
December 19 - beach boys on an overcast morning in Destin, FL. Trust me when I say the water was cold.

December 20 - B with his loot. The trip to Orlando was all over our Christmas present, but of course he got some souvenirs. He ended up with a Slytherin scarf and t-shirt, a Hogwarts Christmas ornament, a Slytherin fuzzy blanket, and the wands of Harry Potter, Snape and Dumbledore. I was proud of him when he decided on his own that the Gryffinddor sweatshirt and the Hogwarts cloak/robe were too expensive. He really did whittle it down to what he wanted.

December 21 - we took a day off from the park and just hung out around the condo. We waited in line for the swan boats almost as long as we waited for the rides at the parks. We actually didn't do this too long (maybe 15 minutes) since there were a lot of people waiting and we didn't want to make them wait like we had to, and Jacob wasn't quite grasping the concept of peddaling forward, so Rick was doing the work for both of them.

December 22 - On the side street at Universal Studios. We had Curious George, Woody Woodpecker and Scooby Doo to ourselves.

December 23 - another day at the condo. He would love if we put one of these in for him at home.

December 24 - The happy future gator-wrangler happily posing for a picture at Gatorland.

December 25 - My very own Thing 1 and Thing 2 posing for one last pic for me before we left the parks.