Florida Vacation part 2: Downtown Disney and the Zoo

While we were in Florida, we decided against going to Disney World because she is still young and wouldn't want to be there for very long so it would be a waste of money. We did go to Orlando however, and stopped at Downtown Disney. They had disney songs blasting so Laneah would randomly dance:) She loved the statue of Mickey and Minnie.
We went into the Disney Store there, which was huge! She found a stuffed animal cat that she loved. She immediately snuggled it and gave it about 50 kisses before we left the store. She wouldn't let go of it for the lady at the checkout and the lady said "We get that all the time, we never take the toys from the kids" Lol. Laneah wouldn't even stop snuggling with her kitty to take a picture with Cinderella.

In the store, they have a Bibity Bobbity Boutique wher little girls get dressed in princess gowns and have their hair done with crowns and everything. It was so cute. I can't wait to bring Laneah back when she is 3 or 4. Jason seriously had to drag me out of the store so I didn't buy all of the princess dresses they had:)

They had a Lego Land and all of these huge Lego built animals. They even had a Loch Ness Monster coming out of the water.
We visited the Lowry Zoo in Tampa in the morning before we went to Orlando, which is rated the number one Zoo in the country for children. They have a stingray bay where you can pet stingrays like Laneah is doing in the picture below.
What was really cool about the Zoo was they had feeding stations for a lot of the animals. You could feed giraffes, rhinos, and several other animals. It cost money to feed them, but you could still go the the feeding station. We walked right up to this giraffe with his giant tongue.

The children's part of the zoo had a little water park, which was great because it was over a hundred degrees and extremely humid.
They had an area to pet the goats, which Laneah liked, but she kept wanting to sit on the ground which was filled with goat dung so she didn't stay in there very long.
So we took her outside the gate and let her feed the goats some pellets. She loved when they licked her hands.
There were two ladies who worked at the zoo who walked around with this baby Llama and you could pet it and take your picture with it.

I have never seen a Zoo like this. They had a Carousel and roller coaster rides throughout the Zoo. You could also ride on ponies and camels. Laneah had a great time and she was very tired when we left:)