Weekend in Florida

Chloee and I have spent the weekend in sunny, hot & humid Orlando FL! All thanks to my brothers company who was celebrating their 20 yrs of operation. Chloee and I headed to Chicago (Romeoville) on Thursday night. I had to call my brother (Ryan) out of his class at North Central (he is going for his Master's) to say that his garage door keypad was not opening. He came home and for some reason it really was not working, however I did feel bad for him missing class.

Our flight was early on Friday morning. We where up at 4:45AM, which is really no difference for me during the week anyway. Our driver came at 5:30AM and Chloee did not want to get in the car. She is a smart little bug, she wanted/needed her car seat!! I mean really?!! How do you respond to that? Ryan did get her in the car and she would not speak to me. Our flight left Chicago at 8AM and we landed in Orlando at noon(EST). Chloee did really well flying as this was her first time on a plane.

Once we arrived at the hotel (Disney's Beach & Yacht Club) Chloee wanted to swim. So we took a dip in the pool. That evening, Ryan & I attended the awards banquet and meal. Ryan received his 5 yr award and we ate a very good dinner and desert!!

Saturday after breakfast we headed to the Magic Kingdom! Spend aprox. 6 hrs there in the heat. There is just so much to see and do that I think it was very overwhelming for Chloee and with the humidity, that just wipes you out anyway. That evening Ryan and I had desert and wine at Epcot again thanks to RQA! Attempted to watch the fireworks and laser light show, and it poured rain. A few of us where lucky enough to grab a rain pouncho, and by that time it was still fun even getting wet.

Both Friday and Saturday nights we had a sitter from Kids Night Out company come to the hotel room to entertain Chloee and Sofia. Sofia's dad works with Ryan and we split the amount to have a few hours without the kids since these events where adults only.

Sunday we re-packed our bags, did a little shopping, and then it was time for us to say 'Good Bye' to FL as we headed back to the airport to catch our 4:10 flight back.

It was a super fun time, busy and exhausting. I am sure we all enjoyed our time, wished we could have stayed a little longer but a HUGE thanks goes to my brother Ryan who asked Chloee and myself to come along and be part of his companies celebration.

Family Fun in the Triangle

Today was 'Family Fun' in the Triangle sponsered by the Erie Chamber of Commerce. For $5.00 you could get 4 colors of paint, a brush and a cup of water(to clean the brush when you wanted to change colors) That is what we did this afternoon, and above is Chloee's artistic ability!! I did not even think to bring a camera or anything, however I had my phone to capture her artwork. We finished in the nick of time, because it started to rain. And with the paint being washable, I am now pretty certain that ALL artistic squares have washed away since it has been raining all afternoon :(

Never walk when tired

I am quickly learning that even though you really want to take a nice walk, one should not do this when your child is tired!! This evening my daughter decided she wanted to take a walk, now mind you that I was actually warned by my husband that she had not had a nap, but I really wanted to get some exercise and get outside. The walk started out great.....then in a blink of an eye, it turned disasterous!! She began to half a break down and decided to lay down in the grass. When I told her "let's just go back home" she decided to run the other direction...excellent keep on walking behind her. Well, finally we needed to get home to make dinner, and that is when all heck broke loose. I had to pretty much drag her home all the while she was screaming and crying "I want my daddy!" --who was working. Half way back home she thinks I need to CARRY her!! Oh goodness...I told her 'no she could walk' and then continues the screaming and crying all while laying in the yard of a neighbor...super!! However I was not about to give in and walk back to her and pick her up, as she requested. I thought for sure, someone would have called the police, which then my husband would have to respond since that is his job, but to my surprise no one did. We finally get back home, fix dinner, eat and she was asleep by 6:45pm on the couch.....phew a much needed quite night for mom!

Took the Plunge!!

After reading a co-workers blog daily, and thinking how much fun it would be to just ramble on about anything on my mind, chest, or life....I have broken down and decided to begin my own!! I think this may be a good way to express frustration, happiness, sadness, etc that goes on with in me. I will more than likely tell stories of my daughter, husband, siblings, in-laws, co-workers and the list could go on. So I hope you enjoy reading everything I have to share!!