Disney In Pictures

On our way to the Magic Kingdom on day 1! We arrived around 3pm and it was SO HOT!

When we got into the park one of the Disney cast members noticed Logan and asked if she wanted to meet the princesses...did he really need to ask? :) So we changed her into her Cinderella garb and got in line for the princess meet and greet. L was SO excited, we had to hold her back from running ahead of people.

Talking to Aurora:

Belle is Logan's favorite princess of the moment (it switches about every 2 weeks). She ran right up to her and when Belle asked her name L replied, "I'm 2! I have no pants on (proceeded to try and lift her dress to show her)." Belle was very gracious and told Logan that princesses didn't need pants because they get to wear big, flowy dresses instead.

You'll notice that Logan doesn't smile in any of the character pictures--it's not because she's not happy, believe me, she was ecstatic to be there, it's because she's totally star-struck.

Cinderella was particularly fond of L since they were twins! They talked for a while about the little birds that helped put the bows into Logan's hair. Logan looked a little confused about it--I guess we should watch Cinderella so she can see what she was talking about.

Then we headed off to meet Minnie and Mickey!

The whole gang! We were really missing the other two spouses that belong in the picture!

This next picture is blurry, but when we went to leave Logan grabbed Mickey's hand and said, "Tum (come) on Mickey, time to go home with me!"

Watching one of the shows:

At the Disney Junior character breakfast with Leo:

This little guy slept through it all:

Last year, we went to the same character dining experience and Handy Manny scared Logan to death and then she didn't want to be near any characters again. This year she didn't want Manny to leave our table!

June:

Aunt Carolyn and Logan waiting for Oso to come by:

She was so excited to meet him! (even though she doesn't really watch this show)

After we had been there for an hour and they had already done three rounds of dancing, Logan finally got the courage to go stand up in the front when the character's beckoned. But that's all she did. Stand. No dancing.

We went to Epcot on the afternoon of day 2 and they were doing another big meet and greet with characters so Logan got to meet up with Mickey and Minnie again.

Pluto:

Donald, who seemed a little perturbed that Logan kept asking for Goofy (who was next) instead of hanging with him:

Goofy:

Siblings! Sad that this will be our last time together for quite a while since John will be deploying in August, but so glad we were able to do this and spend some quality time with him. (Thanks for giving up your husband for us, Lindsey!)

Looking at the Tow Mater exhibit:

Logan was a bit map obsessed at Epcot. She carried one the entire time and pretended to direct us to where she wanted us to go.

At the end of the day we headed off to see Nemo! The four of us (Mike, Logan, Me and Brody--who was in the womb at the time) took a picture here last time. We missed daddy tremendously!

Day 3 we headed back to the Magic Kingdom to ride some more rides and meet some more characters. While I took Logan on Dumbo, Carolyn took Brody to meet Pinocchio.

Logan had to sit on the inside so you can't see her in the ride pictures.

So we got a good one on the ground:

Then it was time for Small World:

And on our way out of the park, we noticed Jessie and Woody taking pictures and so we had to stop and get in line to see them. Logan was so excited, she didn't even mind waiting the 30 minutes in the hot sun to see them! Though, she does look miserable, doesn't she?

But it was all worth it!

We had such a fabulous time!

Cooking With Friends

A few weeks ago, Logan, Brody and I went to a cooking with kids party at my friend, Sarah's house. We had so much fun, so I decided to host one here with Logan's friends! Sarah is a pampered chef consultant her website is HERE (if you want to order something, click shop online, option 1, and enter host's name...it would be my name and that would give us the host credit--we're trying to get a new set of knives with the hosting discount). So, she brought all her gear over and we had a fun little party!

Logan, Julianna and Cadence were all born within a few weeks of each other so when they get together it's a lot of fun to watch them interact.

We made cinnamon chips, apple berry salsa and oven grilled cheeses for lunch and had brownie bowls for dessert!

They got to help chop up the fruit in the food processor:

And here are Cadence and Logan helping split up strawberries:

Then they went straight from the big kitchen to Logan's kitchen and made all sorts of fun foods in there before coming out and sugaring up (right before naptime...oops!). Thankfully, I think Logan was so exhausted from the activity that the sugar really didn't have much of an effect on her. She fell asleep the instant her head hit the pillow!

As soon as the girls left, though, Logan wanted to know where her "finds" (with a short i like in fin) went. This is such a great age!

Spinach Ice Cream?!

I don't have a picky eater. In fact, she's quite the opposite and will eat just about anything you put in front of her without questioning it. I've only found one or two things in her entire life that she's just flat out refused to finish after trying. It's been a huge blessing, though, I think a lot of it is because she gets what's put in front of her and if she doesn't finish it, she doesn't get a second choice. I like to keep things fun and interesting for her, though, because I know the same bland ways of eating veggies can get old. We've made mac n cheese with veggie noodles, we make all kinds of veggie chips and season them in different ways, she helps make veggie soups, we freeze veggies so she can eat them on hot days (she LOVES frozen green beans and peas) and yesterday we made spinach ice cream!

I know, it sounds disgusting. In fact, spinach is one of those things that she's refused to eat, so I was a little nervous when I found the recipe because I wasn't sure how she'd react to it and didn't want to have a tub of ice cream that wasn't going to be eaten. But, I thought it'd be a fun activity for us to do together and the ingredients weren't expensive.

I measured out the ingredients and let Logan dump them into the blender for us.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup frozen spinach

3/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks

A half of a peeled orange

3/4 cup coconut milk

1-2 bananas

Logan threw them all in and we let it blend for about 2 minutes (I actually added a little extra pineapple because we had it).

We pulled it out and put it in the freezer. Logan wanted some after dinner so it didn't have time to set, so her first taste of it was a little mushy but she loved it. This evening it was perfect! We pulled it out about 20 minutes before eating it so it could soften just enough to scoop and put it in a cone and voila! Spinach ice cream...which is actually more of a sorbet and tastes a lot better than it sounds. The proof is in the pictures:

She loved her "deen ice team" (green ice cream) and absolutely wanted more and then asked if she could share with daddy (sharing is our big lesson this week, it seems). I told him if she asked, I bet he'd try it. ;)