October 6, 2006

Our vacation has been wonderful! Today is our last full day here and we plan to go back to Magic Kingdom to go on some of our favorite rides again. I also made reservation at a restaurant, The Crystal Palace, for a late lunch. Pooh and his friends will be there. The girls have enjoyed this trip, too, but it is still the simple things they like the best: the carousel here at Give Kids the World (that is open all day long), or the play area at Sea World with some huge slides.

On Tuesday we went to Animal Kingdom. There we took a safari and saw some wild animals. The girls both had their faces painted. Leah was a zebra and Chloe was Minnie Mouse. We also saw The Lion King show and took a dinosaur ride. We were there almost four hours and the weather was beautiful. We saw only a fraction of the park, but four hours seems to be our time limit.

Wednesday we spent at Universal Studios and later Daytona Beach. The girls met Sponge Bob, Dora, Jimmy Neutron, Curious George and took an ET ride. Daytona Beach was wonderful and we probably could have spent a lot longer there, but because the tide was rising we had to move our vehicle. The highlight of this day for Leah was that it took us 2 whole hours to get back! Supper was Olive Garden, so Leah was excited about this as well.

Thursday we were at Sea World. There we saw a wonderful show and fed sea lions. Leah got to ride her first ever roller coaster. She just barely made the 38" height requirement. Chloe was very upset she does not come close to meeting the height requirement. We were at the Village last night for Christmas festivities. They celebrate Christmas once on each person's stay here, and we had a traditional Christmas meal, Santa visit, and presents.

Leah and Chloe have both been eating ice cream each morning for breakfast. We visit the ice cream parlor several times each day. Yesterday Leah and Chris swam in the pool here which we plan on doing again tonight. There is really too much to do to get it all done.

And, while our vacation has been great, we miss home (and Reeve), too. So, tomorrow we will pack our bags and fly out of here in the afternoon. Pray for safe travel back for us and a restful weekend so we can return to our normal routine next week. Next week is also my last week of maternity leave, so then the rat race will begin.

Leah still has her cold -drippy nose and cough-although she has a lot of energy. We pray that her cold goes away quickly and that she continues to remain disease free.