Corey did a great job helping get water bottles ready for the day. Each morning we move into high gear to make sandwiches and pack snacks and water for the entire day for all of us..spread among 5 backpacks!
The tiny princess ended up with some sunburn in the morning swim so Dad got her some strawberry lemonade to help out!
We had lunch at Wendys..and had a fun talk with a regional manager there who was originally from Philadelphia but was currently living near Columbus OH so he put together our history due to Christian wearing a Phillies shirt and Rick wearing an Ohio State Buckeye one. It takes a special teen to let your baby brother force feed you fries :)
The chipmunks were available for autographs and pictures so we enjoyed stopping to meet them while Rick ran around trying to round up some Fast Passes for a few key rides the older kids wanted to do later in the day.
We enjoyed the Land ride (which Chels remembered from our visit when she was little) and also the Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush (very neat show!!!)
We split up again so the older kids could use their Fast Passes to Test Track and we found a neat ride and play area about the senses that the little ones liked!
The day before, I was in need of a way to entertain Cam for a few minutes and he was fussing so I pulled out one of our lemonade singles and showed him how I made magic lemonade...he was sold on the idea and loved helping me make the magic lemonade again today (those packets are an amazing thing in Disney..allowing you to transform your bottle of water into something different for a change!)
We had only a few moments to walk past some of the countries in the World Showcase. Caelyn wanted to see more in China so we stopped for a few moments before walking to the American Adventure theatre where we saw a neat presentation about the history of our country.
We had decided to leave a bit earlier to return to our house tonight, so we crossed over the lagoon by boat at night (wish the camera could capture the beauty of Epcot at night!) and then the older kids finished off the day by using their Fast passes to the ride Soarin' which they enjoyed (and told us all of the little kids should try it...then a disclaimer..well we think we were 50 ft up in the air..but if their shoes were on tight, they'd be ok...yes teens I'll think about that one LOL)
We loved Epcot..we had been there before and that helped, but the layout was so much better and the overall landscape so much more peaceful and relaxing than the day before at Hollywood Studios. Even many of the activities for the younger group were calming..watching fish in a large tank...taking a leisurely boat ride to listen to innovations in agriculture etc. The park is beautiful, the crowds were a lot less and there was always nice music playing in the background and beautiful fountains to look at. We all agreed that this would be one of the places we'll return to later in the week as we had just 5 hours there and wanted to see more of the countries as well as to explore some more of the technology centers there. There is also a great meet and greet section for characters that we think the little kids would enjoy so we hope to return again on Thursday.
The little kids went right to bed and our older 3 decided that if we were already going to Walmart could we find some fries for them :) They enjoyed a Tim Hawkins comedy video we had brought from home while munching on fries and uploading pictures to facebook. Rick and I headed to Walmart to replenish the snacks and drinks supplies and found matching Disney 2012 tshirts for entire family at a HUGE discount over buying them in the park!
And I've spent now 2 hours til 12:30am updating my blog! Good night!!!
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