storyland!

while this post is late, it's not nearly as late as it could be, given all the chaos in our house due to "hardwood floor saga 2012" (another post to come).  a couple of weekends ago we took the kids to storyland.  we had to do it.  after all, we had a behavior chart for most of the summer and they worked hard to earn the trip.  it was a fantastic time -- one of the best parts was having a water park in our hotel (handy when you arrive at the park on friday afternoon to find that after labor day it's closed during the weekdays...whoops!  definitely a clark griswold moment there...).  we also were lucky enough to hang out with our pals alex and marissa at their condo, where characters from storyland come visit each night and we got to make smores over a campfire.  cinderella was even sweet enough to sing happy birthday to zack -- since we were there on the 7th!  anyhow, these pics need little explanation.

twirling turtles -- our favorite (NOT tim's!)

below:  a real phone booth!  certainly a photo op...