Our Weekend in Orlando

We decided to slip away for the weekend - take a bit of a break from all the craziness and just have some fun together. Our mission was simple: see Spiderman and then ride the carousel and train. We arrived in town around 3:30pm Friday and went straight to Islands of Adventure. We went to say hi to Spiderman and then Joshua went with Scott on the Spiderman 3-D ride for the first time. He didn't seem to like it that much. When we put him to bed he kept telling us that the bad guys had touched his eyes. We had to remind him that Spiderman was there to catch the bad guys and that he was safe. Anna on the other hand didn't really want to go too close to Spiderman. She said hi to him but then backed off. We hung around for a while and he played around with her, trying to make her comfortable with him, edging closer, but she still didn't want any of it - even after he blew her a kiss. At least she got to see him though, that's what mattered most to both of them.

Today we went to see Spiderman again. This time they both went up to him and Anna let him hold her close so that we could get a photo of both Joshua and Anna with him. We got some really cool ones which we'll put up for everyone to see. After that we went to Dr Seussland for the carousel and train rides. On our way out we saw the Grinch and Thing 1 and Thing 2 and got some photos of the kids with them too.

This time round the kids walked around by themselves. We haven't used a stroller with them for a few months and we decided that if they survived us dragging them everywhere in DC without a stroller, that they could do the parks for 2-3 hours without too much trouble. They both really enjoyed their independence and their adventure started right from the moment we stepped onto a moving walkway. They had just as much fun walking to the parks as they did inside of it.

Scott said something to me today that reminded me how blessed we are. He told me how coming to the theme parks is something we can do as often as we like and yet for a lot of people it's a vacation of a lifetime. He was telling me how much he enjoys watching people have so much fun and making the most of the time they have at the parks. It really is true - because we have annual passes we kind of take it for granted that we can come when we're in the mood, but we have to remind ourselves to appreciate it and make the most of the time we spend there.