Disney - Take 2

In case you didn't know, Preschool is stressful. So stressful in fact that after a month, we all needed a vacation. Ha, right! Whoever considers a Disney trip with two preschoolers as "vacation" must be completely crazy. But, we did have a good time and made some great family memories. We headed out to Orlando last Saturday and spent the day at Typhoon Lagoon. Both of the kids swimming skills have improved dramatically since our last visit to the water parks, so our trip was SO much fun. Hayley absolutely LOVED the slides and we felt more comfortable with her ability to do some of the bigger slides by herself.

This trip was pretty eye opening for me in terms of revealing the difference in our children's personalities. Hayley is hands down my dare devil, my child with no fear. Todd on the other hand... bless his little heart.

The kids were so excited to spend the day at Epcot.
We started the morning by taking a journey back in history. This of course, made Todd a bit nervous.
After surviving Spaceship Earth, we spent some time with Nemo. Todd was thrilled to see Nemo!
A soothing boat ride was ride up Todd's alley while Hayley and I waited for our turn to go on the super cool Soarin' ride.

The kids worked up a HUGE appetite and enjoyed lunch as much as the rides!


Todd getting ready to get his "Captain EO" on. Brian was really happy with me for talking him into sitting through Captain EO. Surprisingly, the kids thought it was the coolest show ever. Good 'ol Michael Jackson has a way...
After a few more rides, we returned to the condo to rest up. The flaw in our plan was thinking the kids would actually nap. I'll be darned if Hayley was going to give into a nap and she'd already convinced Todd that he didn't need one either. They were both adamant that they were "not tired." And so... we returned to Epcot for a 9pm fireworks show with our 2 and 4 year olds who had been awake since 6am that morning. Both kids told me over and over that they weren't tired. They danced around all evening and thoroughly enjoyed the fantastic Epcot fireworks show...

... and then did this before we'd even made it out of the park. (The Roberts' kids passed out in their strollers is along the lines of a total eclipse... it only happens once in a lifetime.)
The next morning we headed to Magic Kingdom. The kids battled Zurg.
This trip Todd was totally into driving the race cars.
And he tells us he enjoyed his first roller coaster ride, but me thinks this face tells a different story. As we climbed the first hill, I think Little T was having a bit of remorse!
Hayley more than made up for Todd's lack of adventure. She was biting at the chomp to have her first turn on Splash Mountain. And can you guess what her favorite ride of the whole trip was??

We had many more fun moments and the kids just really enjoyed the whole Disney experience this trip! These Florida kids just have no idea how spoiled they are living this close to The Mouse!