Wet&Wild

We were so fortunate to get a hold of SUPER discount tickets to the waterpark. We had never been before, and from 5-9 the place was closed to the public, totally awesome. We of course spent most of our time in the kiddie area, but it was a great time playing with the kids. It was really great to see Ryan being brave and trying out the water slides. He's not a fan of water in his face, but he did really well!!! Alicia took our Ryan and Jaina so we could go on some big people rides, that was nice....not something we get to do very often so we really appreciated it! Our ticket also included free all you can eat BBQ dinner and all day drinks. After dinner we floated around, many times on the lazy river. Jaina hung out with me in my tube, and Ryan played musical tubes with Dad, Alicia, and Dennis. At one point he even got into the river and floated on his own with his life jacket!! LOTS of fun....can't wait to do it again next year :)

*these are the only three pics I managed to get....next year a waterproof camera is on my list!

soccer mom

Well, it started with the minivan....then Ryan made it official, I am now a soccer mom :)

This is the soccer kick off party where the kids met their coaches....Ryan is ready to play!!!

Our first scheduled practice got rained out, so this is take 2.

Jaina's helping him to warm up before practice!

But she has enough time to flash a quick "cheese" at the camera!

GGGOOOAAALLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stretching out before the scrimmage.

Ryan going for victory, and succeeding!!

Ryan with his buddy at the end of practice, it was a great day!!!

preschool

It is really hard to believe that Ryan is off to preschool (VPK). He is the same age as the little guys I used to teach before he was born!! It is so amazing how time flies, people say that all of the time, and it is so true!!

Ryan picked out his backpack....I think we'll make this a tradition!!

It's funny, the bag is almost as big as he is, but the school requires a "full" size backpack!

Okay, I admit it...I cried on the way to school.

Daddy went in late to work so he could be there on his first morning. What a great daddy my kids have!!

"Come on sister, it's time to go go"

All aboard the Faith Viera Express. Every morning they have to stop, hold onto the grey railing, bounce up and down and say "chugga, chugga choo choo" it's their thing!

Downtown Cocoa Village

I love this place, it is so peaceful and beautiful. There are lots of unique shops and eateries. There's a great big open field with and amphitheater for shows, a water fountain that shoots up out of the ground that the kids can run through, and playgrounds. Today we went for ice cream, and magic!

The Cocoa Village Playhouse, absolutely gorgeous

One of the murals!

Ossorio's, the best brick oven pizza, and homemade ice cream!

The kids agree ;)

The Dove Magic Shop has a kids day the first Saturday of the month, free magic shows, popcorn, balloon animals, and face painting!! Pretty cool!

Jainas 2 yr check up

It's hard to believe that our little girl is two years old, time really did fly this time around!!

When we got to her appointment, I was fully prepared for the screaming that would be coming at the end of it all.....SHOTS. Luckily she is all caught up and didn't need a single one!! I got off easy this time, for once :)

The Doctor said that Miss Jaina is perfect in every way....couldn't agree more!!

We did discuss a couple of her challenges, such as taking off her diaper whenever she gets the chance! scratching, scratching, scratching those darn mosquito bites, I'm at my wits end with that one...hopefully her skin will survive without too many "battle" scars.

Apparently there's not much more that I can do about either....this too shall pass :)

Here are her stats :)

weight: 27 pounds--50%

height: 35 inches--90%

head--48.5 inches----75%

BCC Planetarium

We've heard from several people that this place is cool, and FREE. So we went to check it out tonight. It's reputation was upheld, it wasn't very big, but had very cool exhibits. We walked through the gift shop to get to the main room, and the hallway leading up to it was illuminated with black lights and glow in the dark art. Jaina wasn't too sure about it at first, she kept saying "no" in her cutest little voice. But once we got inside she warmed up very fast. Ryan kept saying how awesome it was, he's a just a little bit obsessed with anything space related!!

Is it just me or does Ryan look about 15 here?!

We went up to the roof to check out the observatory, but it was an overcast day so not much to see. We'll have to go back when it's a little more exciting :)
We also plan to go back to check out a show soon, so we will definitely be back.

A good time was had by all!!

Highlights

Highlights has come out with a cool new magazine called HighFive, especially for preschoolers!! Every month a new magazine comes in the mail for the kids courtesy of Grandma. It's such a treat for Ryan to have something that comes in the mail for him. It has made him very interested in checking the mailbox. When we get home from our daily adventures, and pull into the drive, he always wants to dash to the mailbox to see what's inside!! It's also really cool to see him reading it since I read Highlights as a kid myself. His favorite thing to do is finding the hidden pictures.