Hurricane Fun

We got out of school for 3 extra days after Labor Day because of the threat of Hurricane Dorian.  Whereas he did much damage and awfulness elsewhere, he didn't even really hit most of Florida.  Waiting for that storm was very drawn out and awful, and then he never really reared his ugly head at us.  Isaac was so upset that the hurricane never really came that he cried about it.  Really what he was disappointed about was not getting to kayak in the streets like our neighbor had promised.  I however, am grateful that no damage was done in my little neck of the swamp that is Florida.

So we went to Sea Life Orlando and Madame Tussauds wax museum in Orlando on Tuesday, and  LegoLand on Wednesday.  I think this was preferable to kayaking in the streets.

The Axolotl.  The "walking Mexican fish."  It is a salamander that can live its entire life underwater if it never decides to leave.  Once it leaves, it will finish development into an adult, but not until it leaves the water.  Also, it has the superpower of being able to regrow limbs.  This is probably my favorite specimen at SeaLife Orlando.  Even better than the Bubblebutt Sea Turtle, the puffer fish, the Lion fish, or the sharks.

Esther enamored by the jellyfish.

The kids with 2 special presidents.  We forwent posting the Donald Trump picture.  

I decided to read the whole "I have a dream" speech in the background of the Martin Luther King Jr. wax statue.  I stood there long enough and was still enough that I startled a passerby who initially thought I was another wax statue.

Two super heroes and the wax statues trying to be as cool and lovable as them.

Esther and Isaac riding in an onion. Or at least posing in an onion.

Isaac and Esther with two little friends who also have LegoLand passes. The Park was virtually empty that day and sometimes we were the only ones on the ride.

Esther and Angela sporting a Lego car.

Esther's wild hair and the Lego wolf.

Isaac at driving school.  He LOVES this ride.