Spring Sing

Layla had her "Spring Sing" this week at preschool.  One of my favorite aspects of Layla's preschool is that they have a music class with a music teacher each time they meet.  Layla looks forward to music time each day and always reports what instrument she played and what songs they sang.  All of their hard work in music class paid off and it was a cute night.  Layla did great although her performance was a very toned down version of what we see at home! 

  

Layla and Grady before the "Spring Sing"

 

Layla and her sweet buddy Levi at preschool

Nothing better than a good twirling dress.  This was Layla's Easter dress from last year.  I love that dresses can typcially be stretched over two years!

Ryan and Grady.  Although the picture appears differently, Grady actually liked the night and danced on Papa Pete's lap during the songs.  I am a sucker for seersucker on little boys.  Grady's little pants can no longer be buttoned but he has a couple pairs of seersucker bibs awaiting him :)

Practicing the moves for the "Hoochie Coochie" dance

And now ina very anti-climatic ending....I have no pictures from the sing.  I was in a bad position for pictures but I should have some pictures and videos rounded up soon!

Thanks to the grandparents for joining us!  Layla felt very special!!

Easter 2012

Grady seemed to enjoy his first Easter basket!

Layla loves a chocolate bunny.  She has really hoped for the past two years that the Easter Bunny would bring her one.  She was so excited for the bunny this year.  Layla was up at 6:15 (unheard of time for Layla) saying she heard him outside and absolutely could not go back sleep. 

Grady loves Shea.  I think the feeling is mutual!

Egg hunt!  I love Liam with the golf club at the bottom.  He is never without some kind of club/bat and ball.

Oh my goodness, Grady looks like such a big boy here!

Happy Easter!

Easter Fun

 Time to hunt for your lunch!  This was a hit.  I saw it online, very fun!  A must do for next year with Grady too.

I swear this is Layla's favorite activity of the year.  She loves dyeing eggs.  I bought two boxes of egg dye and let Layla have all creative control (she apparently is a fan of green right now!).  The clear glasses were great for Layla to see the colors and figure out what different combinations could be made with different colors.

We tried to let Grady join in, but he just threw the eggs a lot.  Really, that is all he did :)

Taking this task very seriously!

Grady loves to be near Layla and see what she is doing at all times.  She is being a good big sister about it....so far!

Layla was getting ready for a community egg hunt.  Grady was getting ready for his morning nap!

Next we were off to the nearby miniature train, it was a special bunny day with the Easter Bunny.  Here Layla and sweet Ryker are saying "Choo choo!!!"

Grady looking very serious on the train!

Ready to take a ride!! 

Chef Mickey

On our last full day of our vacation, we headed to Chef Mickey at the Contemporary Resort for breakfast.  It was a fun breakfast with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Donald Duck.  We had a really good time.  Layla was so excited and did a lot of dancing in her seat with the songs and Grady loved all of the characters.  It was a very nice way to end our trip.

  

The whole group!

Dancing in our seats!

SeaWorld

On Wednesday, we headed to SeaWorld.  We fed dolphins (Layla actually fed a dolphin on her own), saw the Shamu show, spent a lot of time in the kids' area and enjoyed the park.  It was a little hard going from Disney Parks to SeaWorld because it is just a completely different world but all in all it was a really good day.  Enjoy the pictures!

Layla and Ryan after feeding the dolphins.

Layla's first roller coaster.  Look really closely, Ryan and Layla are in the first car.  Shea and Jamie are in the second car.

Layla loved the coaster.  At one point, I saw the cars zoom by and Layla had her arms up in the air!

Just as a tip to any travelers, we were informed at the gate that preschoolers 5 and under get free admittance into SeaWorld with a birth certificate.  We bought our tickets ahead of time, so we didn't score the deal but I hope someone out there can!