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| Grandparents and all their grandkids living it up in FL! |
We finished our FL vacation off right with a trip to Disney Word (obviously one squeezes that in) and a beach and pool day respectively. With Claire's Minnie Mouse obsession I had visions of magical moments. We had some of those, and we also had some meltdowns. To be expected, I presume, with the two year old wild card. The beach day #2 was possibly even better than the first one, and we had all day Saturday before our flight to play around the pool and the bayou. All in all though, awesome times were had by all throughout the entire week and we can't wait to go back!!
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| Family selfie! |
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| Another good one:) |
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| Loving the monorail! |
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| Claire and Matt took the ferry to the park after a meltdown from Claire on the tram from the parking lot and then a staunch refusal to ride the monorail with the rest of us to the park. |
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| First up - the race car ride! |
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| Luke was so much more into all the rides than when we were here last time. |
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| Claire behind the wheel - look out drivers! |
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| M&D gave PJ & Claire matching Minnie Mouse outfits, adorable |
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| Teacups! Cory had the wild spinners, Luke & PJ |
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| Matt and I had Claire, she wasn't too sure |
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| Spinning spinning spinning - Cory took one for the team |
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| PJ & Luke having fun on the Winnie the Pooh ride - this is the same one that he hated last time because of the dark and scary parts. This time he wanted to go on the ride again and smiled the whole way through. Claire didn't enjoy it though. |
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| Tom Sawyer's island was Luke's favorite place ever - Matt and I had split up, so it was just Luke & I exploring the island for a couple hours! |
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| Reconnected to go on the paddleboat |
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| Claire LOVED the carousel. I was hell bent on getting to Dumbo before the Fast Pass expired, and Claire was just as stubborn about wanting to go on the carousel again. As I tried to drag her kicking and screaming to Dumbo, I had to stop and say to myself "If she wants to do the carousel, let her do the carousel! The whole reason we're here is for her to enjoy herself!" Once I relaxed my schedule, it was a lot more fun! And we STILL made it to Dumbo! |
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| Hugging her horsey |
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| She liked Dumbo, too, even though this selfie doesn't really tell that story. |
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| After 60 minutes in line - Claire met Minnie Mouse!!!! Probably the most exciting thing that has ever happened to her. |
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| Matt remarked that Claire probably thinks this is THE Minnie Mouse! From all her shows, clothes, toys, etc - this is the real thing! In the flesh! She was psyched. It was a pretty cool thing to see. |
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| Minnie 'n Me:) |
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| Tram ride back was a million times better for the Claire Bear than the ride there. Maybe it was the glow of her Minnie encounter, maybe it was the frozen lemonade, maybe it was the thoughts of all of those magical memories made - we'll never know why:) |
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| Sebby did great the whole day and looked a bit tired on the way back home. It was about 1.5 hr drive from St. Petersburg. |
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| The next day we dyed Easter eggs |
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| Swimming started before 8am. |
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| Claire just wanted to head right in with her jammies on - so we did what any lazy parent would do - allowed a skinny dipping baby! Safety first with the life vest though. |
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| Then we headed to Pass a Grille Beach in St Pete's for most of the day |
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| Looking at a strange flying contraption guy in the air. |
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| Wore these kids out! |
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| These two cousins are beyond cute |
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| Look at the sunset! - Claire |
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| We had several dolphin sightings in the bayou, so cool! |
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| Our last official dinner together! |
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| Matt caught this catfish! |
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| Love to watch the moon on the water |
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| Dad trying to ID the fish in his fish book |
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| This was quite an ugly fellow |
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| School bus playtime |
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| Swim time - back at it first thing in the am |
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| Family kayak trip |
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| Popsicles with Grandma |
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| Dudley got stranded on the wrong side of the bayou fence, so Matt rescued him. |
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| Fishing with Daddy |
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| Afternoon snoozes in the sun are the best! |
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| Back out there with Mom's maiden voyage! |
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| That spurred Luke to want one more ride before we had to leave. |
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| We explored the nearby mangroves, which is so cool! |
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| All too soon it was time to head to the airport |
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| Wild kids - but since our flight was so late the airport was pretty empty so they were fine running around. Our flight was already late (9:45pm), but then it was delayed 4 hours!! We didn't get on the plane until almost 2am! Our poor kids. |
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| We killed time by looking at the shops |
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| Enjoying our food vouchers |
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| Exploring the airport exhibits |
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| And then finally, zonking out. This car seat was awesome, as Claire was able to sleep from 10:30pm through the flight. Matt carried her car seat on with her sleeping in it. |
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| Luke started watching a movie |
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| But then he zonked out, too. But unlike Claire he had to walk onto the plane which didn't go over very well with him. He just wanted to sleep poor guy! |
And that's it! A great Spring Break!
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