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By Sarah
For Thanksgiving this year we headed off on a new adventure to avoid the onset of cabin fever & it sure worked! Dan was asked to take the entire week of Thanksgiving off work b/c one of the company's 2 factories is still under water in Thailand. He'll also take an extended Christmas vacation. So, we set off to Florida and Disneyworld. I hadn't been there since I was 5 or 6 and the rest of my family had never been there. We decided it was now or never before Michelle turns 2 in March & we'll have to start buying her an airplane ticket. It was a crazy, wonderful time!

Sunday, November 2oth: flew to Orlando -- the children did great on the plane. After a shuttle took us to our hotel, we went swimming in one of the 5 outdoor pools, very happy we had gone to Florida.
Monday: At 4:30am we awoke to a thud & Kaelah crying. She had fallen out of bed & hurt her shoulder. We found out after returning home she had actually broken her left collar bone! She still managed to have a lot of fun on our trip -- just ended up wearing a lot of camisoles because they were easier to get in & out of.
Monday & Tuesday we spent all day at the Magic Kingdom. It was very Disney-riffic.
Wednesday: We rented a car & went to Cocoa Beach. This was Kaelah's happiest day, but when she talks about the trip she only mentions stuff from the Magic Kingdom. lol. Her favorite was Aladdin's magic carpet ride.
Thanksgiving Day: We were in Epcot and this was Dan & my favorite place to be. Less crowded, shorter or no lines, and the best food! We had lunch in France and dinner in China. It wasn't the first time I ate Chinese food for Thanksgiving dinner. lol.
Friday: Disney's Hollywood Studios and Danny's favorite part of the entire week -- the stunt show!
Saturday: Went back to Cocoa Beach but after it got too cool & windy (I dare not say cold b/c cold was in CO) we spent the evening at the Magic Kingdom again.
Sunday: Downtown Disney & swimming in the morning & flying home in the afternoon. The children were perfect on the flight home. Danny & Michelle slept most of the way & the stewardess gave Kaelah free tv.

We had a great time & are grateful we could go! The weather is the best part. Absolutely perfect. I love living in the 70s! We ate breakfast outside half the time we were there and Danny was in for a shock the day we got home and I told him we couldn't eat outside b/c it was too cold. Kaelah & Danny keep asking when we can go back and do all the wonderful things we did all over again. I'm not sure when Dan & I (or our bank account) will be up for it, but we're glad we went.

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Leslie@leserleeslovesandhobbies said…
Fun stuff! We want to do something like this when the kids are older and able to remember it all. I'll bet you were sad to come home to cold weather though.
December 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM
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