We went to see Mickey and Minnie...

Oh my gosh if I could bottle the excitement that Daisy and Samuel had in the run up to this holiday I would be very rich. We left for 16 days in Orlando at the end of May and had a blast. Daisy, Samuel, my sister Jo and I flew out first and then Uncle Murphy joined us for a week in the middle.

We went to Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Seaworld and Aquatica, we tried out the fastest roller coasters, went on the slow family rides, enjoyed the shows and hugged and had our picture taken with lots of characters. Daisy turned 9 and I turned 39! We spent many hours in the swimming pool and escaped to the Gulf of Mexico to feel talc-on-powder white sand between our toes and spent the night at Clearwater, staying right on the beach, cruising with pirates, spotting wild dolphins and visiting the star of Dolphin Tale, Winter.