Fun little Surprise - read through and then post

Get ready for a LONG post!

We just got back from an epic surprise trip to Universal Studios and, let me just say, it was one for the freaking books! I feel like I say/feel that every time we take a trip, but I was telling Larry on the trip that vacations before kids were fun, but now that they are old enough to enjoy them and be excited for them, doing vacations through their eyes is like doing Christmas through their eyes. There's just a new excitement to it and I absolutely love it.

So a while ago, Cara started reading the Harry Potter books (I kind of worried she was a little too young, but the girl just loves to read and you can't make her stop so I figured why get in her way? Let her do her thing). We then decided to watch the movies after she finished each book and I realized if we continued on like I thought we would, she'd finish the books around March-ish. So I told Larry it would be kind of fun if we planned a trip to Universal for the Harry Potter "land" they had once she was done (thinking we'd do it around their Spring Break). Well this year is another funky one as far as vacation planning goes, so when we saw a three day weekend coming up in February we decided to plan it for then. Because of the tight timing we knew we'd have to fly, rather than drive, and even though that's more expensive, I was SO excited to take the kids all on their first flight (something we've talked about for a long time). Because of all the excitement, we decided it would be even more fun if we kept it a secret until the last possible minute (we scheduled our flight out for Friday night so the kids would still go to school and we'd be able to eat dinner before we had to leave, as long as everything got packed up quick enough).

So, with that, this last week has been a little chaotic. I had to make sure the laundry got cleaned on Thursday (instead of my usual Friday laundry day), I decided to only work 4 hours on Friday so that I could make a grocery list, get us packed up, tidy up the house, and get any last minute things done before we had to leave. I actually got everything packed up quickly (probably less than an hour) and then brought all the things we'd need down to the pantry so I could keep it hidden. After Larry picked them up from school, he took them downstairs while he worked out (like he usually does) and then I made sure to load everything up into the trunk of the van so the kids wouldn't see it. 

After dinner, they were all in pajamas and ready for our usual Friday Movie Night, but I told them they had to put more clothes on (Cara was just in a training bra, so I told her she needed a real shirt. Gwen was in a pajama dress so I told her she needed pants) and that's when they started to wonder what was going on. They guessed we might be going to an actual movie theater or maybe the pool (oh and earlier in the week I mentioned they had a 3 day weekend and said "we should do something fun" and they all said they wanted to go to the carwash. We got a HUGE laugh out of that since they had NO idea what was coming).

On the drive to the airport, all the kids fell asleep so I had high hopes that we could surprise them as we pulled up to the terminal, but then Cara and Gwen woke up early so we had them see if they could guess where we were. They couldn't tell until we found a plane parked off to the side and then finally asked (very confused) "are we at the airport?" and when we said yeah, it was part 1 of a surprise they were excited, but of course, very curious about what part 2 was (which was Universal).

We had Larry drop us off with the backpacks, suitcase, and booster seats while he went and parked the van. I ended up finding a free cart to load things on to make it easier to take things/everyone into the terminal, so that was nice. Pierce was VERY nervous by this point and kept crying (which I felt bad for, but I knew he'd be okay once we got through TSA). I mentioned our flight was at 8:55 and Cara immediately went to the Departures screen and found out we were going to Burbank, but wasn't sure what that meant. The only guess they had was that we were going to a store (haha!). They were so excited about going on a real plane, though.

Luckily, the airport was pretty dead at this time of night, so once Larry got back to us, checking in and getting our bag and boosters checked in took almost no time at all (and the workers were very friendly and even gave the kids a sheet of stickers to share since it was their first flight). And they only charged us a bag fee for the suitcase, not the boosters (phew!). Going through TSA was even a lot more smooth. I kept warning the kids they'd have to take off their shoes and go through the body scanner, but we didn't need to. They had us put our stuff in the trays (but we could keep our shoes on) and then go through the metal detector thing and said we'd be good as long we didn't set that off. Once we got through that, we thought we'd have to go pretty far for our gate, but found out they moved it to one a lot closer to the security, so we didn't have far to walk (and the new gate was RIGHT next to the bathrooms, which was nice because I intended to take the kids to go potty right before we boarded, just to make sure. Larry thought it was silly since planes have bathrooms and the kids might like going in those ones, but I really don't like airplane bathrooms so I wanted to avoid that).

I had packed a couple snack bags (one for going out and one for coming back) so once we found our gate and got seats picked, I gave them a couple. The girls read their books, and Pierce just kind of soaked things in (luckily he did stop crying once we got our bags checked in, so he was just quietly observing at that point). I finally decided I needed to tell the kids where we were going since their guesses were going nowhere. Cara and Gwen were SO excited to hear about Universal Studios with the rides and the Harry Potter world. Lucy and Pierce didn't really react, very unsure of what it all meant.

So while we waited, Larry took the kids to walk around the airport and check out some shops (and more of the moving walk ways, haha). Then about 10 minutes before we boarded, we hit up bathrooms and got things packed back up. Lucy kept making comments that the bathroom stalls were so big she could do a cartwheel in them, haha. When we went down the walkway to the airplane, the pilot ended up coming out and, seeing the kids, asked if they wanted to check out the pilot area. I was secretly hoping we'd get to do this, since I never got to as a kid and have seen others post about their kids doing it, so that was pretty awesome. I mentioned I'm a Delta loyalist so I think they appreciated that haha. They even got the kids wings and an extra snack and the pilot himself brought us a card with the "our first flight" details. It was a very nice experience (I expected so many bumps, but we didn't really have any).

The kids were so excited that the seats had TVs and the attendants even handed out free earphones so they could watch movies or play games. Larry sat with Pierce and Cara and they mostly played games. I sat with Gwen and Lucy. They watched shows while I watched Devil Wears Prada. We all liked the snack cart (I think we all got different snacks, but all stuck to the apple juice drink). Gwen loved looking out the window of the plane, but said she was bummed it was too dark to really see anything. I told her our flight home would be during the day so she'd get to see more on that flight.

We did land pretty late, so by that point the kids were super tired. Unfortunately, we still had to grab the bags find our way to the car rental (which ended up being a pretty loooong walk), wait to get that (luckily there were free city pamphlets there for the kids to collect) and then head to our hotel. We ended up getting a black minivan so Pierce kept saying we now had 2 black cars (I told him we also had 2 vans, but he just said no to that. It didn't make sense to him, haha).

We did hit up bathrooms again at the rental place so once we got to the hotel (and figured out the whole parking/check in process), we were able to hurry and change into new PJs and go to bed - it was about 11 at that point so we were ALL done!

The breakfast our hotel offered in the morning was great! Not the best, but they had some pancakes, eggs, breakfast potatoes, cereal, breads/muffins, fruit, and dairy items (yogurts and milks). We did what we could to get the kids to eat as much as possible, we'd grab some bananas to take with us, head back to the room to get ready, and then head out. Usually we had some time between breakfast and when we needed to leave, so the kids would watch live TV (a weird concept for them, they'd ask if they could pick the show/episode and we had to tell them, nope it's whatever is on, haha) and I'd pack things up for the day. I realized I didn't bring snacks for the park, so I just ended up splitting up our travel day snacks a little bit.

I did tell the kids that each day we'd get a treat and at the end they could pick one souvenir so to keep a good eye out on things. The first day we really only rode 6 rides. I went into it telling myself it was a weekend and would be pretty busy so try not to rush or get impatient and so I didn't pay real attention to line times and I guess they were longer than I realized. Lucy was REALLY nervous for the first ride and wanted to sit out, but once everyone else got on and started to go she realized she wanted to try it so her and I rode the next ride (it was the Harry Potter Hippogriff coaster, which Pierce LOVED and said he wanted to go on again and again). She did end up liking it, so it was a win to start with.

We then went around and did more Harry Potter stuff (rides, shops, etc.). After that, we went and did The Simpsons ride, where we also got lunch: 2 burger meals and a salad and all of it split. This made it not too expensive and everything was eaten. Cara, especially, just inhaled the food! We then headed to the Mario Kart ride in the Super Nintendo World, which was done up really cool. However, we almost had a Mickey Runaway Railway moment where the ride stopped working as we were in the line, but this time we stayed because I wasn't about to have dreams of that ride forever! It only took about 5-10 minutes, if that, to get back up and running so it wasn't too bad. After that, Larry took Cara and Gwen on the Jurassic Park ride while I took the younger two (who were too small) to the dino playground, which they loved (especially when they talked me into getting popcorn to snack on). Then we ended on the Studio Tour (which Lucy REALLY didn't like, it was too scary for her). After all that, we stopped at Honey Dukes in the Harry Potter area for treats for the day (Cara got this big round, colorful sucker. Gwen got a caramel apple, but she was mad I asked them to cut it up haha. Lucy got cotton candy. Pierce we chose one of the shelf candy for. Gwen ended up being happy that her apple was cut up when we got back to our hotel and she saw how much easier it was to eat). I stopped at the Hello Kitty cafe to get my treats, which were pretty good. Larry didn't want any treats.

For dinner, we ordered some pizza and then quickly put the kids in the shower while we waited for that to be delivered. We all had full bellies, clean pajamas, and all the movement tired us out, so we were ready for bed again.

Our 2nd day, we enjoyed our hotel breakfast again (Lucy and Pierce only wanted bananas, but Pierce at least added yogurt with his). We got ready and decided to head out earlier so that we could check out the It'Sugar candy store before going into the park (Larry convinced the kids that's the place to get our treats for that day). Unfortunately, it was closed, so we just headed to the park earlier.

This day we were able to get a lot more in. We wanted to head over to the Despicable Me area since that had the most of the things we missed, but it opened later, so we hit up 2nd rides that everyone wanted to do. We did both Harry Potter rides and the Simpsons one again (Lucy said Simpsons was her favorite). Then we did Life of Pets, both Despicable Me rides. We stopped at some cute diner place for lunch, which had almost the exact same food as the Krusty Burger (from the previous day), so we ordered the same food and split it again. While eating, we saw a caricature artist and I REALLY wanted to get one of our family, but it was going to be $300 and I just couldn't imagine spending that! After eating, I took Cara on the Mummy ride, while Larry took the others (who were too small for the ride) to the Dinosaur Playground (and they got to see the Raptor "show"). The Mummy ride said it was a 70 minute wait, which was our longest time we'd seen all day, but luckily it only took about 40 minutes to get through. After that, Cara and Gwen talked me into going on the Jurassic Park ride, which I didn't want to do since I was chilly and didn't want to get wet, but when they really want to take me, how can I say no? And luckily it didn't get us too wet. It was fun because they were telling me where to expect sprays from the tiny dinosaurs. We ended that day at the Water World show, which was really cool and the kids really had fun with (Cara really wanted to be in the Splash Zone, but was bummed when we didn't really get wet, haha)

Once we were all done, we went out and got souvenirs. Cara and Gwen both got this owl that you can prop on your shoulder and it moves around. Pierce got a Fast and the Furious car. Lucy got this stuffed Boo (from Mario) that turns inside out. I wanted lounge pants, but couldn't find any I liked in my size (hardly any in my size as it was). We then headed to the It'Sugar shop and let the kids pick out a couple scoops of their favorite candy and then I got my own bag of candy as my souvenir and treat, haha. We decided to stop at this restaurant, Lucy's, for dinner since it was so close to the hotel. It was a VERY small restaurant, but the lady who was doing everything (she was the cook, server, cashier, etc.) was really nice and friendly and kept telling us she makes everything from scratch. It was really good, but we ended up getting way too much so it was our priciest meal of the trip (and we ate most of it, so it wasn't a waste).

That night, Larry got the kids all cleaned up, I packed as much as I could, and then we took our showers. We got everything ready for the next morning and passed out. 

We had a very early morning today. We got up earlier than we had in the previous days. Got dressed, packed the last stuff up. We then headed down for breakfast while Larry loaded the car up with the bags. We ate all we could and then checked out and headed to the airport. Unfortunately, it was busier this time since it was more during the day and the airport is under construction so it was smaller and more ghetto and the kiosks didn't work so well, so we had to do a lot more to get the bags checked and get to TSA. Once we found our gate, we made sure to hit up the bathrooms (Lucy made a comment that we can't do cartwheels in those small stalls, haha). I went and walked some of the airport souvenir shops and Cara talked me into getting her a hat (that was super cute) and then I got the girls some keychains with their initials, I got Gwen and Lucy these sparkly pens and then Pierce I got an airplane book with lift up flap parts. Cara also showed me this cute Hollywood magnet so I got that and an Oscar shaped one as my fun souvenirs. They were all mostly happy.

This day was super rainy and windy, so when we were boarding, we had to go outside and it was SO chilly. Unfortunately, this flight didn't have the TV on the seats, but luckily I downloaded some episodes of Morphle for Pierce to watch, everyone else read. Since it was a smaller plane, Cara and Gwen were on their own row, Larry sat with Lucy, and I sat with Pierce. Lucy and Gwen got to use the airplane bathroom, but since I absolutely hate those, Larry took them. Also, the flight home was much quicker, so that was a nice surprise.

After landing, we hit up the bathrooms, again, and by the time we got to baggage, ours were the last ones just waiting for us. We were so ready to be home so it was nice when we got to the bus stop for the parking lot and it was there, ready for us too. We got to our car quickly, which was nice because carrying the boosters and the suitcase (Pierce really didn't want to walk on his own so we had him ride on the suitcase) was NOT fun.

We got home in time to unpack, wipe down all our stuff that couldn't be washed, started the laundry, and got the grocery shopping done. I put out the kids Valentine's gifts on the table before we left, so they got that surprise when we got home, too. Then, we just relaxed and gave the kitties all the loves for the rest of the day. 

Valentine's surprise waiting for the kids

It ended up being such a great trip. It went so smoothly, no real hiccups or meltdowns, everyone had so much fun and lots of good memories were made. Family vacations are definitely getting easier and I get excited for more!

Superbowl 60

Today was a great, fun day. I wish one of the teams we liked was in the game, but I still look forward to the Superbowl. This year, when we found out which teams were going to play I kept making comments about how the Patriots were going down and Larry was so used to me cheering on a team (or voting for one team) and then they lose so he wanted to make another football bet, this time the loser has to pay for the winner to get a spa treatment. I was pretty confident in this one so I took it happily.

This year, for food, we did Olive Garden catering (pasta, salad, breadsticks, raspberry lemonade, and a chocolate mousse cake). It got delivered a little earlier than I expected and since everyone wasn't planning on coming until around 3, I didn't want to have half eaten food for them so we had to keep it in the containers (luckily they gave us burners to keep it warmed up once we were ready to put it out). Next time I'll just put snacks out during the day and put the real/planned food out an hour or so before the game starts. I was so excited because Mom, Will, Andy, and Rachel were all coming over. 

In the morning, we put on the Puppy Bowl (which is so adorable!). It felt weird because I felt like I needed to do something, but all the cleaning and laundry had been done the days before so there wasn't really anything to do. We did snack on some chips throughout the early part of the day. Around 2, we finally lit the burners and got the food set up and then at 3 we started eating and at 4 everyone showed up and they got to eat. 

Unfortunately, the game ended up being quite a snoozer. I kind of expected more from the Seahawks, but I guess the Patriot's boringness spread to this game (we didn't see all their Playoff games, but we watched the last 2 and they were pretty boring too). The halftime show was also unexciting, in my opinion. I know people liked it, but I felt he was trying to make a political statement and I just want to watch Football, not have politics be a part of it.. I did ask Larry at that point (the score was 9 - 0 in favor of the Seahawks) if he regretted wanting to bet, but he just said "the game ain't over till it's over!"

We did let the kids watch a movie upstairs in the bedroom with the rest of their Halloween candy, which they were excited about (they chose Elio), but they were done before halftime so during that part they were kind of over it (Cara kept saying "I wish I knew what he was singing" haha). By the time the game was done they were pretty exhausted.

I will say, I was kind of hoping it was going to be the first shut out Superbowl or the first without a touchdown, but then the 4th quarter had to get kind of interesting and that's where most of the points came from. 

All in all, it was a good day. I'm excited I won our little bet and I have every intention of finding a good treatment to get! I wish the game had been better, but the food was good! Mom and Will cracked me up when they said they thought I had only ordered salad and breadsticks and joked about having a code word if they needed to leave to get real food, haha. We all loved the food (Will and Mom really liked the cake). We're definitely going to have leftovers for days, though!

January Activities

January has been SO low key and we've absolutely loved it. I've decided after all the hustle and bustle of December/the holidays, we deserve a month to recoup and relax a bit more (and the kids agree). If we didn't have anything we needed to do, we just stayed home and played games/cleaned up/hung out together in a room doing whatever we wanted. It's been so nice and I learned you don't need to leave your house to feel connected and have fun together! So with that, here's some of our January happenings

-Unfortunately, we started the month with sickness. Larry got a bug on the 31st (NYE) and I thought it was his typical "little sick, but just needs rest" sort of thing so I didn't pay much attention (especially since he said he felt much better after a nap AND stayed up late and the next day he said he was just tired from being up so late). By the night of the 1st I started to feel iffy, Friday I just kept going downhill, and Saturday I ended up sleeping until 3 PM! It's slowly been going away, but it took until the 10th to feel like I was mostly back to normal (a little cough and congestion, but nothing that I felt I needed medicine for). 3 weeks of no working out and snacking on whatever sounded good (I didn't want to eat much, but I snacked a ton) really was the hardest part!

-On the 5th, me and the kids surprised Mom at work with lunch. It was her birthday and I thought she'd really love to show off the kids to her coworkers. Larry had work, but I didn't and it was the kids' last day of their Winter Break. She ended up coming out  as we got there and caught us. We visited for a while and had some of the pizza we brought her (to share with the whole office) and I gave her gift to her. I love being able to do things like that for people I care about, so I was happy we could do that for her (and she told me she absolutely loved it and it made her birthday a great one).

-I also had my 1 year surgery follow up on the 5th (before mom's birthday lunch surprise), where he confirmed I hadn't split anything (I was just nervous because I'd get puffy and feel some pain near the top of my incision), which was a relief. He mentioned that top part scar was thicker than he'd like it to be and more red and he said he could fix it really easily, so I decided to do schedule the scar revision on that part (which won't be until February 10th). Hopefully the revision will help make it disappear as well as the rest (which is really looking much better). I'm just really so glad to be on this side of the recovery process!

-On the 9th, Cara's school held a Parents & Pastries "event." They encouraged us to bring books with us, so I grabbed Cara's Harry Potter book and my book I was reading and headed over. It was a really weird occasion because the room was filled with chairs in random spots (nothing looked organized and there definitely weren't enough chairs for how many parents there should be), but I found two chairs to hold and waited till she showed up. They had the kids grab donuts on the way to their seats and so we ate our donuts, talked about books (there was a question on one of the donuts asking what books I liked to read when I was her age), and then just read our books. That's it. Just donuts and reading (so I'm not exactly sure what the point of this was). There were lots of donuts still on the table so she ended up grabbing 2 more donuts, haha. It was nice, but I still don't understand what this was for (to promote reading in kids? To give kids and parents a bonding moment (even though we barely talked)? I'm just not sure)

-One exciting thing, is Cara joined her school's art club, which started on the 12th. It's only held on Mondays at 8 and only for about 8 weeks (not counting Monday's they have off of school). Mondays are a little bit chaotic now, I have to drop her off early, come back to work for a tiny bit, then take Gwen and Lucy to school. I also take a break to play with Pierce for a bit after lunch on his non school days, so there's a lot going on on those days, but it's worth it. I'll always support my kids doing fun extra activities like this!

-Football is pretty much over (Cowboys didn't make it to the playoffs and Packers blew it in the Wild Card Round...typical, but SO disappointing), so now we can go back to scrub cleaning our house again (and hopefully keep up with that). The first weekend after the Packer's game flop, I decided to ease into it and we just picked up the house (there was a lot of stuff everywhere). We ended up getting so much done that I felt okay with being lazy the rest of the day. We did still watch the other playoff games, which was really nice (I kept wanting to walk stores, but knew I would end up spending money I didn't need to so we just let the kids craft and kept it low key). I found I enjoy watching the other playoff games and picking teams to root for. I tend to pick the underdog and then I'm surprised they lose haha. But, it should be an interesting Superbowl, I'm definitely excited for that day (I've already ordered the food we're having and getting ideas for the next two years already, haha).

And, as always, my favorite kid pics:

Putting magnets in her hair. She said if she
Pulled it down, it was like brushing it

January Coupons

I'm trying to do my absolute best with staying on top of the Christmas Coupons the kids get and making sure we choose them and do the activities each month. 

This month, we had a lot of fun with them. Cara chose a treat, Gwen chose a 1 minute shopping trip, and Lucy chose a sleepover. We were going to get them all done the first weekend of the month, but I ended up getting too sick (I think the flu?) to do them then, so we moved them to later in the month.

On the 9th, I did my sleepover with Lucy. I love having these moments with the kids! We started with ice cream and a game (the Bluey Scavenger Hunt one they got for Christmas). We also did some sheet masks and talking about silly things. After all that, we got all ready for bed, cuddled up, and then watched a few episodes of Baby Shark Hospital (a really cute one for kids, but especially for ones like Lucy who like to pretend play doctor) before going to sleep. In the morning, Lucy was so obsessed with watching that show the rest of the weekend and asking if she could watch it in my room (like literally, all weekend asking if she could, haha). We had lots of fun and I love how bonded I feel after doing these things.

On the 10th, I took Gwen out for her 1 minute shopping trip to Five Below. When we got there, I explained that we'd walk through the store so she could look around, then we'd go get a basket and I'd set a 1 minute timer and she could grab whatever she wanted and I'd get it. I thought that was sufficient, but after walking around and grabbing a basket, I set the timer and she seemed to get confused and went really slowly. I kept counting down and telling her to grab things, but she only grabbed 2 things (I tiny notebook and a plastic water bottle). I asked why she didn't get more, but she said she didn't know (I assume it was overwhelming), so I ended up setting a 2nd timer for 30 seconds, I asked her if she was ready and she said yeah, so we went around again. She grabbed another notebook and a hand sanitizer that came with a purse. So still not a lot. I told her that was it for now, but then she reminded me of a toy she really wanted (like she was talking about getting one of those toys that had little pins and you push your hand through it to make that imprint on the other side for days before) so I told her she could grab that since I knew she wanted it and we left (I did grab a couple candies for myself because they have some of the best candy). She kept making comments that she'll know better for next time and hopefully Lucy and Cara get some good things). So I know she liked what she got, but she'll know better for next time/year.

We were going to let Cara get her treat on the same day (the 10th), but she had a birthday party that day that she knew she'd get sweets at so she decided to move it, so I took her out today. We went to DQ and got some blizzards. We grabbed them and ate some of them in the upstairs area while we had fun conversations. 

I love doing these coupons and hope the kids look back at their childhood with good memories of them. 

Lucy's 1 on 1s

I don't normally do a separate post on 1:1s with the kids, but January has been so uneventful I decided to do one this time, haha.

So one-on-one's have kind of evolved over time. When we first started doing them, they were big activities (Larry would usually take them to an arcade, as an example), BUT after adding more and more kids to the mix I realized that's not feasible (or budget friendly), so I told Larry we had to tame it down to going out for a treat or something like that. Unfortunately, the kids still ask for an arcade trip so I feel bad bumming them out, but we take each of the girls out twice a year (Pierce will eventually join in when he gets older, but he gets a lot of 1:1 time with us since he only has 2 days of school during the week), so doing 6 arcade trips is just a little crazy. Besides, the point of the 1:1s is to have conversations or make sure the kids know they can talk to us about things or just have those moments of connection with them.

So with that, we used to both take them out for treats, but two treats in a week (because we try and plan the 1:1s within the same week) seemed a bit much, so I thought it would be fun to do something that's still low-key, but isn't necessarily a treat (and I try and change it up each time too). So for Lucy's, Larry took her to DQ on the 13th. She loves getting ice cream treats, so that was really fun for her. 

I told her I would take her to the soda shop and to Barnes & Noble to pick out a book (the girl really likes reading and is getting into it more). She was asking for soda all week long, it was pretty funny. So tonight, when it was my turn I took her out, and realized after a while that I probably should've stopped at the soda place first and we could drink them on the way to Barnes & Noble (since there's quite a bit of construction on the road to B&N and so it's a bit slower), but it was too late so we just figured we'd hit up the soda place on the way back home (since it's right across the street from our neighborhood).

So my plan was to just get her one book at the store, but I have such a problem at book stores and we ended up leaving with like 9 books, haha. We talked about silly stuff on the way there, but on the way to the soda place she just wanted to read all the books we got (which I loved). 

We got to the soda place, and they usually do a fun one each month for kids that has a gummy candy or a toy with it so I was starting to tell her about it, but she said she just wanted a root beer, so I asked if she wanted anything like vanilla in it and she said sure, as long as she gets a root beer (she just loves root beer). So I ordered her a small root beer with vanilla (apparently there are two small sizes, and so he asked me if I meant the 24 ounces, which seems like SO much soda, so I told him I wanted the smallest one they had, which is a 12 ounce). I got one that had orange Fanta, coconut, and mango in it - it was really yummy! We sat there and talked about some other funny stuff. I just love doing these things with the kids. I look forward to them each time they come up and I do look forward to Pierce getting them in a couple years.

So yeah, that's all I got, I'm glad I heard about this idea and we're able to do it as often as we do. I highly recommend them.