Our Disney World Vacation

We recently went on our fourth trip to Disney World and it was fantastic. We thought this might be our last trip for awhile, but both boys enjoyed it so much that I'm sure we will be back sooner than we thought we would.


This time we pulled the boys out of school so we could go during Disney's off season. Even though there was a pile of homework to do when we got back, it was so worth it. The lines were pretty much non-existent and the weather was just about perfect. It was a little too cold for swimming and we had a little rain on our last day, but other than that it was wonderful for walking around all day at the parks. It was so nice not to fight crowds and really enjoy our time there. One night at Magic Kingdom the boys rode Buzz Lightyear 6 times in a row. There was no line at all. They got off the ride and got right back on it. Amazing! 


I decided to try and make a little video featuring some of the pictures I shot and the ones we purchased through Disney Photopass. I also added in some video here and there, but I have to get much better at the video taking with my camera. I couldn't get it to focus a lot of the time so I need to be reading the manual and figure that out. 


There is audio on the video, so make sure you have your sound on. 


Here is it! I hope you enjoy it! 





Disney World February 2012 from Christie Ellis on Vimeo.


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An Exciting Week of Firsts

We have had quite the exciting week here! It started off with Connor losing his first tooth, then Maggie getting her first pair of doggie booties, and ending with Spencer participating in his first Spelling Bee. (If you want to see pics of Maggie and Connor, scroll down to posts from earlier this week.)

Last week I went back to the Apple store and took another class on making movies. I still have to practice and learn some more, but this time it only took me about an hour to make the movie. And I added some bells and whistles to it. So I'm making progress!

So for your viewing pleasure, I present you

SPELLING BEE 2010

starring Spencer.

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Show Off Friday

Connor has some crazy math skills! We noticed this over the last summer when his Grandpa Pete started asking him some really difficult math questions. We thought they were too hard for him, but he kept getting them right! So now whenever we want to impress people, we ask Connor math questions! He just turned 5 and he does math better than me. Seriously! I have never been able to do math in my head. I have to write it down and then I can do the problem. I think you will be very impressed with my very brainy 5 year old!

And what he is pointing to at the end is the little piece of paper I had written all the problems down on. I needed a little cheat sheet for me so I would know he is getting them right! You know I can't do math in my head!!!