2 Boys + Finger Paints = FUN!

Xander headed over to Caden's house to give finger painting a try. It was a first for both boys.

They had a great time shoving each other's tag boards into each others and screaming/laughing...who even needs paint? The "slapping" painting technique.
Can you say "artistically gifted", just look at them. :)
Time to get serious
A big stretch and done!

Xander and Caden had a great time and they were ready to get down and play again after maybe 10 mintues.

Playing With Chewie (the cat..not the blanket)

This cat loves Xander (and people). He is still a barn cat, but he will sneak in the house when you open the door. He follows Xander around like a puppy when we are outside.

Picking Corn with Grandpa

Xander helped his grandpa pick some corn from the garden last week. Grandpa would hand it to Xander and he would put it in the wheelbarrow.

"Is this thing full yet?"

Disney World-Thursday

Looking for Lizards

Our last morning at the pool and Xander spent his time looking for the little lizards that liked to sun themselves on the lounge chairs.

Disney World: Wednesday (Evening)

When Jason returned in the evening we thought we would take a walk around. We only made it
right outside the door to our room. Who needs Disney when there are perfectly good rocks and dirt outside? There are also these little lizards everywhere. Xander laughs when the run away.

We decided the walk must continue. We were mainly bored of just standing there. As we passed the path Xander and I turn on to get the pool in the morning he stopped walking, pointed to the path, and did his little sign language please. We said to follow us and he just stood there doing it. So he had a little meltdown and the walked continued.

Unfortunately huge thunderstorms rolled in. Jason said he was sick of paying the touristy prices, so we headed out of Disney for some Cracker Barrel (Eggs in a Basket). Anyways, this was the sign on their door. I think it is good to let thieves know this, so they can weigh their odds on getting caught and decide if it is worth it.

Disney World: Wednesday (Morning/Afternoon)

It was back to the pool in morning for Xander and I. We got there around 9:30, but around 10:00 two other little kids his age showed up. It was nice because then he had other kids to play with. He would throw his little plastic frog and then crawl after it.

We headed to lunch with Jason at noon.
After lunch we went back the room for Xander's nap. When he woke up he walked to the door and said bye-bye. I wasn't really up for heading back to the pool, so I drove back to Downtown Disney. It is not very far from the resort. So we basically walked around, played with the stuff in the stores, and I took random pictures. It was nice because it wasn't very crowed at all.

We headed back into the toy store.He saw the container of ball again and got so excited. I am a total sucker because I bought him one. I know...but it is his only souvenir so far (that is how I am rationalizing it).

Disney World: Tuesday (Evening)

After Jason got out of his conference we headed over to Downtown Disney for dinner. I thought Xander would enjoy eating at theRainforest Cafe. If you have never been to one it is like you are eating under the rainforest canopy and they have huge fish tanks and large fake animals that move. Every 30 minutes the lights go down, the animals come to life, and there is a fake thunderstorm. He did not enjoy that part too much. He would whine and want us to hold him. Jason said we were paying to traumatize him. He did like the fish and animals though.

We spent the rest of the evening just walking around Downtown Disney.

He did a dive for the container of balls. I am glad Jason had his legs.

Disney World: Tuesday (Morning/Afternoon)

We went to the Magic Kingdom on Monday and I took way too many pictures. I am planning on posting about Monday later once I go through the pictures. (It bothers me too that the days will be out of order, but oh well.)

Xander and I went to the pool area in the morning. He played mostly in the kiddie pool, but he kept pointing to large pool and doing "please", so I took him in. When we got in to the 4 foot water he started saying, "down down down". Seriously kid you can't swim!

We met Jason for lunch at Pepper Market in the resort's main building. The convention center were the conference is at is also in this building. Xander likes all the fountains.

The resort is centered around a large lake. It has lots of pretty paths and bridges to walk around. After lunch Xander and I stopped to to take some pictures with the resort in the background on the way to find the playground.

Playing in the sandbox at the playground

That brings us to now...nap time for Xander!