Hollenbeck Happenings: January 2013

Welcome to our Wonderful World of Disney post!!!!

On Friday we traveled to Disney for a night before heading down to Naples to visit the Hollenbecks. We walked around Downtown Disney, then stayed in the All-Star Movies resort so the kids could get just a taste of Disney magic. Parker's in love and every time we get in the car she asks if we can go back! That's my girl!!

We let Parker play at the lego store for a bit.

They didn't quite make the toddler table big enough for little girls...

There were a lot of figures around to take pictures with.

Parker especially liked "meeting" her princesses.

We walked through most of the stores trying to find the perfect souvenirs for our girls. Daddy had to see how cute this minnie veil looked on his little princess.

Daddy and Parker are excited because they're about to ride the carousel!!

Parker and Daddy with Winnie the Pooh and the gang!

Parker decided she was going to ride the train by herself so that she could ride in the engine. She did wonderfully!

We stopped for dinner in the Rainforest Cafe. They had an indoor aquarium and animatronic animals.

We finally found mickey and minnie!

All that fun wore Juliet out!

We had so much fun at Downtown Disney that we didn't get checked into our hotel until almost 10 pm. So the next morning we got up and walked around to see the hotel in the daylight.

Parker put on a show for spot.

She loved Buzz and Woody.

Jules decided she would drive today.

Posing for a picture at McDonalds

Little Miss Hollywood

Playing with her Hello Kitty toy.

That's all for Disney! Next stop Naples, FL to visit Grandma and Grandpa Hollenbeck!

Okay, this is the THIRD attempt at this post. I apologize that the pictures are a little out of order. I'll make sure the caption them well. :)

We arrived at the Hamel's home in Homosassa, FL on Monday evening. The girls had an absolutely wonderful time there and Parker has been talking about Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Ed ever since!

Juliet is teething pretty hard core right now. It's made for some fussy nights, and a lot of chewing on tags.

You wouldn't know it by looking at her though! All smiles!!

One of the greatest parts of this trip so far is seeing the girls play together.

It's obvious they both really enjoy having a sister.

Parker singing to Sissy. Hot Dog Hot Dog our problem's SOLVED.....

Picture Perfect!

Juliet with Grandma Hamel

Bedtime story time with Grandma!

Parker found a new best friend! She absolutely adored this ceramic cat and wanted it to follow her around the house. We told her it couldn't so she just went into the room it was in every so often to give it hugs and kisses and talk to it.

One afternoon Parker and Daddy went for a walk through the neighborhood. Parker gathered pine cones moss, and a stick

On Thursday we went to the Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park. There were some people there who were nice enough to take a family photo for us!

We could not convince Parker that the alligators were not cute and cuddly. She had fun with this replica.

She even wanted to give it hugs!

She wanted to give this alligator hugs too. Thankfully there was a fence between them.

Juliet had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa!!

When we first got to the park there was a boat ride to get to the main entrance. Parker was pretty restless, but she did enjoy seeing the pretty wood ducks. Sadly all of my pictures of them turned out blurry...

This is the baby alligator that Parker got to pet after the presentation.

Peek a boo with Juliet!!

When we first got to the park. Parker's ready to go see some animals!

Feeding the birds and ducks

Another family picture taken by a wonderful stranger.

Really cool picture. This eagle knew he was in front of the flag. Every picture I took of him he was obviously posing. I liked this one best because of the strutting crane up top.

We lucked out and there were about 5 wild manatees in the park the day we went. Parker enjoyed seeing them play.

She liked the view best from Daddy's shoulders.

They had an underwater viewing room. It was a neat experience to see the manatees and schools of fish from under the water.

Parker did not want to pose in the manatee. Mostly because she was hungry. This is the best picture I could get.

Excited we finally decided to stop for food!

Another picture from the underwater viewing room.

Parker eats just like her momma!

That's a bad thing?

Lou the hippo. If we had gone one day later we'd have been there for his 53rd birthday party~

Daddy and Jules at lunch!

Picture with Mommy

This was Daddy's favorite part of the park. The big alligator in this picture picked a fight with the other one. The fight went on for about 5 minutes and one of them left bleeding. It was pretty intense. Sadly it still did not deter Parker from asking if she could hug them.....