This weekend has been circled on the Jovi family calendar for a long time. It’s finally here: Way before dawn tomorrow, DadJovi will be out the door for the Walt Disney World Marathon. Somewhere around mile 18, E. and I hope to catch up with him and then celebrate at the finish. But, first things…
Around Orlando
Living Spontaneously
For some mind-blowing reason, my daughter’s pre-school was closed today for a teacher service day. (Really, for 2-year-olds? E. better be the smartest toddler in Florida by the end of this year). I had a big work meeting in the morning, so our trusty babysitter came over for a few hours to watch E. I…
Santa Baby
We’ve already spent some time with Santa (and his long line) this year at our neighborhood’s holiday festival. But there was just something about the experience that didn’t leave us feeling quite Santa-fied. He was a nice enough guy, but he looked more like the town drunk (a bit too jolly?) than the Santa we…
Light Up UCF
I don’t know how some of you continue to blog every day during the holidays. I feel like I just blinked and already this weekend is over. But it was jam-packed full of holiday goodness. On Friday night, we headed out to the University of Central Florida (remember, we went to homecoming there this year?…
The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
One of our favorite family traditions is to head out to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. I’m sure we went pre-kid, but of course we never took any pictures. But for the past three years, the camera has been handy to capture precious memories like this: The first two…