A December to Remember

Our December was a whirlwind of visits to the theme parks, birthday parties, shopping for the holidays, making cookies and attending school shows so I am now just sitting down to update my blog. The first theme park that we visited was Universal's Islands of Adventures. They had transformed Suess' Landing into How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Whoville. There were Whos walking around and interacting with guests, and they also had a cute live How the Grinch Stole Christmas show that we enjoyed.

The next theme parks we visited were Disney's Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. Joo is finally 48 inches tall so she is able to ride most of the roller coasters now. For the first time, all of us rode the Dinosaur roller coaster at the Animal Kingdom. We also did the Safari ride. At the Studios we rode Tower of Terror (my favorite) and Toy Story Mania. For old times sake, we ate at Pizza Planet. When Min was a toddler up to the age 5 or so, everytime we went to the Studios he insisted that we eat at Pizza Planet (for those of you who don't know, Min thought he was Buzz Lightyear for those years; he even insisted everyone call him Buzz). We also enjoyed looking at the Christmas Decorations.

The next day, Joo and I braved the nasty weather to visit Sea World while Mr. Cash and Min watched the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert at the new Amway Arena. My favorite part of Sea World at Christmas is the Polar Express ride. They also had many new Christmas decorations out for us to enjoy. Since the weather was so bad, there were little to no crowds. Joo was able to walk right on the kiddie rides. We had fun despite the weather.

After a busy few weeks, our Christmas break finally arrived and it was time for our vacation (see next blog entry).