This year for thanksgiving we decided that we would head down to Florida to spend the holiday with my family and then take the girls on their first trip to Disney World.
After our grueling 16 hour overnight drive we arrived at my moms house. Shortly after arriving we were pleasantly surprised by the fact that my dad was home from Kuwait! This was very unexpected but it made the holiday that much better! We hadn’t seen my dad since last October.
So we had the whole Lopez family together for thanksgiving. After our dinner we drove to UCF where they had an ice rink setup. This was the first time ice skating for both Alex and I. I think Alex did better than me (but at least I didn’t fall).
Next we had a brief visit with Erin’s grandmother in Leesburg. She was delighted to see her two great granddaughters.
From there we went on to Disney. We stayed at The Animal Kingdom’s Kidani Villas. It was a great property. Our room was wonderful and the common areas had views of the Savannah with all kind of wildlife hanging out. Over the six days we were there we visited the four main parks and go to see pretty much everything we wanted to.
The girls had a wonderful time even though we ran them ragged most days. With our dining plan we got to take the girls to several character dining events including the princesses, Tigger and Pooh, Mickey and crew, and the playhouse Disney group including her favorites the Little Einsteins and Special Agent Oso.
We saw lots of show and parades. The girls waited over a hour to meet Tinker Bell and some of the other fairies. It was nice to see them both so excited. You could tell that Alex was just taking it all in.
We followed Disney up with another weekend with my family where we celebrated our Christmas early with them. Then we began our long trip home. Altogether we were gone for 12 days so it was good to be home.
