Disney World Here We Come

We leave for Disney World on Sunday. Since we are all super excited we wanted to share highlights from Disney past.

Walking with Dinosaurs

We took Max to the American Airlines Center to see Walking with Dinosaurs. In Max's case it should have been called Walking with Dinosnores because he fell asleep right after intermission and slept all the way through the second half including this T-Rex Moment.



Prior to the snooze fest Max had mixed reviews of the Dinosaurs. He thought they were cool at first but then said they were scary. Mommy and Grandma thought it was a cool show, however it may have been a little intense for a four year old.

Special Arts Festival

We took Max to the Special Arts Festival in Garland. The show is to showcase artists with disabilities. Max loved all the craft stations. He made Mommy a card with stamps, Daddy a robot, and himself a star necklace.

Funny Note: Max has been obsessed with reading all the rules associated with different places. He made us stop and read what these symbols on the door were before we went in. I told him they meant no smoking and no guns. While we were inside he told me "I'm not smoking, I'm not gunning, I'm OK!" Since that day he has been talking about smoke and guns to the point I wish I would have never told him what those symbols meant. Hopefully something new will come along soon that he can obsess over.

Max Meets Rowdy

We headed over to our local Albertson's to meet Rowdy - the Dallas Cowboy Mascot. Max thought he was pretty cool, however, he kept asking where the cheerleaders were. After playing with Rowdy outside we followed him inside to where all the games were. Here is Max getting his face painted and playing skeeball. He actually let the star stay on his face for the remainder of the day which is a great improvement from face paintings in the past.

Next we made our way over to the Oreo Stacking Contest and Max won! He beat the girl (approx 12 years old) in front of him that had only stacked 16 oreos, Max had a total of 19 before his tower fell. His prize was a bag of Oreos which he promptly showed Daddy when he arrived home from work.

Our final event of the day was the Cupcake Walk (aka walk the numbers) and Max won again. This time his prize were two Dallas Cowboy cupcakes. He was very excited.

Bigger Boy Bed

Max officially got his big boy bed when he was 2.5. It was an adorable little red fire truck. Max loved his fire truck and it went well with his Cars themed room. However, he is not a little boy anymore and was beginning to take up every inch of the fire truck. Therefore, it was time for him to get a new bed. Not a big boy bed because he already had one of those, now he needed a bigger boy bed because he was bigger. He wanted a Mater bed to replace his fire truck. Since no one makes a Mater bed he settled on a Lightning McQueen twin bed. He loves his new bed and spends lots of time playing on it and crashing his car pillows.

Max on the Range

Max went to a friend's birthday party this past weekend. Since the invitation had a barn on it and the party was going to be a petting zoo and pony ride, Max insisted that he wear his cowboy hat to the party and wanted to know why he didn't have any boots. Max had a great time with all the animals. The animals were there for one hour and he probably spent 45 minutes with them. He did take a break to drive around the property in the jeep. He still hasn't mastered the art of steering, he just guns the gas and usually daddy or mommy has to sprint to save him from mowing down trees, bushes, people, etc... He ended the party by hitting the chuck wagon. Even a little cowboy needs a break for juice and a cupcake. Look at how straight he sits while eating and of course notice he is eating with a spoon not his fingers.

Trick or Treat

We began Halloween night by having a Jack-O-Lantern pizza for dinner. Then Max had to decide do I want to put on my costume and go get candy or do I want to stay here and watch the Mavs? Hmmm.





Max modeling his costume







Trick or Treat :

This was the first year that Max actually went trick or treating. At two he made it out the front door and decided no, at three he actually made it to the end of our sidewalk before turning around. This year he was ready. Of course, Max had a specific way to trick or treat. He first had to read the house number of every house that he was going to, then he had to ring their doorbell (even if they were already outside), then he had to say Trick or Treat Happy Halloween, he then needed to see what they were putting in his pumpkin and make a comment on each one. If they happened to have a pet he needed to ask the pets name, sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish. After he returned home and told me all the "perros and gatos" (dogs and cats) names that he had seen and showed me all his candy, he then took over handing out our candy. Every time I tried to give someone a lollipop (his favorite), he would say "no, no not a sucker" and take it from me and give them another candy. What a great accomplishment for him to be able to go trick or treating and have so many conversations with people along the way.