Molly’s 2nd Happy Birthday

Last Friday, May 18, Molly celebrated her 2nd Happy Birthday by playing with dolphins, seeing exotic animals, enjoying magical rides, and having dinner with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, and Princess Belle. And of course, to Molly’s greatest joy, she also spent the day with her cousin Robby. It was the last night that we would spend in Disney World and the perfect columniation of a perfect family vacation. Lindy, Molly, and I, along with all of Lindy’s immediate family, spend seven days in Orlando and enjoyed subdued whirlwind of family fun. We hit all the major theme parks, including Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, the Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, and Sea World. This was really Lindy and Molly’s vacation they were filled with thrilling happiness each day, which in turn made my vacation all the better. Furthermore, there wasn’t one major problem the whole time, in fact there was only one small minor issue to even mention, which was the worst all-you-can-eat lobster buffet ever (and Lindy complained and we only have to pay half, so it really wasn’t even that bad).

My favorite part of the vacation was feeding Molly dinner at her Happy Birthday party. She really wanted pizza (which she normally doesn’t like), but when it came she loved it. Real life princesses came by every few minutes and took pictures and hugged and kissed Molly (who was shy around them, but super excited before and after they came). We had seen seals earlier in the day and Molly was pretending to be one as I stuffed pizza in her mouth. I can’t type the sound that she makes impersonating the seal, but it was a blissful honking sound. She was so happy and I was too.

Videos are available at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=molly+lipka&num=10&so=1&start=0

Now all my single, childless friends can feel free to throw up after reading this overly perky and chick-flick-esk blog.

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