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Beatin' the heat

Humidity really bites! Florida is HOT!! I don't like to go outside unless I am beating the heat. Because the heat here needs to be beaten. If not, it will beat you. True story.

P.S. you know that big oil spill everyone is talking about? Well we heard all about it. Trust us. But do you see any oil on these beaches? No Way! Now, that's not to say that we haven't had our occasional tar ball. In fact, Ashley stepped in one. Sadie touched one, and London ate one (just kidding about that last one). Well I guess we really don't know what is happening with the oil. It's here one day and gone the next. It's like magic, really. Magically, the beaches are still open. I heard that BP stands for Big Polluter, but so far that Bad Petroleum hasn't Been Prone to stop our Big Plans for Beach Partying. We're still here, beating the heat.

Don't want those embarrassing strap tan lines.

No oil here at the Blue Pad...

...but in case of tar balls, beat the heat in a Big Pool...

...or a Blow-up Pool on the Back Patio.

Memorial Day weekend: Disney World/ Castillo de San Marcos

A few weeks ago on a total whim (like within an hour) decided to go to Disney World, pack up and drive out. Disney World is 6 hours away from us so usually takes some planning and organizing but Mark had a long Memorial Day weekend and we didn't want it to go to waste. So we went. We did two days at the magic Kingdom. Sadie's favorite. It dumped rain on us most of the time we were there but we came prepared with ponchos and umbrellas. Some how we still ended up soaked. Sadie of course was really excited and loved it. We went on Small World 3 times per Sadie's request. Ever since she went on it she has been playing her CD with Small World song on it over and over on repeat and is constantly sing it. Her favorite ride by far. I love seeing my girls get so excited about things. It's so fun to just watch her at Disney World; that is my favorite part.

We decided to let the girls pamper themselves at a spa... with Pampers?

Castillo de San Marcos:

So after Disney World we decided to go check out this cool fort a few hours away from Orlando.

This was just getting us ready for all the castles that we will be seeing in Germany and Europe.

The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the United States located in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. Construction was begun on the fort in 1672 by the Spanish when Florida was a Spanish possession (thank you, Wikipedia).

So it was pretty old. It was blazing hot and humid that day. Like way humid! But it was in such a quaint town and very interesting to see. So we tried to make the best of it considering the extreme temperatures. So glad I live in the day of air conditioning. Like, seriously.

Sadie had to read every little fact about the place. She likes to be informed.