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Alligators, Crocodiles and Manatees!
Posted on March 2, 2019 1 Comment
Today we changed our plans and decided to drive through the bottom half of the Everglades. It’s a long road that you drive down to a dead end and then drive back. On the way there we couldn’t find much to look at and it all looked the same. When we got to the bottom […]
Shark teeth and wild alligators!
Posted on March 1, 2019 6 Comments
First we got in our pool then we went for a drive. We went to a special beach called Caspersen Beach. It is special because there are lots of fossilised shark teeth. There were lots of people looking for teeth and fossils with special equipment. We just walked along the coast and found 5 teeth […]
Beach life🐬🧜🏻♀️🐊🐠🦜🐚
Posted on February 28, 2019 3 Comments
Since our last blog we have moved from our holiday home in Orlando to exploring the coast. First we travelled to Sarasota. We took the scenic route as you can see where I have drawn it on the map. We stopped at a shopping mall on the way so it was quite late when we […]
Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Posted on February 26, 2019 3 Comments
Today we went to the Magic Kingdom. Before we left I asked Mum to put coloured hair chalk in my hair so I looked like the characters from Disney desendants. We went on lots of rides. I like the really fast ones and Eliza decided she doesn’t after we did Splash mountain. Splash mountain is […]
Orlando Science Center
Posted on February 26, 2019 2 Comments
Today we went to the Orlando Science Center. It was engineering weekend so there was lots to learn about robots and circuits. There’s lots of different areas for you to learn about different things. We watched experiments and did some ourselves. Our favourite was extracting DNA from a strawberry and watching the Tesla coil show […]
Clearwater beach,swimming and a boat trip!
Posted on February 24, 2019 3 Comments
Today we started with a swim in the pool. We tested out my underwater camera and it was really good fun. Then we drove to Clearwater but the traffic was terrible so we went to the aquarium before the beach. This is where the Winter the dolphin from the film Dolphin Tale lives. She has […]
The space launch
Posted on February 23, 2019 4 Comments
Today we went to the space coast to visit the Kennedy Space Museum. We were supposed to be going somewhere else but Mummy saw on the news that they had just decided to launch a real rocket into space tonight and we wanted to see it. First we had a look at the nature and […]
Gatorland adventures!
Posted on February 21, 2019 1 Comment
Today I went to Gatorland🐊 It was so much fun. First we got to go in a gator’s mouth as we waited in the queue. Next we saw lots of baby alligators and then went to watch a show about alligators. Me and Eliza got to go on the back of a real alligator – it […]
Our first wild Aligator and the snow moon.
Posted on February 19, 2019 6 Comments
We travelled to Florida but it was really long and now we are in Davenport near Orlando. Today was a brilliant day! We were walking around Celebration and whilst we were walking I saw some people looking at something and one of them said that they saw an alligator or a snake. I had a […]
A pocketful of pine cones
Posted on April 5, 2018 Leave a Comment
I reach into my pocket to warm my hands and without fail I stumble upon a collection of pine cones, dutifully collected by my eldest. I notice that I’m smiling to myself and realise that these pine cones are bringing as much joy to me as they do to her. I’m walking a few steps […]
