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Thanks to the repairman fixing several issues at our house this morning, I've got the kids and dog trapped in the dining room and conservatory and had the time to get an update posted. Hooray!
June 7th, 2019 Part 4:
Once my group was finished with Spaceship Earth, it was time to head back to Shades and take a break.
And by break I mean allow the kids to drag us adults to the pool.
Alex thinks pool time is the most boring part of any vacation – he only does it because the children insist – whereas I love the free time.
This right here:
This is what vacation is all about. Books read better with the Florida sunshine and the words sink in deeper when they’re accompanied with the splash of water on a slide.
Because this was only day 1 of the trip, I didn’t want to torture Alex too much, so I dragged the kids away from the pool and got them ready to go back to the park. Let me tell you…getting the kids to leave the pool is getting harder and harder each trip. Why do I bother with planning anything else? I should just reserve us a hotel stay for a long weekend and let the kids swim for two or three days.
My mom’s birthday dinner of choice was back in Epcot, so before we could say “listen to the land” we were back in Future World, walking to the World Showcase. Not before trying to grab a group photo with the Spaceship Earth globe in the background, though!
You can clearly see Evie was still upset about having to change her pool floaties for sneakers…
My children are suckers for all things aquatic and in a loose pretense of saving our feet, I made everyone wait for the boat to journey to the opposite side of World Showcase.
The wait ended up being much longer than I expected.
C’mon, ferry! Scoot our way!
In hindsight, we probably could have walked the entirety of the World Showcase before our vessel docked, but we were shaded from the sun and had nowhere important to be. A little waiting didn’t do us harm.
On board, Landon and Evie insisted on squeezing into a bench with my mom.
Banished by the kids again!
You’d have thought my kids wouldn’t want to leave me side, having been away from me for five days. But the allure of hanging with a grandparent was too hard to resist, I suppose.
The skies were starting to look pretty dark back where we had just come from:
But in true Florida fashion, the weather around our dinner destination was still brilliant blue:
One of the million reasons my mom and I get along so well is because we share a favorite Disney meal. The two of us first ate at Via Napoli on a mom/daughter trip in 2012 and ever since the Quattro Formaggio pizza has stolen our heart. There’s nothing that says Disney time than a giant slice of pizza, washed down with a spongey bite of tiramisu.
And since I’m a sucker for sentimentality, I made my mom recreate the Photopass picture we took together in 2012:
Following the recreation photo, my family found a nice spot against a wall to sit and wait for our reservation time to draw closer. The weather – while hot – wasn’t too unbearable and we found the idle time nice. I remained true to habit and took a million photos of everyone to pass the time.
To which Alex took over the reins:
Continued in the Next Post:
June 7th, 2019 Part 4:
Once my group was finished with Spaceship Earth, it was time to head back to Shades and take a break.
And by break I mean allow the kids to drag us adults to the pool.
Alex thinks pool time is the most boring part of any vacation – he only does it because the children insist – whereas I love the free time.
This right here:
This is what vacation is all about. Books read better with the Florida sunshine and the words sink in deeper when they’re accompanied with the splash of water on a slide.
Because this was only day 1 of the trip, I didn’t want to torture Alex too much, so I dragged the kids away from the pool and got them ready to go back to the park. Let me tell you…getting the kids to leave the pool is getting harder and harder each trip. Why do I bother with planning anything else? I should just reserve us a hotel stay for a long weekend and let the kids swim for two or three days.
My mom’s birthday dinner of choice was back in Epcot, so before we could say “listen to the land” we were back in Future World, walking to the World Showcase. Not before trying to grab a group photo with the Spaceship Earth globe in the background, though!
You can clearly see Evie was still upset about having to change her pool floaties for sneakers…
My children are suckers for all things aquatic and in a loose pretense of saving our feet, I made everyone wait for the boat to journey to the opposite side of World Showcase.
The wait ended up being much longer than I expected.
C’mon, ferry! Scoot our way!
In hindsight, we probably could have walked the entirety of the World Showcase before our vessel docked, but we were shaded from the sun and had nowhere important to be. A little waiting didn’t do us harm.
On board, Landon and Evie insisted on squeezing into a bench with my mom.
Banished by the kids again!
You’d have thought my kids wouldn’t want to leave me side, having been away from me for five days. But the allure of hanging with a grandparent was too hard to resist, I suppose.
The skies were starting to look pretty dark back where we had just come from:
But in true Florida fashion, the weather around our dinner destination was still brilliant blue:
One of the million reasons my mom and I get along so well is because we share a favorite Disney meal. The two of us first ate at Via Napoli on a mom/daughter trip in 2012 and ever since the Quattro Formaggio pizza has stolen our heart. There’s nothing that says Disney time than a giant slice of pizza, washed down with a spongey bite of tiramisu.
And since I’m a sucker for sentimentality, I made my mom recreate the Photopass picture we took together in 2012:
Following the recreation photo, my family found a nice spot against a wall to sit and wait for our reservation time to draw closer. The weather – while hot – wasn’t too unbearable and we found the idle time nice. I remained true to habit and took a million photos of everyone to pass the time.
To which Alex took over the reins:
Continued in the Next Post: