We were so excited a few weeks ago when Payton was invited to go to Disney with his little friend, William, from school to celebrate his friend's birthday. William's uber-creative mom surprised the boys with matching personalized Lightning McQueen Disney t-shirts (that she made!!) along with a wonderfully planned day at Disney.

The day finally came yesterday and we all had such a great time! September is "the month" to go to Disney, as kids are back in school so the park was empty! We walked on to almost every single ride and we were able to ride several rides twice. The boys were treated so great by all the staff members. They got stickers, special "drivers licenses" and they even got to steer the boat on the Jungle Cruise ride!

Payton was thrilled that he was finally tall enough to ride "Thunder Mountain"... I could have done without it... especially the second time! But going to Disney with a 4-year old makes you realize why it's such a magical place. Tears actually welled up in my eyes as I watched him jump up and down waving and yelling "HI MICKEY!!!" as the parade rolled by. It was so precious!

Thank you so much Colleen & William! We had a wonderful day celebrating with you!

"Orange & Blue, Orange & Blue, Orange & Blue!"

Payton is finally old enough to realize that Gator football is a very important element in the Heckman household. Brian has been prepping him for weeks now, watching videos on YouTube of old football games in the Swamp, Gator cheers, Mr. Two Bits... basically any & all Gator traditions you can think of.

Now Payton wants to be Tim Tebow, and he's so excited to watch the 1st football game tomorrow night with a big group of Gator fans! Here are some pics of his pre-game warm up...

Go Cart Racing

When I was growing up, we had this great little Go Cart track near our house (Lil' 500... anyone remember this??). My brother and I would go there with our friends and race each other (really try to push each other into the wall and crash) and have so much fun.

Brian had the idea of taking Payton to a Go Cart track last weekend, so we found a place about 20 minutes from our house. We had so much fun! Payton LOVED it and they had a great arcade and minature golf course. Check out the photos...