The BEST Vacation EVER

This is going to be a long post. So here goes, we fly to Orlando. Sitting at the airport the boys are running and playing burning off energy. Macy wants to run too in her mind she is 4...So she runs and MIS judges a marble post 2 feet wide and nails it with her head. Up comes a stewardess with ice, thanks we say and ice the boo boo, Dale does a cartwheel as we are talking....Reid does a face-wheel...yep mid sentence with the stewardess he fails to use his hands on the cartwheel and dives right on his face....Carpet burn and little scratch and Macys ice....At least we had witnesses that it was all self inflicted! On the flight there we hit a little bit of turbulence, and Reid got scared and said "why is it so bumpy? Can I sit with Daddy, is it bumpy on his side? And oddly enough it was not bumpy on Daddys side...good to know. We landed and Dale said I want to live in Disney, all I need is a Playstation....and Money, and a bed, and house....So we land and get the Mini Van and Reid was conserned that we sold the Hummer and was not too happy with that idea but once that was cleared up liked the van. Can't believe I will admit to this but it was a NICE van, Toyota Sienna with automatic doors...really very nice. I still want my Hummer but very nice. All the family arrived safely and we were off. Sam was our jet setter coning from India, and them leaving for Dublin afterwards and us taking her Disney bag with us.
Sunday
We hit Universal and Adventure Island, and ate at the NBA resteraunt. Brad offered to make Reid a hat on the way in......his logic was that this would save some of his energy for later in the day...Brad does not have kids yet, and ok in theory but not so much in reality .....so Reid was a hat all week. Scott and Brad used my kids to take a picture with 2 girls from the Fantastic Four, so they were not creepy old men, just willing uncles. We rode tons of rides, Men in Black was great as well as The Hulk, The Mummy, and Spiderman Rocked. when Dale rode Jaws he was screaming "We're gonn DIE....We're gonna die! and he ment it and was terrified, he was on the outside next to the water....HILARIOUS, also did Jimmy Neutron and Dale wanted to do it over and over. Reid loved Seuss's Landing and rode all the rides in there with Dale and the Sneeches ride was apparently "made for me" quoting Dale b/c he was tall enough to ride. Sams best ride of the day was with Macy in the stroller, since she insisted on being held and Moma Sam was worn out so she sat on her lap and was pushed....all was well. We all learned a new song....a marketing strategy so slick...The Pizza Hut...Kentucky fried chicken and Mc Donalds....I will try to attach a video here...CLASSIC and we sang it ALL WEEK
MONDAY
We went to Animal Kingdom, and ate Breakfast with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. They sang Happy Birthday to Dale. Reid took pictures with the characters and Macy does NOT like them. Saw a tuft of the lions mane on the Jungle Trek, but the giraffe was awe inspiring...he walked next to the bus and was enormous and beautiful. Dale was in the Lion King Show and looked very concentrated while participating and then after said THAT WAS AWESOME! We rode Everest and Dale was a hair to small and took it very personally and was crushed but the ride ROCKED. We played football that afternoon infront of the condos with Brad, Scott, Bepaw, Me, Dale and Reid....very fun. That night we went to Downtown Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe...and the service SUCKED and food was sub-par but the company was FANTASTIC.
TUESDAY
Grandma, Bepaw, Scott, Brad, Jonelle, and Tanya went to Nasa and we stayed at the condo and went swimming. Swimming outside in December listening to christmas music was a first for me. The boys had to stay out of the Acid Water....water jets that sprayed Frigid water. We celebrated Dale's 6th Birthday with a cake from Publix, decorated with Disney Character Key chains... and also had The Eychner Christmas that night. My gifts were wrapped in a soap box, and inside had the gift written on toilet paper in red crayon....only the best baby! I actually took pictures of each gift since they were fragile and will ship them. Scott and Tanya Departed wed. a.m. sad to see them go.
WEDNESDAY
MGM....Dale rode the Tower Of Terror 3 times and LOVED it, he reasoned that he should wear his boots to make him taller so he could ride the rides and it worked....he really took the Everest turnaway hard and said several times I want to go back to ride it and that next time he will wear boots there to ride it. Reid got a certificate for his motionless 3d ride on Star Wars for his personal first class ride. He was too small for the actual ride and they did a special one for him.....very cool. We saw Lightning McQueen and Mater and took pictures which was super cool, and Macy licked a minnie Mouse cookie and made a HUGE mess....black icing not so pretty. Saw an awesome quartet 4 for a Dollar that performed before beauty and the beast. and 5 million Christmas lights and our first Florida Snow...TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH! Really cool light shows to music. To finish the day we went to Fantasmic that was Fantastic...worth the 45 min wait. WOW. We also ate at Hollywood and Vine and the food was yummy but the kids did not LOVE Jo Jo or the Little Einsteins too much.
THURSDAY
Liz and Jordan and Meghan joined us and we decided to go to Magic Kingdom 2 days. We rode Pirates of the Caribbean and Dale was picked to be a pirate with Capitan Jack Sparrow and had a sword fight. We rode The Haunted Mansion, and flying carpets and kept a close eye on the weather for the Shuttle take off. We decided to leave the park at 5 to go to NASA for the launch and then Liz lost her car and I ran around the parking lot and found it 40 mins later...MINNIE 38 commit that to memory. The trip to Nasa was a quick hour and 15 mins, and a SLOW 3.5 hours home. We went 8 miles in 2 hours...however still worth the trip, but clouds kept it grounded. Dale kept asking why does everything say NASA on it.
FRIDAY
We slept in a little bit for what will be a 14 hour day and went back to Magic Kingdom and it was COLD....like 40 and windy. So we funded Disney and bought Mickey Hats, Gloves, Sweat Suits, Blankets to keep warm. Were introduced to Trading Pins when we got pin necklaces for free on the train and traded all day, and bought several more. We had 2 double strollers and one had Dale, Reid, meghan, and Jordan crammed in and the other was Macy's chariot while she slept....other wise she rode her favorite ride....HODE JOU..(Hold you = Hold ME) ...she rode it all week, all day, and even asleep! Brad asked me "So whats' the secret, I am way stronger than you how do you hold her all the time for so long?'' Practice, my friend....biceps come with practice." We saw the Christmas Parade and great fireworks after our dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table in the castle. Macy worn her Minnie Mouse ears just long enough for a picture with Cinderella and then out they came. The Crab soup was killer and the lamb and sirlion was wonderful. Dale was sung to again for his birthday and got a little cake, the girls got wands and the boys got swords and pictures with Cinderella and The Fairy God Mother....we also saw who we thought were Cinderellas 2 ugly sisters, and Stepmother! We added a little more insurance to the boots for our height....my Mickey gloves in the socks....worked like a charm, and stocking hats! With that Reid joined us as we rode Thunder Mountain railroad and Splash Mountain. That little trick was used later for Stitches great escape, and for Dale to re-ride Space Mountain. He was turned away and CRUSHED does not even touch it...so we went and sat as Duke, Bepaw, Brad, Jonelle, and Jordan went to ride and I asked him if he wanted to try the gloves and he said they will know, I said who cares you wanna try...ok, and 3 mins later it worked so I called Brads cell phone and they waited for us in line. Dale said thanks Mom for helping me. That was worth it all right then. We stayed for Mickeys Merry Christmas Party that was the BEST. Free Co-co, and cookies and snacks, Tinkerbell flew from the castle all lit up, saw an AMAZING fireworks show, and parade and Christmas shows, and singers, rode rides, saw more characters all dressed for the holidays!
We stayed at the Orange County Country Club which was super nice ,and arrived home safe and sound and only had 2 casualties....Dales Leapster left in the minivan I hope they mail it and MY CHICKEN was thieved from the bumper of my Hummer! But we will be back December 2008!