Central Florida Zoo 2-20-09 (Part 1)

We woke up on our first full day in Florida to a cool 50 degree day and figured it was good weather for the zoo. We had a really nice time.

My little elephant Sam picked out his sunglasses and too small hat this morning and wouldn't take them off!

And my other elephant...Aubrey was so excited to see the elephants, she was sure one of them was Horton (from Horton Hears a Who)

Central Florida Zoo 2-20-09

They had a spray ground area for kids to play in, but it was only in the 60's today so it was a bit too cold for playing in the water! We did sit in the nice chairs they had set up in the sunshine which was really nice. Sam wanted to sit near the water and I was so sure he wouldn't go in it, last year he was terrified of any type of spraying water...anyway, so I told him sure go ahead in the water and after awhile he got brave and got wet...thankfully not too wet since it was pretty cool out.

Monkey bars so the kids could practice being like a monkey!

This was the biggest tortoise I've ever seen...

We're here!! 2-19-09

So, when we arrived at MeMere and PePere's house on Thursday and the kids were so excited to go play outside! They both have scooters now and that's all they want to play with.

Our drive to Florida 2-18 to 2-19-09

We left for our drive to Florida on the 18th and arrived about 25 hours later. We had a pretty uneventful drive down. Amazingly enough, the kids were great!! I only took a few pictures to try to remember out trip by. A few of the kids in their car seats and the kids eating lunch at Panera in Jacksonville, FL. Needless to say, they were VERY happy to be in Florida finally!

Bowling

These are the pictures from our first time taking the kids bowling. Sam decided he'd like to try bowling after he saw Curious George go bowling! He LOVED it and keeps asking to go back.