Fun time in Florida!

Whew! Our whirlwind week is now behind us and what a fun week it has been!!!

Monday started with a fun trip to the circus in Kemptville. Erin had an absolute ball! She loved the clowns and the acrobats! She rode an elephant and a camel and had her face painted by one of the clowns. Of course I forgot my camera so no pics of the rides, but one of a sad little girl who didn't want her face painting taken off the next morning!!!

Wednesday we left for Syracuse to start our trip to Florida! Erin was pretty upset when Gord left. It didn't last too long - we went for a run down the hotel hall to get ice and ended up spilling ice cubes all over the floor. We were both laughing so hard, Erin forgot about how sad she was when Daddy left to go back home. We were up bright and early to catch our flight, which went off smoothly. North Bay Grampa was at the airport in Tampa waiting for us. We spent the afternoon relaxing by the pool and got a bite to eat because we wanted to get some sleep for our trip to Disney World the next morning!

Hotel - On our way to Florida!!!

Friday morning was spent at the Magic Kingdom. Erin was just blown away! We did a bunch of rides and walked around, watched the parade and she got to pick out her very first pair of mouse ears!! Check out the pic below!!! There were no princess mouse ears when I went to Disney as a little girl!!!!

Saturday we went back to Disney and toured about Animal Kingdom. I can't believe it's 10 years old now. Gord and I were there just shortly after it opened. It has changed quite a bit. Erin got to meet Pocahontas and even got to open her show!!! She also got to meet Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger!!!

Sunday was spent touring the Gulf coast, stopping at the beautiful beaches and collecting shells. We had a bbq back at the condo and made an early night of it because we had to leave for the airport at 3:30am for our 6:00am flight - yikes!!!!

The weather was HOT! Of course when we got back to Syracuse, it was FREEZING, so I was lamenting for the heat!!!

The rest of Monday was spent at Andreas' birthday party. I can't believe he is 14!!!!!

Erin is glad to be home to see Daddy, but says she misses Grampa!!! She's back to school and daycare and happy to be with her buddies again!

She was wonderful to travel with - even at JFK airport! We had short stopovers at JFK and we made the most of it by playing games. The people around us were laughing and even joining in while we played a rousing game of "Mummy, count to 10 and I won't laugh!!" You can imagine the giggles out of both of us - not to mention those sitting near us - when she never made it past 4!!! We did that for the better part of an hour, so it helped pass the time!

I am excited to go back to Florida later this year with Jo, Chris and the boys. We are going to stay at the Disney resort, so the beauty will be that we can go a short distance back to our room if the kids need a break!

Anyway, it was a great time!!!

We have a busy bunch of weeks and weekends ahead. We have a tea party at Gord's cousin Brenda's Saturday, I'm away in Toronto for work early next week, next Thursday is the Kindergarten year-end trip to Valleyview Little Animal Farm (I'm an escorting parent!!), next Friday I'm off to the spa with Jo and her mom, next Saturday is the Village Social at Erin's school, then of course on June 7th, Aunt Patricia is getting married!! We also have my work's family picnic coming up on June 14th...... Sigh..... I'm tired already!!! We will find some relaxing time too - our pool will be ready for swimming this weekend, just in time for the warm weather!!
Anyway, enjoy the pics!

Ahhhh....back home to Charlie!!!!