Orlando Outlet Extravaganza!

Yesterday we hit up the last (or hopefully the last) outlet stores within two hundred miles from here. So I guess next time we'll have to travel to Miami to find even better deals. Hooray for me. But we did stop in downtown Orlando this time, which was cool to see, except for the continuous rain. It would stop for a while, and then start, and then stop again. Paul of course, was quite fond of the puddles left behind, as he would run through, turn around, and splash back. We spent quite a while at Lake Eola Park in the downtown area.

The lake was full of these pretty incredible swans among a variety of other birds, and they even had giant swan shaped boats. Unfortunately, the rain closed up the boat rides, or you would probably see a picture of me paddling out into the water looking like a chump in a big bird boat. Paul liked the long necked fellows, but once they figured out he didn't come bringing bread or other edible goods, they impolitely snubbed him and went about their business. Stupid birds.

After that, Paul took his first shot at breaking and entering. He exclaimed, "No trespassing, eh? Do you know who I am? Get my lawyer on the phone!" Of course, this sort of behavior always results in Paul's mother shooting him the evil eye that only a mother could produce. Too bad he'll never learn to listen to his mother... or at least I never did.

As always, we had a good time, and we did our fair share of shopping and sight seeing in Florida's biggest tourist trap. Other than the rain, it was a great day. And to top it off, after dinner at the beach, Paul got to roll around in the sand for a while. There's nothing like waking up in the middle of the night with sand in the diaper to make a boy scream at his parents.