The Florida Diaries Part 1: We're Small Humans In The Big Animal Kingdom

Once upon a time, we took a little trip to Florida... A month ago. I am so unbelievably behind on posting about the trip. But finally, here it is!

BIG NEWS: WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!

I was so so so so soooo happy to finally get to go to Disney World. I used to have an annual pass for Disneyland, but Disneyland could never ever compare to Disney World. Our first stop in Disney World was The Animal Kingdom. We walked through the entire park that day, and it was so lush and green and full of animals. Basically like a big giant zoo but with fun rides too! 

One of the first things we saw when we walked into the park was the famous Tree of Life in the middle of the park. But it's so big that you can see it right when you walk in the gate. It was even bigger than I thought it would be, and it's seriously so amazing how real it looks. Why can't all trees be huge and awesome like that one??

Out of everything we did at the park that day, two things were my favorite-- Exploration Everest and Kilimanjaro Safaris. The first ride we did happened to be Exploration Everest, which turned out to be kind of like The Matahorn ride, except with a Sassy Yeti haha. I love the Matahorn at Disneyland, but Exploration Everest was even better because the Yeti has sass.

And of course, I love animals, especially giraffes and elephants. So I LOVED the Kilimanjaro Safari ride. We saw a range of animals like crocodiles, hippos, wildebeest, elephants, okapi, and so much more! We even got close to some of the animals, like the white rhinos who walked right up to our safari truck. I LOVED IT. There's no way you could get so close if you went to a regular zoo. But we also got really lucky that some of the animals did come so close to us, since the park lets all of the animals roam wherever they want. They just so happened to roam close to us that day.

And it was so cool.

You can't go to Florida without seeing crocs.

My favorite little baby giraffe.

Seriously looks like a scene straight out of Lion King.

The elephant looks like the elephant emoji :)

Grandma was not so interested in the rhinos haha.  

It was a really fun day and we got to see some of my favorite animals, plus some animals I've never seen in real life before. No complaints from me! Day 1 at Disney World was a smashing success.

Friday Favorite | Mario Kart

Go Home Bowser, Get Your Fat Ass Off The Road

Everybody has played Mario Kart. And if you haven't, you've probably been living under a rock or something... because seriously how could you never have played Mario Kart??

We've been playing a lot of Mario Kart this summer (as well as Call of Duty lol) and it's honestly one of my favorite games ever. It was a big part of my childhood and it's just a really fun game. I've always been Princess Peach when I play. ALWAYS. So if you try to steal Peach away from me, don't even try it because I will fight you for her. When we were younger, we used to play Mario Kart on GameCube all the time, but the GameCube eventually broke so now we play it on the Wii. But let me tell you, trying to use that little Wii wheel to drive is pretty much impossible. I have no idea how people ever get good at using that wheel. I would choose the controller over the wheel any day.

Peach Beach because that's where Princess Peach lives ya'll.

Peach is obviously the character I love the most in the game. Because she's awesome and she's a princess, but she wears wayy too much pink. Get it together girl. And the character I hate the most is Bowser. That dirty old dinosaur. He's so heavy and always pushes you off the track so you die or runs you over at the worst times. Like dude, just go home to your huge burning castle and leave me alone! I know you love Princess Peach and all, but she doesn't love you back, so just get away from me and Peach. PLEASE.

And then there's a little gem called Rainbow Road. The rainbowiest and most dangerous road ever. If you don't know how to drift, forget about it. Especially when you're using the stupid Wii wheel, just forget about even getting to finish the race. I honestly really love this stage, but always really hate this stage at the same time. It's super fun but I seriously just suck at it haha. When everybody is on their last lap, I'm usually just starting my 2nd because I fall off sooooo much. And I hate when the boxes give you a Golden Mushroom or the Star because all they do is make me fall off of the road faster. One time I got 9th place and I was super happy--that was probably the best I've ever done on Rainbow Road on the Wii. And that's just so sad. But I'll keep practicing until one day I beat everybody. Just wait. 

LOL 12th place as usual. But not for long.

Watch out everybody, because Princess Peach is coming for you all. Soon.