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We were so glad to spend this great time with Grandma and Grandpa Reder and will miss them dearly until we get together again this summer!
Our next stop was Disney World's Magic Kingdom. What fun! We made it to all the kids' favorite rides and attractions - the spinning teacups, the magic carpet ride, the peter pan ride, it's a small world, the buzz lightyear adventure, etc. We also stopped for lunch at Cinderella's Castle and chatted with Cassidy's favorite princesses. Cassidy even wore her Cinderella costume so she could fit right in. She still talks about how Ariel called her a "cute little guppy." Later in the day, we stumbled upon a Tinkerbell meet-n-greet, which was also a big hit. We kept the fun going all the way to the 8pm fireworks show, which I have to say was really impressive. Many fun memories wee made throughout our day, for sure.
And it was all going so well, until...We got in the car around 9pm to start our drive down to Pompano Beach, our final stop on this trip. About an hour into the 3-hour drive, with both kids fast asleep in the back seat, poor Gavin got sick. Vomiting, crying hysterically...so we frantically found the nearest truck stop and cleaned him up and grabbed the essentials in the convenience store to get us through the remainder of the drive. Thankfully, he fell back asleep and we made it the rest of the way to the beach, pulling in about 1:30am. We spent the next 3 days doing our best to enjoy the beach, despite Gavin's flu and the unfortunate rainy weather we encountered. Some of our favorite activities were getting into the ocean (we had 1 sunny afternoon!) and the pool, going to Butterfly World and Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, and enjoying a nice dinner out where the kids behaved so nicely with their coloring books on the inner side of our booth that it almost felt like Erik and I were on a date!
We returned home with Gavin feeling much better and with lots of really great memories to look back on!
