Off we go!

What a trooper Dylan is! We woke up at 4 AM last Wednesday to go to the airport. Thankfully we stayed at my parents in KC so we were closer to the airport and they took us there! We thought Dylan would go back to sleep...but not at all!! He stayed up until 12:00 or so while we were in Atlanta waiting for our flight to Orlando. But, that didn't last long, he woke up right when we got on the plane. We all took a nap once we got to Orlando though!!

Dylan was ready for Mickey! He had on a Mickey shirt, had his Mickey, and box of Mickey books!! He was so stinkin' cute walking through the airport will all of his belongings! Everyone knew where he was headed!

Daddy and Dylan on the airplane. Dylan loved it and did very well for his first plane ride. After this first flight he got to sit by the window. He liked looking out and seeing everything! At one point when we were getting ready to land he said, look a football field. I had to look pretty close, but sure enough there was one in the distance. This kids is IN LOVE with anything sports! Just like his daddy!

Waiting in Atlanta. We had about 2 1/2 hours in Atlanta. That was tough! He finally fell asleep about 20 minutes before we boarded the plane.

I will admit, as we were landing in Orlando and Dylan looked up at me and said, "we are going to see Mickey now" just about brought tears to my eyes. He was so excited about this trip and meeting Mickey and riding on an airplane!

Coming up in the next post...our first day at the Magic Kingdom!!

And I will leave you with this...

There were A LOT of things I saw on our trip and out of those I decided to make a list...

Things I won't be doing on my next family vacation to Disney World...

1. Have Seth and I wear matching outfits and our kids were matching outfits...no thanks!

2. Make shirts that say "Packard Family Vacation" or something like it with names for everyone.

3. If I ever have a daughter, she will not walk around Disney World in a full Disney Princess Gown with tons of make-up and a fancy up-do.

4. Leave me 5 year old, non-English speaking child on the Dumbo ride.

5. Get mad at the Disney crew for the lines being long...Hello, this is Disney World, what do you expect!

6. Do 3 character meals...at $30+ a person, they are a little pricey!!! But this time,

oh so worth it!!!

7. Get a free wheel chair for my 3 kids to sit in so I don't have to pay for a stroller or get a wheel chair so my teenager can ride in because he is too lazy to walk...I could go on and on about this one. It really made me mad seeing all the people that DID NOT need wheelchairs, but were too lazy/cheap to walk or rent a stroller.

8. Wear a short, low cut, white dress to the parks all day.

9. Wear high heel shoes to the parks all day--just dumb in my opinion!! My sister thought I was crazy for wearing flip flops and not tennis shoes, but I love my flip flops and they were so comfy all day long!!!

10. Wear long pants and a long sleeved shirt to the parks all day (unless it was cold enough of course!!).

That is all I can think of for now, I will share more later!!!

Saturday Night Fun

Saturday was a long day.

It was a good day (made about 300 bucks at my first garage sale!!).

We ended it on a good note.

Fire.

S'mores.

Bud Light Lime.

Do it your self photo shoot!!

Last night as I was trying to fall asleep (I have a terrible time falling asleep when Seth is gone, I lay there and just toss and turn, and think of random things!!) I decided that Dylan and I would do a mini do it yourself photo shoot! The past two summers Ken has done Dylan's pictures, and they are AMAZING! I told Ken that this year I don't want the flowery, pretty scene that I have asked for the last 2 years. Ken is OK with that thank goodness! Now, I need to decided when I want him to do Dylan's pictures. I am restless though (and BORED) so Dylan and I went to a park here in town. This is one of my favorite field trip locations with my students. It is like an old town. It has a mansion, one room school house, log cabin...
I KNOW these pictures are not professional, and I KNOW when we have Ken do them they will look a million times better, but I was pretty proud of myself and my little point and shoot camera!!

These first few tell a story! Enjoy, there are a lot, but my almost 3 year old is so darn cute!!

This is the old church!
This is what I thought of when I saw these...

Dylan thinking...man, I can't believe I am about to get married!

yelling at his soon to be bride...hey, I don't think I am ready to get married!! (really he was yelling cheeseburger, that is what he always says when I take his picture)




Oh man, she is really leaving, I didn't think she would!

Maybe I shouldn't have told her I wasn't ready to get married. Did I just make a HUGE mistake??!! I think I am going to go talk to her!!!!!

OK, done with my little story! Here are the rest!

This is the log cabin. When I have taken my class to this park in the past we get a guided tour and they get to go in all the buildings. We just had to look through the windows today!

Walking around the fountain.

This is the mansion. When a family first settled in what is now Topeka, they lived here. It is a cool story behind the park and buildings. The kids always love going in here!

I LOVE this one!

Just walking around!On the old train!

When we were done we went in the old soda shop and got a big sucker! You can also get ice cream and old fashion drinks!





Last one...do you know what these are? I LOVED them. They were really tall (like over 3 feet tall) and I want them in my yard!!

Everyone needs someone to look up to...

Dylan LOVES his daddy.

He thinks he is pretty cool.

He knows that his daddy is good at sports.

He had no idea that he was this cool though...

Yesterday, at Seth's grandma's funeral, Seth's mom brought this picture of Seth from his elementary school days and YMCA basketball days! Dylan saw it and realized it was his daddy and hasn't parted with it since!

This is how he was in bed last night! Yes, that is the picture in his hand.

Seth had a nice spiky/almost mullet hair do! He was a pretty cute kid, and quite the ladies man I have been told! After Dylan's shows were over (yes, he lays in our bed before bed and watches Noggin for a while!!) he went to his bed and took the picture with him. The picture was next to his pillow all night long!

I have to admit, Dylan couldn't pick a better "hero"!!

#3

Meet the Washburn Rural Girls Soccer team.
They won today!!
They were playing for 3rd place in state! Wow! 3rd in the entire state. Pretty darn cool.
Way to go girls!
Many of these girls have been friends for quite some time, and have played soccer together for a long time. I am lucky enough to be related to one of the stars! I don't know too many of the girls, but the ones I do know, are pretty incredible. They are smart, kind, funny, and just nice young ladies.
Good job girls!

This is, in my opinion, the prettiest and funniest star on the team!! She is also my lovely cousin Whitney. Whit graduated this year and will be going on to play soccer at Washburn University. So, So proud of her!! Here were the 2 cutest boys in the stands! Dylan, and his cousin Brady!!

Crayon Fun

What do you do when you have a bucket FULL of old crayons? You make new crayons of course!

I have had this bucket of crayons (from my classroom) in the trunk of my car since...November! I know, kinda embarrassing!!! Yesterday Dylan and I decided to do something with them!

First, we put all the ones without paper in a baggie.

Next, we worked VERY hard on taking paper off of the other crayons. We worked for about 30 minutes. We didn't get too many done, but enough! I love the way Dylan sticks his tongue out when he is working hard. Didn't Michael Jordan always have his tongue out when he was playiing basketball??

Then, we took our plastic hammer and went to town breaking the crayons.Next, we sprayed a muffin pan with non-stick spray and filled them about half way with different color crayons.
We baked them at 200 degrees for about 12 minutes. They won't be hard yet, just make sure they are all melted. They will harden as they cool down. Let them cool for an hour or so then pop them out. I had to use a knife to get some of them out, but they all came out. And no, the pan is not ruined!!Here they are all stacked up. So pretty!This is what they will look like when done.Dylan coloring with them!!Cute ideas with the crayons...

use all red and green and use them during the holidays.

If you are having a green and blue (or pink and purple...) birthday party, make some in those colors, buy some coloring books, and hand out as party favors to kids??

I have a TON of old crayons left, you want to try this out let me know, I will send some your way! I don't think we will be making any more for a while!!

And one more of my underwear wearin' fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We no longer hate potty training! We now LOVE it! He is a pro after 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will say, he was a pro after about 4-5 hours really! Lets hope it continues!!

You only wish...

You only wish you could sit naked and eat watermelon!

You were able to make cupcakes in your Cars underwear!



You looked this cute in your swimming suit!

You were at work with me so you could eat one of my Margarita Cupcakes!

**if you are wondering why Dylan is cooking and eating in underwear/naked...we are attempting to potty train. I hate it. He hates it. But we are working on it! Wish us both luck!!!