Everyday joys!

Carlos and Titi are growing very fast but at the same time they are still so little. Both still love stuffed animals and they love playing with them. They have all kinds. During the weekend we went to the mall to eat and they saw the Build-a-Bear store and went crazy. We were trying not to buy more stuff but they were so excited and we could not resist getting them one toy each. We know that soon they are not going to be so happy getting a stuffed animal, especially Carlos.

They have been carrying their huskies "White Dog" and "Troy" everywhere. Right now they are sleeping peacefully with them. I wish they could stay this happy and innocent forever!

Camping

We decided not to try to camp at Disney's Fort Wilderness. It was too cold and we did not want to buy lots of equipment to try to do it. I did not know if it was even possible. We did go to register and get our ID cards. They told us they could assign us a place without electricity or we could wait a day and get a spot with electricity. Since we were not going to sleep there we decided to wait. We went to a park and then went to the barbeque at night.

It was fun, they had lots of food for everybody in the group. There were Boy Scout troops from all over our area. We met some people from our pack and also people that knew Larry. They had a nice campfire and we stayed there for some time. We felt bad for the people that were going to stay the night. Lots of the tents were in a field without electricity. Some people had electricity so they had brought heaters. We left and stayed at the condo. Ours was rented so we stayed at the one on the third floor. Very nice and warm!

The next day we went to see everybody and they assigned us a spot so we set the tent just to say we had camped :-) Everybody kept telling us we were cheating! We went to Animal Kingdom. Don and Carlos took a tour with the other kids and parents and Titi and I were on our own. We came back to cook dinner for our pack. They gave us lots of chicken, ribs, mashed potatoes, green beans, baked beans, brownies, etc. It was very good. They kids loved playing in the dark woods with the other kids.

The following day we went again and stayed for a short time (to eat) and then went to Magic Kingdom by boat. When we came back the had finished eating dinner but we got some food from another pack and then had cake with ours. We decided to take the tent down so we would not have to come back early the next day.

New Years Eve

We spent New Years Eve at MGM Studios and we had fun. The kids went on many rides, we saw a couple of shows and then went to see the Osborne lights. It had rained earlier in the day so they were not working well but it was still beautiful. Don and I wanted to have a better dinner but we ended up eating pizza.

There was a band and a DJ on the main street and Titi and I danced for a while. Titi loves watching bands play. She has to be right on the front where it is very loud. It was good to dance a little. I had lost my voice overnight and I could not talk at all. It was frustrating, specially when trying to talk on the phone with Don. We made it until 12:00 and left right after the fireworks. I enjoyed being there and I think it is a good place to spend New Years Eve.