The BEST Florida Christmas EVER!

Saturday - Christmas Eve
Super-dee-duper early (4:00a.m.), we left to drive to the airport to catch our flight to Atlanta, Georgia and then connect to Orlando, Florida. Disney World here we come! The kids were such great travelers. We arrived at the two vacation homes we shared with all of Travis' family just in time for all the Christmas Eve fun with the whole group. I felt like singing, "I'm Going to the Bahamas for Christmas!". It was warm and even humid. Perfect!

Sunday - CHRISTMAS!

Santa found us in Florida! The boys got exactly what they were wishing for (did I say LEGOS?) and Allie was happy to finally get some girl toys. O.K., Mom was the over-joyed one about seeing Allie play with girly things! (Tripping along in her first high heels, brushing her My Little Pony's hair, playing with her princess hair brush & curling iron kit in a cute purse...my list could go on...but you get the point.)

We spent Christmas morning over at the other house with all the Guptills. The cousins opened their exchange gifts to each other and we played all day back and forth between the two homes. We were a loud, crazy, happy bunch!

After our day of rest, our week took off at full speed ahead. Each day was jam-packed fun, simply perfect! We left bright and early each morning and came back home just in time to crash into bed.

Monday - Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Justin's "Do again!"-Tom Sawyer's Island
Tyler's "Do again" - Mickey's Christmas Parade
Allie's "Do again!"- The Tikki Room
Dad's "Do again!"-Space Mtn.
Mom's "Do again!"- The castle all lit up like an ice castle at night and walking down Main Street in the fake falling snow. So magical!

Tuesday - Disney's Animal Kingdom

Justin's pick-Dinosaur Carnival
Tyler & Daddy's pick-Safari
Allie's pick-the animals, especially the little birds hopping along the walkways.
Mom's pick-Getting drenched like a drowned rat in a torrential downpour! (We all did!) O.K., my real pick is a tie...the gorgeous, green grounds and the nice, private, warm mothers' rooms.

Wednesday - Sea World

Justin's fav -feeding the dolphins
Tyler's fav-feeding the dolphins and rays
Allie's fav- the dolphin & whale show. Fantastic!
Mom's fav- Watching Allie break out in dance whenever she heard music on the loudspeakers.
Dad'd fav- Feeding the dolphins and twitching the dolphin & whale show.

Thursday - Lego Land

Justin's Lego LOVE - Lego car driving school
Tyler's Lego LOVE - Safari with "life-sized" lego animals
Allie's Lego LOVE - Mini-land with the short little gates she could stand up to and look at the little Lego buildings.
Mom's Lego LOVE - Losing our Lego Big Store shopping bag. That's not a favorite, but the Lego Land Customer Service department is the BEST EVER! They re-bought ALL of our purchase. The boys could breathe again! I wanted to hug the man! But, for activities, I really liked going on the Techno rollercoaster with Tyler and watching the fireworks in 3-D. Imagine Lego bricks breaking apart with each blast.
Dad's - Mini Land

Friday- Disney's Hollywood Studios

Boys' #1 - Star Tours
Allie's #1 - getting out of the stroller!
Mom's #1 - Extreme Car show
Dad's #1 -

Saturday - Disney's Epcot

Justin's Best - Test Track
Tyler's Best - Picking out a Mickey toy at the Big Disney store.
Allie's Best - Hugging her brothers as we were standing in line.
Mom's Best - Amazing Moroccan food for lunch eaten on a narrow, cobblestone street. We were transported to Morocco! I loved walking through the countries.
Dad's Best -

Sunday- Back to Oregon! Now we need a vacation to recover from this vacation! Phew! We made it! And we'd love to go do it again some day!