buzz lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is Reuben's favorite person in the world under Jesus and his family. He wants to watch every movie every day and would if we let him. That'd be 4.5 hours of Toy Story a day. Reuben's dream day.

He's met Buzz at Disney a few different times and always gets legitimately starstruck.

Right before we left Knoxville, I went to a consignment sale to get some "fall and winter" clothes (which really don't matter down here, I've come to find out). I found a Buzz Lightyear costume IN REUBEN'S SIZE. I grabbed it and would've paid just about anything for it, but did a happy dance right there in the aisle when I saw it was $5. Then, I went to the toy section and found Buzz Lightyear WINGS. Real, working wings. Obviously not flying, but alllllll of the buttons make his catch phrases come out of a tiny speaker. Five. Dollars.

We busted them out on a slow day last week and he was convinced he WAS Buzz. He'd press his "laser" on his arm and go "zoomzoomzoom" and a million other adorable things. 

Gosh. I can't even handle how cute this still a toddler, not quite a preschooler phase is. 

To infinity and beyond, little buddy!

#tbt

Because when you stumble across a picture of you and your babe just 6 short months ago that feels like years ago, it deserves a #tbt. Sweet, sweet baby Reuben.

He was in the middle of making his elephant noise in preparation to ride the safari at Animal Kingdom.

Gosh. I love that boy!

Playmobil Funpark

In case you guys didn't know, Florida is HOT. Like, crazy hot. Not only do we Lamberths burn after 10 minutes outside here, we have a very low tolerance for heat. We'll build it up eventually, but it's going to take a while.

That being said, we are allllllll for inside play. The only problem with those jumpy parks is that I can't really play with/help Reuben with Ellie in the ergo or solly wrap so I don't want to spend the money to go there and it be a complete disaster and leave within a few minutes. I heard there was a place that was only ONE DOLLAR to go in to and they had a ton of toys for kids to play with. It sounded too good to be true, but we decided to try it out.

Y'all. Playmobil Funpark is where it's AT!

We were pleasantly surprised that it was indeed only $1 per person to go in and play for as long as you'd like. You can come and go as you please all day long with your receipt from that morning.

Once you get inside, it's like a toddler's dream!

They have tables and tables and tables of playmobil sets up and ready to be played with. There's a whole girl section full of princesses and houses (we didn't really go over there since Ellie would be more into eating the pieces than playing with them), farms and zoos, police and firemen, pirates, and an entire castle full of dragons and knights and all of that goodness.

Who said a bright yellow rescue helicopter couldn't play with pirates?

After running around the whole building a few times, Reuben spent the most time in the castle room playing with a dragon. I think he would've stayed all day if we let him.

When you walk out, you walk out through a gift shop full of everything you just played with. Genius. We almost got Reuben the dragon but then realized it would turn our $3 day of fun into a $23 day of fun and passed.

Reuben and I (and of course Ellie. She tags along for now.) will most definitely be going back there. We live less than 5 minutes from it, so I plan on taking advantage of their come and go policy. Definitely a south Florida WIN!