was a magical and memorable trip, so I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we have. I also wanted to thank my "Disney experts" for all of your advice and recommendations. The trip was a dream come true for me! :)

I figured a post for all of the Princesses was necessary after all of the time we spent with them!

Belle

Cinderella

Aurora

Ariel

Snow White

Jasmine

Ariel playing peek-a-boo with Sage.

Rapunzel/Tangled - the girls most anticipated princess. Emma has told me a few times "Mommy, her hair was real, I touched it."

His expression is priceless. Adorable.

Hollywood Studios

Day 4 was spent at Hollywood Studios.

The girls were a part of the American Idol experience. They both auditioned in front of a judge (true contestants had to be 14 years of age). Emma sang "Firework" by Katy Perry and Kate sang "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. When the sweet lady asked Kate what her name was, she said "Kate. K-A-T-E" and Mary and I looked at each other because we didn't know she knew how to spell her name - it was adorable. Ahh that middle child... Both girls made it to Hollywood!

One of the cutest pictures from the trip.

The kids watched the Disney Channel Rocks street show.

The Beaty and The Beast show at HS was wonderful. Sage kept his eyes on the Beast and he would look from side to side around the lady's head in front of us as if he understood the entire show.

The fearless Emma continued her tour by riding Tower of Terror.

The gang in front of Mickey's Sorcerer hat. We loved the new Toy Story Mania ride.

Kudos to Grandma W who took this picture on her iPhone! How precious is this?!? Kate and Sage are best buds, and this picture says it all.

Magic Kingdom

Days 2&3 were spent at the Magic Kingdom. What a privilege to take your children to Disney, and it was truly a magical day. We had talked about the castle, the tea cups, Dumbo, and Mickey, but to actually see it in person was amazing. I loved seeing the kids excitement on their faces, and that is a memory I will forever cherish.

Round and Round they went on Mad Tea Party.

Sage and Daddy enjoy the ride too!

MK recently opened up the new Fantasyland. One of our favorite attractions was Enchanted Tales with Belle where the kids have an active roll in the storytelling of Beauty and the Beast. Kate was the "wardrobe" and Emma was a "picture frame." A Snow White roller coaster is currently under construction, we'll definitely have to return to check that out in a couple years.

Kate's first roller coaster: The Barnstormer. She had her hands up in the air by the end of the ride.

A little nostalgia for all of us, the kids enjoyed their Mickey ice cream's while awaiting the Celebrate A Dream Come True parade. The parades are amazing full of music, dancing and excitement.

Yummy! Emma's bravery continued with riding Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

"I'm going to Disney World." Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco was in the Victory Parade the day after the Super Bowl. Even though we're not Ravens fans, it was cool to see.

The kids sitting curbside for the parade. Sage caught a glimpse of the Mickey Mouse balloons and he got so excited. Grandma went over and bought one for him. It later became a great marker for our stroller when it was amongst 50+ other strollers.

Our family in front of the Castle and the balloon :)

We visited with Mickey Mouse in the Town Square Theater.

The Electrical Parade brightened up our evening.

Day #2 started off at the Castle for a breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table. The girls met Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, Aurora and Jasmine. Sage was a trooper with all of this Princess stuff, I'm sure we'll be dining with Woody and Buzz Lightyear in the future!