Walley World 2012

Bobcat and Ocelot joined their maternal grandparents, the Fiscus contingent, Aunt Sara and cousin Lucy in central Florida for a vacation in the magical land of Walley World. Roslyn perfected her crawling and grew a tooth during her stay. Josie loved swimming (basically walking around on the steps of the pool), playing with her cousins, and getting extra attention from Daddy and Grammy.

The older cousins built a train out of booster seats

Josie and Roslyn got to know cousin Lucy much better

The happiness! It burns!

Josie had mixed feelings about the Magic Kingdom. She loved the music and characters best of all, but was particular about what rides she preferred. She was brave enough to go on a small roller coaster and as many spinney rides as she could get to. On the other hand, Josie was terrified to tears on any ride with darkness. "It's a Small World" was the lone exception to that rule.

Avery and Josie wait to board their boat to see the singing dollies

"That Josie! Such a card!"

Taking it all in

Daddy has been banned from the Mad Tea Party since he barfed in his tea cup back in '84.

Dad and Roz wait for Mama and Josie to board their tea cup

It's a mad world!

Snuggle Roz

Josie hated the ever-loving crap out of the Buzz Lightyear ride. Mama was surprised because Josie seems to really like Woody and Buzz. She had the opportunity to shoot stuff and turn the car, but instead Josie cried in Mama's lap.

Daddy: shooting; Roslyn: chewing on the ride; Josie: crying; Mama: flailing

Merry-Go-Round and Round!

Too pooped to walk out on her own

Little Miss Big Stuff

Rozzie loves the water and hated ever having to leave the pool. Daddy likes to point out that her swim suit has "horizontal stripes to accentuate the bust and vertical stripes to slim the hips."

Lemme at it!

Josie mistakenly called a koala on "It's a Small World" a Mickey Mouse. For the rest of the trip, every Mickey was a koala. She's fun, that Jos.

Josie and koala

Musical Roz

Cruisin Roz

Josie cools off in a fountain

For Josie two redeeming qualities of Epcot Center were: the fountains and the musical performance. She and Roz really got into a Moroccan group and a kilt-clad classic rock group.

Using her world traveler bear as a guitar. Mama beams with pride.

Grammy and Josie got to spend one afternoon together at Magic Kingdom and they both had a ball. Josie danced to some musical performances, ate an obscene amount of peanut butter, and criticized toddlers for using pacifiers.

Josie SO loves her Grammy

Roslyn SO loves to suck on shoes!

Everyone missed Uncle John and Aunt Rebecca, but Josie and Roz are hoping to catch up with them on their upcoming trip to Kentucky.