A Day With the Mitchums

Ok, so I already wrote this once, and hit close instead of back.  Grumble!

 The short version…

Pretend for a minute that it’s August with me.  Hurricane Ike threatened to hit the Florida Keys (aka, home) and we were ordered to evacuate.  It was scary because this was one of the first real threats since Hurricane Wilma flooded our house.  But I found a great daily rate at the Nickelodeon Hotel, and a fun doggy hotel for the dogs.

We headed off to Orlando, a little worried, but excited about the next few days (initially, we booked 3 days).  We stayed a full week.  The storm had slowed somewhat, but looked like it was going to miss us, phew!

My review of the hotel:
If you ever get the opportunity, it is worth it.  You really don’t need to go anywhere else in Orlando to have a fun week.  The hotel is beautiful, brightly colored, and perfect for children.  On check in, everyone is given an arm band (much to Chris’s dismay), but the adult armbands are equipped with a sensor…no need for keys!  Which means that you can literally walk out of your hotel room with nothing but your bathing suit (and sunblock).  The pool/waterpark area has towels, and most rooms are so close to that area that you really only need to walk back to your room for a quick drink or snack.
They have tons of activities for the kids, and plenty of opportunities to meet all the Nick Characters.  We didn’t go to the Character breakfast because I have this organic food obsession and one of our first stops in Orlando was the Whole Foods up the highway.  But we did meet most of the character’s anyhow.  Ashley was in a couple of the poolside activities - in one she dressed up like Wanda from the Fairily Odd Parents and shot a watergun… you get the idea.  And everyday at a certain time they have a mass sliming, where they dump this HUGE bucket of slime (green water) over the entire slide area.  Oh and there was a nice seperate area for smaller children, which was fantastic for us because the little two had as much fun as Ashley.  Ok, now for the pictures…

I love my little blog here so much, and I’m ashamed that it is this seriously behind.  Soooo, prepared, little blog, to be caught up.  Hopefully over the next few days I can make a few posts that will at least highlight the past several months (ah the shame!).