Last blog about vacation...

Thank you all to bearing with me in my month long journey to document our vacation from two months ago... :) While in Florida we went to Univeral Studios Island of Adventure. We went to see the Harry Potter world. We LOVED it. But before I go into that I must tell about our drive to get there.

On the way there (about a 30 minute drive total) Claire threw up. She was sick and we didn't know, until it was way too late! Then Ollie, who was sitting next to her, threw up because he couldn't stand the smell or sight. I told him to just breath deep and look away from the vomit. I was hoping to stop it... It didn't work. Ollie leaned right over and threw up all over Lily. So yes, we had all three kids in the back of the van covered in breakfast. The three adults were just shocked at first and then we all laughed (after we rolled down the windows). We were almost to the park at this point so we made a slight detour for some clean up. All three kids and their car seats needed cleaning. Have you ever tried to clean up lots and lots and lots of vomit, in a random parking lot, with only baby wipes??? I would not recommend it. So, my wonderful husband volunteered to take Claire back to the condo and stay with her while we went to the park. Huge shout out to him for doing that!!! So we got dropped off at the park and the day began with two very stinky children and a baby. We did go into the bathroom and cleaned them up at best we could but you know how that smell just seems to linger...well linger it did. :)

When the park opened we headed right for the Harry Potter part. It was incredible! The whole thing is so realistic and true to the books. We started out with the ride that is in the castle. I must say if you have ever wanted to wait in a line, it would be that one. We didn't really have a wait so Grandma and Ollie went back after just to look around. The ride was awesome! My Mom and I both loved it! Ollie thought it was too scary but he did go on it. Lily and Katie were too short. On a funny side note... I was feeling queezy from the smells in the car and was a little worried about the ride. The lady in front of me had strong (and nice) smelling perfume so I stood nice and close (no personal space for this lady) and inhaled her nice smell until I felt better. :) Then we hit up the rest of Hogsmeade. We loved every minute of it. We spent half our day just in that part of the park. Ollie got a new wand in Ollivander's. The worker was really cute in helping him find the "right" wand. We tried butterbeer. YUMMY! YUMMY! YUMMY! We had lots of fun seeing all the things in Honeydukes and the joke shop. We bought Papa an extendable ear as a thank you for staying home... He loved it and took it to work to keep on display. Then we went to the rest of the park.

 The kids really liked the Dr. Seuss land and had lots of fun there. They had a Merry-Go-Round that Katie really liked. The park also had several play areas for the kids which was nice because most rides had height restrictions. We did go on a few adult rides and our favorite was the water ride. We got nice and wet. :) When the park closed Papa came and picked us up. Claire was all better the next day. :) Thankfully it started and ended (for the most part) with Claire. :)

 Here's a few more funny things about the day:
At one point we were standing in line and a lady close to us said very quietly to someone with her, "Man, someone really stinks."
Another time I had bent down to help one of the kids (either Katie or Lily, I don't remember which). I was hit with the smell again. I stood up and said quietly (because who wants to admit that their kids stink) to my Mom, "I can hardly stand to be around these kids." Smells really get to me! My Mom told me later that I got a really funny look from a lady by us in line when I said that. :)

 Good times and great (if smelly) memories.