Florida

Well this post is a long time coming.  We had a great trip to Florida in January.  It was good to get away from the Iowa winter for a week . . . although it could have been warmer while we were there.  We spent a few days at Disney World, a day in Coco Beach, and a day at Sea World and had a wonderful time.

Traveling

 

Magic Kingdom

 
 

Daddy treated his girls to lunch at Cinderella's Round Table where we got to meet Cinderella, Princess Aurora, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Princess Jasmine.

 

 

Lipstick courtesy of Rapunzel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coco Beach
On our warmest day of the week we headed to Coco Beach.  We had lunch on the pier - where Amelia lost her first tooth! Then Zoe got her first experience of the ocean.  The girls had a blast in the sea and the sand.

 

 

Sea World

 

 

 

 

 

Epcot

We probably wouldn't have ventured to Epcot if Anna & Elsa from Frozen (Amelia's must-see of the trip) hadn't been hanging out in Norway but we were glad we did.  Amelia had fun visiting each country for a stamp on her bear and absolutely loved the Soarin' ride.

 

 

Amelia's souvenir was Anna's Coronation dress from Frozen.  She then proceeded to give us a guided tour of the rest of the park.

 

Park Hopping - Epcot and Magic Kingdom

On our last day, we decided to re-visit our favourites.  Epcot was a must so the girls (including Mummy) could get their proper sausages at the English pub, and Amelia could go on Soarin' again then we returned to Magic Kingdom.

Mummy & Zoe visited a few characters while Amelia and Daddy went on Soarin' again.

 

Waiting outside the English Pub

 

Our last ride - the Carousel. . . Zoe cried when we got off.

Christmas

Amelia took these herself with the timer on the camera.

Freedman Christmas

After a two-day weather delay, and a few extra hours after Suzie's car battery died, we had a great time celebrating Christmas with Suzie, Tom, Abby, and Grandma Marilyn.

Tom and Amelia made Reindeer Food

November and December

Here's a few of our favourite pictures of the girls from the past two months.

Zoe LOVES to colour . . . 

. . . and to brush her teeth.

Clifford came home from school for the weekend. . .

. . . and met Holly the Elf

We got together with our old playgroup friends to decorate gingerbread houses.

Cookie decorating. . . when Mummy let her.

Visiting Santa

The girls got a few chances to meet Santa this year.  Unsurprisingly, Zoe wasn't too impressed.  We didn't even try to have her sit with him at Church.  She did enjoy the train ride at the mall though.