Disney On Ice

The girls enjoyed their first ice skating show over the weekend

 It was so fun to watch their reaction to all the characters

 Appearances by Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy

 The crew from Cars - very cool to see them slide around on the ice

One of our favorite numbers - Ariel and Friends

 Tinkerbell and the fairies flew in for a visit

 And the whole gang from Toy Story had some fun playing together

 

Luckily they escaped Sunnyside Preschool to see Andy again

 It was a neat show!

MLK Day!

What to do with a day off school?

Paint Pottery

Even Daddy got into the fun

Castaway Cay

Our favorite day was hitting the beach at Castaway Cay

Building sandcastles with Papa Nick and hte cousins

Playing in the water while the big kids went down the water slide

Looking good Daisy

A few other favorite character run ins

Princess Minney

Pluto

Chip and Dale

Tinkerbell

Pirate Night

The Pirate Crew

Arrh Matey!

The pirates are coming

Mickey will challenge Captain Hook

Pool Days

Hanging out at the pool on sea days

The Donald Pool

 Nemo's Reef

The Aqua Duck Water Coaster that went out over the ocean

Christmas Morning Excitement

Santa came and left our stocking presents

Playing our LaLa Loopsy Old Maid game

Christmas cookies and hot chocolate for breakfast

And the biggest highlight of the day - Claire lost her first tooth!

Excursions

Leaving the boat ...

First stop - Grand Cayman Islands

We got to swim with Darwin the Dolphin

He was very sweet - you can kind of see his scar from a shark bite on his side

Then we spent some time at the turtle farm

These guys were just like Crush from Finding Nemo - so cool!

We even got to get in the tanks with the baby turtles

Next stop - Costa Maya

We got off the boat for a little shopping

Next stop - Cozumel

We took a snorkeling trip

Hanging out with the Mikols checking out fish

And a stop at the beach to play - just as the clouds rolled in

It poured the whole time we were there :(

But we tried to make the most of it and had a rainy dance party on the boat ride back