I can't believe that it's been months since I've updated here. How will I ever amass adoring fans? Actually, I'm not really looking for any. I can't believe how busy we are. We never stop. There are parties and plans all the time. We are really having a great time but it leaves little time for reflection.
Disney! We had a great trip. The boys were great on the flight. Once we arrived at about 7:30 p.m., Sam kept asking to go home so we explained that we were going to stay in a hotel. Finally we explained that this was our new home for the next week and everything was fine. He actually woke up the next day telling us that he loved his new house. He went on and on, I love the new bed, I love the new chair, I love the new bathroom, you get the idea. It's funny now that we've been home for a while he will ask if we can go back to our new house. Too cute! Our days went mostly like this, wake up and somehow Michy and I woke up earlier then either of the boys every day except there were two days that Zack and I left the room to let Sam and Michy sleep. We get our acts together, sunscreen, diaper bag, water bottles etc and head off to the Disney buses. We go to a park, ride some rides, see some stuff and by lunch time we'd either eat in the park and leave or leave and eat at the hotel. OH, the hotel, we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It's amazing, they have these "savannahs" where animals roam around outside your balcony. At any given time there were zebras, giraffes, wildebeest and others, it was so nice to wake up and drink coffee while watching the animals eat their breakfast. Both of the boys really loved that too. So, we'd go back to nap and swim. Zack was surprisingly amazing with sleeping while away, he didn't mind the pack n play in the room and could nap for 2 hours in the stroller if we were on the go. Sam loved the pool and loved making new friends, he did so any time we were standing still, in the lines, in the bathroom, at the pool, in the elevator. He is so social, says hello to everyone. During the afternoons at the hotel Sam would work on his bead necklace, they had 5 activities that each earned one bead once you had all 5 you got a special totem bead. They activities were all nature/animal/African related. One was flamingo feeding, music of the Savannah, African games, etc. In the evening we would go back to one of the parks for more fun. We went to several character meals which the boys loved. Sam especially loved our dinner with the princesses. The photos are priceless, you can see that he is smitten with each of them. It's a good thing that they brought he some food quickly that he ate because once the Princesses showed up he couldn't do anything but stare. It wasn't exactly a relaxing vacation but we all had a great time. Our last day there Zack woke up with a fever and was a bit miserable. We got through the day, got to the airport to find our plane had just been delay, so that sucked. Turned out the poor guy had an ear infection.
Isaac. After hearing so many people call him Zachary we decided that we will try to call him Isaac. We both love the name. We had come up with Zack as a nickname because we really didn't want Ike. We have been trying to call him this. He hardly responds, since only my dad calls him that without fail. Maybe but kindergarten? Speaking of Isaac, he is ALL over the place. That boy never stops moving. He runs. He climbs. He will be our ER child. He has no fear. Shows no caution. The good thing is that no matter how bad it looks he never seems to mind the fall, just gets right back up and keeps moving. The only thing that stops him is food and man can that boy eat. He eats much more then Sam. We will get them something to share, mac and cheese for example, we end having to give him part of our food while Sam has left overs. We keep telling Sam he better watch out that soon his brother will be bigger them he is. Isaac (Zack, I can't stop!) had two teeth on the bottom, that's it. At this point Sam had about 10 teeth. There are two teeth on the top that seem like they are trying to make their way down, maybe they have even broken the gums. For now he still has that wonderful gummy smile!
Sam is going to camp this summer. He goes 4 days a week from 9 to 12:30. He is so well adjusted that he doesn't look back once I open the door to his room. Just walks away, his teacher says to him Sam say goodbye to mommy. Then he give a slight turn of his head and says bye. On the day he doesn't have camp he takes swimming lessons at the Y. To our surprise loves it. Yesterday was the third session and he put his face in the water and blew bubbles. This was the kids that clutched to us for dear life in the pool in June. He is verbally amazing, he knows so many words and it's truly conversational with nearly anyone who will talk to him.
I just finished a big event for work that had been keeping me very busy. I will have a slight lull before the September show gets into high gear. I'm hoping to play hookey from work a bit to do some fun stuff with the boys. I want to get to the Bronx zoo. I am hoping to plan a weekend trip to Landcaster PA to go to Dutch Wonderland and Hershey Park. I can tell that we won't be slowing down but the horizon is looking very fun.
