Sunday, May 16, 2010

First Trip to the Beach!

After finishing up our Disney Adventure, we headed over to the Atlantic coast to let the girls see the ocean for the first time. They had a BLAST. (Please ignore the large pasty white man.)




Building sand castles




Sunrise over the ocean


Waving goodbye to the beach

On our way north we stopped in St. Augustine to see Amy's cousin Amy, who she hadn't seen in 15 years.

Disney World: Day Four

On our last (half) day at Disney we went over to Hollywood Studios to see the Little Mermaid and Beauty & the Beast shows. Here are some pictures:



Essie is very excited to see the Ariel show.

Handy Manny

Gaston

Beauty & the Beast


Lightning McQueen & Mater

Green army man from Toy Story

Muppets Fountain

Riding the bus away from Disney World - what a fun vacation!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Disney World: Day Three

On day 3 of our Disney Adventure we went to the Animal Kingdom Park. The girls were beginning to wear down a bit, but there were some great moments. Here are some highlights:

Entering the Kilimanjaro Safari
(We didn't get very good safari pictures, because the van does not stop. At all. For better safari pictures, see our archives for May 2007.)

The rear end of a sleeping rhinocerus

Giraffes

Elephant

Flamingos

There are two lions there, I promise.

Gorilla

Chloe thought the fish pool smelled too much like fish.

Crocodile skull

Meerkats

Sleeping Gorilla

Meeting Thumper and...Mrs. Thumper?

One of the big highlights of the day - The Festival of the Lion King show

Donald Duck

Goofy

Big hugs for Minnie

Mickey

The girls put on a show of their own while waiting for the Finding Nemo Musical to begin. Pictures were not allowed at this event, but it was very cool - all done with puppets.

Triceratops Spin

Sitting on a dinosaur

Do you see the animal behind them?

Big croc

Big hugs for Winnie the Pooh

Posing with Mommy's favorite - Eeyore

Tigger

Ballou the Bear at Mickey's Jungle Parade

Meeting Chip (or Dale?) at the parade.
(Just kidding, it's Chip. Black nose.)

Minnie

Pluto

Mickey



One more day to go! We don't know if we'll get pictures posted before Sunday, though. Depends on internet availability.