The Mini Murrays: Florida!

We had the most wonderful spring break! This was a big treat for all of us but especially for the girls, for many reasons. This was their first airplane ride! Their first trip out of state! AND their first trip to Disney, although this part was a surprise.

The girls loved the airplane. I am usually uncomfortable flying (I get a little nervous) but when I had them with me it was like I was flying for the first time, too.

I should mention that we did all these fun things with the Chapman's, whose daughter is Adeline's best friend. Their younger son is the same age as Lillian and the two are partners in crime.

We spent the first three days of spring break on Sanibel Island.

Day #2 We took a boat out the first day we were there so that we could look for shells. The picture below, on the right, shows them looking at a manatee that had found its way into the harbor.

A stop at Cabbage Key to sign a dollar and tape it to the wall.

Lillian needed a lift.

We ended the first day on the beach in Captiva where the sun sets perfectly over the ocean.

Day #2 We beached it all day. The water was not warm enough for me to get in but Adeline and Kacky loved it.

Water was too cold for Lillian too but she was a great shell collector!

Our house was on a golf course and the kids loved to run around after all the golfers had played through. I had to chase them around to get these pictures.

Day #3 Disney.

We had told them the night before that we were going to Disney the next day. We also told them that it would be an early morning but I don't think they fully understood how early it would be. Usually my kids are up at 6:00am but they were on beach time and had not gone to bed until 9:00pm the night before. They were all a bit cranky when we woke them up but by the time we made it to the hotel and headed to The Magic Kingdom their spirits were up. Here are their faces as we rounded the corner and they saw the castle for the first time. Even I was impressed. It had been a long time since I had seen it.

We wasted no time in getting to the rides. We had originally thought that Lillian would be scared of the rides but we were wrong. So very wrong. She loved the roller coasters.

They were both set on meeting Ariel as soon as possible. They both thought this was cool but Lillian's face was priceless. She was enamored with her.

Dinner and dancing.

Day #4 was an equally early morning but there were no complaints. We accomplished A LOT. We had early appointments at The Bibbity Bobbity Bootique

This is what your hair looks like on fairy dust.

We met many characters.

We let the girls each pick out one treat. Adeline picked a Toy Story doll, that was predictable. Lillian, on the other hand pick out a bow and arrow from the movie Brave. Did not see this one coming.

Bye Bye Magic Kingdom!

Day #5

Breakfast with the Disney characters. I knew the girls would be excited about this but I realized very quickly that they were more excited to hug these characters than they were the princesses. Chef Mickey cooked up a really good buffet too!