Vacation Day 7

We survived the tornados last night. We were safe where we were. The tornado action was about 50 miles from where we are.

This was our last full day here in Florida. Mommy and Julia went to the mall to make a teddy bear. Of course Julia picked a princess bear to make. Her name is Princess Julia. After my conference was over we went for dinner at the Olive Garden. What we have noticed here in the USA is that food portions are HUGE. We can never finish what we order. It's a good thing we are heading home tomorrow or else we'll all be Super Sized in short order. After dinner Julia and I took a dip in the pool (burrrr!).

We are off to the airport early morning and will be back home in the afternoon.





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