Herbie!!!!

I loved the Herbie movies when I was little .......my dream car is a beetle convertible!!! My Mum used to have a beetl when I was little - it was red!

Today was chilly....it got to around 16c but wasn't sunny.....it has been dry during our holiday though which is good - only rained one evening! Tomorrow back to warm weather and Thursday will be 25c :)

Theres no escaping......

This was on a big billboard in MGM Studios...so uh yes I HAD to take a picture!

A few more pictures from our day........

The children enjoying their day at MGM Studios!!!!

Cars.......

Sams favourite movie and his favourite movie character Lightning McQueen!!!!! It was so exciting to see them :) They made a hige performance of bringing these cars out to meet the children.......just wonderful!

Laurence finally meets a hero!

Laurie was so so pleased to meet Woody and get a picture with him!

Ding dong the witch is dead!

The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favourite movies and I have this weird obsession with the Ruby Slippers - Lloyd gave me a gorgeous snow globe for Christmas with the Ruby slippers inside and the heels click together!

Anyway....I was THRILLED to see the Witches hat on display at MGM today.......that Witch used to scare me so so much! There is even a house just off of Hwy 14 that looks just like the witch.....it's green just like her and reminds me of her every time I go past.

Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to wear this hat??? Even for a minute??????

MGM Studios....

We had a great day at the Disney MGM Studios.......the highlights of the day were Sam meeting Lightening McQueen and Mater from Cars....and Laurie meeting his Hero - Woody!!!!! He was soooo excited and thrilled to meet him! I liked meetng the 'Green Army Man' from Toy Story! We also met Mr Incredible!!!!! The Indiana Jones show was really good.....and so was the backstage ride.....

I'm too tired to sort out pictures tonight so you'll have to wait for those :) We had a great day though :)

The parade was great and the sets and streets were just brilliant! Abigail met one of the Little Einsteins....I had never heard of them but she was really excited.....Susie met Kim Possible and also the people from High School The Musical which pleased her........

I had my picture taken by the Tower of Terror....a ride I will NEVER forget!!!!

MGM Studios is a great park!!!! We really enjoyed it :) Chris loved the movie theme as he wants to work in film-making when he is older.......he bought himself a Mickey Mouse 'Oscar'!!

Don't wanna go home :(

It is so lovely here...so warm and sunny and I am sat here at 8:30pm listening to the children splashing around in the outdoor pool having sooooo much fun! It doesn't seem real that in a few days we will be heading back to minus temperatures and all that snow :( I really don't want to go back to that....I really want to move South of the border to the warmer weather........this winter in Alberta has been sooooooo LONG :(

Its like summer here and I don't want it to end :(

Just horrible!!!!

For the last couple of hours all I have been saying is......'Horrible! Just horrible'!!!!!!!

I went on the Hollywood Hotel 'Tower of Terror' ride at MGM Studios....and it was .....just HORRIBLE!!!!! Never ever again!!! Laurie hated it and went on 3 times!!!! Susie hated it but begged Lloyd to take her again straight afterwards! Chris went on twice too.......the kids love all the rollercoasters and luckily are big enough to go on them by themselves so go on again and again....Susie LOVES them! I went on the Aerosmith Rockster one or whatever it is called too.......straight after Tower of Terror....it was ok.......nothing compares to Tower of Terror...omg it is so horrible! I am so glad I went on it but NEVER AGAIN!!!!

Tara you HAVE to go on it!!!!! Such a well made ride but HORRIBLE....JUST HORRIBLE!!!!

Louise!!!

Congratulations on becoming an Aunty again!!!! Congratulate Richard for me....although I only remember him as the 'grouchy big brother' lol! So hard to imagine him as a Dad!!!