Disney!!

Well, after a "quick" 11 hour drive with 3 kids under the age of 6, we made it to Disney World! Okay, so it wasn't so quick and involved an overnight stay in Savannah in a small room with 2 double beds. We all slept SO well. Not. Oh well, it was a means to an end.

We got here too early to check into the house, but we were able to use the neighborhood clubhouse and go swimming, so that's what we did. How refreshing after leaving a SNOWY Blacksburg behind.

After Poppa, Gommy, Laura, Grams, and Peep all arrived, we headed out to our first Disney experience...Downtown Disney. Pretty cool. Like a Myrtle Beach "Boardwalk at the Beach" on crack. We're pushing the envelope a little with Ethan this week (making him do stuff that might terrify him just a little), so we went to the T-Rex restaurant and experienced some very real looking dinosaurs and some frequent "meteor showers". It was pretty intense. Pretty late too, as we didn't finish until about 9:30. I don't think Brynn has ever been up past 8pm, so she was tired, but she was a trooper. Needless to say, the kids were WIPED OUT!

So for our first FULL Disney day, we headed out to Animal Kingdom. As soon as we got there, we went to the Everest Roller Coaster ride to get a "Fast Pass" and ride it later. But there was only a 15 minute wait, so we decided to ride it then. The height requirement is 44 inches and just so happens Blythe is exactly 44 inches tall. So her very first ride experience at Disney was a full blown roller coaster, complete with high speeds, going backwards, complete darkness, and even backwards in the complete darkness. But she LOVED it!

Her second ride experience was a much more toned-down dinosaur version of "Dumbo". Ethan could ride this one too.



After a quick photo op with Pluto and Goofie (that Ethan completely chickened out of), Ethan went to play on a giant playground and Blythe went with Poppa, Laura, Gommy, and I to ride "Dinosaur".

After that ride, Blythe said, "Mom, I don't ever want to ride that again". I had thought she was having a great time, but apparently she was terrified.



Have you ever seen a look that says "utter terror" more than that in your life? Hilarious.

Before lunch, we hit up the Finding Nemo show, which was AMAZING. A really, really great show. Brynn was enthralled and everyone in our party enjoyed that show.

Blythe begged and begged to have her face painted, so after lunch we found a place. I have to admit, it is pretty adorable.


We did a safari ride through Africa, then finished off with a 3D show of "It's Tough to be a Bug". We ignored the signs that it might "terrify young children", because our kids are pretty tough right? Not Ethan. Screamed and screamed at the pretend 3D bugs trying to get the audience.

And how did Brynn do at the park? She quite liked her stroller and took 2 good naps in it. She seemed like she loved the park, don't you think?