Cake & Break

This was easily one of the best winter breaks I have every had. Let's start with the beginning...

 My friend, Annie Lee, and I went to see Zoo Lights for the first time. We were quite impressed. Did you know that there are more than a million lights every Christmas for Zoo Lights? My younger brother, Noam, took this picture after we ran around the zoo trying to find this rainbow colored light wall. We promised him an elephant ear for his "good behavior" at the zoo, but the line was too long, so I promised to take him back. Oh, the promises I make. In this picture, we are attempting our best impressions of lions.

A few days later, my family and I met my grandmother from Boston and my cousins from Washington D.C in Orlando, FL. I had never been to Florida, but my dad would go with his brothers in his childhood, so it was somewhat of a reliving of that. I was presently surprised. Walt Disney World was great and we barely waited in line because I used an online touring program that organized the rides we chose in order of the least amount of waiting time (including fast passes). We also went to Universal Orlando, which I preferred because of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Also, their rides are much more...adventurous? I feel like they don't hold back anything, where Disney World does. Also, Butter beer was delicious, but very sweet. Other than amusement parks, we visited the Kennedy Space Center, which was absolutely spectacular. We saw the suits the astronauts took to space, lunar samples, and the launch pad. After that, we went on a swamp tour, where we saw a large number of alligators. I was so scared the boat was going to fall over! 

This is Beze (pronounced like the Zambeze River in Africa). We got her in early December (somewhat in honor of my birthday). She is so energetic and keeps me up all night. There is give and take in this relationship. I have to wake up at 5 AM to let her out to pee and she spends hours, listening to me practice my memorization of "The Gettysburg Address." She's great company.

My birthday was December 1st and my friend, Bridget, had hers on the 2nd. We hosted a joint-birthday party at her house. It was Princess themed, so we took lots of pictures with a brick wall, which was our "castle." Then, we watched The Princess Diaries. It was a "magical" night!

See you all soon!

Emma Rosenthal