What an adventure today! It's late, the kids are in bed and as Rob watches The Amazing Race, I'm going to share with you our day today. Let's just say it started out EARLY! We went to Sea World yesterday (gotta love the Florida passes where you go once and come back all year for FREE!) and then to Down Town Disney where we ate at the new T-Rex restaraunt. It was very realistic and so much fun. Norah was a saint. I had her in the Baby Bjorn front carrier and she slept, was awake and pretty much did everything in it all day. When she only weighs 13 pounds, it's not hard to carry her all day. It's when she's 20+ pounds in a few months that I worry about.=) That's when we switch to the backpack. Anyway, back to Seaworld...the kids pet dolphins, we saw lots of neat shows, Rob rode the new roller coaster, Manta, and we didn't have a meltdown all day (sweetness). HOWEVER, we did pay for it today! Today was actually Avonlea's birthday (the big #4) and they woke up earlier than we thought. Lincoln was awake the whole ride home last night and after returning at midnight, he was still awake when we pulled up into the driveway! We all went to bed, but they were up early and ready to open gifts in our room. Avonlea was so grateful and sweet about her special day and the Linkster, well, let's just say that it was probably Rob's and my most difficult day in disciplining him. He even got a 3 hour nap, but apparently that didn't matter. I think we're entering a new phase of "Lincoln bootcamp" this week. We've always been really consistent with him, but we're going to have to take it to the next step up apparently.
Back to Avonlea's day...we went grocery shopping (which is now done on weekends since I have four little ones during the day), came home and had lunch, then down for naps. The kids slept great (and long), but Lincoln still woke up a grouch. Avonlea was as chipper as ever and we told her we'd go to the video store to pick out a movie tonight. She picked Strawberry Shortcake and a dinosaur movie. The kids are both going through a dinosaur phase right now and are obsessed with anything having to do with them (I'm not kidding!). Lincoln has this very LARGE dinosaur that he takes everywhere with him. It sleeps with him and everything. After the movie, we sang "Happy Birthday", ate cake, brushed teeth and went to bed.
One thing Avonlea has been asking for is to sleep on her top bunk. Rob and I decided that when she turned 4, we would turn the ladder around and she could sleep up top. So, two nights ago, Rob spent about 45 minutes disassembling her top bunk to move the ladder to the outside (we had it turned around towards the wall for safety reasons). She crawled up in it, got comfortable and then said, "Daddy, it's too hot up here. I want to sleep on the bottom bunk." I think he was going to loose it. He spent all this time turning it around and she wound up sleeping on the bottom anyway! Ug. Tonight, she's trying it again though and so far, so good.
Needless to say, although we had a difficult day with Lincoln, Avonlea felt very blessed and was so grateful for her special day. Her party isn't until next weekend where we'll have a few friends and family. She chose a carnival/fall costume party and we'll be busy bees getting everything ready this week. Can't wait.
Back to Avonlea's day...we went grocery shopping (which is now done on weekends since I have four little ones during the day), came home and had lunch, then down for naps. The kids slept great (and long), but Lincoln still woke up a grouch. Avonlea was as chipper as ever and we told her we'd go to the video store to pick out a movie tonight. She picked Strawberry Shortcake and a dinosaur movie. The kids are both going through a dinosaur phase right now and are obsessed with anything having to do with them (I'm not kidding!). Lincoln has this very LARGE dinosaur that he takes everywhere with him. It sleeps with him and everything. After the movie, we sang "Happy Birthday", ate cake, brushed teeth and went to bed.
One thing Avonlea has been asking for is to sleep on her top bunk. Rob and I decided that when she turned 4, we would turn the ladder around and she could sleep up top. So, two nights ago, Rob spent about 45 minutes disassembling her top bunk to move the ladder to the outside (we had it turned around towards the wall for safety reasons). She crawled up in it, got comfortable and then said, "Daddy, it's too hot up here. I want to sleep on the bottom bunk." I think he was going to loose it. He spent all this time turning it around and she wound up sleeping on the bottom anyway! Ug. Tonight, she's trying it again though and so far, so good.
Needless to say, although we had a difficult day with Lincoln, Avonlea felt very blessed and was so grateful for her special day. Her party isn't until next weekend where we'll have a few friends and family. She chose a carnival/fall costume party and we'll be busy bees getting everything ready this week. Can't wait.
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How sweet that she had a great day. I love Sea World. Good luck with Lincoln this week.
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