While it seems that I have fallen off the face of the blogging world, I have not! I am still here. Just trying to get my family back into some sort of routine after a very busy winter! We spent Christmas vacation in Texas, then off to New Jersey two weeks later for a baby shower for my new niece, and then loaded up the camper and hauled it many states south to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It was a wonderful 2 week getaway that our family needed. We had never taken our camper nearly this far, and through the mountains, so I was a little nervous about the whole trip. I must say it really was smooth sailing all the way. Aside from horrendous gas mileage, the trip down and back really went off without a hitch.
After about three days in sunny Florida, we all managed to contract strep throat!!!!!! What’s really crazy is that we managed to visit the same walk-in clinic in Orlando that we went to the last time we were in Florida (2 years ago) battling strep throat! Needless to say, we’ve saved that clinic’s number for future reference.
After a few days of recovering (I managed to read an entire book that I couldn’t seem to put down) and relaxing, we were back at it. I have close to 500 pictures, most of which seem to be of my children with various characters. I will not bore you with all of them, but I will post a few of my favorites. Btw, if you are ever planning a trip to Disney, feel free to pick our brains as we have been there a few times and have some great meal recommendations.
While dining with Pooh and friends our waitress managed to spill an entire tray of drinks down Jackson’s back. Aside from brief embarrassment, Jackson was awarded a new shirt compliments of Disney World.
Jackson was very pleased with the shirt the waitress picked out for him!
Somehow we managed to walk into Disney Studios at just the right time and we were escorted by a cast member to a small side street where we were greeted by Minnie, Donald, and Daisy.
Waiting for the parade. It was quite warm that day and we picked a seat right in front of the castle, and right in the sun. Luckily we were all armed with hats and sunglasses.
For some reason my kids INSIST on riding the teacups. Spin as fast as you can until you are so sick you can’t see straight. At least that’s about how it goes for me. So I take pictures from outside of the ride while the kids spin their hearts out.
Joe’s a real trooper, He rides with the little ones so they can have a chance to man the wheel. Really they aren’t strong enough to spin the tea cup so it was a pretty calm ride.
My favorite 5 kids hanging out at the Tree of Life in the Animal Kingdom.
Our schedule was extremely busy BUT we did manage to schedule one day at the pool. It was a beautiful day for the pool. The sun never felt so good.
This little girl was a bundle of energy the entire trip.
I’ve never had a kid this young not crash sometime during the day or before we made it back to bed for the evening. London was a little energizer bunny. The sheriff Woody hat was too cute on her and that, a plush Eeyore, and a few plastic princess figurines was what she had her little heart set on. Each of the kids had a gift card for spending and she managed to save her $ until the second week where she happened upon these 3 items. She looked at us and said, “I want to keep these”. Her mind was made up.
On our last evening we gathered with Chip and Dale for a campfire sing-a-long and then stuck around to watch Lilo and Stitch on their big screen outside. It was a great trip that we look forward to repeating. Maybe next time we’ll just spend 2 weeks hanging out at the campground. Leaving more time for rest and relaxation, and just to enjoy what the campground has to offer. I know we all would have loved another day at the pool!
She did finally crash. Only it was AFTER we returned home! Oh well. She (and the rest of the family) had a lot of fun soaking up the warm Florida sun and being together. With all of that said, it’s good to be home!
