Disney World

Last week, our family had the opportunity to go to Orlando on vacation. What an adventure we had. Both the flight there and back were fabulous. The kids were very well behaved, the flights were on time, and the flights were about half full so we had plenty of room to sprawl.When we got to Orlando, we were met by my aunt, uncle, mom and sister. Every night the kids played card games like Go Fish and Garbage with my sister. I was amazed at how quickly they caught onto these games which I thought were too complicated for a four and five year old.We spent a day at Magic Kingdom where the girls were mesmerized by the castle, the shows, the characters and the rides. Chris and my poor sister hauled the girls around on their shoulders a lot so they could see everything. I'm achy and sore from having James in a sling or holding him all week long. James surprised me by learning how to do puzzles while we were on the vacation. He also learned new words like "sling," "snuggle," "puzzle" and "mother." He may catch up to the girls one day in ability to speak and communicate.Laine was kind of a scaredy cat. Here she is on the Jungle Cruise. She was freaked out the whole time and kept asking if the animals were really fake. Eve was very brave though. After the craziness at Magic Kingdom, we decided James was really too young for the theme parks, so he stayed at the resort with me the remainder of the time while the girls went off on adventures. They apparently had a ball at Sea World. They got to pet a dolphin for like 10 minutes and went on nautical roller coasters. I wish I had pictures to post, but like I said, I stayed behind and it doesn't normally occur to Dads, bless their hearts, to capture these moments on film.Here's James chilling with my aunt munching on an apple. The elephant he's holding is one of two elephants that my sister brought him from Wales. He immediately fell in love with them and insisted on holding them both in his hands for almost the entire vacation. Oh! That was his other new word: "ehphant!"Despite all the theme parks and fun things there are to do in Orlando, Laine and Eve's favorite thing was to hang out at the pool. James loved it too. He loved being tossed high in the air between me and Chris in the pool. We called him rocket boy and he squealed with delight and laughed hysterically every time he was tossed in the air. Here's a very happy Eve enjoying some night swimming