February = Birthday Fun!

February is a BIG month in the Moore household as we have two girls with February birthdays. This year, we took advantage of the fact my folks live in Florida and decided to escape the chill of winter for a week of Florida fun during Josie's birthday. What a gorgeous week it was! Sunny, warm, breezy... I can see why people like it down there! Spending Josie's birthday in Florida came with a lot of perks... she got to do a lot of the activities that she loves: riding her bike, blowing bubbles, going to the beach, and yes... even going to Disney! Josie had the birthday to remember as we celebrated her big day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom while Norah stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa. I tell you what... I am not sure who was more tired at the end of the day!


This is Norah, sacked out before lunch was even served. I don't know what magic my parents are able to work, but I want in on it! This would never happen at our house.

Anyway, we spent Josie's day at Disney. A day full of meeting princesses, riding rides, seeing Mickey and Minnie, and was topped off with a dinner celebration with Cinderella, Prince Charming, and the step-sisters. What a wonderful day! I don't begin to know how we will ever begin to top it next year...

While Disney was the big "birthday celebration," much of the week had an air of birthday to it since lots of special activities took place. The temps were such that we could go to the beach and enjoy the shore, but the water was frigid! Norah, having not developed a healthy fear of water yet, was fighting me at the shore line. I finally let her have some freedom and woosh came a wave, Norah fell in, and was most unhappy. After that experience, she was much more willing to let me hold her hand.

Another benefit of where my folks live is that there are mini-golf courses literally across the street from the shore. WOW! Josie loves mini-golf and takes advantage of any opportunity to play.

We have lots of pictures to share from this trip... far too many to post. So, in the tradition of last year's birthday videos of Josie and Norah, we made another video of our Florida vacation.

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We are now home from vacation, having flown myself and the girls down to Florida (while Eric enjoyed the peace of the drive solo) and then driving home as a family unit. I gotta say, our girls are pretty good travelers! That said, I also don't know how we ever survived such trips without portable televisions/dvd players!!!

Today is Norah's birthday -- already two years old! She had a busy day that started with her favorite breakfast -- sausage links. Seriously... she can eat her weight in sausage... it is a little gross. Anyway, the rest of the day was a pleasant one spent running around with me and Eric to get her new shoes (she is a growing girl) and some birthday goodies. This evening, we rounded out her birthday with a yummy mexican dinner (one of her favorites) and cupcakes.

























So now the girls are both a year older and Eric and I find ourselves wondering how all this has happened as it seems like so much has happened so very fast.

Hold on... I hear it just keeps goin' faster!