Day 2-OLCC

Tuesday morning we packed back up and drove to Orlando to stay with my grandparents at Orange Lakes Country Club, a beautiful resort (way too rich for my blood but not for the blood of most of my family members). Regardless I was really looking forward to going since this is a place I grew up visiting every February since I was 8 years old. It has changed so much but still has a way of making me feel so pampered. The villas are amazing, the pools are extravagent and I just love to be able to have a strawberry daquiri poolside. For me, this is Florida- this is vacation.

It was only about 60 or so but sunny and it always seems to feel hotter poolside! We went to the lazy river pool which is longer than any one I’ve seen at an amusement park. We rented the kids a double tube. I went in with them for a bit and then just layed out and listened to my music, read my book… LOVELY! By the end of the afternoon, Kev had gotten a rash from his bathing suit and even though we were inside a resort, the pool was still at least 3 miles from our villa so we couldn’t just easily walk back. So we had to wait for my Mom to get back from shopping to pick us up and it was a long hour while Kev cried and the kids fought.

After eating dinner that my Gram made and showering, we went to Old Town (another blast from my past). We looked around at a few shops and the rest of the gang rode go-carts and other rides. I played the carnival squirt gun game with Riss. She won a pink monkey. We were back home early, tired and in bed by 10:00. We got to see my cousins for a few minutes before bed. They had been to Sea World all day.

We had planned to use our free tix to Disney the next day but the kids decided to put it off to the next day (but then the next day decided they didn’t want to go at all…do you believe it??)