Our Trip to Disney World

We went to Disney World with Grandma Diane and Grandpa Tommy last week. We got there on Monday and got settled in.

On Tuesday, we went to Downtown Disney to get the party started. We saw a big tinker toy structure outside of the big toy store.


And we met one of the 101 Dalmatians at the pet shop.


Then we all had our pictures taken with the Winnie the Pooh gang.




There were a lot of cool LEGOs. In fact, Ben got some as souvenirs.



We went to the Disney Boardwalk area for dinner that night. It was pretty cool. Ben got a Mickey cookie and Cameron got an ice cream cone and we watched a guy do magic tricks on the boardwalk.



The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom. It was awesome.


We met Mickey Mouse, Zurg and Pluto.




Then, Cameron got sick and started throwing up. Mommy and Daddy took him back to the hotel and I stayed on with Grandma and Grandpa. We went on a lot of rides and met Woody and Jessie from Toy Story.


Daddy came back and we went on more rides until we nearly closed the place down.




We got home to give Cameron his Mickey from Aunt Mee and Uncle Dale just before he went to sleep.



We stayed by the pool on Thursday so that Cameron could feel better. It was fun too.



On Friday, we decided to go to Disney MGM Studios. Mommy was sick on Friday, so we left her at the hotel.

They had Star Wars Weekends in June, so it was awesome. We met Jedi Mickey first thing.



We also met Chip and Dale.


There was lots of stuff from movies there. Some of it we recognized. Some of it we didn't.






We also got to go to Playhouse Disney Live on Stage, which Cameron really enjoyed.





It was a fun week, despite all of our illness.

Love,
Ben and Cameron

Packing

Today, I was packing for a future trip and I wanted to bring all of my Lowe's projects: my herb planter, the Lowe's Jimmie Johnson car, my new picture frame, etc.



Love,
Cameron

Pirate Ship Park - First Visit in 07

Last night, we were supposed to visit some friends, but they were sick. Instead, we went to Pirate Ship park. It was our first visit this year.



Love,
Ben and Cameron

A Tool Picture Frame

Yesterday, we went to Lowe's and made these great tool picture frames.



Love,
Cameron

Ben and Peanut at 5.5 years

Mommy and Daddy finally took my 5 and a half year picture with Peanut today, even though it is a few weeks late.



Love,
Ben

LEGOs for Breakfast

We are seriously into the Eggo LEGO waffles now.




Love,
Ben and Cameron

Final Project Catch Up

Here are projects that we made in the last few days of school that were trapped on the digital camera until today.

Here is a butterfly that Cameron made at school.



And here are two pictures that I made. One is a cupcake wrapper tulip project to make the school look nicer for graduation and the other is a finger paint that I made of my own name.





Love,
Ben and Cameron

Krispy Kreme Hats for All!

Daddy went to Krispy Kreme and got us all hats. Aren't we all cute?



Love,
Cameron

Jimmie Johnson #48 at Lowe's

Cameron and I did the Lowe's project today: it was making a #48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy. Here is a picture of me with my car. Cameron couldn't be troubled for a photograph.



We got Hayden her own apron while we were there too!



Love,
Ben

Twins win 4-3 and we made it to the 8th inning!

To celebrate my graduation, we went to the Twins game at the Metrodome. We got there early to play on the plaza.



We were also pretty well behaved - we made it to the 8th inning, which is the longest we've ever made it into a game. We could have gone later even, but we wanted to beat traffic.

Of course, it was our cousin that stole the game.


In the end, the Twins won and we all had a great time.




Love,
Ben and Cameron

Graduating from Joyful Noise

Today was my graduation from Joyful Noise. We had a nice ceremony and then went back to my classroom to take pictures with the teachers and other honored guests.

Here are some pictures from the ceremony.






Here I am with my Mom and Dad.


Here I am with my brother and my cousin Hayden.


This is one of my teachers. Her name is Mrs. Rose.


My other teacher's name is Mrs. Anderson.


After a celebratory lunch at Perkins, we went home and I opened all of my great presents.



Love,
Ben

My Last Day of School for the Summer

Today was my last day of school. My class has shrunk in size from when we started, but here we are with Miss Dawn and Miss Gretta.


Love,
Cameron

Como Park Zoo Fieldtrip

Joyful Noise went on a field trip to the Como Park Zoo on Wednesday. Daddy came along as a chaperon and me, him and my friend Nathan went everywhere.

Here we are on a bronze tortoise...



And here we are with the Sparky statue.


Here we are at the polar bear sculpture.


We went past all of the big cats and over to the giraffes and other hoofed animals.


Nathan was tired and wanted to sit down, so here I am with the gorilla statue.


We had a nice picnic lunch and then we took the bus back to school.


Love,
Ben

Baby Kenzie

Mommy and Daddy had some friends over for dinner last night and they brought their two daughters. I got to hold Kenzie, the littlest one.


Love,
Ben

Herb Planter at Lowe's

We went to Lowe's this morning and made herb planters. Cameron made one too, with Dad's help. I planted mint and basil in mine. Cameron didn't want to get any dirt in his.


Love,
Ben