Siesta Key

The majority of the vacation was spent on beautiful Siesta Key. (Thanks to BB and Papa for letting us use their condo!) It truly was the best vacation we've ever had.

The kids had a BLAST swimming in the pool...

watching the sunset on the beach...

and playing in the sand!

They even enjoyed swimming and playing in the ocean!

"Look Mama! I can put on my own sunscreen!"

 Clayton "adopted" a man with a metal detector who was combing the beach, and followed him around for about a half an hour or more!

 Chasing Daddy on the beach

 A stroll on the beach...

 We even found a "snowman" in sunny Florida!

 DInner at Carrabas

 Building sandcastles with Daddy

 Mama's "Snow"man

 and Mermaid

 Beautiful sunset

 CHillin' in the condo

 

 

The Polynesian

After our day at The Magic Kingdom in Disneyworld, we spent the next day at the Polynesian Resort.  A pool with a waterfall and winding waterslide, a beach, and a view of the Cinderella castle... a delight!

 A ferry ride around Seven Lagoon...

 A visit to the tall tree and a life-sized gingerbread house

 

Florida, here we come...

We are so fortunate and were able to take a family trip to FLORIDA!!!!!  We spent most of the week on beautiful Siesta Key, and had one day at DisneyWorld. 

The day before we left, I made Mickey Mouse pancakes to get ready...

 Magic Kingdom, here we come!

 The Dumbo ride was one of the kids' favorites.

 It's a Small World was one of my favorites! I still remember it from 25 years ago when I went to Disneyworld!

 "Peter Pan" was another huge favorite with the whole family.  We got to "fly"!

 Running around Tom Sawyer island.  (I guess we need to check out a Children's version of Tom Sawyer now since the kids have never heard of him!)

 Woody!

 Meeting Mickey Mouse!

 Meeting Cinderella...one of the main reasons I wanted to go to Disneyworld now, before Caroline is totally over the princess stage.

 Cinderella's castle all aglow...

The kids were at the perfect age to really enjoy Disneyworld. They were all tall enough and old enough to go on all the rides together and really take it all in.

 

Thank you Disneyworld. We had a truly magical time!