A blast from the past

Haven't seen these around here for quite a while.

Storm's favourite. She's been asking for a while if we could have dipped Rice Krispies.

It's been so long that the chocolate squares I bought god knows how long ago didn't look so good, so they got tossed. The chocolate chips that were much newer seized up in the pot, never to unseize again. So we improvised.

We "buttered" the squares instead with the chocolate and then dipped. And then just quit buttering altogether and just dipped the gooey side of the Rice Krispie into the sprinkles. Turns out I actually like them much better without the chocolate.

But plain, sticky, still slightly warm ones are still the best!

A wiggly alligator

When we went to Wild Florida, it was a bit of a windy cool day and we ended up having the wildlife part of the park pretty much to ourselves.

Nice to be able to gawk at the animals all you want without feeling like you need to move over and let someone else have a turn.

It also meant that we were the only ones at the alligator holding area and we got a private talk about the animals and no rush in holding Allie, the three year old alligator they use for pictures.

She was pretty wiggly actually. Warm wiggly leather with teeth.

Blade's keeping an eye on her as she was squirming a bit.

Our last days

After a very long day of travel, we have finally arrived back home. We only managed to lose an umbrella, almost lose a carry on, and have one piece of luggage stay in Chicago while we traveled home.

But who cares! We're home again!

We spent Wednesday at Universal again. It was a bit of a quiet day there, which meant everyone got to ride a wave without photo bombers.

And ride a tiger ...

And pose for a few pictures.

After going on a few of their favourite rides in Seuss land, we made our way to the Sinbad show. We didn't manage to see it last year, and the kids quite enjoyed it!

Then we decided to have lunch at Mythos. It's been voted the best theme restaurant in the world six years in a row, so we couldn't miss checking it out!

The kids liked the little details. Like Universal butter.

The food was great, and so was the dessert!

Rice Krispie Sushi. In other words, a plate of sugar...

While we were inside eating, it decided to start raining. And raining. And raining some more.

It didn't dampen our enthusiasm overmuch though. An umbrella and some ponchos saved us from the worst of it. Although, I did end up taking my shoes and socks off to wade through the small river between Hogsmeade and Jurassic Park!

Hunter and Storm decided they were already damp, and also now somewhat protected, so no reason to miss out on their favourite water rides!

Blade and I hung out and waited while they got just a little more wet.

On their way in a barrel..

We closed down the park again. The kids were troopers the entire trip.

Thursday we packed and enjoyed the pool one last time. And then it was on to one very long day of travel.

The last we will see of our umbrella!

I just hope for the return of our lost bag from Chicago!

But for now, I'm mostly enjoying being home and looking forward to the next few months!

It's moving time!!!!