John got a magic kit for Christmas. He opened it today and learned a few tricks to show me. The first one was a magic box. I had to pick a color on a cube then put it in the box. He then put the box behind his back and then "guessed" the color I picked. Of course, he guessed my color. I was completely amazed. As I was praising him for learning such a great magic trick, he said to me "Want to know how I did it?" Clearly he has a lot to learn about keeping magician's secrets.
Later he found me in Gillian's room, "Mom! I need quarters! Two of them! I'm learning a new trick!" I told him where he could find quarters and he ran away. He came back later with a magic wand. I asked him, "Did you find the quarters?" He said "Nope, I learned a new trick!" He then showed me how he could float the wand in the air.
Once again, he showed me the secret to how he made the wand float.
Before dinner, John had another trick to show me. He had a rabbit that he made disappear. I got this trick on video. Enjoy.
On our first day at Disney World, we went to the Magic Kingdom. Since we were staying at a Disney Resort, we were able to enjoy magic hours and get into the park at 7 am. It was an early day, but it was totally worth it. We arrived and waiting for the train to arrive with Mickey Mouse. He arrived with Minnie, Pluto and Alice. He welcomed us and then lead us in a countdown and the park was opened with a bang!
After Mickey, opened the park we were able to get our day started. We took a few family pictures and then we got to meet Pluto and Minnie Mouse! Gillian was a little unsure about meeting the characters at first. It was early in the morning, and they can be a bit overwhelming. But I will tell you by the end of our visit, she wasn't afraid! John was super excited to meet Pluto. Before we left, we asked him who he wanted to meet the most. He kept telling us "Pluto!" We were very lucky to meet Pluto within 10 minutes of being inside the Magic Kingdom. Below are a few videos of the kids meeting Pluto and Minnie Mouse!
John heard on the radio the other night that we might get snow today. This morning he woke up and wanted to know where the snow was. We explained to him that the snow probably wouldn't come until after school. I also told him that I had a secret way to get it to it to snow more. I explained that if you sleep with your pajamas on inside out that sometimes it snows. He didn't believe it. I said call your cousin Bert. He did it and they got snow. Daddy also explained to him that you need to get a lot of lot of kids to wear their PJs inside out. The more kids that do it makes more magic. This whole thing really stuck with John. In the car on the way to school, he said "How can we get more kids to wear their Jammies outside in?" Inside out, I corrected him. We talked about how we could call our cousins and he could tell his friends at school. I'm sure he told everyone about it at school. By the time I left work it was snowing. John was so excited. After dinner he called his cousins and asked them to wear their PJs inside out. At bedtime both John and Gillian wore their PJs inside out. Gillian kept saying "It's backwards!" I snuggled with John for a little bit and he said "we didn't tell everyone yet. We have one more person to tell." I said ok, should I text Uncle T? He said "No. It's someone that lives far away." Jokingly, I said should I tell Mr. Matt, because he lives far away. John said "No! You know! Mr. Matt loves really close. No. You know this guy. He lives far away and we see him once a year." It took me a little while and I finally figured it out. Santa! John said "Yes! But he probably has snow up there. Maybe he can send us snow!" My little man is always thinking! I hope the snow lasts until tomorrow and John gets to play in it.
