ICE!!!

On day two of our Orlando trip, we decided to go see ICE, which is a chilling spectacle that one would normally not see in the middle of Florida. For those of you who don't know what this attraction is, they turn part of the Gaylord Palms Convention Center into a frigid 9 degree ice wonderland. They take tons of ICE and make gorgeous sculptures and cool slides with it. They give you these big blue parkas to put on the stay warm (we brought our own winter coats too after hearing how cold it was from others). Ava was pretty tired from the night before but we got the tickets with our hotel room so we went. It was very pretty, amazing what they can do with a block of ice. Ava and I both went down the slide. I should have went first, it was really bumpy and fast... I might have thought twice about sending her down on her own (they won't let parents go with them). She was NOT happy when she reached the bottom... oh well, we are such bad parents, I am sure she will be scarred for life!Checking out the fishy's on the way to ICE!

Ava imitating the fishy's face-

Yes, EVERYTHING is carved out of ice.

Giant life sized ice ornaments.

Daddy was trying hard to get Ava's blue coat on over her t-shirt, sweater and other winter coat... I don't think she was cold. It was a good thing she wore it down the slide though, it covered her butt at least.

And here comes Ava down the slide...

Come to find out Ava does not like to go by any Santa, even one's carved out of ice. It's hard to tell by the picture but this is a big Santa that you can sit in his lap. We had to quickly turn Ava around so she could not see Santa or she would have been screaming.

One of my favorites.

Just as a reminder you are still in FL and it will be 80 degrees out when you step outside so be ready peel off the layers!

Of course, my non-car sleeper did her VERY BEST to not fall asleep on the way back from Orlando... but she finally gave in right about the time we hit the Howard Frankland Bridge... sweet, only 10 minutes from home.