A Port Discovery Children's Museum Birthday Party!

Let me start by saying Kinley was adamant about having their party at Port Discovery Museum. I was a little apprehensive because having a birthday party at a party place seems so generic. I went with it though and I am SOO glad I did.

Port Discovery gives you many different packages to choose from. I chose the 50 people 3 hour party. The party comes with a party coordinator but I knew with my grand plan I would need extra help so I hired an additional party coordinator and servers. That was the best thing I could have done! They did EVERYTHING. It was such a relief to just supervise set up and be able to relax and enjoy their party. I would definitely recommend Port Discovery for an amazing birthday experience.

We had a County fair theme. We did pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob, fruit, and a drink bar.

Addalyn in her country wear :)

The kids were definitely full of sugar (sorry parents)

We tie dyed shirts as a party favor (Kinley's idea). It wasn't as I thought it was going to be. The parents were VERY helpful and the kids had a BLAST.

Kinley enjoying her tie dying experience.

The museum gave the kids a scavenger hunt to complete which was pretty awesome!

We rented popcorn and snow cone machines and the kids LOVED them.

Addalyn could not wait to play in the museum. She really did have a great time. The museum caters to all ages so that was pretty amazing. All kids could have a blast together!

Soccer..

&& a dining experience. The kids ran from exhibit to exhibit.

In the end Kinley said it was the best Birthday she ever had and that was all that mattered! && Addalyn slept from the time she got home until 9am the next morning so that said enough! They had a really great time, Thanks Port Discovery!

What the heck!

I cant believe I haven't updated here in SOOO long! So what has been going on?! Welll... EVERYTHING.

Kinley lost her first tooth! Which was amazing! Especially since the other tooth was growing behind the one that fell out. The tooth fairy made a visit and left some goodies along with a note.

Addalyn is potty training. Its going.. as well as expected. She's a very strong willed little munchkin so patience is needed!

Kinley also started Kindergarten! Its crazy how time flies. She's loving all her friends and her teacher so she's super excited to go every morning.

I suddenly became a Daisy Girls Scout Leader. What did I get myself into?!?!

The BIGGEST thing of all...We're expecting a new little Wright! Baby Girl Wright to be exact.

As you can tell a lot is going on but there is just more to come!

2 years, 2 kids, 3 moves, 2 states later..

The hubby and I recently celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. We had an awesome time. It was nice to spend time together just the two of us. I surprised Rashad with a whole weekend planned out. 

We started off by waking up at the crack of dawn and driving to Rockville and zip lining at Go Ape! It was an awesome experience and we worked together and got through the course really fast.

We then drove to Baltimore to our hotel Lord Baltimore. Our stay there was so so.  We stayed club level which includes a wine and cheese tasting and breakfast. If I stayed in Baltimore again I wouldn't stay there again. I'll get to why in a little bit..but on to the rest of our day. 

We got ready for the Orioles and Nationals game. I got club level picnic perch tickets and they were awesome!! Picnic perch tickets included unlimited hotdogs, nachos, salad, ice cream, popcorn, peanuts, and soda. It was amazing. 

The view was pretty amazing too. 

It was pretty amazing even though the Orioles lost :(( We were totally exhausted so we went back to the hotel and we slept like the dead.... until the air conditioning stopped working in the middle of the night. Hence one reason for my less than rave review. We did not have to wake up super early but I could not sleep in our sauna of a room. So my husband decided to head to the club level sitting room to grab is some breakfast. It was 8:30 and there was absolutely nothing but toast, boiled eggs,  and orange juice left. Pretty disappointing. So we decided to just head out to our next adventure..

We drove to Solomons and went jet sking and fishing with Bunkys Charters. 

We caught a ton of fish (me more so than my husband). 

It really was a great weekend though. I am so thankful to have such an amazing husband to share my life with. I am truly a lucky girl! 

Life update.,

Kinley learned to ride her bike without training wheels and she graduated from PreK! Go Kinley! 

I can't believe I will have a kindergartener next year! It's crazy how time flies. 

 

We celebrated by taking the girls to a movie.. Bad idea. Addalyn made it through the previews and she was done. So me and the little went home while daddy and Kinley watched the movie.

My wonderful husband celebrated a birthday!! We celebrated my husbands 26th birthday by taking a trip to the casino. 

That's about it. We've had a pretty relaxing summer. Spending tons of time outdoors before the cold rolls upon us again. 

As a last note I just want to say how lucky I am to have such a daughter with such an amazing personality and this last year she has grown from being mommys baby to a little lady. She is so independent and smart. She has such a bright future and I can't wait to see how much she grows and matures next year in kindergarten. I love you meganmike! You will always be mommys baby!! 

Disney World

You know I have to say that I am officially OBSESSED with all things Disney now. Disney World is truly the most magical place on Earth. It is amazing the level of service you get there. I literally did not want to come home and can not WAIT to  plan our next trip.

When I first started telling people that we were going to Disney World I recieved very negative responses... "You're not going to enjoy it".. "It's a waste of money" .. "You spend your whole day waiting in lines in the hot sun".

But I knew Disney world is not like going to Six Flags it is an investment and like with any other investment you need to plan. 

So I spent months planning (I even had a notebook devoted to just Disney World) and I knew all there was to know about Disney World and it was truly the BEST vacation we have ever had.

If you are not into planning then Disney World is not the place for you. You WILL NOT enjoy yourself and would have wasted A LOT of money. If you do not plan.. You will spend your day in the hot sun waiting in lines or roaming around trying to find a ride without lines. You will eat hotdogs and hamburgers the whole time and your kids will be irritated and grumpy and the trip will be a disaster.

I can happily say that I took a one year old and a five year old (who has a meltdown at home on a daily basis) and we did not have ANY meltdowns. 

Post 2 on Disney World will tell you how...

DIY Magic Bands

Its all Disney all the time around here right now! We've got 28 days until D-Day as my husband calls it. We got our Magic Bands in the mail a couple weeks ago and their pretty blah so I did some searching and saw that people have been customizing them so off to Michaels we went (she was not excited to be in Michaels if you can't tell)!

My band is red so I thought a Minnie inspired band with white polka dots would be perfect. My husband wouldn't wear anything too crazy so some random placed white mickey heads were perfect for his blue band.

These are Martha Stewarts douber set. They made perfect round circles.

The paint I used was Martha Stewart's multi-surface high gloss.


They turned out pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

Now all I have to do is find something princess worthy for the little divas pink band :/

Easter Sunday at the farm

We decided to load up the truck and drive the hour and half (unbeknownst to my husband.. Oops) to Ticonderoga Farms in Virginia. I read the reviews before going and they were not good at all but I decided to chance it since they had an Easter Egg hunt and all day activities and I'm glad I did. They charge for admission and tickets to do certain activities but the majority of the activities are included in the admission charge. We bought tickets which we ended up not using because of the crowds the lines were extremely long for the ticketed events but we still had a great time. 

They have amazing slides for the littles and mommy and daddy to enjoy too.

Meeting the Easter bunny was a suprise (although unwelcome by baby Noelle)