Well....even though Cruz was feeling better, we decided not to push him so he stayed at the hotel with Jason...and they relaxed all day.
(I think that was actually both of their favorite days on vacation....)
My dad also was under the weather and he stayed at his hotel too,
so it was just Keaton, Lola, Nash, me and Grandma Piano.
We really had a fun day! (No offense to those who didn't join us.....) First of all the weather was actually NICE. We wore jackets right away in the morning,
but most of the day we were in t shirts and shorts.
The weather made everything seem better!
(The weather wasn't terrible the rest of the trip...it just wasn't great....)
Lola on her one of her favorite rides....the carousel.
...and Keaton too...
After the carousel, Keaton, Lola and I headed to the new part of the Magic Kingdom to see the newest ride based on The Little Mermaid. It was GREAT!
Grandma and Nash stayed and rode the carousel over and over until we got back...
two thumbs up!
Then Keaton & Lola and I rode on Winnie the Pooh, while
Nash and Grandma just played in the play areas in the line.
(Have I mentioned Nash got scared of everything that was in inside ride?)
He had to try on this awesome hat. (No, I did not let him buy it...)
The three kids in front of "pooh's house" at the ride.
...and inside of Pooh's house!
We then headed over to the race cars....Now, you have to realize, this is OUT of my Mom's comfort zone. Go Karts are NOT her thing...even if they are in a very controlled situation. BUT she graciously agreed to ride with anyone, anyone but Nash!
So...Nash drove MY car. (Well, he and Lola took turns driving)
And....Grandma rode with Keaton. Now, if you know mom, she doesn't "ride with" very many people....so Keaton must have been a great driver if she was riding with him! (she barely even looks stressed!)
Now, I mentioned in the last post that while waiting for the Dumbo ride, there was a play area. Here is Nash on one of the slides. He LOVED this place.
And Lola LOVED to balance....as you can see, it was themed after a circus. Pretty cool.
Then, of course, another ride on Dumbo!
This time, I rode with Nash, Mom and Lola rode together
....and because we didn't have enough adults...
Keaton rode alone!
He was very brave! He could have very easily squeezed in with one of us,
but then we would have 2 kids fighting over the controls to make it go up and down.
He was a little worried at first, but soon, seemed to be having a great time!
We also explored Tom Sawyer's Island....The kids really liked running around here.
Although...Nash was a little worried whenever we would go inside of a fort or tunnel....
We then rode the train back to the entrance, and headed back to the
hotel to enjoy the beautiful weather at the pool!
Today, we switched it up a bit. (It worked a lot better this way.)
We first took Nash to the pool, and then took him back to the room for his nap.
He actually had lots of fun with his Mater in the water!
The first day, we swam at the pool closest to our room, but the 2nd day we figured out that this other pool was actually in the sun, and therefore, felt a lot better.
THEN on this afternoon, Jason and the kids found their
favorite pool
...this was a small round pool right on the lake.
It had no slide, but was 3 foot on the edges and got to 5 ft in the middle (approx.)...so the kids had a blast swimming back and forth.
I think they were playing tag with Jason always being "it". I did notice that on the resort maps, this was referred to as the "Quiet Pool"
but, no worries, there was no one else there that cared if it was quiet or not.
(as usual, we are "that" family)
This was our best afternoon swimming. But also, our last full day there!
(Funny, we figured out the best swimming pool AND that Cruz's pack and play fit perfectly into the second bathroom and was a perfect place for his naps.....all on our last day!)
We ate at our resort....got our things packed up and hung around there for the evening. I should say that Cruz and Jason had a great day at the hotel while we were at the Magic Kingdom....Cruz got a couple of good naps and was back to his old self by that night.
After we had walked around our resort for a little bit, my Mom took Keaton and Lola into the Magic Kingdom to watch the 9pm parade....and then they made it back in time for the fireworks from our balcony!
(It should be noted, we had a 'standard view' room, but ended up with a view of both the Magic Kingdom AND the Bay Lake....not perfect views...but views nonetheless!)
It was awesome to see the fireworks from our room...we would put Cruz to bed, and then Keaton, Jason and I could watch from the balcony...
and our 2 kids who are scared of fireworks would sit inside with their earmuffs on, and watch from the safety of their bed.
This was a great day at Disney World....this was the day our trip turned
so. much. better.
(Healthier kids made a big difference.)
It was after this day, I wished we were staying longer...
up until this point, it felt like our trip was way too long.
As always, just as something is ending, you get it
figured out how to make it the best it can be!
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