Part 3 ~ Orlando

The rest of the week we just hang out at the pool, did some major shopping for Dirk at the biggest outlet mall in the USA and went to Cirque du Soleil. This was an amazing show, if you ever are in Orlando and have a day to kill... which is hard to find with so many attractions around, you HAVE to go. The show is just beautiful, amazing artists, and stunning set up, clothes and music. You look your eyes out, there is at any given moment an artist performing, they use the whole stage, and there are performers in every corner doing the most amazing tricks. Really really neat to see these acrobats!

We were not allowed to take any pictures inside, so I took these from the web, but all the acts we've seen. And they are just amazing!

Below are young Chinese girls who did an act with jojo's, they could throw the jojo's high in the air and while they were waiting to fall down, they would do acrobatic jumps. So cute, and so talented and SO YOUNG!!

Clothes and face painting was so colorful, it is just eye candy to go to this circus.



Our first week of vacation was fun, relaxing, sunny, hot, humid, even wet but a great memory! Now up to NYC for a night, then off to Cape Cod, where we rented a beach house for a week with our dear friends Valerie, Bob, and their daughters Mia, Emmy and Ella. More about that in my next posting.

Have a great weekend y'all!
Mireille

Part 2 ~ Disney World

The first surprise we had at Magic Kingdom, was while we were waiting a the gate to get in in the morning at 9am. We were chosen as the first family into the park. That means we had to welcome all the people at the gate and they welcomed us in unison. It was so cool! We were standing there when everybody welcomed the family Dykstra from South Africa. And we got a VIP treatment on the monorail into the park. We were sitting in front with the driver! Cool start of the day!

Then we went to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique, where the girls had an appointment for a complete make-over. They wanted this already for 2 years, but last time there was a waiting list of 3 months!! They made the boutique bigger, since this is a huge success... and money maker!

Jasmine and Juliet turned from ordinary girls into princesses!

Jasmine gets her diva treatment. With an extra hair piece.


And Juliet got the same, only she got her hair piece in black and Jezz in brown.

They were made over by Fairy godmothers in training, but outside they met the 'real' Fairy Godmother, what a treat!!

But a little later we met Princess Jasmine and Alladin and that was the highlight of our Jasmine, she was so proud to take a picture with her 'predecessor' as she said that soon the Princess Jasmine will be too old to do this job, and then Jezz can take over her job, since she is the real one in 'training'! How cute is that!! Well, we let her believe that soon she can step into Princess Jasmine's shoes....

We were a bit unlucky that it poured the whole day, so most of the day the girls walked around covered with a rain coat, which I believe that Disney should distribute for FREE to all those poor people, who pay a fortune to get into the park and then it rains all day. NO, that is not the case you have to pay $6,95 for these capes that are worth maybe $1.... it is such a money maker!! But the rain didn't stop us for having fun!

Jasmine and Juliet posed with as many princesses as possible, real or not!



Exhausted, wet till the bone but satisfied and happy we went to the hotel and the girls slept with a shower cap that night to save the hairdo.....


A day never to forget!
Next time, more adventures in Orlando.

Ciao, Mireille

Part 1 of our summer vacation in the US

Since we were more than 4 weeks in the US, I can't do a single one posting about our vacation, so I will do it in stages. The first week we were in Orlando, Florida. We stayed at a great resort with huge swimming pools, so all we wanted to do was soak up the sun and swim and relax by the pool. But we ended up doing even more things than we anticipated. First few days though we just hung out at the pool and get a bit of a tan, since we came from the winter in SA and our bodies needed some sunshine.




And here some live action from the girls, who are very good at doing salto's in the air ;-)


While we were in Orlando we were so thrilled to meet with a blogging friend of mine Annie and her whole family. Annie and her husband Jacob work for Disney and they got us free tickets for the Magic Kingdom! Humbled by their generosity and help to get us in, we had a magnificent day. Because of these free tickets we could spend the money on the girls outfits and make over at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique, which Jasmine and Juliet were dreaming of for more than 2 years now. Last time we were on a waiting list and it didn't work out, but this time it did! Thank you Annie and Jacob that was such a great gift to us and to the girls!! We didn't only see Jacob and Annie at Magic Kingdom but also we met with their beautiful children; Christina, Matthew and Joshua for breakfast at the Peabody hotel. This is where we saw the famous Peabody Ducks march from the elevator to the fountain in the main hall, so cute, so adorable! It was great chatting with the Haines family and I hope we will see each other again someday somewhere!

Above, Jasmine, Juliet, Joshua, Christina and Matthew. check out their website here.

It is good to be back! More coming from our fabulous trip!
Love, M

Swimming pool, relaxing, books, Disney, Florida...

Sounds good huh? Soon we will be there and enjoying a relaxing week only a little over 3 weeks and we will be out of this dry winter weather and soaking our bodies in the sun! YEAH! I am looking forward to this vacation, we need a break!!

We're going to stay at the Hilton Grand Vacation club on International drive in Florida. Tuscan style villas that are so beautiful and luxurious that I can't wait to get pampered. Soak my white body in the sun, so it will glow and read many many books, while the girls get entertained by the Kiddie club. Sip a martini by the pool side! (in moderation it is allowed again ;-)

Life is good!!






And for the girls life is grand as well, since we're visiting Disney World again. Hopefully we can meet some new made blogging friends and some other friends who are living here and going at the same time to Disney. So Annie, Sharon and Susanne let's try to make an effort to meet!! I would LOVE that!

I am trying to get an appointment in the beauty salon for the girls, that is their dream already since the last time we've visited Disney. And hopefully we can find some discount tickets as well, that would be even sweeter!

So Florida here we come!

PS: If any of you who reads my blog regularly and you live close by, drop me a line and maybe we can meet??

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
Mireille