Interview With Liam

I love the way he says "right here."

Interview with Quinn

I love the way he says Disney World.

The Music

This morning during my "Latin Fusion" cardio class - a song came on that reminded me of the music used during the Illuminations show at EPCOT every night.

Friday afternoon at work we had some traditional Native America dancers/drummers perform for the school - they were amazing. My favorite thing about live music is actually being able to feel the music in your body.

If my memory is correct, I was able to feel the music a year and a half ago at EPCOT. It may not have been "live", but I can promise it was amazing.

I cannot wait to hear it again.

Why I Can't Wait...

Yeah yeah yeah - all that stuff Amy said. The kid's faces, the excitement, first words, etc. But really - I'm so looking forward to the food! We've booked our packages with the Disney Dining Plan - which means we've already paid for each of us (me, Mike, and Quinn) to have one table service meal with dessert, one quick service meal, and one snack per day. With access to the menus and reservations made my mouth is already watering. After looking at some of the menus I'm really looking forward to:

1. The Chocolate Wave from Coral Reef in Epcot

2. Chocolate Confusion from the Big River Pub on the Boardwalk

3. Mickey Cheese Ravioli and Marinara Sauce at Chef Mickey's

4. Garlic Redskin Smashed Potatoes at The Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom

5. Cheese-filled Danish at Tusker House in Animal Kingdom

6. Fish and Chips at the Rose and Crown Pub in Epcot (I enjoyed these so much while there on our honeymoon Mike and I went back to Epcot 3 times just to eat there!)

That and I always love the snacks I treat myself to at ballgames, the zoo, carnivals, anywhere I go I seem to find a good excuse to have a special treat. While in Disney World my excuses will include - 1. I've been doing so much walking. 2. I won't be able to come here again for at least two years. So...here's a list of the snacks I'm looking forward to (some of which I'll eat on site and others that I will save):

1. Mickey Mouse Rice Krispie Treat

2. Dole Whip (some sort of pineapple thing at MK)

3. soft pretzel (I would get that anywhere)

4. frozen coke

5. nachos (I'd get those anywhere)

6. a nice old fashioned ice cream cone

7. cinnamon roll

8. funnel cake

And I heard of a drink called The Gray Goose that's available at Epcot - something about lemonaide - it includes some type of alcohol. This will be on my list as well - and my excuse for that one is that we're visiting Epcot on Day 4 of our "vacation" with the kiddos and I will, by that point, have truly earned a nice adult drink.

How I Taught My 3-year Old to Read Double Digit Numbers

As I started putting this countdown chain together I was cursing the idea (hi Amy!). But then I realized the staples work a lot faster than a glue stick - duh! And in no time at all we had our countdown chain for Disney with 70 days to go!

Ahhh - now it's off the floor. 60 more days!

Oh...to his knees. 50 more days!

Getting shorter.... 40 more days!

Mike took a look the other day and said, "Oh no! It's getting shorter! Is it really that close?"

Uh, yes it is!

30 more days, baby!

Every morning Quinn remembers to take a link off his chain (if not the morning then he'll remember at dinner). We started showing him how to "read" the numbers at some point in the 60s. It was funny, because when he got to 60 he said, "sixty-zero". Not quite, we're still working on that. When we got to 30 (a few days ago) he said, "thirty-zero more days!" Well, it actually sounded like "forty-zero", but only because when a 3 year old almost 4 year old says "thirty" chances are it's going to sound pretty close to "forty". I once had two 4 year olds arguing in my class.

Boy 1 - "It's forty (30) - not forty (40)."

Boy 2 - "That's what I said. 'forty (40)'"

Boy 1 - "No, you said forty (40)."

Boy 2 - "No I didn't. It's forty (30)."

I don't remember what they were talking about, but looking back I should have just taken one away and said, "there. Now it's twenty-nine, right?"