Jumpin' Jacks

Dad and I made our first trip to Jumpin' Jacks for the season. He had a JackBurger and I had fish fry, lemonade and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles for dessert!

Lisha Kill Preserve

We went on a hike today at the Lisha Kill Nature Preserve with my friend Gabby and her family. Only 3 miles away from my house and we didn't even know it was there! It's 140 acres of old-growth forest with some trees that are estimated to be well over 200 years old.

Opening Day

Baseball season started today. In my first game, I played 1st base and left field, and hit the ball well. This year, I'm on the green team (sponsored by Price Chopper).

Hoppy Easter!

Chinese Checkers

Grandpa schooled me in a game of Chinese Checkers today.

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

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!

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

Final day at Disney

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.

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.