Our Holiday....AKA....Vacation to Florida

We recently traveled to Orlando.

Dad took us all on his work trip.

All 7 of us flew.....had a delayed flight on the way there....but we made it.

 This babe was a trooper....our first flight, which I will never do again was at 6:30 am, so she was up at 3:45am and went strong until late afternoon....she fell asleep 8 minutes before the final flight ended....

 The boys mine crafting........someone conveniently forgot a book! 

If you travel to Disney - Magic Kingdom

this picture is some sort of requirement.

I am personally not a huge Disney fan - sorry if that offends - so I did not have my heart set on getting the perfect shot here - I knew the sun and crowds were fighting against me - I was just fulfilling the obligation!

Buzz Light Year - our first ride in the park

They are not even big Buzz fans

Aliza does not even know who he is

 but, the boys enjoy shooting things

 Buzz....what a guy

So small world ride....lame? 

I used to think so.....you know kind of "dated" looking,

no thrills, no chills, no high tech anything.

But something changed for me.

 I like it now.

 

(And Marin loved seeing all the singing dolls!)

Aliza also loved it!

She helped me appreciate this simple ride more than I ever have.
(that is chocolate chip on her cheek - bringing along and feeding your children chocolate chip cookies through out the day definitely helps keep moral up all day long...just saying)

Anyway, she pointed to doll after doll

saying "I want to be that for next Halloween".  

She very much appreciated all their costumes.

It was truly enchanting for her little 3 year old girlness.

 So, I just started snapping pictures

 to help her remember this ride she enjoyed so much,

that I have failed to appreciated until seeing it through her 3 year old eyes.

So after 3 days of parks -  Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and then Universal Studios-
we were wore out....
Dad had his work one day and then we were able to drive to the beach.
This is my children's favorite activity.
We drove to St. Augustine - so much to see there.
But all they wanted to do (with the exception of Evan - who loves the beach too, but also loves seeing all the historical stuff) was hit the sand!
 

It was cloudy, but warm

I heart this pic of Aliza

I like this one too



 I could have followed her chubbiness around

snapping pictures for-ev-errr!

This guy is pretty cute too

 

kinda silly

and I just happen to see this moment

precious...

This guy

love that he still plays at the beach and has a blast!

Sisters

My vowel names

 E & A

And this....
this is my required picture for the beach!
(can you tell who is bored,
perhaps slightly annoyed to sit still and just look at the water -it is not the babe either!)

The middle man - I am his mother - I can see his expression from the backside!

then I told them to be silly
but the littlest duck can't stick around -
at all - the above pic was the one nano second she sat like that!

Evan - I meant silly and happy simultaneously!

And this first time beach baby

was busy

and I mean busy

very busy

so

very

 busy...

Love this boy too

They all play so nicely together at the beach

(which is not always the case in other settings!)

The beach is my most favorite place to capture the moment.
I already want to plan our next beach trip ~ Thinking about Michigan for us this summer...it is closer, not so hot, just maybe...