Easter 2013
First day of our Disney visit:
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Playground
Aerosmith's Rockin' Roller Coaster
This kid was not into the stroller while there at all. Finn rode so nicely but she didnt want anything to do with it most of the time.
Second day was our visit to Magic Kingdom
As I mentioned before, we invited Stephen's sister to join us. Well Lorelai, also thought this was a fabulous idea. Here on the monorail, you can see just how upset she was about that decision, haha.
Castle show going on.
Thursday night, as we were all getting ready for bed. The kids were sleeping after having showed signs of being completely exhausted from the trip so far. The park had been pretty hot that day and they spent a decent amount of the time in the stroller, even with getting out often to do activities. So as we prepared to go to bed, with the thought of getting up the next morning to hit EPCOT, I asked Stephen if we should take Friday off. Give the kids time to run around in their diaper and enjoy themselves in our suite a bit. After all, its their vacation too and thats their favorite thing. We had brought some new toys, that would be new and interesting to play with in the hotel, so we knew they would have fun. It would also give us a chance to go to the store like we needed Then in the evening we could clean up and go enjoy a nice relaxed dinner at Wildnerness Lodge. The nights before that had been grabbing quick dinner because we were on the road, or tired and ready to crash. He agreed to this idea, so we went to bed with the excitement of sleeping in and having a nice relaxed vacation day. After all, thats one of the reasons we had planned the number of days that we did.
We made the right decision, that Friday was the perfect day to the kids and even his sister, who had been dealing with some back pain herself, The kids and her relaxed while Stephen and I hit the store for breakfast food and some snacks for our room. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Once evening hit, we all got cleaned up and dressed and went to a delicious dinner. It was the perfect rest day.
On Saturday, feeling all refreshed we visited EPCOT. Which ended up being a great idea because, it was even less crowded than the others had been. I guess people depart on Fridays to be home by Monday.
It was a great day, with mellow lines. We knew we made the right decision.
On Sunday, his sister suggested instead of a date night that we spend the day together. Since a day isnt offered to us often we obviously took it. She had been awesome with the kids all week, so I had no issues with her watching them that long. We left her the stroller so they could go out to the playground at our hotel and went on our way. We decided to use the extra day on our ticket and go back to Magic Kingdom. We had missed a few attractions before because of rain, so we went and spent the day there.We got there early, had breakfast overlooking the castle and just had a fun day together. It was perfect!
Sunday night, when we returned to the hotel, we got things sorted and did the beginning stages of packing. Then Monday morning, we woke early packed everything up and checked out and went to Animal Kingdom, our final stop.
This is the train station I worked at when I did the college program. I drove the train.
Stopped for lunch, the backs of the chairs were butterfly wings, which made her look like one.
Getting tired.
We finished the day in Dinoland. Here they have a large playground they call the Boneyard. In this they have an area with trickling water that comes through the rock. Out of the entire week, this is the most fun they had. Since we were on our way out, I let them get as wet as they wanted. They loved it! It completed the super fun week we had just had.
We got to the van stripped the kids down and started the long drive home. On the last leg of our drive I started feeling symptoms of a cold. So once we were home and for the next 4-5 days I was stuck home with a full blown cold. It is not fun to try to unpack and get things back in order when you feel that miserable.
For those wondering, the road trip with our toddlers went surprisingly well. On the way there, we left late so they slept through it all. On the way back we left about 7 but they were so exhausted that they slept that direction too. They woke about 8am the next morning, so we stopped and had breakfast and let them stretch. Then we put them back in seats with their activity trays and finished the drive.
The couple of weeks since being home were mellow and boring. The kids and I have mostly been home with the occasional outings to play at the park and such. Today we are having some family visit, they have a little boy between their ages so they are gonna love it. I just wanted to come update this. I wanted to write daily while on vacation but the hotel charged for internet. So anything social was done on my phone but blog had to wait.
Hope everyone is doing well, and getting geared up for their summer fun. It's approaching quickly!
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