Magic Kingdom

On Tuesday, we woke up bright and early to get into the park before opening to try and get in a ride before our Be Our Guest dining reservation. Henry (he was still sick) stayed home with Grammie and Grampie and we brought Morgan with us. We got there early- took a picture and rode Buzz Lightyear before our 7:30 am reservation.

Breakfast was nice and quiet. We ate french food in the Beast's castle. After, we ran next door and went to Belle's Enchanted Tales. Charlie and Morgan liked it- Iva wasn't awake or something. She wanted nothing to do with it. 

We went on quite a few more rides and met more princesses. Charlie loved the princesses. Iva loved the rides and wanted nothing to do with the princesses.

We took a break for Mickey Mouse ears ice cream. Charlie was in heaven. He loves his treats and Iva was worried about how messy he was getting.

We, also, had a perfectly timed lunch break at The Plaza. I highly recommend it. It was quiet, cold, and reasonably priced. The kids meals were awesome and we had round two of ice cream. 

After lunch, we did the Barnstormer and Ariel's ride. Ariel is Morgan's favorite princess. There was a long line all day to meet her, but we decided to brave it and were pleasantly surprised when it was less than 15 minutes even though it said 50 minutes. Ariel was the only princess Iva would take a picture with. She loved her tail.

After we finished up rides, we headed home for spaghetti dinner. We took one last picture and Iva was so excited to see Tinker Bell was in her photo.

We dropped off the kids with Grammie and Grampie. Shawn and I ran back to Disney world to get in a few more rides and have a little date night. We did Pirates twice, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. We waited in line for 7DMT for forever, but I have never been on it before and wanted to do it once. It was ok, but definitely not worth such a long wait. We had a blast. I am sad I didn't even think to take a picture together childless, but we did get one on our Splash Mountain ride at 12:55 am so it was documented.

Animal Kingdom

The entire family (all 27 of us) went to Animal Kingdom on Monday. It was awesome. We entered the park at opening time and started off with a family picture.

Then we headed to the roller coaster Everest. Shawn went on it by himself and then convinced me to go on it since there was no wait. I still hate roller coasters. While we waited, Liz and Iva found a snail. Iva carried that snail around all morning until it went to take a "rest" after Shawn stepped on it. 

After we ran over to the ride Dinosaur. It was a really scary ride about a mission to save an iguandon. I don't know how it is even possible, but Iva loved it and kept talking about doing the mission. She ended up going on it twice and cried when we said there wasn't time to go a third time.

We all went on the safari together. It was a lot of fun. Iva loved seeing the animals and checking them off the list. Charlie sat with the Iversons. He sure loves his family and friends. I am so glad he was able to spend time with his aunts, uncles, and cousins. 

Then we headed over to use our fast passes at The Festival of the Lion King. Somehow Laura (thank you) managed to get us VIP seats and we got to sit in the very front row. It was an awesome show. The best part was the cousin parade. So fun to see them all running around up there together. 

We then went to the Nemo show. It was just ok. And then headed to lunch. Henry got a fever and was super sick during lunch. We did a couple more things after dinner and then headed home. What a great time we had at Animal Kingdom- we left exhausted.

Gatorland

Shawn heard about Gatorland and was set on going. He was convinced our kids would do the gator rookie wrestling. I said there was no way. Welp, I was wrong. They didn't even hesitate. It was awesome. They loved loved all of Gatorland. So shocking to me.

This may be my favorite picture of all time. Crazy kiddos!

Shawn and Iva fed the gators...
Iva's piece of meat didn't make it out far enough so they didn't let her throw anymore after that.
Talk about scary for a mom watching from the sidelines.

Iva wanted to hold a tiny bird so so bad.