Oh Lord, this report was on page 4. Unacceptable. Now that I have dug myself out from the holiday and post-holiday mess, life can get back to normal I hope! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with their family and friends. We did of course, but I'm glad the girls go back to school tomorrow. I will miss my afternoon naps, though. We did see Star Wars: The Force Awakens and loved it, all 4 of us. The kids were spoiled with presents from all 4 sets of grandparents (Jason and I both have divorced parents), Santa, and us.
Here are a couple pics of their favorite Christmas gifts. Lucy, the
Lego queen. This was one of 7 different sets she got. Not all Star Wars, but this was a favorite.
Maura and her jeep. She saw a commercial for this a few months back and had to have one because "Grandpa Mike just got a blue jeep." Grandpa Mike is my dad and he did indeed get a blue jeep last spring. His dream car. Well, Maura loves it, saw the commercial, and needed one of her own. We werent' about to spend $250+ for a new one. We need that cash to save for Disney trips! So, I started looking around and found this one on Craigslist for $40. $40!!!!!!! It works great and is in really good condition. She has no idea it isn't "new." This was our balmy 40 something degree Christmas Day. She got to take it for a spin.
And here are the girls on December 26th at Force Awakens. They were excited.
Anyway, we had a nice holiday, but let's get back to Disney. Oooh, speaking of Disney, our next door neighbors and good friends leave tomorrow for their very first trip to Disney! They gave that to their kids for Christmas! Santiago, one of Lucy's BFF's has been asking to go forever. They are big travelers and their kids have been to Germany, Austria, France, Columbia, Peru, Mexico, and tons of other places. The ONE place they wanted to go was Disney. When our kids got their Magic Bands in July and showed them to the neighbors, Santiago sadly said "I'll never have one of these." Little did he know the trip was already being planned! I helped Jackie (the mom), plan everything and they found out Christmas Eve. Santiago and his sister Gabriela, who is a Frozen addict were super excited. We made them autograph books and can't wait to hear about their adventures!
Okay, so enough. Let's get back to
our trip. We had just left the fountains and saw that JII had a wait time of zero minutes. None of us had ever been on this before, so in we went! Before we go in though, I found this video Jason took at the fountains!
Here are the soaked children as we got into our car.
Karyn took this picture on her phone and posted it to FB. One of my favorite pics of all of us!
Such nerds. The ride was cute and fun. It was one of Lucy's favorites of the trip! These are the 2 best pics I got on the ride.
The song at the end was so catchy we were all singing it for quite a while afterwards. "One little spark, from me and you..." I know you're all singing it now.
We of course had to look around in the pavilion for a bit. The kids loved all the games to try.
This one was super cool.
Lucy's making her own Figment that we emailed to me, but never got. Jason got the one he made like 5 weeks after we got back, but ours never showed up.
After playing the games for a bit, we of course had to look in the dump shop. Guess what Maura got? You'll never in a million years guess. Okay, you probably will.
SHE GOT A STUFFED FIGMENT! She's now up to 3 new stuffed animals on the trip. I know there is a picture of him that will show up at some point. After shopping, we headed back to The Land. We had gotten FP+ for LWTW earlier and went back to use them. My blisters were slowly getting worse, but I took one for the team and soldiered on. It was only the 2nd park day. I had to man up and deal. Back into The Land and in line we got. The girls found a Hidden Mickey.
I don't remember why they didn't post with it. That's not like them. I don't know if you've noticed, but my children enjoy being photographed. I'm not sure if it's obvious.
We were on the ride in about 30 seconds and we saw the chicken. I think this picture turned out so well because I think my flash accidentally went off. Oops. I made sure that didn't happen again.
I saved the rest of the pics for the gardens. Is that what they are called? Gardens? I'm trying not to post too many. You've all seen them before!
Who knew pepper came from this?
Mmmmmmmmm....chocolate before it's chocolate.
Hidden Mickey AND Minnie! The kids were excited about this.
I like hot stuff, but no.
Mickey tree!
Mickey lettuce!
Another Hidden Mickey! The girls were on fire and loving all the ones they were finding.
We finished up our ride and decided to start heading over to World Showcase. We stopped for a penny press first.
And we encountered a Disney Duck! She was very friendly.
continued in next post.