We spent most of the day Saturday just being lazy around the house and hanging out before our evening HOA party.  We packed up our wagon and headed down the hill to the end of our neighborhood to party with our neighbors.  Cynthia loved playing with all the kids and wanted to be right in the action. 

On Sunday we got up really early to head to the NC Zoo to celebrate our little friend Mackenzie turning 2.  We had a great but exhausting day walking around the zoo and playing with our friends.  

I was trying to get Cynthia and Althea to come inside the ice but they were not having it. 

The weekend ended with grocery pickup at Walmart.  My new favorite way to shop and save money.

Happy Friday! Today, I’m linking up with, Andrea, Erika and Narci and sharing my favorite things from this week.  

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We visited the Chinese Lantern Festival at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens this week and it was a lot of fun.  We tagged along with Patrick's aunt MaryAnn.  We got to the gardens early to check it out in the light and then stuck around to see everything in the dark.  It was amazing how different it was from day to night.  

 

TWO

We took Cynthia to the pumpkin patch this weekend and I can't believe how much she has grown since her last visit.  She was running all around and enjoyed picking out her pumpkin. 

THREE 

This is my new favorite dessert.  It is Halo Top pancake & waffles and it is amazing.  It taste so yummy and does not feel like a low calorie dessert.  

FOUR 

Our new favorite for this week is taking the wagon with us down the hill to check the mail and then hiking back up with all the mail safely tucked in the wagon.  I love watching my little grow. 

FIVE 

I am looking forward to this weekend because we are going with our story time friends to the NC Zoo.  It is to celebrate our little friend Mackenzie turning 2!  I can't believe our little girls are growing so fast.  We are very excited to visit the zoo with our friends.  I know the girls are going to have a blast. 

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and I will be back next week with more Disney recaps! 

This would be our home during our stay at Disney.  Cynthia got right to playing in the kid area and mommy went and checked us in!  Our rooms were not ready and so we heading off to the Magic Kingdom. 

Our first stop of the day was to upgrade our tickets to annual passes and then head to get a picture with Cinderella's Castle! We upgraded our tickets because we are planning to return for Cynthia's birthday.  

We headed first to Tinker Bell and she was not a fan at first but Tinker Bell was great and started playing peek-a-boo with Cynthia and won her over. 

Waiting to go thru the doors and see the mouse! Cynthia was very excited when she got her first glimpse of Mickey.  But as soon as Mickey came her way and started chatting with her she changed her mind.  She decided she didn't need to meet him and wanted to just stay in my arms. 

 

After all the character interaction we headed off to ride a couple rides.  We went on Peter Pan, Small World and The Little Mermaid. 

We got to see our names at the end of Small World! 

After the rides it was pushing nap time and our rooms were finally ready at the hotel and so we headed for the buses and made the trek back to the resort to settle in and nap.  We got very lucky and all got refurbished rooms.  They were very nice and had tons of storage and queen beds! 

After her little nap and rest Cynthia was off to the grandparents room to spend the evening and mom and dad headed to dinner with Uncle Mike and Aunt Kim.  We were headed for the Hoop-Dee-Doo-Revue.  It was a improv type comedy show and dinner.  It was fun spending a little bit of adult time. 

It was a fun time and the strawberry shortcake was yummy!  The best part of the meal though was the show.  It was fun to do something different and see a different side of Disney.  We can't wait to take Cynthia back when she is big enough to really enjoy it.  I am already dreaming about the cornbread and strawberry shortcake :-)