So pictures of cuteness will have to do:
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
February 2013 Valentine's Dance
The usual Valentine's Dance that occurs in February - happened this year on February 17th. I would love to also show you a video of her dancing but my husband taped over it - oops!~
So pictures of cuteness will have to do:
So pictures of cuteness will have to do:
Ice Skating Show
Even though it was her first year (about 10 weeks more or less) of ice skating, Makenna decided to go ahead and be in the show that the ice skating club has. It was on March 24th (2013) and she really seemed to enjoy it.
It seemed as she enjoyed watching other skaters than being part of it herself. I could see her sitting in the hockey booth (you know, where the hockey players sit...I have no idea what to call it), and jumping up and down and cheering for them not to mention doing various dances in the booth. I wish I caught it on video - it was so cute and funny.
But here are some pictures and if I can dig up some video that Chris took - I'll try and remember and come back and post it: - I found the video - look below for the links
It seemed as she enjoyed watching other skaters than being part of it herself. I could see her sitting in the hockey booth (you know, where the hockey players sit...I have no idea what to call it), and jumping up and down and cheering for them not to mention doing various dances in the booth. I wish I caught it on video - it was so cute and funny.
But here are some pictures and if I can dig up some video that Chris took - I'll try and remember and come back and post it: - I found the video - look below for the links
She didn't want a "fish" head so we just put some colorful tape on her helmet to "blend" in
Videos - click on link (first one is a bit long)
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Let's Ice Skate!
Chris suggested the idea that we take up ice skating as a family. I quickly agreed as long as I got to watch. I thought we would need at least one person in the house without a broken bone. Plus with my weak ankle I was the perfect fit to sit on the bench.
I also liked the idea of Chris and Makenna having their special thing. They each get lessons for the first half-hour and then they can do free-skate together. Sometimes they're together, sometimes Makenna is taking off, sometimes Makenna is trying to find a reason to come off the ice.
I was impressed at how well they both did and how quickly they both learned how to skate forwards and backwards. Here are some various pictures from different days of practice:
I also liked the idea of Chris and Makenna having their special thing. They each get lessons for the first half-hour and then they can do free-skate together. Sometimes they're together, sometimes Makenna is taking off, sometimes Makenna is trying to find a reason to come off the ice.
I was impressed at how well they both did and how quickly they both learned how to skate forwards and backwards. Here are some various pictures from different days of practice:
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Magic Kingdom & Epcot - New Year's Eve Style!
Dec 31st:
What a LONG day for us. We got up early to get into the park early again and then we were off. We started at Magic Kingdom and did some of the things on the list (that I previously listed in the other post) and we actually took the train around the park and then took the monorail over to Epcot so that we could finish out our day over there.
We had purchased a "park-hopper" which means you can go between parks at any point and time so we were glad that we at least got one use out of it.
We also did some more of the things at Epcot that we had wanted to and missed the first time. BUT when it came time for New Years Eve celebration - things got crazy! We 're talking about 5pm at night. They did a pre-celebration at 6pm for those with young kids so we took advantage of that. We knew she wouldn't make it to midnight (let alone, ourselves make it that far).
Around 5pm or so, people started getting hats and horns and boy did you know it! It was loud and annoying!!! Imagine spending New Year's Eve with about 1 million people. That's what it seemed like and between all the parks I'm sure that's probably what it was. They had sides of the path you had to walk on to keep crowd control. So if you were on the "wrong-side" trying to get into the flow of things, you about got knocked down.
Then we were trying to find a "good-spot" to watch some fireworks and that was really hard to come by. I think people picked out their spots about 3:30pm or so. So we squeezed in an area that really didn't give us a good view unfortunately.
It was still pretty neat to see and if I can find a video from Chris's camera I'll have to post that but I don't have one from my camera.
We left and went back to the hotel after the firework show. Even when we were leaving (probably around 7:30-8:00pm or so) there were mobs of people still coming into the park.
At about midnight I heard (wish I saw) the longest firework display ever. Chris and I were still up and couldn't believe how long it went on for. You constantly felt like "that had to be the finale" but then it just kept going! Maybe one year, when she's older and we make a trip back, we can stay and see it - but I guess for now - you could probably You-tube it if you really wanted to see it.
Here's our pictures from the day:
What a LONG day for us. We got up early to get into the park early again and then we were off. We started at Magic Kingdom and did some of the things on the list (that I previously listed in the other post) and we actually took the train around the park and then took the monorail over to Epcot so that we could finish out our day over there.
We had purchased a "park-hopper" which means you can go between parks at any point and time so we were glad that we at least got one use out of it.
We also did some more of the things at Epcot that we had wanted to and missed the first time. BUT when it came time for New Years Eve celebration - things got crazy! We 're talking about 5pm at night. They did a pre-celebration at 6pm for those with young kids so we took advantage of that. We knew she wouldn't make it to midnight (let alone, ourselves make it that far).
Around 5pm or so, people started getting hats and horns and boy did you know it! It was loud and annoying!!! Imagine spending New Year's Eve with about 1 million people. That's what it seemed like and between all the parks I'm sure that's probably what it was. They had sides of the path you had to walk on to keep crowd control. So if you were on the "wrong-side" trying to get into the flow of things, you about got knocked down.
Then we were trying to find a "good-spot" to watch some fireworks and that was really hard to come by. I think people picked out their spots about 3:30pm or so. So we squeezed in an area that really didn't give us a good view unfortunately.
It was still pretty neat to see and if I can find a video from Chris's camera I'll have to post that but I don't have one from my camera.
We left and went back to the hotel after the firework show. Even when we were leaving (probably around 7:30-8:00pm or so) there were mobs of people still coming into the park.
At about midnight I heard (wish I saw) the longest firework display ever. Chris and I were still up and couldn't believe how long it went on for. You constantly felt like "that had to be the finale" but then it just kept going! Maybe one year, when she's older and we make a trip back, we can stay and see it - but I guess for now - you could probably You-tube it if you really wanted to see it.
Here's our pictures from the day:
Animal Kingdom
Dec 30th:
Definitely a colder day! So cold that even the animals in Animal Kingdom were hard to come by.
Here are the things we did today:
It's Tough to be a Bug (Discovery Island)
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail (Africa)
Wildlife Express Train (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Habitat Habit! (Rafiki's Planet Watch) - No animals were out!~
Conservation Station (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Affection Station (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Flights of Wonder (Asia)
Maharajah Jungle Trek (Asia)
Expedition Everest (Asia) - Chris did by himself
The Boneyard (DinoLand USA)
Finding Nemo - The Musical (DinoLand USA)
Primeval Whirl (DinoLand USA) - did 2ce.
Chris did do the Everest Rollercoaster himself (even though he wasn't feeling that great) and came back (while Makenna & I were in The Boneyard) and said it definitely was not a coaster for myself or Makenna to try.
The thing I enjoyed the most was the Flights of Wonder - it's where you sit down and watch a live show (with a pretty funny comedy act) and you learn about birds and see birds who are well trained do some pretty neat things.
The rest of the day was okay but since it was so cold out, there really were no animals to look at beyond some of the usual.
But here are some pictures from the day and a cute video of Makenna while we were waiting for the Flights of Wonder to start:
This has to be my favorite picture - even though you can tell she wasn't too happy at the moment
Definitely a colder day! So cold that even the animals in Animal Kingdom were hard to come by.
Here are the things we did today:
It's Tough to be a Bug (Discovery Island)
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail (Africa)
Wildlife Express Train (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Habitat Habit! (Rafiki's Planet Watch) - No animals were out!~
Conservation Station (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Affection Station (Rafiki's Planet Watch)
Flights of Wonder (Asia)
Maharajah Jungle Trek (Asia)
Expedition Everest (Asia) - Chris did by himself
The Boneyard (DinoLand USA)
Finding Nemo - The Musical (DinoLand USA)
Primeval Whirl (DinoLand USA) - did 2ce.
Chris did do the Everest Rollercoaster himself (even though he wasn't feeling that great) and came back (while Makenna & I were in The Boneyard) and said it definitely was not a coaster for myself or Makenna to try.
The thing I enjoyed the most was the Flights of Wonder - it's where you sit down and watch a live show (with a pretty funny comedy act) and you learn about birds and see birds who are well trained do some pretty neat things.
The rest of the day was okay but since it was so cold out, there really were no animals to look at beyond some of the usual.
But here are some pictures from the day and a cute video of Makenna while we were waiting for the Flights of Wonder to start:
I liked this one too - Chris always has a way of making her smile again
This ugly thing is an African Bullfrog
A "lovely" Warthog
Makenna was able to brush a goat
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