Tibbitts Family

 

 Bluey Party! Hope wanted a "Duck Cake" like the one from her favorite show, Bluey, so as a result, she had a Bluey themed birthday party.  The kids played What's the Time Mr. Wolf, Pass the Parcel, and Magic Xylophone, got their face painted, got to smash the Chattermax piñata, and eat whatever they desired at the food table. Hope received some wonderful presents from her friends. Although she was a bit overwhelmed with all the people at her party, she had a great birthday. Hope wanted to have her face painted like a tiger because that is what Bingo chose to have painted on her face by McKenzie's mom in the show Bluey. I asked my friends with older daughters if any of their girls would like to be a face painter at Hope's birthday party, and so many of them sad yes, happily.  Who knew that these girls love to face paint, and they are so incredibly good at it too.  Thank you to Avey, Ellie, Mindy, and Adia. Donald wanted Bluey to be painted on his face.  He looke...

We started our pool project in January 2023.  We were so excited that we would soon have a pool in our backyard.  The pool company explained that from sign to swim it would be 5 months in time.  How exciting!  We would be swimming by summer time.  Hope has been in swim lessons since she was about 1 year old and loves the water. I’m so glad we started the project during the winter months when we really didn’t have a desire to go in a pool because it does actually get cold in Florida.  When the weather did warm up, we had our community pool to swim in, which was perfect.   Step One: Dig the pool The soil here in Florida is so easy to dig unlike San Diego soil, which is filled with rocks.  The crew took half a day or less to dig out the pool.  The rebar team then moved in to prepare for the next step, which was pouring the concrete.  After the team finished the digging and placing the rebar, an alligator turtle wondered into our backyard an...

 Our First Trip to the Magic Kingdom - May 2023 Last November we visited Disney's EPCOT center.  This year the plan was to visit The Magic Kingdom.  We had a good reason to go when some friends from out of town came to visit us.  We ate Pineapple DoleWhip ice cream and Mickey Mouse ice cream bars.  Hope got to meet one of her favorite princesses of all time, Belle.  We had a wonderful time and the kids did great. I learned a few things about going to Disney World and the Magic Kingdom during this trip.  I learned that May is way to hot to go to Disney World.  We were sweating all day.  As a result, we will not be going to Disney World again from about March to November.  Not a good temperature here in Florida to be outside all day. So if you are planning on coming to visit us during that time and want to go to Disney, go right ahead, but know that we won't be joining you. I learned that once you park your car in the parking lot at the Ma...