We Have Been Busy!!!

We won't be around for Halloween so we nixed the pumpkins but there were many and of all shapes and sizes

Mikayla picking her very first Apple

Mikaylas first flight

She looks like the Red Baron to me...watch out!

She loves the trains

On the boat swing she was happy until the girl next to her screamed...then her whole facial expression changed...she wasnt sure if she should be scared or having fun????

Fall Festival writing wall

Her second live pony ride...never again with these guys...they were a rip off...Mikayla still enjoyed it.

Play gone wrong

Who are these crazy girls

Mikayla and her Bud-Jake. She loves Louie too but I think she likes Jake more...

Relaxing after a game of fetch with the Chuck-it. I think Jake was eyeing the ball for more. :-)

We played around the house and had a fun with shaving cream that did not end so well as you can see, we played with the boys and hung around home having fun and when we needed a change..... We went to the Rodeo, Apple Picking and went to the Fall Festival. Mikayla loves her brothers and just can't play with them enough. She even helps walk them...if she was able to take the boys alone she would probably walk them all day long, but she still needs supervision. She is practicing throwing the ball for them with the chuck-it. When we were playing with the shaving cream and Kelley put it all over Mikayla, Mom jumped in and the fight was on...Mikayla was not sure it was OK to get so messy but once she knew it was OK she was all for it, we had a blast. At the rodeo she loved watching all the horses, she kept asking if she could go ride them....she loved watching the guys go boom when they were on the bucking horses she thought it was funny that they fell off. The bull riding was no different for her except I am not sure she understood it was no longer horses. Apple picking she enjoyed although I think she liked eating them as she picked them more than putting them in our bag. She could not get enough of the rides there, her favorite if you can not tell from the expression on her face was the plane ride. As soon as she saw it, she wanted on and she was over joyed with flying it around and around. All the rides other than the train was a new experience for her and we were pleasantly surprised how she went on them alone and actually had a blast. Just Sunday we went to the Fall Festival where she walked the streets pointing out every dog she saw (if you ever went to the Festival you know there are tons of dogs out there). Then she was dancing up and down the streets to all the different music that played on every street. Although she was not too sure what to think of the guy in a dress playing the bag pipes (we are just trying to get her to understand who is a boy and who is a girl...this was very confusing for her). When we got to the drawing wall she had to get her hand in the act....and it was too funny when she was done she walked up and down the whole wall picking up all the chalk everyone left lying around and put each piece back in the boxes. That's my girl! Tomorrow we will be going to the Botanical Gardens with a friend and on the weekend we will be attending the Annual Picnic of the FCC (Family with Children from China). We have been keeping busy and soon we will be headed to Hawaii another new adventure for Mikayla, the Ocean, the Lagoon, the dancers with grass skirts and men with fire lighting the torches every night, the setting sun on the beach, etc. So much to see and do....God is Awesome. Blessings Everyone.

Back Home for Now!

Check out the attitude on the New Queen...she was trying very hard not to smile...

Mikayla's hot and sweaty Knight

The Evil Knight Mikayla not taking an eye off him

Mikayla petting the Lego Dogs

Getting ready for the Princess Parade...they collect ordinary girls, bring them inside and they come out all dressed (hair, glitter and all) as Princesses

One of the country pics from Epcot

The Cannoli Cart....yummy!!

To Germany ...hmmm do I see a butt I know??

Back to China so soon...only without the pollution :)

Do you remember Tinker Toys????

Mikayla in la la land where Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinkerbell were flying over head

The cool pic made from Mikaylas hand print

Oh yeah Mikayla hated Mary Poppins, can you tell??

She was just too afraid to go near Alice...so afraid she was showing off to the crowd that thought she was soooo cute....it was hilarious

The big animal characters scared her the most she clung to mommy and daddy .....hmmm you mean you don't see us in the pic????

She wasn't even worried when she was tagged teamed by this duo and someone even took one of her ponytails out.....grrrrrr

Mikayla's Treasure

If you look closely you can see in the center where our Knight gets the sash from the Queen and then in the right he brings it to us, on the left G is taking it off the joust.

We are home again re cooperating from the sun and fun. We did get to the Medieval Times Dinner Show and Mikayla was actually picked by the winning Knight to be the Queen of Love and Beauty. She was awe struck. There was tons of food at the show more than they have at the Dixie Stampede which surprised us. The show was great and food massive. Mikayla could not get enough of it all. We also got to Epcot where she got her pic taken with all her buds; Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Goofy, Alice (in Wonderland), Mary Poppins, Chip and Dale and more. She was not shy a bit was giving hugs and kissing noses and lovin every minute. She even got lipstick kisses from Mary Poppins and Mulan that lasted all day. We shopped at Downtown Disney and we didn't do to bad. In all the shopping at Epcot and Downtown Disney we got a parasol for Mikayla with butterflies and her name, new onesies with Minnie Mouse as she out grew her fav one at home and a cool hand print of Mikayla's made into a Butterfly and Mikayla now has a lanyard with all the characters she met and more ready for trading. Of course we had to buy some Baklava and Cannoli and of course water to stay dehydrated in the heat.

Orlando Bound

A partial one side view from our balcony Mikayla with her fairy wings

One of the kiddie pools

One of the lazy rivers

Us here at last after waking at 2:30 am, way to early for the plane ride here

Anyone want to go for a swim??

Wrestling a Gator

Let's go visit Cuddles!

Mikayla loved feeding and petting the animals

She was not to keen on the bird infestation...I love how she tried to get her feet up yet when they landed on her head she was ok with that a bit better.

What is that bird doing up there...I hope nothing

This guy is 96 snd will live to about 180..WOW!

I see you!!!

Out for a stroll

Mikayla making friends

Here she insisted on having a nail file I guess she had to get ready for the animals.

Milking the cow named Sweet Lip

Holding the baby Ducky...No More Diapers for Ducky

Look! I caught me a duck

Daddy got a bigger Duck only he cheated this one was handed to him by another guest. :)

Daddy did catch this Turkey by himself though

Out for a hayride

Mikayla's first live pony ride

Out for a train ride

Holding her first Bunny

We have been hanging out in Orlando for the week having fun. All new adventures for Mikayla. She has been having a blast being over whelmed but not complaining a bit. We decided to nix Disney as Mikayla is not old enough or tall enough for the rides yet but that does not mean we did not have fun. We started out right on the Disney grounds where we were staying as soon as we arrived. We walked around and checked out all the fun pools (4 adult pools plus 3 kid pools with all kinds of fountains), the 2 lazy rivers to float on, the room with games (pool, ping pong, video games and more) the mini golf (18 holes) the park right outside and so much more. We had the balloon guy in the Welcome Center make Mikayla her request of Fairy Wings and I had my Starbucks Chai Tea Latte. We later made our plans for the rest of our adventures. Day 2 or our 1st full day here we started out to Gatorland, while their we watch the guys wrestle a real live alligator, watched tons of gators jump out of the water for chicken and pet some very large tortoises, saw more gators then at person should be allowed to see all in one place. Here, Mikayla even got to touch and hold her first live Alligator. After that we headed to eat a Kobi's which is a Japanese Restaurant where they cook right in front of you and do a bit of a show while they chop and cook your food. Mikayla ate like there was no tomorrow and was mesmerized with the chef and not sure what to think when he made the fire on the grill grow all over in front of us, made the rice a beating heart and then transform in to Mickey. Day 3 we went to Green Meadows Petting Farm which was new for us too. The Farm has only been around for about a year or so and if you ever get out this way children or not it is definitely worth visiting. You get so much for the money. In the admission price which was under $20 per person you got to see, touch and learn about so many animals. You get a tour guide who goes the entire round with you and tells you so much about each animal and lets you milk a real live cow (Mikayla was not so sure about this being the cow was so big and alive), you got to catch a live full grown Duck, Chicken, Rooster and Turkey. You get to hold a baby chick and a baby duck, guinea pig, rabbit, hedge hog and parrots. They give you a pony ride, train ride and hay ride and even give you a free souvenir cup for kids. There are tractors and play houses and a park all for the kids to play after your tour. There were llamas, pigs, cows, goats, sheep and so many more animals to pet and learn about. This is all in the one admission price not extra like most places. After the long tour and adventures there, we came back to our condo to play in the pool we started at the kiddie pool followed by floating around the lazy river and finishing with the big pool. Mikayla is getting so brave she did not want her float at all and was walking in the water up to her nose and jumping in the deeper water with mommy and daddy ready to catch. She walked and sat and laid in the water where she could and was getting braver the longer we were there. After all of us were prunes we headed back to dry off and order some pizza and relax....note: every day a new pizza flyer or two comes to your door so you have a large choice of where to order....DO NOT order the cardboard pizza from Joe's Pizza. Day 4 we will start with Shopping at Downtown Disney since Mikayla loves shopping and you know she will love this venture and I am thinking she will make out like a bandit. She already got a Minnie Mouse tee as she loves Minnie and that is just the start of it. I will check back soon but I wanted to get a post in since there is so much going on and so many pics to share. See you later Alligators...after a while Crocodiles :)

The hissing you hear is the gator ticked off
Those gators get very close I am surprised these guys have all their fingers