Disney on Ice and some cousin fun!

Last week my sister, her two children and her new boyfriend all came down for a visit. Shannon wasn't able to come down when I had Carter so when I found out that Disney on Ice was coming to town I thought it would be a great time for them to come and meet Carter and see a fun show all in the same visit. They got here right before I was going to start getting Carter ready for bed so he was getting a little bit irritable but being that he's such an easy going guy I thought he'd still be up for meeting his Aunt Shannon...boy was I wrong. I handed him over to Shannon and he was fine until she started talking and then he lost it! I don't mean a little fussy cry either! You would have thought she was beating him with the way he wailed. I tried several times that evening to let her hold him and every time he screamed. It was kind of funny considering he's NEVER done that with anyone else before. It must have been that he was tired because the next morning she held him and talked to him and he just smiled at her like he'd known her his whole life. Go figure!

Parker, Michael and Karmen had a GREAT time playing together. You would have thought they're around each other all the time with the fun they had! Seeing Parker interact with them also made me realize just how good it's going to be for him to go to MDO starting in June. He learns so much playing with older kids. It gets him talking in more complete sentences and he even seems to want to try new and different things he normally wouldn't just because he sees them doing them. Although I know not everything he picks up from other kids will be "good", I'm still very excited to see how much he'll grow from participating in the program.

Wed. night we took Parker, Karmen and Michael to Disney on Ice while Bobby stayed home with Carter. They had a blast! Then Thur. morning before they headed home we went to the Eastern Shore Center and let the kids play in the fountains. All in all it was a really nice visit! Here are some pictures from the few days they were here!

Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy featuring Cars, Little Mermaid, Lion King and Tinker Bell

This is where they stood pretty much the entire time we were there.

Parker loved his Lightning McQueen hat, he's still wearing it around the house!

For some reason Karmen started feeding Parker popcorn. They thought it was hilarious!

Parker and Karmen dancing to one of the songs during Tinker Bell.

It's practically impossible to get all four kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time! This is as good as we could get!