Headed to . . .

Maddy and I are on the road!

The bandana shop has closed for vacation.

Looking forward to some fun in the sun,
rides and character sightings!

We love Disney World!

See you next week!

Cool Pool Time at WDW

Who doesn't love some relaxing time at the pool??

While we thoroughly enjoyed the rides and 

the parks and the characters, the temps were

rather toasty warm in Orlando!

So, we also enjoyed 

some pool time!

Miss M loved the lazy river pool!

She talked me into getting in too - which was loads

of fun . . . 

until I tried to get out!

Holy cow, it was a little tricky to get myself 

out of that tube!  

I had to maneuver myself through the 

inner tubes full of laughing kids, 

over to the stairs and catch a railing to pull myself out!

Guess my flexibility and strength training both need to be ramped up a bit!

Hiding my hair under a hat -- an everyday occurrence at WDW!

Our schedule most days was to head to the parks early

and then back for some cooling off and rest time

before evening activities started!

It was perfect!

We miss Disney World already!

The view from our balcony!

More KC Fun!

We didn't spend all our time in Kansas City at the American Girl* store,

but we could have --

 seriously,

 I wish I could open one nearby!!

Sit back and relax --
 this post has loads of photos!

Maddy and I also hit some hot spots around Crown Center. 

 Mr. Tennis was horse-hunting -- yes, I said

horse-hunting, not house-hunting! 

He wanted to bring this home, but I put the ixnay on that idea!

We loved our location - Crown Center! 

And if we had done a little research ahead

of time, we would have participated in the Race for the Cure

that was going on that Sunday morning! 

What crowds!!



The race was winding down -
can you imagine how many people participated!

Maddy and I visited SeaLife (across the street from our hotel) --

what a cool place!  Afterwards, we both declared our favorites

from the SeaLife exhibits to be the Seahorses -- oh my word --

they were so adorable!!
Also saw a gigantic disgusting green eel! 
EeeK!

From a distance, we thought this guy was real!
Nope -- made of Legos!

Also hit Legoland and wished that had been there when Philip and Connor were

young as they loved Legos. 

But, those Lego projects can be sooooooo tricky

and some kids (not saying who!) insisted that the

 finished project be exactly like the one depicted on the box!! 

  Might have caused a few headaches (for me) as I recall.  

Another Lego creation!

There were a couple of crazy fun rides in there, but otherwise,

Maddy and I deemed it for kids

 younger than 10 years old and and more for boys!

I could probably put together a Lego giraffe!!

We tried and loved the Crayola Cafe!! 

 Fries just like Steak 'n Shake's she said --we miss that place so much!

I did force Mr. Tennis to take a couple photos
of me to prove I was also there! 

Seemed to take forever for him to snap a photo!!
We girls were getting restless!

We had so much fun that Maddy even said later that it was as much fun

 as DisneyWorld!!
 Wow -- that's really a compliment!!

Dancing fountains!

Next up ---

Fifth Grade here she comes!!

Looking so grown up - isn't she! 
Slow down already!