Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
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Friday, January 19, 2018

Homeward bound, and real life

February 2017

The trip home came very early the next morning, and none of us were very happy about it. The boys fell asleep at the airport waiting for Dad to bring breakfast from 20 yards away.



 her selfie says it all: We didn't want to go home!


 Back to real life in a hurry-- Grapes got her braces off right after we got back.
Before:

After:

Some of us wanted to relive the trip over and over again. (Indiana Jones style...)

 (And Elsa style...)


In all seriousness, the dress was worn daily... 

And braids, braids, braids....

We also had a girl turn 13- and her sweet bestie threw her a surprise party. 
It was (of course) Harry Potter Themed, and I got to make her cake!
(It was harder than you'd think to make a messy, Hagrid style cake.)



Magic Kingdom AGAIN! (Disney World Trip part 7)

February 2017

We really enjoyed the cabin where we stayed. We did spend loads of time there, but we could (and maybe should) have. By our last play day we were tired from playing so hard, but we weren't through yet!



We had one more day to explore and enjoy the Magic Kingdom.  
We were able to meet up with Tia again as well. 

The Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin was a hit!






We rode the people mover! (Earlier in the week Feta and I rode it with Tia and it got stopped. We were stuck for about 45 mins.) This time went much more smoothly.



Feta and I visited Belle. She loved it almost as much as visiting Anna and Elsa.




We rode the 'new' Seven Dwarfs ride, and Pencil LOVED it.


Tia introduced us to a side adventure, as part of the "Pirates" fun, where people can participate in a sort of treasure hunt, finding clues and accomplishing tasks. My boys love it! We even got to ride the Pirates ride again because they earned fast passes.

Us girls may have paused to enjoy a Dole Whip while the boys hunted.

We unintentionally got front row spots for the daily parade, and Feta fell asleep and missed it all!









Space Mountain was another favorite! (multiple times)




Merry go round, again!


Tia taught us about Magic Kingdom's design-- it was historically inspired, and each 'land' had lots of interesting things to correspond to the respective times. (like the 'river' of brown rock in the middle of the path in frontier land is reminiscent of the raw sewage that flowed in the streets back in the day)
My boys liked trying out the Stocks.

We stopped at the Incredibles Dance Party, and Feta let it all out!

She did NOT want to dance with Frozone though!





As the day wound down, we visited the Monsters Laugh Floor.
Feta was spotlighted, and got to 'play' Boo in the movie's retelling.  
My kids laughed and laughed at all the corny, silly jokes.




Feta also got a mermaid light-up bubble blowing machine. 
It was terribly noisy, and it lasted long after our trip ended, but it made her so happy at the end of our last long day.













Monday, September 4, 2017

Sea World (Disney World Trip part 6)


February 2017




I really loved our SeaWorld day. There were lots of school groups at the beginning of the day, but they all seemed to leave around 3:00 and then we had the park mostly to ourselves!
We saw a dolphin show...






And an Orca show...





We watched fish and rays and sharks swim.





We fed a few pistachios to a squirrel.


We almost came home with a NEMO toy.




We were also privileged to meet a few of the animals that Tia gets to work with. We are truly so thankful for Tia's willingness to share such a special experience with us!
This is Bumstead and Sturby-- Male Harbor Seals





Don't worry, Tia put us to work!

This is an enormous male walrus (I think his name was Garfield!?!) 
He made some great noises and even gave us kisses. 
We didn't get to meet the famale, Kaboodle. She was next door and we could hear her. 
Tia told us she was sick. Interestingly enough, just a few weeks later SeaWorld announced the birth of their first ever baby walrus born in captivity. 
We were so close!




This is a male Beluga whale named Naluark.




We rode the rides! The fun little carnival style ones, and the BIG roller coasters. 
We really felt like we had the park to ourselves-- even staying on a roller coaster for a few rides in a row because there weren't any people in line behind us.




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