Aedan and Amber: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Orlando (Jan 2010)

Went to Orlando for 10 days from Jan 11-21. It was really cold when we first reached Orlando as it had just snowed 2 days ago. Still, the weather was better than Boston. One of the first thing that struck me was the the trees in Orlando had leaves! It's been 2 months since i've seen trees with leaves. We bought a 6 days pass for the Walt Disney World. At the end of the trip, the adults were a little overdosed with disney while the kids wanted to go back again... err.. i think we won't be visiting disney again in the near future. But everytime the kids talk about going back, we said "Okay we will go again next time.." haha..

Took many pictures and it's impossible to upload all, here's some of them taken at the various parks.

1. Animal Kingdom - This is the park we enjoyed the most and we went back for a 2nd day.
There is a safari like ride where you can get close to the animals. There is also an animal patting area where the kids like. The Finding Nemo musical is really really good!

Here's a video of the kids at the patting area. To our surprise, Amber's not afraid of the goats and sheeps. She just ran around touching and patting the animals without fear.

2. Disney Hollywood Studios - This is the smallest park of all and it was really crowded the day we went. Didn't take a lot of pictures here as we were in the shows/rides most of the time. Oh yah, i tried the Tower of Terror here and had the fright of my life!

3. Epcot - The most enjoyable attractions for the kids was the Nemo ride with the big aquarium where there were sharks, turtles, dolphins. Nice big park to walk around.

4. Magic Kingdom - This is the first theme park and the last that we went. There were many rides for the kids so we decided to go again on our last day. I think i've sat the dumbo ride twice, the aladdin magic carpet twice and the carousel 3 times!

Here's a consolidated video of the kids meeting mickey and his pals.

Aedan meeting Peter Pan while Amber was sleeping. Apparently this Peter Pan hasn't flown over South East Asia before.

5. Kennedy Space Center - We went to Kennedy Space Center in between our trips to the disney theme parks. It's about 45 mins drive from Orlando. This is where the space shuttle takes off for the space missions, including the famous Apollo missions.

6. Orange Picking - We also took one day off the theme parks and went orange picking. We picked a 1/2 bushel bag and a 5lbs bag of oranges/grapefruit. We gave some away to our friends and lugged the rest back to Boston. The kids also enjoyed chasing the ducks and chickens.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Days when YiYi was here... (Part 5)

We rented a car to go skiing at Wachusett Mountain on Dec 23. It was the first time YiYi and myself went skiing. Aedan was on his skis most of the time. I was suprised that he could last that long. Think he really enjoyed skiing, especially daddy brought him down the slope. I can't say the same for YiYi coz she fell and injured her knee, but at least she tried skiing down from the slope.

Some pictures taken at the cafeteria :

As for myself, I didn't really like it becoz it was simply too fast for me. I fell when I skiied down the gentle slope. It was quite scary. Maybe I'll try again next time... maybe...

The Days when YiYi was here... (Part 4)

Continued with our Washington DC trip.... All the museums were still closed the day after the heavy snow storm. We had no where to go so we decided to walk to Capitol Building to have a look. Look how deep the snow was. Someone told me there is a Reflection pond in front of Capitol Building, butwe couldn't tell if it's a pond or a lawn with the amount of snow covering the ground. It took us more than 2 hours to walk from Capitol Building to Washington monument. The kids did enjoy the walk coz they had so much fun with the snow. By the time we reached Washington monument, we were totally exhausted. We gave up going to the White House and Lincoln Memorial. See some pictures taken below :