Imaginations Gone Wild

Lately the boys have been blowing my mind with their imaginations. Take a look:

A knight and dragon for your evening entertainment

Who would have thought a $5 costume would make two little boys so happy?

We went to Gammy's thinking it was an indoor bounce house (turned out it was for children 2 and under)...Duncan made the best of the situation by dressing up as a construction worker.

This kid.

The boys were on a Peter Pan kick and went into their closets and picked out these outfits (on their own!). I was impressed. Introducing Peter Pan and Captain Hook!

Wip set up this dining set and pretended he was not only the chef, but also the waiter. 

I love how he arranged all of the food. Such a vision.

Guests seemed to enjoy the pretend food.

Hard at work in the kitchen.

Cowboy Duncan

Yee Haw!

Days With D

What do you get when you have a child that started kindergarten, a husband out of town, and a three year old that does not start until the next week?  A LOT OF DUNCAN TIME. Trust me, I am not complaining. Duncan is one of those predictable/unpredictable kind of kids. You know that he will be fine once he gets a "chocolate milk/regular milk", you know that he will get frustrated and want to pick out his own outfit {thankfully, he can easily be talked into wearing what I want him to wear}, but what you don't know is will he be a cooperative child or a crazy child....it is truly a mystery.

This kid is thirsty. Always.

He has the most amazing bed head.

Ice cream for lunch.

Reading books is exhausting.

D-"I have to close my eyes, now I open my eyes, now I close my eyes". This went on for 15 min on the way home from dropping off Wip. Everytime the sun would hit his eyes he would mention it. Thankfully, it is a pretty quick car ride:)

Lunch date at Johnny Rockets. I imagined I was having an In and Out burger (it was tasty). After Duncan finished eating he said "that was a delicious lunch". 

Me-"What are you doing?" Duncan-"just thinking about Wip". Brotherly love.

I know, I know. It is terrible. Ice cream for lunch and then doughnuts. I don't know if it is mom guilt or just really living in the moment, but this kid has my heart and I love making him happy.

Oh yeah...sugar crash.

For the most part we have had a blast. We met his teachers Ms. Peggie and Ms. Natalie {we hit the lottery because they are amazing}, we got invited over for a "flash" playdate {Duncan has decided that he does not like girls that he does not know, so it was a little awkward}, we went to the mall, we watched movies, we had ice cream for lunch, we had doughnuts for lunch {after the teacher visit we learned that she has a juice free zone and only allows fruits and vegetables for snacks..yikes}, and we tested out how long it takes if we try to hit up Ikea before we need to be in the carpool line to pick up Wip {we were successful}. It is crazy to me that I will be starting a new job on Tuesday and my time with this little man will be limited. Just makes it even more special the time that I do have because he is one of a kind!

Kindergarten

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Back to school pictures have flooded social media and every time I see the quote "how is it possible, that I have a fill in the blank starting fill in the blank", I roll my eyes. As Wip was getting ready for his first day of kindergarten at Park Maitland School, I just kept asking myself "how is it possible that I have a 5 year old starting kindergarten?!!!". Not only is it possible, it has happened. The night before his first day he was so nervous. He kept asking to draw "just one more picture" before bed to help calm him. When Patrick was tucking him in he said "I am a little bit scared about tomorrow, but I am a lot happy". Watch out...the class of 2028 has arrived.

It cracked me up that I have a kindergartener wearing 3T pjs...he just can't let them go.

Ready for a great day!

It was daddy's first day of school too!

Wip insisted that I take a picture of his school before we pulled away...not the best picture, but I thought it was so cute how proud he was of his new school.

Thumbs up to a great first day of K

Frozen and Friends

So happy together...

I will protect you Sleeping Beauty (with my mighty stick)

Mommy, is this coffee? (it was lemonade)

Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in Winter Park!

The other night I asked Wip if he knew who was coming to visit this weekend (the answer should have been Grams and Poppy). "SMALL CAROLINE?!" he responded. Silly boy, she just visited last weekend. He was obviously still on a high about it. We had such a great time showing our friends the new town.

The added bonus was not understanding the rules of Disney and thinking we could just get into the character breakfast with only a reservation. Little did I know that in addition to making a reservation to the breakfast you also needed to purchase tickets into the park (I guess we would have been the only fools to attend a character breakfast and then leave the park). I went to guest service and fully disclosed my ignorance. The sweet young man noticed my 502 area code when filling out a form and asked if I was from Louisville. It turns out he used to live in St. Matthews as a young boy and has the best memories of my old Kentucky home. As I handed him my debit card with knots in my stomach as to what the total would be, he handed me three passes and said "don't worry about it, have fun". We did.

I spy with my little eye...a Mickey waffle

It started with a reach...

Then Jake and Wip sang and danced around the entire restaurant. Click here to see some moves.

Sophia said "look in my eyes when I am talking to you". JK

I know it looks like CC is choking...but she is fine. Now, I cannot tell what D is doing behind her...mystery.

Then we saw Kristoff 

Even better than Kristoff was our friends that were IN the parade. We got this fancy pass to sit in the VIP section.

Here they come...

Elsa was so excited to see Wip

Unfortunately for Elsa, Wip had monsters to draw. Check out this sing along video and just watch how much Wip was into it.

Before the face paint (he was so excited)

After (he was now officially Buzz Lightyear...and proud of it).

Wip turned into a dragon...he kind of scared me all day when I looked at him.

I have heard from a few Disney aficionados that Hollywood Studios is the worst. I thought it was a great way to spend the day (yes, part of that is because it was free)!  The smile on Wip's face when he danced with Jake, the children belting out "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" at the sing along, and even at the end of our visit when the kind man asked if he could "touch up" the boys face painting all made for an exhausting but wonderful experience. I was cussing the big ears when I had to wait in line for one and a half hours to ride the Toy Story ride and Duncan fell asleep (heavy) and Wip fell off the metal bars landing right on his private parts (ouch). When we got to the actual ride (that maybe lasted 8 minutes) I was over the place, but then I got to see how excited the boys became when they saw all of their favorites (Woody, Buzz, Bullseye, etc.). So, you might be asking, does this mean the Mulloy family will be getting a season pass?  As Olaf would say "nope".

Yee Haw!

Wip is into mapping out our days. He gets his markers and draws a picture of each activity we will be doing for the day.

Yesterday went like this:

• Watch Brave (with horses Angus and Maximus by their side)
• Get dressed
• Brush teeth
• Pack a lunch
• Go to Green Meadows Farm
• Eat dinner
• Take bath
• Brush teeth
• Read two books
• Go to bed

The farm was a blast. We were there ALL day. There was so much to do. Feed animals, pick up animals, ride horses, ride trains, play on the playground, go on a hayride, milk a cow, etc.

Wip acting like the pig behind him

I packed some sides and stopped for chicken

D was a fan of the chicken, Wip did not like that it had bones in it (this is what I get for starting with chicken nuggets)

D loved the tractor

He was a little reluctant to give his big brother a turn

Wip could not have been more in his element

Hayride selfie

D was all about the horse ride

Nice and easy

I was more concerned with the picture than helping the man get my child off the horse...he was not amused. 

Old pro

This poor cow had children putting hay in her face while other children were pulling on her udders 

My child was one of them

We probably used the entire bottle of hand sanitizer 

Until next time...