Happy Easter! Our Easter started off bright and early with our truck loaded and headed to Orlando, Fl. Joe was fortunate enought to get a week off of school and thanks to the Master's tournament, so did the kids. So, we decided to go to Orlando and hang out by the pool for the week and spend some time with Daddy.
Since we left on Easter morn, the big bunny knew we wouldn't be here, so he left some baskets for the kids at the hotel (wink, wink)...
The first thing we did after the kids opened their baskets was head to the pool....
Later the kids wanted to fly their kites that came out of their baskets... we went down to the grass by our hotel and they ran around for a while before we went for a walk and got some ice cream :)
Both Nicholas and Caroline got scooters. They were the perfect thing for the kids to ride around on the hotel property. I'm not sure the other guests appreciated it as much as we did, but we did our best to make them walk whenever they needed to be really careful.
Another morning at the pool. Took Molly a couple days to be comfortable in the big pools away from the stairs, but thankfully there was a kiddy pool that was perfect for her!
There was an awesome kids club at our hotel. One morning they had a pirate ship building time and each of the kids got to paint and build a ship. I think each one of them had fun being creative and making their own pirate ship...
Later that day we went to Downtown Disney. One of the places that we knew the kids would have fun was the Lego Store! We had dinner reservations at the T-Rex cafe (a lot like the rainforest cafe) with big dinosaurs that moved and roared. While we waited the kids went to the lego store... oh to be a kid again and have LOTS of money....
And of course, being at downtown disney, there was a disney store. Caroline's favorite place!
Capt'n Nicholas
At the T-Rex cafe the kids got to dig for dinosaur bones....
back at the Lego store. Outside of the store there were quite a few play table where the kids could build and play. One of the tables was a derby car area that the kids could build cars and then race against other kids... Nicholas and daddy had fun building and watching their come in 2nd everytime!
Large dinosaur built out of legos...
SEAWORLD!!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday morning we headed out first thing and went to SeaWorld for the day... I think the kids had fun. It made me miss the SeaWorld in San Antonio. It was super crowded!!!!
Lunch.... at this SeaWorld there is Shark's Underwater Grill... not quite under water, but there is a large tank filled with sharks that swim by while you eat.... we made lunch reservations here and thanks to visiting a timeshare presentation, our meal was paid for...
A really bad picture of the tank... but it kind of gives you an idea of the restaraunt..
Shamu!!!!
After a day at SeaWorld the kids got to go to the kids club the next morning and make pancakes...
Caroline's creation... sprinkles and whip cream!
MMMMmmmmmm.........
We also spent one evening at Universal City. I didn't think it was as much fun as downtown disney but Nicholas at least got to see Spiderman!
Another night at Downtown Disney... Caroline had to get sprinkled with pixie dust. Even Molly got some...
But little miss Molly was not in a good mood. Caroline tried to cheer her up as best she could!
We also went back to the T-Rex cafe. We had Ghiradelli hot chocolate and ice cream as dinner, but by 9 we were hungry for some real food so we scored at spot at the bar at the T-rex cafe... the kids enjoyed getting to see the dinosaurs again...
Caroline showing off her Disney loot...
One last day at the pool :)
Swimming with Daddy....
Molly showing off her Disney loot... or at least trying to before her big sister jumped in!
After a few hours at the pool, the kids went to the climbing wall with Daddy for one last fun event!
Daddy trying to help Nicholas..
Daddy on his way to the top!
We had a wonderful week in Florida spending time with Daddy. It was hard to come back home and back to reality. The kids enjoyed a week of fun playing in the sun and they even had some difficulty adjusting back to school. I can't wait to be able to take the kids to Disney and go have fun as a family again! Very glad that we didn't do it this last week over spring break while it was super crowded! Joe is off to Savannah this weekend for 5 weeks. We will definitely miss him!
