Celebrate Jack Hanna’s Weekends this Earth Day at SeaWorld

As part of the Earth Day celebrations in 2010, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is hosting a Jack Hanna Weekend. On April 24 and 25 there is an opportunity to have Breakfast with Jack Hanna at the Crown Colony restaurant starting at 8:30 am.

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Celebrate Jack Hanna’s Weekends this Earth Day at SeaWorld

Disney World Vacations

Disney World is unarguably the largest family vacation destination in the United States.  Super Bowl winners want to go there, kids want to go there, adults want to go there - heck, MY GRANDMA wants to go there!  Can the everyday family afford to go to Disney World on a limited budget?  YOU BET! There are many options for you to consider on a Disney vacation.  We’ll present as many of them to you as possible. The obvious first choice is to stay on the property for maximum convenience and fun.  At the time of this writing, the theme park is currently offering the following packages for a six night, seven day stay for a family of four: - $1,500 for a stay at a value category resort - $1,900 for a stay at a moderate category resort - $2,500 for a stay at a deluxe category resort The value category resorts include All-Star Sports and All-Star Music hotels with the entire resort centering around those themes.  They are fun for the kids and have themed pools and food courts.  The rooms are standard, but comfortable and accommodate four people easily.

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Disney World Vacations

Planning for Disney

With the hubby busy getting his Masters (and shelling out the bucks for it), we’re holding off on our usual once (or twice) annual trip to Disney World this year.  It’s hard!  What can I say, I’m spoiled! I should really be avoiding anything Disney right now so I won’t be reminded what I’m missing….

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We’re back!

We’re back from Disney World and I’ve got to say …. that was the best vacation EVER!  The kids had a great time.  The hubby and I had a great time.  The weather was good.  Adrian didn’t have any melt downs.  Zee had a few minor 3-year-old tantrums but nothing ugly.  Disney World wasn’t that crowded.  The flights went well

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We’re back!

Activities for the Plane

I’ve just about finished packing the kids’ goodie bags full of fun activities and treats for the plane.  The dollar shop is a great place to find small toys and games.  A travel version of Trouble and a spiralgraph set should keep the girls busy for a bit.  The boys will like the squishy balls and toy helicopter.  The bags are filled with coloring books and crayons, story books, colorful pens and snacks.  For the girls I made homemade activity books.  I printed some coloring pages I found online.

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Activities for the Plane

Goodie Bags

I have fond memories of visiting my grandmother as a child.  One of my favorite things she’d do for us was to pack us each a goodie bag for our long car trip home.  There was snacks and drinks (all the sugary, expensive packaged stuff parents avoid buying), magic ink books, special pens and pencils, coloring books, new packages of crayons and small toys - all in a small gift bag with our names on them.  I LOVED it! We rarely take such long car trips with our kids.  The flight to Disney World is the longest trip we attempt and the only real opportunity I have to pass along Grandma’s goodie bag tradition to my kids.

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Goodie Bags

Disney Preparations

Preparations for our upcoming Disney World trip are moving along quite nicely. I’ve finished making luggage and child ID tags.  I use dark t-shirt iron on transfers for these.  They produce soft, flexible, completely weather-proof, practically indestructible tags.   We pin the ID tags to the boys in case they get lost.  I also made tags for our wheelchair and stroller and personalized t-shirts for the kids. I’ve updated our ‘Ultimate Disney Guidebook’.  I created this book a few years ago.  It contains maps of all the parks, restaurant menus, park hours, our general plan of action and the reservation info.   Besides being very helpful while in the parks, we have a lot of fun looking through it at home.  I’ve even used it for school work in the past.  This year I’ll also be adding screen shots of pages from Adrian’s device so he can communicate what he’d like to do.

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