Weekend Recap

March 28, 2022 By jillemccandless 2 Comments

In typical Iowa fashion, winter isn’t done with us yet. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except that we had a taste of sunny and 70’s, which made us feel ready for winter to be over. But sadly, she’s sticking around for awhile longer and I realized I probably washed all of their snow gear a Read More

Friday Favorites

March 25, 2022 By jillemccandless 3 Comments

Favorite picture: Grace, her buddy Maggie, and Tessa were enjoying lunch outside on our rare 71 degree day. And yes, their playhouse still had Christmas decor on it. But I used that beautiful weather to finally take it down and now it just looks sad. Favorite kid quote: Tessa, after knocking her stuffed kitty off Read More

Spring Break

March 23, 2022 By jillemccandless No Comments

I’m pretty sure I need a week off of school or any kind of schedule after every vacation. Last week was glorious- we slept in, we had big breakfasts, we got things unpacked and put away, and we all just enjoyed having nothing to do and nowhere to be. As an added bonus, the weather Read More

St. Patrick’s Day

March 22, 2022 By jillemccandless 2 Comments

Since we went to Disney the week before spring break, the kids had off all last week. Which was actually really, really nice. We had great weather and the lack of schedule made us all ready for summer to arrive. They were home for St. Patrick’s Day, so everyone made a leprechaun trap and strategically Read More

Disney Day 5: Epcot

March 21, 2022 By jillemccandless 4 Comments

Epcot was a great park to end with. It’s so chill and relaxed and we didn’t have to worry about trying to get on all the rides. The park was empty in the morning, so we walked right on several rides, and the rest we had Lightning Lane for. Tess always says she wants to Read More

Disney Day 4: Hollywood Studios

March 18, 2022 By jillemccandless No Comments

We arrived at Hollywood studios early- this park is busy and every ride ends up with a long wait. Lightning lane is also tricky to use here because the time slots fill up fast. We managed to ride Slinky Dog and Smugglers Run before the park even opened, so our day was off to a Read More

Disney Day 3: Magic Kingdom

March 17, 2022 By jillemccandless 5 Comments

This was our biggest Disney Day. We were at the park at 8:00 am and stayed until the fireworks ended at 8:15 pm. It was a very full, very busy day with both sunshine and thunderstorms, but we had so. much. fun. We also had a combined family total of over 100,000 steps, meaning we Read More

Disney Day 2: Animal Kingdom

March 16, 2022 By jillemccandless 7 Comments

Our first park was Animal Kingdom. I wanted to start slow so I could get my bearings with the whole Genie+/Lightning Lane situation. Disney replaced Fast Pass with Lightning Lane, and it’s a different scene- so I felt like I needed to start with the easiest park first before I tackled Magic Kingdom. I did Read More

Disney Day 1

March 15, 2022 By jillemccandless 4 Comments

As soon as Tessa’s drains were removed I started looking at Disney Resorts. Everything was booked for our spring break week (and I mean EVERYTHING) so we decided to go the week before. I’m so glad we did. Our weather was perfect, the crowds were manageable, and now we have a whole week to get Read More

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