Monday, July 23, 2007

Charlie's Summer Vacation

When they ask on the first day of preschool what everyone did for their summer vacation, Charlie will yell "Walt Disney World"! We spent a wonderful (if very, very hot) week in Florida - the first part at WDW with Grandma, Papa, Aunt Andrea, Uncle Craig, and cousins Hannah, Cole and Abbie and the second part in Delray Beach with Grammy and Grandpa. Fun with family notwithstanding, the best part for us was seeing how beautifully Charlie dealt with so many new experiences.

Overall, Charlie did not like the rides so much, but she loved the Carousel, and her favorite thing in all of Walt Disney World was "Small World" - or, as she called it "the singing dolls".

Not bored...mesmerized.

The first day at Magic Kingdom, Charlie spent a good deal of time in Pooh's Playful Spot - sitting in Pooh's house, and stripping down to her underwear to play in the fountains (I was definitely the parent of which others said, "Could you believe she let her little girl play in her underwear?" - whatever, it was HOT!).

One of the best parts of the trip for Charlie was playing with her cousins. She and Cole shared a lot of laughs.

Monkeying around at dinner.

The Characters - Charlie met a whole lot of them. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse (or as she called her, Mindy Mouse), Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy (who she didn't like very much), Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eyore...luckily Charlie doesn't know the bulk of the Disney characters or otherwise we would have been standing in line all day for Charlie to hug them.

It's no great surprise that WDW is a crazy land of consumerism. Yet, the only things Charlie was really interested in buying were lollipops.

Acting like a dinosaur hunter at the Animal Kingdom.

On this day, we thought ahead and brought Charlie's swimsuit with us to the Magic Kingdom!

Our last full day in the Parks - I think Charlie had finally had enough.



Saying goodbye - see everyone at Christmas!

Delray Beach - we started our trip with a picnic at the beach and our second year of burying Charlie in the sand.

Grammy and Charlie collect shells. Later, Grammy showed Charlie the finer points of hair rollers.

Whew! That was one busy vacation.

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