After braving the first cold Indiana winter, we took a road trip down to Florida with the kids to get our warm sunshine fix, work on our tans, and take the kids to Disney. We stayed in Cocoa beach for 4 days. The family favorite by far, the hotel there had a kiddie pool complete with pirate ship and water slides. You can see from the pics and videos that Lyla turned into quite a water-baby there, bravely sliding down over and over by herself. She also would sprint into the surf at the beach attempting to outrun us and head out to sea. Mino was a bit more timid there, but he spent quite a bit of time at the second hotel in Orlando jumping off the edge of the pool to dive under water. I'm sure they'll both be fish within the next year or two.
Another favorite passtime the kids discovered there: distance running. Go figure. Cocoa Beach has a quarter mile nature trail loop through the forest. We discovered it while trying to wear the kids out after dinner one evening. They ran around the loop once and kept going for a second lap. Afterwards they slept like, well, babies.
And of course, no Florida trip would be complete without a stop at Disney World. We figured our timing would be perfect with Spring Breakers gone and Summer break yet to begin. On top of that, the Swine flu outbreak news was scaring everyone at that point. Surprisingly enough though, Disney was still packed. (Not according to Joy) Last year Joy and the kids had a annual pass to Disneyland in CA, so they knew all the good rides and places to hit. It was a fun day for all of us, but unfortunately the kids are too little to go on any of the cool rides there. Maybe in a few years we can hit up Space Mountain. We also spent a day at Disney's Animal Kingdom. If you're ever in Orlando looking for something to do, you can skip that one.
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