Day 2 - Hollywood Studios

This morning we were up at dawn and out the door by 7:30a.m.

We had a character breakfast at Hollywood & Vine with the Little Einsteins and JoJo & Goliath. We actually made it on time, it was so neat to be in the park before it opened. The boys really enjoyed meeting JoJo and Leo from the Little Einsteins, but Carson was a bit afraid of June from the Little Einsteins for some reason!!

After breakfast we started riding rides. Cameron wanted to start with the Tower of Terror but I felt like since we had just eaten I did not want to re-visit breakfast so soon! ;o) So, we headed to Little Mermaid Voyage of the Sea, after that we saw Playhouse Disney and High School Musical. We rode the Great Movie Ride and then the Backlot Tour. This is what Cameorn looked like on MOST of the attractions today:But, we followed each attraction up with meeting characters. The boys met Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, Mickey Mouse, and some of the cast of The Incredibles!

After meeting characters we headed off to play on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids set:

After the boys got a chance to play for awhile we headed over to Star Tours, which is a ride Carson was too small for, so he enjoyed some ice cream instead:And to finish off the day we ate at the 50's Prime Time Diner and then enjoyed Fantasmic! But, before we could leave the park Cameron INSISTED that he got to ride the Tower of Terror, which is similar to the Cliffhanger at Six Flags only it is set in a haunted mansion and doesn't go up and down one time, but FOUR times!!! While Eric and Cameron rode the ride I sat out with Carson and let him take "pictures" with his new "camera phone." ;o)

We had a great day at Hollywood Studios. It was a bit funny how Cameron got on the scariest of rides but sat in the floorboard of all the slow "movie" type rides. Anything with explosions and fire was not a fun ride for Cameron!!! But, all the big rides were ridden with some pretty good bribes by daddy!! ;o) Tomorrow we will be sleeping in as much as possible and then heading out to Epcot Center. We are only touring Future World tomorrow, hoping to take it as easy as possible!

Our Travel Day

Well, the boys weren't real impressed with flying, BORING!!! :o) Mommy met her friend Keli at the airport for a VERY QUICK hello before she had to head back to Philadelphia.

Then came the waiting -

We flew from DFW to Miami, and let me tell you, Miami has the grossest airport!!! Ewwwy!! The boys did have a fun time playing around this zoo advertisement that had this big giraffe statue. They "made a friend" with another little boy waiting on his flight, it was a riot because he couldn't speak English but that didn't make a difference. Cameron did ask if he spoke Spanish, then went on to tell him that we just speak regular. ;o) Our flight was delayed into Orlando, so we left about an hour after we were supposed to and didn't get into Orlando until about 3p.m. Once we landed we found our way to the "Magic Express" which brought us right to our resort! We got checked in about 5p.m. and immediately went to the cafeteria for burgers and fries...long day of travelling will really work up an appetite!

Once settled in we were supposed to get our luggage and head out to the Pirate and Princess Party, but our luggage was delayed so we did not get to wear our costumes to the party, which was probably more of a disappointment to me than to the boys!!! So, first things first...when visiting Magic Kingdom you have to wear your Mickey Mouse ears -

Once we got situated into the park we headed for Tomorrow Land where we first went to the Monsters Inc. attraction. Cameron was VERY worried about this attraction and stood like this 90% of the time:

But, once inside he enjoyed himself and was even chosen out of the audience for a pretty big role in the show!! He told what "grade" he was in (he said, "I don't go to school, I go to FasTracKids!") and said that he wanted to be a scuba diver when he grew up. The monster kid asked how long he had had his ears and he said "Five days." I don't know where he got five days from, but the monster kid said, "Wow, did you know humans can grow ears in FIVE DAYS!" :o) After that we went to meet characters:

After meeting characters we road a transportation ride and wanted to ride the space ship things but they got shut down due to inclimate weather. We considered heading home at that time but instead took advantage of the weather and walked onto Space Mountain!!! Cameron rode this ride with Eric, I was very impressed!!! After Space Mountain we went and watched the fireworks show, which was a special show just for the Pirate and Princess Party. We were EXHAUSTED by the time we got back to our resort!!

10:30p.m. - I should be in bed!!!

Well, we are putting the final touches on the packing and deciding what we will be taking, what will stay, who will be where, and how we will get to the airport. We looked into doing the whole Super Shuttle thing, but that was going to mean lugging all of our carseats through the airport, to Florida, and back...no thank you! So, we are going to be driving and staying in one of those off-site airport parking places. This means we need to get there a bit earlier than we even planned so we can make sure we are where we need to be, when we need to be there. I have clothes laid out for the boys and myself, so I'm prepared and ready to just get up and go in the morning! Oooh, I do need to go pack my makeup...I am going to try to put my face on at least a few times this week!!! We've decided that we are going to take one stroller and the buggy board and if that isn't enough we will just rent a stroller when we get there...this way we aren't both lugging around a stroller and nobody sitting in either! So far there are six bags and a stroller between the five of us, I think that is pretty good considering one is our camera bag and one is my backpack. I don't know if Eric is going to try to pack his backpack along with his bag, I wouldn't doubt it, he likes to take STUFF with him when he travels! ;o)

Oh, tonight when we went to pick Chris & Preston up from the airport we stood by a couple that just got back from Disney World today...they had been there six days with a four year old and two year old - I got a glimpse of what I will look like next week!!! LOL Well, I'm going to get off here. I will email those that may need our information with what you may need, otherwise I'll post again when we get to Disney! Feel free to save the link to the blog and check it daily, I will probably not send out reminders! ;o)

Bumpy road

Well, we are 9 days out and Eric and I just got over a HORRIBLE case of the flu! So, we are both super weak and the house is a disaster...needless to say, the 2 week checklist is REALLY behind!!! I was PLANNING on beginning to pack last week and, well, that just didn't happen! So far none of the boys are showing symptoms of the flu, but we are going to lay low and just hang out for the next 9 days in hopes of keeping the bug at bay. In the meantime, we will (pending any illness) go out at some point this week to celebrate my THIRTIETH birthday and Eric's thirty-third...WOW, we're getting old!! :o) The boys will also get that chance to celebrate Easter with their Grammy & Poppa Russ, since we were unable to do that today. :o(

But, one good thing is that none of the boys were sick on Easter, I was really worried that Cohen would be sick on his first Easter...I'll have to try to post some pics later!

Nothing related to Disney...just thought I'd share the cuteness!

Cohen has had an upset tummy for about a week, which led to a really bad diaper rash...this is a sad thing, but it did lead to some really cute pictures of him taking a soothing Domboro bath!!

This was the same evening...Carson had to get in on the photo action -

And last but not least...today, the three monsters decided to wreak havoc on my very organized toy closet!! They were completely unaware of being caught:

And last, but not least...Cohen, making up for the mess with his cuteness!!!

I'm just giddy!!

Today Time Warner came out and fixed our cable...for some reason our "On Demand" was no longer working. Anyhow, it is up and running and guess what? We have DISNEY TRAVEL CHANNEL!!!! It has like three or four programs on Disney Travel! Isn't that crazy???

On another note, I got the buggy board all set up and ready to go for the stroller!!!, so we are ready to roll around Disney World!!!

We will be babywearing in Mickey style!!!

I bought this Ergo specificially to take to Disney with us...I also bought the coordinating backpack. It started out as a black and khaki Ergo and black backpack with bug print pockets. So, I decided to dye the carrier red, ordered some black and red Mickey Mouse fabric and had Mickey embroidered onto the carrier and backpack and used the fabric to line the pockets too! So, here we are!!!

Here is the coordinating backpack:

And just because he is so darn cute, here is a picture of Cohen!!!

One more thing, our tickets for the Pirate and Princess party came in today!! They are little credit card looking things, the boys were SOOOOO excited. One of the cards is The Incredibles! Oh, we also got another package today from Disney, it looks JUST LIKE the first one, which has me concerned...I hope we don't have TWO trips booked!!! I'll be making a call tomorrow to get it sorted out! ;o)