Did you know, that if you go to Orlando on Thanksgiving Day, most normal American-blooded folk are NOT driving around the streets of Orlando, but are more than likely stuffing themselves with turkey (ok, perhaps not us vegetarian types:), dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and pumpkin pie? Do you know what this means???!!! The streets of Orlando are abandoned!!! Yet, the theme parks are still open! (ok, and this also means, we were one of the few English speaking persons in attendance:O) Seriously though, Orlando was like a ghost town! So, we dug out our beloved Sea World Annual passes and hit the park again! (there are still areas of the park we had not seen!) (**HUGE shout out to my mom, who surprised us with an awesome gourmet picnic lunch!!! This, on top of preparing a very fine Thanksgiving Meal for a crowd!)
And, it was Christmas at Sea World!!!!
While at Sea World, we went into the Aquarium, and discovered some WAY cool sea creatures, like this (sea horses):
AND THIS!
And, true to our second annual tradition, we had Thanksgiving dinner, at my parents' on FRIDAY:
Little Miss Angel (age 8) made the pumpkin pie...ALL BY HERSELF! I'm so proud of my little culinary princess! And Gramma Judy did a mighty fine job with all the fixins (and I'm sure the turkey too, I just can't personally attest to that...and once again, no tofurkey was served for the vegetaweirdo types:D)
Oh, and we can't forget our second annual sledding in Florida at the Leesburg tree lighting ceremony!
And, once again, the girls got on stage and played their kazoos (from a factory ALL the way from beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina!...may I mention that we have indeed been to the factory and they offer a nice tour and have a museum with some WAY cool kazoos!)
THIS JUST OUT!!!!!.....the girls voted their mom a "cool parent!" This won her a free pass to rock it out on stage to the beat of "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" with all the other "cool parents"...jammin on our inflatable guitars!!! Certainly a show, nobody would want to miss:D
Today, the girls and gramma made beautiful ornaments, and sold them...the girls decided that they would donate 100% of their proceeds ($6!!) to the very wonderful local organization: The Litter Box (of Hilton Head Island)...this is a resale shop where 100% of their earnings goes toward a local no kill humane society; a very wonderful cause!
Oh, and finally, just in case you were wondering, the puppies played....
and played.....................
and played.......
and played.
And of course, what Thanksgiving weekend would be complete sans lemon picking!
Oh, and my parents bought a new golf cart...I felt like a bad a&$ driving it!
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