All day Disney

Today we had breakfast at 'Ohana at the Polynesian Resort. The food was tasty and we got to meet some Disney friends like Pluto, Lilo & Stitch and Mickey. Then it was off to the Magic Kingdom again for some fun at the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Peter Pan's Flight, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (again), Splash Mountain (again), Tom Sawyer Island and Tomorrowland Speedway. We ended our day with the Main Street Electrical Parade. It was a long day, but a really good one.

It's a magical kingdom!

Went to the Magic Kingdom today! Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Splash Mountain (my first time ever), and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (twice). That's 6 rides in less than 4 hours, folks! Then back to meet G'ma & 'Pa at the hotel for some swimming, followed by dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney.

See ya later, snow.

At least for a little while. I'm leaving on a jet plane for the sunshine state.

There's NYC down there

LEGO Star Wars AT-AT

1137 pieces. Ages 9-14. Whatever.

Okay, technically, I let Dad build 3 of the legs after I showed him how to do the first one. But beyond that, this was all me.

Birthday Party?

Today Dad brought me to TreePaad to celebrate a friend's birthday. When we walked in, though, we couldn't find the birthday boy, or anyone we knew for that matter. That's when a staff member informed us that the birthday party we were looking for is actually next week. Yup. Mom gave us the wrong date. We made the most of it and played for about an hour-and-a-half, then grabbed lunch at Maurice's Deli. Oh, and I won 237 tickets on the games, which I'm carrying over to next Saturday at the actual party, so I can trade more even tickets in for a fun prize!

Mancala

I taught my Dad how to play Mancala today. It's easier to show you how to play than explain it outside of the game. I'd be happy to show you sometime. Dad thinks it's fun - he's hooked. We've been playing every day.

In the swim of things

I'm taking one-on-one swim lessons at the Ciccotti Center now. My instructor, Alyssa, is really nice. She's helping me control my stroke, kicks and is teaching me the right way to do things. After my very first lesson with her, she let me go down the huge waterslide by myself! (she was waiting for me at the bottom).

Monopoly revenge

Remember about three weeks ago when I played Monopoly against Mom and Dad? We knocked Mom out of the game kinda early, then Dad and I battled pretty evenly for a while, but eventually he won. His hotels and railroads did me in.

That was then.

Dad and I played again this morning. It lasted for three hours. Deals were made. Properties bought and sold. Hotels built. We may have even seen a little jail time. Sure, Dad had Park Place and Boardwalk this time, but when I avoided landing on them 99% of the time it was a different story. In the end, I controlled the board with hotels on 3 of my property groups, all of the railroads, and more than $7500 in cold hard cash. Dad won second place in a beauty contest, but that's about all he had going for him.

I am the reigning King of Monopoly (insert sinister laugh here)!

PokéChallenge

Our friends Mr. Ray and Mrs. Stephanie came over for dinner tonight. When I found out that Ray knew how to play Pokémon, I wouldn't let him rest until we squared off. It had been a long while since he'd played but he remembered and taught me a few things about the game! Even Elvis joined the fun.

A new year

I spent New Year's Eve in Kingston with G'ma & G'pa, Mom & Dad, Cousin Cristy and 2nd cousins Addy & Josie. Josie and I got along really well. She likes Star Wars! We played and read books together on NYE, and thumb-wrestled at dinner the next day when we met Aunt Heather and Gary out and everyone had pizza dinner. It was a lot of fun. Later I challenged Grandma to a game of Trouble. It wasn't looking too good for me for a minute, but in the end I managed to pull out a victory. Whew! I also tried some of Dad's grapefruit and boy was it sour! Good thing I like sour stuff.