A look at our crazy life :): May 2009

Jason and I worked hard this year to build this raised garden bed. It was hard work, but we're really proud of it :) This first set of pictures were taken on May 2nd.

Whole garden

Row of lettuce, row of spinach, there's also carrots and onions that hadn't come up yet.

2 tomatoes (1 roma and 1 early girl)

2 zucchinis

1 yellow squash, 1 jalepeno pepper and 1 purple bell pepper.

1 green bell pepper and 1 pumpkin plant

2 potato plants barely peeking up.

The garden was doing well... until a local rabbit figured out it was around. I have now declared war on this rabbit. I'm livid that it's eating all my plants. It WILL learn to avoid my garden soon or it will meet it's destiny.... stew.

I bought a "rabbit repellent" that I sprinkled around the base of the garden. I also planted marigolds today, since it's said rabbits don't like them.

This is a picture of the garden today. As you can see, I planted another tomato plant- a "Mr. Stripey".

Yellow squash plant that's been tasted.

Zucchini plant that's been devoured :( The darn rabbit ate it down to the ground!

Another zucchini plant that's been nibbled on.

Pepper plant that's been tasted.

It also ate some of the pumpkin plant, lettuce, a couple tomato leaves... the only thing it didn't touch was the potatoes.

And, lastly, my beautiful flowers from my boys :) I love the soft pink color!

There's not as many pictures as there could have been because my camera died on Thursday. I got it to turn on one time for one picture on Friday but that was the end of it.

In the car on the way... the banana sticker says "Place sticker on forehead. Smile."

Happy to finally be in the hotel in Georgia!

And then very sad when we learned the pool was closed :(

In the car driving through Georgia.... lots of driving....

Finally at the hotel! The hotel was decent. We stayed at one of the cheapest ones on Disney property (All Star Sports). The themes were pretty cute.

Owen's favorite place at Disney World. He wanted to go straight there when we got to Magic Kingdom... no stops along the way! LOL! (This is where Mickey and Minnies houses are and it was his mission to talk to Mickey)

Inside Mickey's house.

Waiting in line to see Mickey and Minnie.

"Oh crap... maybe I didn't really want to do this!"

"Oh, alright... maybe it's not so bad!"

Giving Mickey a hug.

And Minnie a hug

Family shot.

Mickey reading Owen's shirt.

Enough said.

At Minnie's house.

Owen's very first roller coaster! It's called "Goofy's Barnstormer" and it's a mini roller coaster. We did this as his first one to see how he would do before taking him on any bigger rides.

He loved it! He wanted to do it again... and again... and again. Since he passed that test we took him on bigger rides... which he also loved! The kid has NO FEAR!

Riding race cars with mama.

Riding race cars with Jason.

Of course, can't forget the classics like Dumbo!

Family picture :)

Watching fireworks.

Soooo tired at the end of that first day. He fell asleep on the monorail. (For those who don't know... at Magic Kingdom you park your car, ride a tram to the ticket and transportation center, hop on a monorail or ferry boat to get to Magic Kingdom. Which means at the end of a long day you have to do all that again to get to your car!)

Riding the Astro Orbiter! This thing went HIGH. Owen loved it, of course :)

Owen and Jason in front of the castle

Owen (less than thrilled) and mama in front of the castle

Owen at Mickey's house (again...)

And Minnie's house...

Enjoying dinner at Planet Hollywood.

And being attacked by a shark.

Swimming in the hotel pool.... right before he started throwing up because he drank too much pool water ;(

We also went to Sea World. These are from the Shamu Show.

Riding a shamu coaster.

Playing in the "family playground"

Dolphins...

I really like this picture...

Manatees

There was also a ride at Sea World that was kinda like Splash Mountain. You ride a boat like thing down 2 big waterfalls. Owen LOVED it!! He only got to ride it twice though because it was getting late, a little chilly and Sea World was about the close. Obviously, no pictures of that since I didn't want my camera getting wet ;)

Watching "Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage" show.

Not feeling well at all :(

Still not feeling good :(

At Animal Kingdom we did a character breakfast. It was really cute, but Owen was less than impressed. Too noisy, too busy, he wasn't feeling good.... not a good combination.

BUT.... we had some magic and pixie dust up our sleeves that day. Owen had been looking for a dvd called "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse- Mickey Saves Santa" for about 1 1/2 months. We couldn't find it anywhere. We assumed we'd find it at Disney World... but they didn't have it ANYWHERE! We even called the main number and they checked the inventory at all their stores on Disney property. Jason came to the rescue and found it at a Best Buy in Kissimmee. So we drove out to get it (that's the picture of Owen sleeping in the car). When we were at the breakfast I explained everything to the server. She took the dvd (secretely, of course). When we were up getting our food (it's a buffet) she snuck it back to our table, along with a card that said "We found what you've been looking for" and was signed by Mickey, Donald, Daisy and Goofy (the 4 characters at the breakfast). When Owen got back to the table he was soooo excited! You couldn't have found a happier boy.