Fishing

Williamsburg - Ryan visited Grammy and Bumpy at their new house.  Just down the street is a small pond full of fish.  Bumpy took Ryan (with his new Star Wars fishing pole) out to reel in his first catch. It wasn't long before Ryan got a bite with just a little bread and brought up a small spot.  He posed for the photo and then they released it back to swim with its friends.  Bumpy and Daddy also reeled in fish. 

After catching the fish, Ryan soon lost intrest and just wanted to walkk Chloe around. 

Bel Bel's Birthday

Gloucester - Bel Bel turns 6 on the 12th.  On Saturday we celebrated her day with a fun costume party.  Ryan was so excited to wear his Superman costume.  She got cool gifts, they beat up a pinata and there was yummy cake.  After the party was over, Ryan and Bel Bel had a good time playing with her new art easel.

Wordless Wednesday

Fair Day

Richmond - On Saturday Mommy, Daddy and Ryan headed to Richmond to meet Mammy and Bel Bel at the State Fair.  We had a fun day visiting animals, eating fair food, playing games and collecting free stuff.  Ryan even let an alpaca eat out of his hand.  He says that was his favorite part.  Ryan and Bel Bel also tried out some tractors. 

It was a fun day and nice to spend it with Mammy and Bel Bel.

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday Mommy!!

Woodbridge - On Friday, Mommy celebrated her birthday!!!  Ryan showered Mommy with lots of love and presents.  He got her turtle salt and pepper shakers as well as new computer games!!  Daddy got her a brand new Kate Spade handbag!!  Mommy also got two cakes...a cookie cake and a red velvet cake!  All in all it was a good day!!

Vacation Day 6 - Last Day

Orlando, Fl - Our last day of vacation was spent shopping and packing.  We went to Downtown Disney in the morning to get a few extra souveniers to take home.  We also got some delicious Mickey cookies. 

Downtown Disney has World of Disney.  It is the largest store of Disney merchandise.  If it is Disney, you can probably find it in that store.  Mommy was able to find the Halloween flag she was looking for.  We got Ryan a monorail and even a treat for Bel Bel.

The rest of the day was spent at the condo relaxing and packing.  Believe it or not, we were able to get all of our goods into the suitcases and get them all home.  Hopefully it will arrive safely.

Vacation Day 5 - Magic Kingdom (again) & Hollywood Studios

Orlando, Fl - When we left magic Kingdom yesterday, we did not feel we finished everything we wanted to do, so we went back this morning.  We picked up some of the things we just could not do yesterday.  We had to pick up Ryan's personalized ears.  We started by going on the Winnie the Pooh ride.  That was adorable.  We wrapped up that side of the park with the Haunted Mansion.

We headed over to ride Big Thunder Mountain, but we saw Donald and had to stop to say hello.  Then  we realized it was almost time for the Country Bear Jamboree...isn't it tradition to see that when you go to Disney World?  Finally, Mommy and Daddy rode Big Thunder Mountain.  After that, we headed for the gate.  Before we left, we did just a little shopping.

Our next stop was Disney's Hollywood Studios.  One of Ryan's favorite characters resides here...Handy Manny.  We watched the Disney Junior show (with Mickey Mouse, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins and Jake and the Neverland Pirates).  Handy Manny was the only one Ryan really cared about.  Right after the show we were even able to go meet (and get an autograph) with Handy Manny.

Back to the center of the park we headed and got the great movie ride.  It was a really neat history of movies.  By the time that finished it was time for the afternoon parade of Pixar characters.  We saw the Incredibles, Bug's Life, Monster's Inc., Up, and Toy Story.  Ryan was so excited to see the familiar faces go by.  He was also excited when we went to visit with Lightning McQueen and TowMater (or as he calls it, Car Racing).

We finished up the day in the Pixar area where we met a Green Army Man.  He even signed Ryan's autograph book as "Green Army Man".

This was our last day in one of Mickey's houses.  We visited Mickey's Animals (Animal Kingdom), Mickey's Golf Ball (Epcot), Mickey's House (Magic Kingdom) and Mickey's Movies (Hollywood Studios).  Tomorrow is our last day and we will again visit Mickey's Store (Downtown Disney).

Vacation Day 4 - Magic Kingdom

Orlando, Fl - Today was a magical day...we went to Magic Kingdom.  It really was magical.  It is amazing to walk into the gate, right onto Main Street USA.  Straight down the street, there sits Cinderella's Castle.  Seeing pictures never does that justice.  It is so amazing to walk up and through the castle right over to Fantasy Land.

We started our day by meeting Cinderella's ugly step-sisters and step-mother.  They asked Ryan if he were going to grow up to be king and he said yes.  The step-sisters wanted to marry him if that were the case.  One of them even planted a big kiss on his cheek.

The first thing we rode was Dumbo.  We moved onto Prince Charming's Carousel, then to Snow White's Scary Adventure, then to Peter Pan and finally at It's a Small World.  Ryan liked It's a Small World so much that we got right back in line and rode it again. 

Ryan, Mommy and Daddy spun around in the Teacups and then we headed to the Tomorrowland Speedway.  Mommy and Ryan got in the car, and Mommy was going to drive.  The attendant said for Ryan to drive.  Needless to say, he is no where near ready for his license.  He has a very bad habit of just taking his hands off the wheel to look at something going by.

While Ryan slept, Mommy and Daddy rode Space Mountain...woooooooooooo.   Also during nap time, we got one of those famous Florida rain showers.  Once he woke, Mommy and Daddy rode Splash Mountain.  We wrapped up the day meeting Woody and Jessie.  As we left the park, Ryan and Daddy scarfed down a Mickey waffle.  Mommy was able to get a funnel cake...yum.

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