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Friday, April 2, 2010
Our Family Trip to Florida
I love the times when Jeff, Will, Wyatt and I are all together for extended periods of time with no work obligations. It’s so much fun to relax with the kids and share in their excitement about even the simplest things like going up and down an escalator at the airport 15 times.
We were very fortunate to take a trip to FL at the end of Feb/early March. We went down to visit Jeff’s parents who have their 5th Wheel camper in Venice FL. Additional benefits of the trip were seeing Jeff’s Grandparent’s who were staying about 20 minutes away and an overnight at Disney World. We afforded the trip with 3 free airline tix from Milwaukee to Ft Myers (credit card miles) and free Disney tickets for Jeff and I for completing the Disney Give a Day, Get a Day campaign (volunteering). We wanted to rent a minivan so Jeff’s parents could ride with us where ever we went but the minivans were almost double the cost of a full size car. We rented the full size car online, and they upgraded us to a minivan for free once we arrived! We had great karma on this trip!!
The only misfortune on the trip was a lost puppy. Will left his beloved stuffed puppy at the car rental desk when we arrived in Ft Myers. Jeff spent hours calling and trying to locate the puppy only to hear the Avis employees all confirm they saw it but no one could find it. Good thing we have a backup puppy! Will tells me daily that his puppy is his best friend – it’s so cute. He also says this about Wyatt, but when Wyatt aggravates Will, he tells (screams) Wyatt “Wyatt! You’re not my best friend any more!!!” Usually this spawns from Wyatt trying to take or chew on said beloved puppy.
Spending time with the Leitings was great. We saw lots of alligators, went to a research aquarium, beach, ocean, state parks, hiked, and of course, made the 2.5 hr road trip to Disney World. We left for Disney around 7:30am for our roadtrip and thankfully, Wyatt took a nap on the way there. He survived a very long day at Disney with a quick 20 minute nap on my shoulder in the line for It’s a Small World. Will and Wyatt were both excellent the entire day despite no nap for Will and little sleep for Wyatt and all the stimulation of Disney. We found a great secret spot behind the magic kingdom for the fireworks show away from the crowds. However, this made us one of the last ones out of the park and it was about a 20 minute bottleneck wait to get out of the park and then about a 50 minute wait in line to get on the monorail to get to the tram to get to our car! Thankfully, both boys fell asleep as we were walking out of the park and didn’t have to endure the lines and chaos that we did. I think we finally got to our car around 10:30 pm that night and got to the hotel until around 11pm. After the 2 hr cat naps, the boys were *WIRED* especially Wyatt who just wanted to bounce on the beds and bang his head on the bedboards. It took about an hour to calm the boys down and get them to sleep.
Will loved the airplane rides, Wyatt loved the flight attendants and they loved him. So much, that he didn’t sleep on either flight but luckily, everyone survived!! It was a great trip and we look forward to an extended family or family/friends trip to Disney in a future year. Thanks much for the hospitality Tom and Pat!
We were very fortunate to take a trip to FL at the end of Feb/early March. We went down to visit Jeff’s parents who have their 5th Wheel camper in Venice FL. Additional benefits of the trip were seeing Jeff’s Grandparent’s who were staying about 20 minutes away and an overnight at Disney World. We afforded the trip with 3 free airline tix from Milwaukee to Ft Myers (credit card miles) and free Disney tickets for Jeff and I for completing the Disney Give a Day, Get a Day campaign (volunteering). We wanted to rent a minivan so Jeff’s parents could ride with us where ever we went but the minivans were almost double the cost of a full size car. We rented the full size car online, and they upgraded us to a minivan for free once we arrived! We had great karma on this trip!!
The only misfortune on the trip was a lost puppy. Will left his beloved stuffed puppy at the car rental desk when we arrived in Ft Myers. Jeff spent hours calling and trying to locate the puppy only to hear the Avis employees all confirm they saw it but no one could find it. Good thing we have a backup puppy! Will tells me daily that his puppy is his best friend – it’s so cute. He also says this about Wyatt, but when Wyatt aggravates Will, he tells (screams) Wyatt “Wyatt! You’re not my best friend any more!!!” Usually this spawns from Wyatt trying to take or chew on said beloved puppy.
Spending time with the Leitings was great. We saw lots of alligators, went to a research aquarium, beach, ocean, state parks, hiked, and of course, made the 2.5 hr road trip to Disney World. We left for Disney around 7:30am for our roadtrip and thankfully, Wyatt took a nap on the way there. He survived a very long day at Disney with a quick 20 minute nap on my shoulder in the line for It’s a Small World. Will and Wyatt were both excellent the entire day despite no nap for Will and little sleep for Wyatt and all the stimulation of Disney. We found a great secret spot behind the magic kingdom for the fireworks show away from the crowds. However, this made us one of the last ones out of the park and it was about a 20 minute bottleneck wait to get out of the park and then about a 50 minute wait in line to get on the monorail to get to the tram to get to our car! Thankfully, both boys fell asleep as we were walking out of the park and didn’t have to endure the lines and chaos that we did. I think we finally got to our car around 10:30 pm that night and got to the hotel until around 11pm. After the 2 hr cat naps, the boys were *WIRED* especially Wyatt who just wanted to bounce on the beds and bang his head on the bedboards. It took about an hour to calm the boys down and get them to sleep.
Will loved the airplane rides, Wyatt loved the flight attendants and they loved him. So much, that he didn’t sleep on either flight but luckily, everyone survived!! It was a great trip and we look forward to an extended family or family/friends trip to Disney in a future year. Thanks much for the hospitality Tom and Pat!
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