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| Giraffe & Ankole Cattle from our balcony |
We thought about heading into one of the parks for a bit, but when we asked the kids what they wanted to do first the resounding answer was THE POOL! We had a quick dinner at our hotel and then went swimming.
MONDAY (10/15)
Monday morning we headed out to Animal Kingdom for Donald's Safari buffet breakfast. Cole decided that he did not like the characters and did not want autographs or pictures with any of them. Summer on the other hand was a major ham with all of the characters and was super excited that the chef made her special non-dairy waffles and brought them out complete with a scoop of non-dairy butter and a little pitcher of her own syrup. (I really can't say enough about the food allergy program here at Disney, but will probably make a separate post about that later).
After breakfast we all went on the Safari and then split up in a couple directions afterwards. Everyone wanted to go on the rapids except for Princess Summer who doesn't like to get her face wet! (Cole had an absolute blast on the Rapids and then at Festival of the Lion King) She decided on her own that she wanted to go shopping and reminded me that she had her own money to spend. They have been saving money in the banks for our trip and received some additional money from family for the trip. I loaded this money on gift cards with their names on them and the deal is that they can buy what they want, but when the money is gone they get nothing else. We went through a store with loads of little girl toys and she like a lot of things. I kept reminding her that we should look at all of the choices before making her final decision. We did find a Princess Castle that she loved but was more money than she had on her card so we decided to put that on her Christmas list for Santa. Here are her final picks for the day:
After shopping we decided to hit up some characters while everyone else was doing rides & shows.
Summer & I really had some great Mommy/Daughter time and it was really fun for me to watch her do exactly what she wanted to do. She also got so excited for me when we saw Eeyore... she squealed, "Look Mommy.... It's Eeyore your favorite!".
Cole had an equally fun time with everyone else!
After some rest at the hotel we headed into the Magic Kingdom for the evening. Jim and I were super excited because we learned that they were having a dress-rehearsal for portions of the new fantasyland! We got to go on the new Ariel ride (which Summer & Cole were scared of because they thought it was going to get dark) and look at the new castle and sampled a LeFou's Brew which was a delicious frozen treat. After dinner they finally got to take Mom-mom on the teacups and rode some other rides before heading back to the hotel for the night.
I'll try to get caught up on the rest of our adventures this week.
PS - I know that it appears from these pictures that I only have 1 child, but Cole DID NOT want his picture taken on the first day or two of the trip. Don't worry he overcame this and is in many more pictures later in the week.
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