Wordless Wednesday, Snoopie

To celebrate Snoopie's birthday (yes, we celebrate the animals' birthdays at our house), I thought I would share one of my favorite pictures of her.  This one is about 2 years old, but it's one of my favorites that shows her face. 

My sister had both of the dogs wearing these glasses this day.  Snoopie didn't seem bothered at all.

Vacation Planning Fun

We are getting really excited about our upcoming vacation now.  We've made reservations for our hotel stays and we've made a few dining reservations.  We've spent hours looking at Disney maps trying to decide how much time to spend in each park.  We have made outlines and plans and budgets and revised them all several times.  In some ways, I think planning may be the part that Elliott and I like the best. :)

The view from our hotel patio last time we were there.  We'll be at the same hotel for a short time again this year.

Now that we are getting closer to the time we leave (just over a month until we leave for Missouri, and we'll be heading to Florida 10 days later), we are solidifying more of our plans and getting even more excited.  We've started doing a few Disney themed things in school this week, too.  Elliott has been doing Disney themed coloring sheets while I read aloud (I've discovered if Elliott is coloring he listens better if he doesn't have a book to follow along in), and I've made a few worksheets that are Disney themed, too.  They have been a hit and have been the best part of the day according to Elliott both today and yesterday.  He doesn't even seem to mind that he's doing more advanced work than he thinks he can do on his own. ;)

Elliott has been really excited about helping with the planning this year.  He helped me decide on a rough schedule and helped make decisions about where we should eat and when.  It actually means we are eating meals at odd times twice, but I actually agree with Elliott that it's worth it to eat at those times if it means we get to eat at the restaurants he chose. :)  Last time we went to Disney World we only made dining reservations for a character breakfast, and chose counter service meals the rest of the time.  This time we want to try a few different restaurants that we thought looked cool.

We had breakfast with Minnie and the gang last time, but are opting for Lilo and Stitch this year.

I think it's more fun doing the planning this year with Elliott being so excited about it as well.  My husband is kind of a by the seat of his pants guy, so he just rolls his eyes when Elliott and I get excited about plans.  Haha.  He does admit that my planning does help us make sure everything gets done, though, and admits that things wouldn't go nearly as smoothly if he was in charge.