The Liam News

3/22/15

Chinese Checkers

Grandpa schooled me in a game of Chinese Checkers today.

3/19/15

Learning Fair

Here's my "Space Facts" board at the Hillside Learning Fair. And some of my friend's presentations, too.

attaching the LEGO space shuttle

Addison and her presentation on
Syracuse University

Ryan and Dean next to Dean's display
"How Engine's Work"

Maya's Wonder Woman presentation

Our neighbor Sarah and her display on
Ancient Egyptian Culture

3/8/15

Let's go sledding

12 days 'til spring and we finally had a weekend that we were home and that it wasn't frostbite weather. Took advantage of that and did some sledding. Woo-hoo!

3/7/15

My Disney photos

Here are the photos I took myself on vacation.

Cinderella fountain in the Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom duck. Not Donald.

Heron in Frontier Land

Heron feet

Uncle Ken and Mom at Hollywood Studios

Paddleboat near Tom Sawyer Island

2 of the 7 Dwarves

Peter Pan's float at the Main Street Electrical Parade

Pinocchio at the Main Street Electrical Parade

Captain Smee

Constantine Wanted Poster

Selfie with Dad

My selfie with Peter Pan

3/6/15

Sigh. Has a week passed already?

We were originally scheduled for something else today, but since I kept talking about my favorite rides, and since it was a little overcast and drizzly, Mom and Dad made a last-minute change to the itinerary so we could spend our last day at Disney doing some of that stuff again. So, once we were all packed up and checked out of the room, we drove to the Magic Kingdom for another go on the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Splash Mountain. Before we left the park, we took a little train ride and watched the Festival of Fantasy Parade.

And then, just like that,
60° colder and 1200 miles later,
we were back in Albany.

3/5/15

Epcot

Headed over to Epcot this morning and took a ride on Soarin'. It was a big screen simulation of hand-gliding over various sites throughout California. Then it was Turtle Talk with Crush (from Finding Nemo). We had some time to kill before lunch, so we wandered around and stumbled upon a butterfly exhibit that was pretty interesting, and I also played for a while in the Monsters, Inc. playground before making our way to Italy in the World Showcase for lunch. After some delicious pizza I got to meet some more characters, then it was back to the pool for a while before heading over to the Grand Floridian for dinner.

3/4/15

Pool day

Today was 87° and sunny. A fine day for sleeping late (sort of) and hanging out and swimming at the pool. Uncle Mike & Aunt Sheila stopped by for a visit, as did G'ma & 'Pa. Along with Mom, Dad and Ken, we had assembled a team for a pool-side game of "What's in My Saddlebag" - a sort of Monty Hall 'Let's Make a Deal' thing. We didn't win, but it was fun. I also played some games in the arcade. Then we all went to dinner at the Cape May Café in Disney's Beach Club Resort. Did someone say steamed clams and crab legs?

3/3/15

Hooray for Hollywood!

After the morning scavenger hunt, we returned to the resort to meet Uncle Ken, who came to Disney for a few days, too! Then it was off to Hollywood Studios where I got to meet Baymax and Hiro from the movie Big Hero 6, followed by a little competitive action on the Toy Story Midway Mania ride. It's a 3-D ride in which you interact with video screens set up like midway carnival games (ring toss, darts, shooting, etc.) Me and Dad in one cart, Mom and Ken in the other. Dad and I scored 170,800 points to beat Mom/Ken by about 25,000 or so. After that, we headed over to the 50s Prime Time Café for an early dinner. The Muppet Vision 3-D show was next, and we ended the evening's fun on the Star Wars-themed Star Tours ride and building my own Disney Star Wars droids.

Magic Kingdom scavenger hunt

We went to the Magic Kingdom this morning for the Family Magic Tour - a guided scavenger hunt around the park to collect a series of clues and objects that eventually led us to the Town Square and "the boss."