So there's my random Disney pictures for today. Bill got to do Veteran of the day, and these obviously are pictures of that. He was proud to get to do it, but mostly he was excited for his mom. She was over the moon with pride and has been bragging to the rest of the family ever since.
We are gearing up for the last day of school. (whew...no more waking up to pack a lunch) Z had field day last week and I got to volunteer, we had a blast! Next week is her class picnic and on the last day of school we are hosting a little neighborhood party to welcome summer. Anyone who knows me knows I love planning a party, so I'm a happy camper at the moment. We are going to have a slip and slide, bubbles, water balloons, and of course Ice cream sunday's and snow cones. One of our local restaurants serves "grown up" snow cones made with alcohol and while we obviously won't be serving those, I think it's the coolest idea.
We are so proud of Z. She has done a great job in kindergarten. Her teacher says she is at a third grade level on many subjects, and most importantly that she is friendly, caring and curious! Z does not want school to end, she loves it! She is especially bummed to leave her beloved teacher and the class pet (a rat..ewww!) Oreo. She only takes fruits or veggies for snack ever since Oreo joined the classroom so that she could "share" with him.(I think this makes her teacher a secret genious and personally I think someone should nominate her for a nobel prize) I have to tell her on a regular basis "no we are under no circumstances getting a rat. Ever. Ever." It doesn't help that one of her good friends has a Neuro scientist for a dad, and they have at least one rat in residence at all times (although theirs only last a few weeks at a time...I'm not sure what that says about his scientist skills.)
We are excited about having Tara and Amy's crews up for the 4th!!! Now to just narrow down all the cool things to do! I think one of the things I miss about Astoria is that there were not sooo many choices (that's wierd huh?). There is so much going on here it's a chore trying to decide which way to go with.
Speaking of that. Amy and Tara you have to decide what we should do. There is Amys Cheeseburger in Paradise with the cool drinks (but we have to drive), all the cool restaurants and trendy stores downtown, like the Sly Fox (walking distance) or the posh stores and restaurants in the Town Center. (PF changs, Brio, Metro Silver Diner, The Chop House, Gordon Biersch...Whole Foods) The town center also has Anthropologie (OMG I want ever single thing in that store) Sur La Table, Multi Level Target, Grand gatherings...and a bunch of other stores that make me drool and my husband tremble in fear. So where do we go for girls night??? I'm thinking a quick field trip to Whole foods (and surrounding stores) and then food and drinks (and more stores) downtown, because we don't need to worry about driving home, but those drinks at the Cheeseburger place do look cool....hmm...see? It's a chore! If this were Astoria it would be a snap! There is also high tea at Reynolds Tavern. With those adorable three tiered thingys laden with yummyness!!! Ack! What to do???

More Disney Pictures

These are all from the Animal Kingdom. That Mountain in the background is Expedition Everest and was the only ride I was nervous about going on, but seeing as how both A and Z (well and J too, but he was too short) wanted to ride and I didn't want to look like a total chump (Amy was the real brave one, she stayed behind with a really sad J) I sucked it up and rode. I want to thank Amy's husband for ever so graciously pointing out that I had been assigned spot number 13 at the exact same moment a group of medics walked by with an empty stretcher (no joke!) I am pretty sure I was only seconds away from heart failure and I hadn't even gotten on the ride yet! Thanks again Dave!!!
I don't have time for much blogging today. We are moving (yes again. yes we need a mental evaluation.) It's just across the street, but with Obama and crew in the 'hood (ok does anyone still say the hood,or am I just a loser?) across the street may as well be across town.
We are moving into Officer housing. The Navy froze a bunch of moves in an effort to save some mula and now housing has a bunch of empty houses. After the houses are empty for 30 days they are allowed to rent them to low life's like us, so we are packing up! The houses are actually smaller, and not as nice (i.e. no granite or stainless in site) but are in a much more kooshy location (i.e. brand new park, swimming pool, canoe launch to the bay, same side of street as Z's beloved school) Seeing as how we never seem to actually be in our house anyways we decided to go for the location. (it also helps that a little birdie told me they are renovating and combining them, so that eventually they will be much bigger and just as nice as what we have now)
Anyways off I go to schlep some more stuff and wave hello to the secret service!

So these Pictures have nothing to do with my post!

I just have a million zillion pictures from Disney and I know that my Mom wants to see them.

So unless I make every post about Disney (which I easily could) I have to just randomly post pictures from the trip for my mom to see.

These pictures are all of us Dancing in the street at the Magic Kingdom during the "Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it" street party. It was one of Z's most favorite things (as she phrases it).

OK so there is my random sprinkling of Disney photos for today!

We are not doing much this week. It is about to get really, really busy around here. There is a big event going on where we live ( not just in the vicinity, but the actual base). They are closing the bridge that connects our area to the rest of civilization for two days, (for Blue Angel fly overs) and President Obama is coming to give a speech! (not that we will likely get to go, at most we will probably just get to wade through all kinds of security every time we want to come/go anywhere) John McCain will be here too (well at least if he's a decent father he will) I wonder if the two of them will hang out? Maybe grab a burger at the dry dock?

We've been told that we can forget about driving anywhere for the next week, and thank goodness Z doesn't have school for the last two days of the week because this place is going to be phsyco! Some families from Z's school are going on vacation that week so they can rent out their homes to the families coming here. I know one of them who rented their house out for $6,000!!!! For a week!!! They always rent it out the year before, and then use the money to go on vacation for the week that the other family is using it. Holy heck! I need to buy a house here! I could pay for a really nice vacation for $6,000!! (anyone have a couple million I could borrow to buy one?) Anyways it should be fun for the kids. Lots of parades, and weird traditions, and the Blue Angels (J will love those!) Maybe the constant parade of runners on our sidewalk will slow down afterwards too. Then I won't have to feel guilty about strolling around out there with my latte and my cinnamon roll!

School is almost over! Yay!!! I can't wait to sleep in! I signed my kids up for cooking classes at Whole Foods (free! Love that!) and they open our pool at the end of this month. Between those two things, and just hanging out and playing, I don't think I am going to need to sign them up for much. Our friends are moving from AK in July, we are camping with the Petersons and the Pamatians in August, and of course we have to use our free Busch Gardens admission at some point, so I think they will be plenty busy.
What's everyone else doing this Summer?