Jan. 12

Sunday was spent at Magic Kingdom with Laura, then I managed to get an extra ticket and sneak my way into a marathon weekend “after party” for TNT with some lovely Canadians (the Kansans went elsewhere). There were also some native Floridians there:

Jan. 13

I left for the airport on Monday morning.

I got home from Florida to some wild and crazy kids REALLY not ready for bedtime.

Jan. 14

Coming back to reality after Disney World was really tough this week. And I wasn’t feeling all that well….pretty run down. BUT, I held on to the “magic” as long as I could.

Jan. 15

It was my mom’s birthday! And also Essie’s half birthday/”pretend birthday” at school. I didn’t take pictures of her treats, because basically, they were made by Erv and I the night before, and pink, and not particularly pretty or fancy. But she liked them:

Jan. 16

A couple of kids brought the cute to preschool pick-up.

Jan. 17

It was the last day of a two-week stretch of solo parenting. This is how I felt until hubs got home:

Jan. 18

My cousin got married on Saturday, and we all got dressed up because we never get the chance. And because we never get the chance, the girls and I went on a Saturday morning search for dress shoes and fancy toddlerwear.

I brought my Nikon to the wedding and started to take pictures at the reception. But, I quickly got frustrated trying to take non-blurry pictures in the semi-dark room, and put it away (the exposure on these is edited).