Spring Break

I don't really know what to blog about. Over spring break we didn't do much, due to behavior issues (Peter and Laura) so there is nothing to write about. We did inquiry. We read. Peter had soccer. We were ready to pull our hair out. What's new. In short, it was average and fun.   

I Can't Believe It

Today I stumbled upon another excerpt from The Last Olympian. I was really excited. I really quickly needed to blog about it. It's from  the final battle. Go here.   

MAX, MAX, MAX, MAX!!!!!!!!!!

It is here, finally. The fifth Maximum Ride book is here.

Max:

I learned that I had the date of the release two months late. Oops. 

Well, at the first Wal-Mart I saw my mom and I ran inside and found the book.

If you want to borrow it, let me know.

Now I must continue reading... 

Topper

Our mom is OBSESSED with old movies. So last summer our mother signed us up on Netflick and we watched a million old movies. 

List of Old Movies Loved By Solis Kids:

That Darn Cat (Family)

Shadow of a Doubt (Emily) (Remind me to tell you about that)

Swiss Family Robinson (Family)

Escape/Return to Witch Mountain (Family) 

Topper (Laura and Peter)

This blog post is about Topper and all the things that were caused by it. 

It all started when I tried to watch the videos for Skeleton Creek. 

Peter and Laura were watching Topper and I was watching the videos. Now, Topper is supposed to be funny and the Skeleton Creek videos are supposed to make you jump. Well the videos didn't make me jump once, because of Peter and Laura were laughing their heads off every time they saw a ghost. Well, you try and get frightened when you are yelling at siblings to be quite. 

I'll have to tell you about Shadow of a Doubt later on. That story was actually sort of scary.  

You're Tired of These Posts

I'm going to do another post about books. 

The big book this post is...

 

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman and one of the best books  I have ever read. Just as good as Harry Potter. Gasp.  We all know that I love Harry Potter. 

Plot: Two friends have been forbidden to see each other, but a mystery holds them together. The mystery might just kill both of the friends.  Includes: ghost and possible terror.

Media: This story is told two ways- through the journal of one friend and the videos of another. The videos are the scariest part of the book for sure, but Peter can watch them so they must not be that bad. 

I loved this book. I read it and watched the videos and can't wait for the second one to come out later on this year. Patrick Carman can make a cliffhanger still be satisfactory in the most amazing way. I wanted the second, but I didn't drive my parents more insane.

 Off Topic: I saw a shirt to day that said: From zero to INSANE in 1.5 seconds. Thanks Rylee.

Mitchell read Skeleton Creek so I can talk to someone about it.

Logging off.  

Surprise! Pictures Part

Now this is the picture version of our first three days at Florida. NOTE: You better enjoy every second of this because I did it TWICE.  Since I did this twice and since it's long and since one person didn't get to enjoy the majority of this trip I thought that this blog post should be for that person. Hope you enjoy the post and can experience the vacation through what everyone tells and writes about it.  Love you!   

Us admiring our tiny plane that we would soon be riding on. No claustrophobia, thank goodness.

 
Peter and  me flying together.

Laura staring out the window. 
Peter in the cockpit.

Laura in the cockpit.

 

Me smiling while in the cockpit with my ears hurting like crazy.

Aunt Julie after learning that we all came to go to Orlando with her instead of doing our homework.

Can you see my Aunt earrings that my Uncle chose. Good choice.

We ate at Cici's that night. Peter, Laura and Kyle made something we really didn't want to eat.

April my adorable cousin that you can NOT have.

Let kids be kids. Or else they'll get back at you.

Uncle Chris got us this cool room in a resort and nobody seemed really interested in it. Weird.  

We lost two hours in Florida and were really tired. Here's proof.

Sometimes I wonder what we would do without that iPod Touch. Die of boredom probably.

 
April playing with Mommy.

April sliding down the slide. While looking adorable.

We could fit our CAR into the smallest of those engines.

Laura trying to give Kyle bunny ears and still look cute.
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, BLASTOFF!

To get to Disney World early we had to wake up at seven after going to bed at like TEN. So yeah welcome to our life.

 

The exactly a mile off you can see it. And I kept on saying that it was a mile off...

I wrote in BIG handwriting (for all you classmates and teachers that might be reading this and know about my tiny writing.) proclaiming the birthday girl's birthday.

 
All of us-except nine- on the ferry ride (which should have been spelled fairy) to the castle.

 
Us all on the ride. Look at the boys expressions. HA!

April remained like this through a lot of the day which I didn't think was possible when your in the Happiest Place on Earth!

My Aunt, Uncle and I (with  a bit of Laura's head) waiting for the Buzz Lightyear ride.

  
Uncle Eric looking like a little boy on Christmas day.

Laura on the Dumbo ride. A family favorite and classic.

Mom and I on the Dumbo ride.

Some of us lined up for the tea cup ride from Alice in Wonderland.

April and Omi.
The kids trying to jerk the cup and take a nice picture at the same time.

Almost everyone in front of the castle.

You can just see the disaster coming,can't you.

 

April in line for the Aladin ride.

 
Laura, Kyle and Aunt Xin on the  Aladdin ride.

Grandpa John,Peter, Dad and I on the Aladdin ride which we tilted and dove a amazing speeds.

Liz, Omi,Uncle Chris, Aunt Julie and April on the Aladdin ride. 

Us dipping backwards while going up. It ROCKED.

Grandpa John loves his Mickey ice cream a lot. So we had to get some. Though no objections arose. 

My Mickey ice cream.

To calm my brother's fears of the Haunted Mansion  we began to discuss It's a Small World. Peter asked what that was, my father responded " It's a ride scarier than the Haunted Mansion where all these demented people sing about how happy the world is." For all those lovers of It's a Small World no offense, he was just trying to make Peter feel better.

  

Peter was terrified the whole time...

April loved it.
We went on the Jungle Cruise where you are led along on a boat though Africa. 

Our guide was wonderful. She was funny and made tons of interaction. She offered to let Kyle and Laura drive the boat through a cave while she kept her eyes closed.

I feared for our lives when Laura got a hold of the wheel. 

Everyone on the boat.

Laura having a great time. Finally.

Four of the Five Things after the Jungle Cruise.

How many of you are familar with my Pinochio story. Well I had to play the Blue Fairy last year and let's just say  it's still a sore spot. A the beginning of the day I said I would run away from anything that had to do with that puppet. My hunger over came me. We ate at the Pinocchio resturant that night.

Did you know that Sleeping Beauty's castle changes color. Sorry for the poor picture.

We missed the 10:30 bus home so we had to wait for the 11:00 one. Peter was like this when it got there. 
Peter and Laura asleep on the bus. 

Funny story I learned later on: We sent flowers to my grandmother in the hospital. While we were in Disney World he told the sale guy or whoever to give them to Nancy Macmickey. Instead of Machnicki. See we're Disney fanatics. 

FYI: The Pirates of the Caribeian ride is not as good as it sounds.    

There you have it: the world's longest blog post.