When I was a child, we lived pretty far away from all our relatives. That meant when we got to see family, we had fun! Our girls lived far away from their relatives as well, due to military life. When we found out cousins were coming to town, we had to get together! Our first plans got a little messed up, but we came up with a great second plan...
Jennifer, Kevin and Isabella Kramer, all Ohio relatives, were visiting Disney World. We gave them a call at the last minute to try to make new plans. Ah ha! Tricia, Kaylie, Makenzie and I headed over to the All Star Movie Resort to meet up with the Kramer's. First we ate a fun dinner, and then we were off to the pool! This place has a great pool. In the middle of it is Mickeys Magic Waterfall. Tricia and Kevin took pictures, while we other girls hung out in the pool. It was soooo relaxing after a hot day. After the pool we went to our rooms to get dressed, and then headed back to the Food Court for some ice cream. Of course the girls all had to sit together. They were officially bonded by now. We had to take some crazy picture for our memory books, so of course, we made lots of silly faces. We growled like lions, and taught Isabella how to say hello Florida girl style. (First your kiss each side of your faces, then you say woo! as you throw your hands up in the air.) Even Kevin did it! That's how we said goodnight! We played with Kevin for a long time and even took a picture for Uncle Brian. He always waves a crazy way with his hand by his chin. We tried to do it, but... Finally we were getting tired and had to say goodbye. The girls talked about all the fun they had, all the way back to the room.
We called Mommy to tell her we were spending the night, and to let her know we were all OK. (She needs to know those things.) We explored our room and looked at all the cool stuff on the walls and bedspreads. Kaylie loved her bed! We watched cartoons for a short bit, and then we fell asleep.
In the morning we went to eat at the food court again. At breakfast we talked about our cousins and family. We stopped at the gift shop for a memento. It was too late to swim again, so we decided to explore the resort on the way back to the car. The Kramer's were staying in the 101 Dalmatians area. We stayed in Fantasia. On the way to the car we stopped to take some very cool pictures in Toy Story. We saw a Buzz Lightyear that was bigger than the buildings! Makenzie and Kaylie sat on his feet! Bo Peep was there, and so was a Dinosaur. I took a picture of the girls by Woody. (The girls are the little ones at the bottom of the picture.) Just before we got in the car we stopped to take our pictures in the giant bucket of soldiers. You have to look hard, but Kaylie and Makenzie are peeking out of one of the holes in the bucket.
It's nice to know the tradition of getting together with families still goes on. Seeing relatives is fun and always give us memories to talk about when we get older. I wonder what the girls will talk about from this trip, when next they get together?
Friday, July 10, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Happy 6th Birthday Kaylie!
What do you do when you want to celebrate a great birthday? There's no place like a nice Disney World visit! We have to celebrate Kaylie's 6Th birthday, and do it right!
So off we went to the Port Orleans French Quarter Resort to spend some time enjoying our celebration. The prices are really reasonable and fit our budget perfectly. We chose the Pt. Orleans because of the fantastic "Dragon Pool" for the kids to enjoy. You simply climb up the dragons back, walk through his tummy, slide out his mouth and down his tongue! Kaylie loved it! Makenzie... not too keen on coming out his mouth... Tricia, Kristy, Kaylie, Makenzie, Dannen and I went crazy to celebrate. We were all swimming under the dragons tummy and around his whole body. The girls got out, walked up his back and stood on top of his back to wave and laugh.
We took a break to enjoy some lunch and have playground time. Lunch was yummy and there was definitely plenty to look at around the food court. Dannen was in awe of everything hanging from the ceiling. We took a brief walk through the gift shop, where the manager stopped and had us all sing Happy Birthday to Kaylie before putting Mardi Gras beads on all of us. Off to the playground we went for some climbing and "hanging around" time. As much as the girls loved playing on the playground, heat and humidity can wipe you out when playing hard. We decided to head back to the room for a rest.
Guess who visited our room while we were out? YES! MICKEY! He came to leave a special birthday message for Kaylie and an autographed photo for her to keep as a birthday memory. She was sooooo excited! After nap time we colored a bit while waiting for Dannen to wake up and eat.
It was time to get moving again, so we headed to the dock to catch a boat ride to Downtown Disney. (Zamma, Auntie and Mommy had a craving for the best caramel apples in the world!) What a nice, relaxing boat ride. We went through the riversides of Disney World and came out at the lake adjacent to Downtown Disney. We cruised the length of the downtown area, enjoying the view from the waterside perspective. The kids loved seeing the giant tethered balloon at Pleasure Island. We walked around and got our caramel apples. As it was 4Th of July weekend, the place was swamped with people. That was our cue to leave...
Back on the boat we went. The fireworks could be seen from the boat ramps and water areas. We had a fantastic boat captain who told us how to see the alligators in the water at night, and where to look for the resident bobcat who roams the golf course at night. We didn't see the bobcat or any gators, but the kids had fun watching for them none the less.
Back at the room it was bath time, feed Dannen time and then try to sleep time. From a grown-ups perspective we would have thought they would be exhausted... not! Got to have a little crazy time, laugh a lot, and make plenty of funny faces for the camera. One more day ahead!
The next morning the heat and excitement were catching up with all of us. Breakfast was fun amidst the coloring books and markers. We even put some of our pictures in the window so everyone else could enjoy them as they walked by. While the kids played and Auntie entertained them, Kristy and I got everything packed and ready to go. Kristy took the kids for one last outing to the playground while Tricia and I finished all the packing and checking out.
Celebrating turning 6 was almost over... We said our goodbyes to the resort and headed home. No one really wanted to leave yet, but we can't party forever. Or can we?????
So off we went to the Port Orleans French Quarter Resort to spend some time enjoying our celebration. The prices are really reasonable and fit our budget perfectly. We chose the Pt. Orleans because of the fantastic "Dragon Pool" for the kids to enjoy. You simply climb up the dragons back, walk through his tummy, slide out his mouth and down his tongue! Kaylie loved it! Makenzie... not too keen on coming out his mouth... Tricia, Kristy, Kaylie, Makenzie, Dannen and I went crazy to celebrate. We were all swimming under the dragons tummy and around his whole body. The girls got out, walked up his back and stood on top of his back to wave and laugh.
We took a break to enjoy some lunch and have playground time. Lunch was yummy and there was definitely plenty to look at around the food court. Dannen was in awe of everything hanging from the ceiling. We took a brief walk through the gift shop, where the manager stopped and had us all sing Happy Birthday to Kaylie before putting Mardi Gras beads on all of us. Off to the playground we went for some climbing and "hanging around" time. As much as the girls loved playing on the playground, heat and humidity can wipe you out when playing hard. We decided to head back to the room for a rest.
Guess who visited our room while we were out? YES! MICKEY! He came to leave a special birthday message for Kaylie and an autographed photo for her to keep as a birthday memory. She was sooooo excited! After nap time we colored a bit while waiting for Dannen to wake up and eat.
It was time to get moving again, so we headed to the dock to catch a boat ride to Downtown Disney. (Zamma, Auntie and Mommy had a craving for the best caramel apples in the world!) What a nice, relaxing boat ride. We went through the riversides of Disney World and came out at the lake adjacent to Downtown Disney. We cruised the length of the downtown area, enjoying the view from the waterside perspective. The kids loved seeing the giant tethered balloon at Pleasure Island. We walked around and got our caramel apples. As it was 4Th of July weekend, the place was swamped with people. That was our cue to leave...
Back on the boat we went. The fireworks could be seen from the boat ramps and water areas. We had a fantastic boat captain who told us how to see the alligators in the water at night, and where to look for the resident bobcat who roams the golf course at night. We didn't see the bobcat or any gators, but the kids had fun watching for them none the less.
Back at the room it was bath time, feed Dannen time and then try to sleep time. From a grown-ups perspective we would have thought they would be exhausted... not! Got to have a little crazy time, laugh a lot, and make plenty of funny faces for the camera. One more day ahead!
The next morning the heat and excitement were catching up with all of us. Breakfast was fun amidst the coloring books and markers. We even put some of our pictures in the window so everyone else could enjoy them as they walked by. While the kids played and Auntie entertained them, Kristy and I got everything packed and ready to go. Kristy took the kids for one last outing to the playground while Tricia and I finished all the packing and checking out.
Celebrating turning 6 was almost over... We said our goodbyes to the resort and headed home. No one really wanted to leave yet, but we can't party forever. Or can we?????
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