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Sports Diva is in the House

July 16, 2010 by Jennifer 5 Comments

Summer sports have come to an end. I cannot believe summer is already halfway over. Where has the time gone? I do have to report on our Sports Diva M. She really rocked the sports this summer. I can definitely tell she is going to take after her Mommy 😉 and her Yay-Yay.

Softball is definitely a generation sport that I am so proud to say that M is definitely going to continue on the legacy in the family. She absolutely loved and kicked tale in her first year of playing softball. This will be her sport of choice I am safe to say as she was always eager to get out there every time it was game time. I am proud of you girl!

Another sport that she has been involved in a little over 2 years is soccer. She totally is very involved in this sport but I really believe this is going to be her “for fun” sport as she does not treat it as competitively as softball. It is always still so much fun to go and watch her and see the look on her face when she is determined that she is going to kick a goal. Great job on a another wonderful season M!

I love seeing M so excited and being such a go-getter in sports. I really want to keep the girls active and sports is such a great way to do that. I know sports is not for everyone so I am just following M’s lead on sports but so far she is rocking the sports in this household :).

Mom and Daughters Go Magical at Disney

July 12, 2010 by Jennifer 7 Comments

On our recent road trip, the girls and I sneaked away for a couple nights and had some much needed one on one time with each other. I have mom guilt so much since I work full-time and so when the opportunity fell in my lap by a wonderful and inspiring mom friend, the girls and I were off to the most magical place on Earth…. Disney.

As you know we were at Animal Kingdom but our first night in the magical land, it was all about Magic Kingdom.

Since my beautiful princesses were in tow, I of course had to make our first stop with a walk through Cinderella’s castle.

As soon as we walked through the royal palace, the girls locked their eyes on the ever so popular Carousel ride. Every time we go to Magic Kingdom, the girls have to make sure they ride the Carousel. I loved the Carousel as a child growing up so to see the glitter in the girls eyes, just makes my heart melt all over again.

Skipping off the Carousel onto “It’s a Small World” ride all the while singing it as loud as we can holding hands….

We glided right off that boat onto our magical carpet to see the ever so cool 3D show that splashes water on you and blows air in your face. The smiles, the giggles, and the nerdy yellow glasses. Memories forever with my girls.

As the darkness was setting in, our hearts were bursting out at the seams for the Electrical Parade. We first heard of the Parade back in February at Disney Social Media Moms, so to be able to experience the Parade in person was really a dream come true for the girls.

We sought out our spot to make sure we had the perfect setting to be able to enjoy the parade and up came a little handsome boy that wanted a hug so bad from L. He held out his hands to her over and over.

L just would give him the cold shoulder and finally he just started pleading “Please give me a hug”, but there was just no hope from princess L!

She is saving her love for her future prince but that is many many years away ;). It was onto the highlight of the night with my two favorite girls.

DISNEY’S ELECTRICAL PARADE

The girls eyes were captured by the first float and their faces were lit up with such delight. Take a glimpse into parts of the parade!

Happy 4th of July America!!!

The night was finished off with the princesses sitting by the castle to watch the skies light up with all the colors we could ever think of.

Mom and Daughter time at Disney ROCKS!

Animals and Animals and More Animals at Animal Kingdom

July 8, 2010 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Part of our Road Trip included a couple days at Disney. Disney is actually not one of L’s favorite places but we assured her that she would get to go to her best place… Animal Kingdom. This girl is a huge animal lover and her face just lights up so big when she sees any type of animal.

This time was no different. As soon as we walked through the entrance door, we were on a race to find the first animals. It did not take long until we found beautiful surroundings.

We all could have just stood there for hours and carried on conversations about nature’s beauty! L was just amazed at all the animals and how they would walk right up to the fence that we were standing behind. The animals are definitely such a highlight of Animal Kingdom for sure. L and M could care less about the rides there ;).

Another must see highlight was the Lion King Festival there. We were not able to see this previously when we were there at Disney, so we thought we would check out the production. L was a bit nervous walking in because she just wasn’t quite sure what was going on in this particular building out in the wild! Once we were in though, she was all smiles and clapping hands. I even at one time in the show had tears well up in my eyes. The show as THAT awesome. If you are at Animal Kingdom, make sure to put this show on your schedule.

Each section in the building was part of a group and had to do certain sounds at the beginning of the show. We were all just laughing so hard listening to everyone.

L was just amazed by all the sights and sounds the entire time. She never once complained and was so into the show.

The acrobatics of the show were so artistic and was really putting a wow on for the crowd.

Take a listen into the beautiful music that was sang throughout the whole show! You will definitely add this to your must see list. We can’t wait to go back! Notice towards the end of the video of L clapping her little heart out.

Happy Birthday America

July 4, 2010 by Jennifer 2 Comments

We are still road tripping, but almost on our way home. We are in Jacksonville, Florida for our last night of our road trip to take in the sights and sounds of 4th of July on the beach.

The whole One Moms World family wanted to take a minute and wish you all a very Happy 4th of July. However, you may be celebrating today… make sure to just take time to enjoy it. Family means so much. Take lots of pictures and smile and smile and smile.

God Bless America!

Girls First Lake Experience

June 29, 2010 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

One Moms World family is continuing their road trip. We have arrived in Gainesville, FL to visit more family. We were here briefly in February but due to unfortunate circumstances with my Grandmother, we had to cut the trip short.

I was excited to see how family friendly the area was this time to see if we would be willing to call this our new home. So far, I am really impressed with it. It is not such a HUGE town like Fort Lauderdale and Miami, so this is definitely on my scale for this mountain girl.

First day out, we took a trip to a near lake. This was the girls’ first experience with the lake and I will go ahead and tell you that this mommy was definitely having anxiety about it all. M was all set and ready to go jump in the lake but I started freaking out. In a lake, you cannot see the bottom and with her being a new swimmer, well you get the picture on how I reacted ;). Once I calmed down and realized that I needed to let M enjoy this new experience, then all was well in the world.

L on the other hand was not too thrilled with it unless she was right next to the steps!

She is such a ham indeed! Hubby and his son were enjoying fishing so we had to go join in all the fun on the dock. Here is M with the beautiful Ashley!

The girls were so fascinated with daddy fishing so I know what this means… Its time to get the girls some cute little pink fishing poles.

The day started out with such a big prize fish for hubby. Can you believe how big this fish was? 😉

I still love teasing him about that. That was just warming up practice for him. As the afternoon went on, the fish would get bigger that he would reel in.

It really was such a fun and family friendly afternoon! The storms started rolling in and with water/lightning not exactly mixing well, we decided to get the heck out of dodge.

The girls and I are on our way to our next stop… Disney World :=)

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