Florida Spring Break 2015

We spent an awesome week in Florida in mid March visiting Mimi and seeing several of the many tourist attractions in the area. The kids loved staying in Mimi's condo and looking for the gator in the condo's pond (we saw the gator in the water, but it didn't come out onto the shore!). The weather was awesome and we had a great time.

Mimi can't get enough of this boy!

Or this girl!

Gator sighting in the wild (not in Mimi's condo pond)

Manatee sighting in the wild (also not in Mimi's condo pond)

Kids (and Dad) playing at park near Mimi's condo

Sharing a swing

Enjoying some time at Mimi's condo pool

3 generations on a bench

We spent our first day in Florida at the Kennedy Space Center. What a great day it was. There was so much to see and do, and plenty to keep everyone interested. We learned lots of interesting historical facts and heard about the future of the space program's missions and exploration... even the future mission to Mars. Sign us up (um, not really).

A day at the Kennedy Space Center

Paper rockets (that look like pencils) were fun to build and launch

Commander Luke and Captain Maddie pilot the shuttle

Posing with Shuttle Atlantis

Kids enter the space station

Luke tries (not really) the space station toilet (really)

Maddie and astronaut Luke

Astronaut family (mom's on the far right, behind dark face mask)!

What visit to central Florida would be complete without a visit to Disney World? We spent one day at the Magic Kingdom, and one day at Disney Wild Animal Park. Of course we had tons of fun!

We arrive at Animal Kingdom

Waiting in the theater for A Bug's Life in 3D

Dad and Luke roll a giant dung ball... Maddie, not so much

Luke plays some African drums

Lions...

...and elephants on the safari

Mom and Maddie are wet after the river ride

Large (and I mean large) bats

Luke buries himself in the dinosaur bone pit

Maddie and Dad survive Expedition Everest roller coaster

We start our day at Magic Kingdom riding Dumbo

Waiting in line for Thunder Mountain Railroad

Sitting on Dad is better than standing when waiting in lines

Someone steals Dad's hat

Long lines make a perfect time to read

Luke and Dad race to the finish

This photo makes me dizzy... tea cups photo courtesy of Mom

The day is ending, let's go home

One last photo with a new sourvenior as night falls on Disney