Disney Boardwalk

I thought of my Grandma today when visiting Disney's Boardwalk. We went into all the shops, walked around the whole circle, and ended up having lunch at ESPN. While in the gift shop, I found all of the Mickey Bobbleheads just like the one that my Grandma has at her house. It's in my Uncle Mikey's old room and it's a classic Mickey in a baseball uniform with a bat and glove. Every time I go to Grandma's house, I say "hi" to Mickey and touch his nose so his head bobbles. When I was little Grandma would make his head bobble, but now that I'm big, I can do it all by myself.

Mommy let me hold the football Mickey and I had a blast touching his nose and making his head bobble. Haha!! Just like at Grandma's house!

For the first time in over a year, I fell asleep in the stroller. Mom and Dad had to document it by taking a pic because it's such a rare occurrence.

A Fun Splash Park for $1 Admission

Sometimes it pays to have a frugal mom. Someday I'm sure I won't say that anymore. But, today it worked out in my favor. Mom was researching many months ago about fun and frugal things to do in the Orlando area. She found a spalshpad place run by the Orange County Park District just about five miles from our suite called Dr. Phillips Community Park. This place was great! It was located right on a lake and had a huge dog park on one side, a big picnic area, splash pad, playground (one for little people and one for bigger kids), and a mini concert shell. We headed out around 8:30 as the park opened at 8. We found out the splash pad part didn't open until 10, so I played at the playground and then we took a nice walk around the park a few times before they opened the splash pad gate. For $3 total all three of us were able to go in and splash around. I hope the pictures show you just how much fun I had.

The Magic Of Disney

Today, Daddy and Mommy took me to Downtown Disney. My gosh is this weather hot down here in Florida. It's hard for me to figure out whether I should be running around, having a sip of water, or sitting inside cooling down. As you can imagine the third choice is usually my LAST choice.

A good time was had by us all. We played with legos, I ate cotton candy for the first time, had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe (I didn't even get scared of the thunderstorms!), played in the water park, and took some pictures with some favorite Disney character statues. I don't know yet that there is a real Mickey, Donald, etc. walking around not too far from where we are, so Mommy and Daddy are letting me get a kick out of "giving kisses" to the statues this summer. :) Enjoy the pics!

A Day at the Orlando Science Center

It's hot here, real hot here. Today it was 100 degrees. As much as we like being out and about in the sun, Mommy and Daddy thought we'd have some fun out of the sun for awhile today. We had fun with science at the Orlando Science Center. Mommy's friend from St. Constance lives in the Orlando area now, and she suggested it to us. Boy, was she right. I had a blast!

There were lots of things for me to do like, race wood cars down this big ramp, watch Daddy in a hurricane tunnel, stand on the front porch of a house that was being shaken by a 5.5 earthquake, watch some neat frogs, make static electricity, play with water, and drive an old fashion airplane. Well, you take a look at the pictures. I have so many that I can't even post them all.

We took in a little bit of FIFA soccer from the British Pub and had a little pool time too this afternoon. I really am liking Florida!

My First Airplane Ride

Living at Lewis has given me plenty of opportunities to enjoy airplanes from the ground. I really enjoy watching them fly by every ten seconds. I point up to the sky and scream with glee each time I see one.

Today, I was able to see these planes up close and personal. Then, I had my first turn riding on one! Mommy and I sat by the window so I could see what was going on. I took some Benadryl before we got started. I stayed awake for the take off. Every time I felt the air pressure change, I looked at Daddy to see how I should react. Daddy would smile and say "Wow!". Good thing I didn't take any notice of my Mom. She's not such a good traveler. Within the first ten minutes of flight, I was asleep. I slept until about ten minutes before we landed, so I was able to experience all that air pressure fun again.

Once we made it to our suite, we dropped off our bags and headed out for dinner. We ate a delicious dinner at Houlihan's and then did our grocery shopping before heading back. What a fun first day. Traveling took a lot out of us. Mommy and Daddy realize how different it was traveling for 2, but as we say around here, "And then there were three!" and here I am. Big Stuff.