Florida Trip Day 3- Halloween

We started out the day playing-

After spending a beautiful morning and afternoon playing at the park and enjoying the beautiful weather, we got ready to Trick or Treat!! Introducing Halloween 2011- for the first time Marc and I dressed up as well (Amber got us all costumes!)




Sweet little "Piglet"-


And the cutest Pooh this Snow White ever saw (at least since Marky wore it 5 years ago)-


He was an angel and walked with us the whole time and said, "trick or treat" and "thank you!" at every house.






I ordered Julia a fancy Little Bo Peep costume, but it didn't come in. Amber and I ran out just a few hours before trick-or-treat time and found this Scarlet O'Hara costume that I LOVED! Julia still thought she was Little Bo Peep and told everyone that's who she was!






Pooh, Little Bo Peep, and Landin as Ariel-


Marky was a Crusader Knight with sword and shield-


Noah was Jango Fett-


Amber and Dennis- Captain Jack Sparrow and his, um, pirate gal....


The King and the Kight dual while little Winnie the Pooh runs off!




A super-fun night- Amber and Dennis' neighborhood is very nice and at several houses they were giving out wine in paper cups and on the corner they had a huge Margarita machine and were giving away Margaritas- not your typical Halloween in Alabama! :)

Tuesday morning we began our journey home. We went to Mass in Orlando for All Saints Day and then made our way to Tallahassee where we decided to stop because poor Charlie was tired of riding. :) While in Tallahassee we were able to finally take the kids to see Florida State- Marky has been dying to see the football stadium because he is determined to be a Florida State Football Player. When we got there the band was praciticing and we got to watch them and the majorettes! Then it was on to the stadium- it's beautiful- totally redone since Marc was in school-







Charlie slept through the campus tour but woke up to smile at us in his new "Skywalker Ranch" onesie that Aunt Amber bought him-


Poor Tuck Tuck wore himself out and fell asleep on the way to the hotel-




We happened to be driving through Dothan today, All Souls' Day, and were thrilled to be able to stop and pray at my grandparents' graves-


It was a long, hard trip but it was such a fun time with our family.


Our time with Noah is precious and we want to make as many happy memories as we can! Amber did a sweet post last night on the anniversary of finding out about his cancer. We didn't know we would have two years with him on those first scary nights. Every day is a miracle.

Florida Trip Day 2- LEGOLAND!

Sunday we got up and went to mass and then met Zaza and Grandpa for lunch. Then it was on to LEGOLAND! If you haven't been- I suggest you go- it's like Disney but Lego-themed and the one in Orlando is largest one in the world. (Julia's in the E, Tucker on the L, Marky on the C and Noah and the O!)

Amazing things were made of Legos- like this one that looked just like my Azalea Trail Maid dress!





They had a double-decker carousel-





They had Lego cities in a huge park- New York, Washington, Paris, etc...it was really interesting!



Marc, Marky, Amber and Noah all rode this rope-pull ride-




Coming down...





Zaza and Tucker watching and cheering "Go Bubba! Go Noah!"



Our boys with Einstein-


Sissy and Tuck Tuck drove these cars on a little track-



Tucker was thrilled but had NO IDEA how to drive and kept running into the wall- we soon realized that at home he is always the passenger and never the driver! He needs practice!



Here's the traffic jam he caused- Julia went around 3 or 4 times- he never even made 1/2 a lap! We were cracking up!



Marky and Noah drove bigger cars and had to follow traffic signals- it was cute- when they were done they got "driver's licenses".


Here's Tucker on a camel- you see Big Grandpa pushing Sissy in the background-



Zaza and the boys road this ride that went way high and then bounced down- they had a BLAST!!! Tucker especially LOVED it! (Zaza had to go b/c the mommies thought that looked awful!)






They rode it THREE times and then Tucker cried when we said it was time to move on!


As we were walking along we stumbled across the Medieval part of the park! My knight-loving kids were SO EXCITED!




Jousting horses!







Tucker drove Marky and Daddy around...



Eyes on the road Tuck Tuck!



There were a ton of other rides and playgrounds we did and many we will do next time because we are definitely going back. We got home wiped out and the kids watched a movie in Aunt Amber's bed-

Florida Trip Day 1- swimming, movie

This week we went to Florida to visit Marc's family. It was a quick, but very fun, trip! Here is the night before we left- while I was packing Julia was reading to Tucker- she does this almost every night- they get baths, clean jammies, and sit in bed while she reads him a story-


The next day we got on the road. We spent the first night in Dothan and the hotel only had one pack-n-play (which we had to use for Tucker because he can open the hotel door and needs to be restrained). So we improvised and let Charlie sleep on the floor- but because I was scared of people stepping on him, we put him in the closet and kept the door open- he slept all night!



We got to Amber's around 3:00 and the kids immediately wanted to go swimming- how often do you get to go swimming on October 29th? They have a heated pool and it was wonderful! (And yes, their house is gorgeous!)





Tucker didn't mind borrowing Landin's pink puddlejumper-





They have fountains in the pool- the kids loved that!



Charlie slept this one out-



After getting the kids down the grown ups enjoyed their huge 3D television. We watched the new Pirates of the Carribean with our fancy glasses (they are battery powered) and had ice cream.