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| The Wynns in front of the amazing Disney Dream |
Disney Cruise Review
While we were on our vacation, we had a whole ton of people ask us about the cruise that we on. Enough questions in fact, that it warranted it's own write up here.
If you are not aware, we surprised the kids by taking them on a 4 day Caribbean Disney cruise aboard their brand new boat, the Disney Dream. We had received one of those promotional sales DVD's in the mail at some point about the cruises, and the kids became obsessed with going on a cruise. Max especially so, I am pretty sure that he may know every detail about each boat in the Disney fleet after having watched that DVD probably 100 times.
Max's 6th Birthday
Given that we were heading to Florida for Max's birthday again, we decided to throw a small party before we left on vacation. We were planning on leaving on December 3rd, so we had to move his party all the way up to November 27th.
Max picked 3 of his buddies to go with him to see the new Muppet movie. Afterwards we headed to his favorite desert place, Dairy Queen, for some ice cream and presents. The kids had a really fun time, the new Muppet movie was actually pretty good (the movie theater even gave him a poster of the movie). We really irritated a lady to take this photo, she was sitting on this bench and we asked her to move so that we could take a picture. She wasn't very happy, and I just don't care.
Max referred to it as his fake birthday since his real birthday was not for a little over a week. For his real birthday, we were on our cruise that we surprised the kids with, so we let him mostly decide what we were going to do that day (we rode the Aquaduck a lot and ate a ton of ice cream).
Max picked 3 of his buddies to go with him to see the new Muppet movie. Afterwards we headed to his favorite desert place, Dairy Queen, for some ice cream and presents. The kids had a really fun time, the new Muppet movie was actually pretty good (the movie theater even gave him a poster of the movie). We really irritated a lady to take this photo, she was sitting on this bench and we asked her to move so that we could take a picture. She wasn't very happy, and I just don't care.
Max referred to it as his fake birthday since his real birthday was not for a little over a week. For his real birthday, we were on our cruise that we surprised the kids with, so we let him mostly decide what we were going to do that day (we rode the Aquaduck a lot and ate a ton of ice cream).
Halloween 2011
Still getting caught up with posts to the site, this is the last one to get me caught up.
Halloween has come and gone and was a big success here at the Wynn household. We held our second annual Halloween party which I would say was an excellent success. However, Sarah and I were so busy that we didn't stop to take any photos, so nothing much to share unfortunately.
For Halloween, the kids really put a lot of effort into their costumes. They spend hours pouring over the catalogs full of costumes and usually agonize over the final decision. This year, Ella decided to be a Police Officer, while Max was Zorro.
Their costumes were really nice, luckily they get a lot of use out of them, playing dress-up is one of their favorite activities.
Halloween has come and gone and was a big success here at the Wynn household. We held our second annual Halloween party which I would say was an excellent success. However, Sarah and I were so busy that we didn't stop to take any photos, so nothing much to share unfortunately.
For Halloween, the kids really put a lot of effort into their costumes. They spend hours pouring over the catalogs full of costumes and usually agonize over the final decision. This year, Ella decided to be a Police Officer, while Max was Zorro.
Their costumes were really nice, luckily they get a lot of use out of them, playing dress-up is one of their favorite activities.
New Tattoo for Chris
You may have heard by now that I got a new tattoo this last September. I have been wanting to do something for the kids for quite a while now, but wasn't sure what. I traveled to Austin, Texas for a special event to promote Gears of War during the Austin City Limits Music Festival. XBox had setup a special VIP area for the various musicians and other people deemed important. I was there to show the game just before it was about to launch (in fact I went from Austin straight to New York to officially launch the game at midnight on September 19th). There was also a bunch of booze (brought some home because there was so much), a lady who brought some really good cupcakes, and a tattoo artist to tattoo the musicians.
Soccer Season Summary
Another fall is through, and another soccer season is in the books. Max got his first outdoor season behind him with a more casual city league. Good to get him out in the grass and running around though.
As Ella gets older, the competitive spirit in her and the league picks up intensity. The still do not keep official score at this age (which is total crap), but don't tell the girls that because every single one of them keeps score. Ella got really aggressive this year, really getting physical and using her body (well, mostly her elbows) to get the other girls off the ball. She also makes some runs towards the net when she gets the ball which she was always hesitant to do. Working with her to keep the hustle up and not give up on plays and to get her shots off quicker.
