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Sea World: Day 6 @GKTWVillage

They say time flies when you're having fun and it's true. We've been at Give Kids the World for six days now and we're leaving to make our way home in the morning. On our final day here, we decided to go to Sea World. While I have some fundamental issues with Sea World, the kids may never have a chance to experience something like this again. The Sea World close to us is no longer open and honestly, having seen the documentary Blackfish, I'm not too upset about that. This was actually the first sunny day we've had since arriving here in the sunshine state. lol Not only was it sunny, it was hot and humid as well. The boys were not liking the weather at all. We did…

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October 6, 2017
Read more about the article I’m ready to get back to my imperfect life
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I’m ready to get back to my imperfect life

We've been gone for a week. That's seven days longer than we've ever been gone before. It's been an amazing experience and I've enjoyed every single minute of it. Having said that, I'm ready to get home. I'm ready to see Maggie and get back to our imperfect life. I truly miss our imperfect life. We're going to be leaving in the morning and making our way back to Ohio. I have roughly two, eight hour drives between me and my house. I'll be sad leaving Give Kids the World because it's absolutely amazing here, but it's time to part ways and get back to the real world. When you're living inside the walls of Give Kids the World, it's like the real world is kept at bay. All the…

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October 6, 2017
Read more about the article It’s our last full day at Give Kids the World (@GKTWVillage)
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It’s our last full day at Give Kids the World (@GKTWVillage)

It's our last day at Give Kids the World and we can't get a consensus of what everyone wants to do. It's more like what everyone feels up to doing. Elliott and Emmett don't want to even go to breakfast, but they do want to go to SeaWorld. It does appear that the bulk of the rain will be holding off unril later this afternoon. That would allow us to pull off SeaWorld. Personally, I'm feeling exhausted and not at all looking forward to the eighteen hour drive home tomorrow. Can we just stay here, and make this our new home?

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October 6, 2017
Read more about the article The weather has canceled our plans for today
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The weather has canceled our plans for today

There are zero plans for today because it's storming and will continue to for the next few days. Going to any parks is simply unrealistic at this point. Our priority for today is to attend the Christmas party tonight. Apparently, Santa is going to make an appearance and deliver presents to the kids. Needless to say, the kids are super excited about that. ☺ I'm going to grab a nap because I was up with Emmett throughout the night and I'm still worn out from yesterday.

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October 5, 2017
Read more about the article Wishes Can Happen: Pictures from Universal Studios (Day 4)
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Wishes Can Happen: Pictures from Universal Studios (Day 4)

We had a pretty awesome day, and spent a large part of it at Universal Studios. We were very realistic about the kids limitations and rather than trying to create in as much as we could, we instead focused on what everyone wanted most. Our priority was everything Harry Potter and we managed to do just that. The weather was really crappy and it rained most of the time but that didn't stop us from making the most of our opportunity. Lizze and the boys picked out their official Harry Potter wands and aside from almost having a stroke when I paid for them, it was such an amazing thing to see the looks on their faces as they swished and flicked. ☺ We spent a few hours walking around…

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October 4, 2017
Read more about the article We’re heading off to Universal Studios today
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We’re heading off to Universal Studios today

We're going to be heading off to Universal Studios today. Everyone wants to see the Harry Potter stuff and buy their very own Harry Potter wand. The boys are in a pretty good mood this morning, with the exception of Elliott. He's being super grouchy and uncooperative. Part of that is he's still feeling rundown but the rest of it is anxiety/Autism, with a smidgen of pre-teen drama. I'm hoping everything works out today. It should be fun and I'm feeling pretty good about the balance were striking between time at the parks and time at the condo. ☺

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October 4, 2017
Read more about the article Give Kids the World (@GKTWVillage): Pictures from Day 3
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Give Kids the World (@GKTWVillage): Pictures from Day 3

I've already shared how we stayed close to home (our condo) today. Elliott wasn't feeling well and we're trying to balance everything out so the kids don't implode from overstimulation. It was kind of a lazy day and I really feel like that was the right decision. We explored Give Kids the World Village and checked a bunch of things out. We hit the ice cream parlor and visited a few of the other amazing things that GKTW has to offer. Lizze has made it her mission to photograph all of the fire hydrants because they're all painted in cute little costumes. I think she got all of them today and they really are super creative. ☺ The boys and I spent some time catching a few of the lizards…

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October 3, 2017