next, the kids wanted to explore tom sawyers island & that was pretty fun. Adv loved the fort and barrel bridge, but really didn’t like the caves. But Lauren was a champ; she loved exploring. And even a spill on the bridge didn’t keep her down. It was something new for us & we enjoyed it. But man, the heat was kicking in. we then had lunch at pinnochio house. Pizza & salads all around. The millers had wrapped up bfast so we met them at splash mtn. nana &papa wanted a break, and headed back to the hotel. so it was ten of us. We had a log to ourselves. I think everyone really enjoyed that ride. It was another first for most of us. Steph even bought the pic. Lauren thought it was awesome: water rides seem to be her favs.
We walked down to the shooting arcade & let the kids play. I picked up some frozen strawberry lemonades & we enjoyed some shade. We split up from the millers who were headed for lunch. Our fam headed to big thunder mtn. mom & dad sat that one out. so it was just the four of us. That was really fun. I sat w/lrv & she loved it. LOVE that girl.
Then we decided to split boys & girls. dad, adv & bdv went to pirates, swiss fam treehouse & then adv designed his own mouse ears at the chapeau. The girls hopped the railroad (first time) & headed to toon town (first time). we braved the hour long line for tink. Lauren was a champ. But wow that was a wait. She got super shy around the fairies, but I think she enjoyed it. After that we chose a baby jasmine souvenir & took some pics the three of us in front of the castle. We stayed about an hour too long (it was 4:30 back at hotel) but Lauren had a fantastic day. And that’s what it’s all about!
We headed back to the magic kingdom about 6:30pm. The plan was to ride buzz lightyear, get dinner & find a good fireworks spot. My parents, papa & Andrew went on carousel of progress while the rest of us battled zurg with buzz lightyear. Then we went to cosmic rays for dinner. The plan was to get it to go & eat while watching the fireworks. But man, the park was jammed, the restaurant was slow & there were no good spots to be had. The fireworks began while I was carrying the food out. with no good place to put it. So everyone watched fireworks standing in front of the bathrooms outside cosmic rays. We ate inside rays after they were over.
Then we tromped over to frontierland and shopped around before the mainstreet electrical parade. We bought a set of star wars pins & split it btw the kids. Andrew is content to never trade again, but Lauren found several castmembers w/baby princesses to trade for. Time went pretty quickly & then the parade was upon us. I held Lauren who stood on some barrel planters to see. Mom & dad stood with us. Brian and Andrew were content to play checkers while the parade passed by.
Afterward, the boys decided to stay, since Andrew is such a night owl. They rode tomorrowland speedway, the peoplemover & astro orbiter. My folks and I took Lauren on home. She was fading fast & I ended up carrying her from main street. The bus lines weren’t long, but it took the guy 30 min. to load two ecvs. Seriously. So it was 10:45 before we got home. And we went straight to bed. Andrew woke me up at 12:15am with a whispered “good morning mom. I stayed up til midnight!” he was super-excited and clearly they had had some good guy time. Plus they brought me back a cinnamon roll for bfast. Love my boys ☺
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