FLORIDA – PART 2

The day after we arrived in Orlando, we woke up early and went to IHOP (there wasn’t one ever around here at the time and so it was a big treat).

The twins after a big IHOP breakfast

 

Then it was off to find something to do.  We weren’t sure what, but we had decided we didn’t want to do the parks or the beach the day after all that driving.  We found a little area outside of Universal Studios that had a few rides.  One was a HUGE swing ride that was so high I would have NEVER gotten on it.  But Brittani and Cody wanted to so off they went.

 

 

 

After that we stumbled upon some alligators and the girls LOVED them.  They seriously wouldn’t let us leave! 

 

 

 

After we DRUG them away from the alligators, we headed home for a quick dip and a little sun tanning at the community pool. 

 

We then got ready and drove (5 MINUTES) to Downtown Disney.  LOVED DOWNTOWN DISNEY.  It was free to get in and there were tons of little shops and restaurants.  We ate dinner at the T-Rex place (exactly like the Rainforest Cafe’ but with dinosaurs).  The kids ALL LOVED IT!  It was kinda pricey, but well worth it if you have little ones that LOVE dinosaurs like we do!  I must have forgotten the camera because I have NO pictures of this :(   .  But I did get a picture of this cool writing in the sky.  We watched him sky write the entire thing as we drove.  So cool!

LONG TIME NO SEE AND FLORIDA VACATION DAY ONE!

Ok so I know it’s been a VERY LONG TIME since I’ve posted and I could come up with tons of excuses as to why, but just suffice to say that I’ve been a little busy with things as of late.

So what have we been up to?  Well for starters our trip to Florida that we won from the TUESDAY BLOG PARTY (I could NEVER thank the townhome owner enough).  OH MY GOSH did we have a BLAST!!  The townhome was BEUATIFUL and 5 minutes from DISNEY!  I swear it was one of THE BEST vacations I’ve ever been on.  The only thing that would have made it better is if it was longer!  (Isn’t that the way it always is though??)

So anyway.. about our trip.  We decided to drive down because for one, I’m still afraid to fly and for two, it would have been too expensive to take all the kids on a plane.  So it was a long drive from PA but we did it ALL in ONE day.  Sooo much better than taking 2 days from our vacation to be in the car.  All the kids did great!  Even the girls!  Well ok.. the girls did have a few breakdowns but a stop at Wal-mart for a couple Dora videos and all was well again.  :)

 

There were plenty of beautiful views along the way though!

 

My mom and dad (who left a day earlier than us to drive down) arrived at the townhouse about an hour before us and when we finally arrived, we ordered some dinner, then all went to bed.  We were EXHAUSTED!

 

STAY TUNED FOR DAY TWO!!