Hi all! I'm back! Sorry it's been a while since my last post. Our vacation here in FL has been taking up all available time...which it should. I'll be able to do this post and then will get back on schedule of regularly updating once we get back. I have to go back to work for teacher workdays on August 18. My plan is to have this TR completed by then because I know once the school year starts, I'm done for.
So when we last left off, the family and I had a good morning at DTD and got a lot of shopping done. After realizing that EoS wasn't going to happen we loaded up in the car and headed back to the hotel for lunch, swimming, and naps.
We ate our lunch first. I have NO recollection of what I ate for lunch that day. I know that DS5 had a grilled cheese instead of a PB&J for the first time...score! My guess is that I can't remember lunch because my amazing dinner sticks out in my memory too much. In the future I have to remember to take pictures of food so that I remember this stuff. I love food at Disney too much to want to forget it. I can't tell you how often I go to disneyfoodblog.com and drool over food!
Before we headed to the pool we gave the boys a special snack to eat while we were getting ready...
SO GOOD! Who can come to Disney and not get one of these (or four in our case)?!
After our yummy snack, we went for a dip in the pool before naps. The boys had a blast. It was beautiful outside and we really enjoyed a couple hours of playing in the pool.
I thought I had more pool pics from this day but I guess not...oh well.
The boys went down for naps afterwards without any problems. DH and I played some rummy while they were sleeping and then started to get ready for our dinner ADR at Kona Cafe. I had never eaten at Kona before and was VERY excited it. I'd been planning what I wanted to eat for a couple months but kept changing my mind every day.
We let the boys sleep until the last possible moment and then drove down to Poly. I was sad that Poly was going under so much construction at the time but since I had never been there, I didn't know what to compare it to. I still found the resort to be lovely. I'd love to stay there one day but on a teacher salary, I don't know if a deluxe resort is ever in the cards for us. I've also never really been convinced that it is worth it to pay that much more for a room that I'm not going to spend much time in. We'll see what the future holds.
So anyway, we arrived at Kona Cafe on time and were given a buzzer. We wandered off to take a few photos before dinner.
Minnie getting a nose picking that she wasn't expecting.
I wish we would have asked someone to take a family photo of all of us. We were really bad at that. I really think that I'm going to invest in Memory Maker next time so that I know we'll have plenty of family group photo.
Our buzzer went off within minutes and we were seated. We had a wonderful waitress. I wish I could remember her name. Because we knew there was nothing on the menu that DS2 would eat, we fed him before we got to the restaurant. So I did what I normally would not do but have realized works great when you want to have a nice dinner on vacation with a 2 year old. I gave him the iPhone and loaded up Dumbo and he was in heaven.
The kids menu didn't have anything that DS5 was really interested in either but our waitress said that she could get some macaroni and cheese from another restaurant. Normally DS5 only eats Kraft mac and cheese so we knew we were taking a chance but he said he wanted to eat it. When the food came out, he took one bite and then refused to take another and moped the entire rest of the evening. We tried desperately to get him to eat it. Even ordered some ice cream to bribe him into it but it wasn't going to happen. DS2 enjoyed the ice cream though so all was not lost.
DH ordered the lamb chops which he enjoyed but wasn't over the moon about. I didn't get a picture of them. I was too focused on getting a picture of this...
I ordered the crab rangoon sushi. It was AMAZING!!! Some of the best sushi I've ever had. I think I mentioned before that I have a deep love of sushi. I know it's not for everyone but if I could eat it every day without getting mercury poisoning I would! This was SO SO SO GOOD! I can't wait to have it again one day! I don't think I'll ever be able to order something else at Kona.
We were too stuffed to enjoy a full dessert and DS5s whining was getting the best of us. We headed back to the hotel to have an early night going to bed. Earlier in the day the boys' mickey hats had been delivered and they both refused to put them on for a picture. After they went to bed, I told DH that there was no way that we were leaving WDW without a mickey ear picture. Thus, this beautiful pic, which has turned out to be one of my favorites, was created...
The hats were a little small, especially for DH's large head, but it turned out pretty cute.
That takes us to the half way point of our trip. It's only going to keep getting better!
UP NEXT: EPCOT round 2
The blonde hair on Jackson is awesome. We're on vacation at the beach right now and I swear it has lightened up even more since we got here. It's pretty white right now.
Glad you're here to join in! I agree that I think the heat plays a really big role. We were lucky enough to plan to be out of the heat during the hottest times of the day every day but we certainly didn't completely skip the heat. We're thinking about making the next family trip in October. I've always wanted to go then. I just have to figure out how to make it work with my teaching. 
I think a beach maybe somewhere in out near future!
