Disney 2016 - Day 2

Thanks to hurricane remnants, half of day 2 was in a light to moderate drizzle.  Kept us wet and sometimes cold in a few of the rides, but it totally killed off the crowds which was great. 

We started our day at Magic Kingdom and did most of our normal path hitting big rides quickly and touching on others (especially Jake friendly rides) as time fit.  We also checked into our hotel for the trip (Pop Century).  After a hectic first group of hours at MK, we decided to have lunch at the Contemporary Cafe. 

Since we bought park hoppers, we decided to take full advantage.  We hustled over to Hollywood Studios to knock out a couple of rides like Rockin Roller Coaster and Toy Story Mania.  From there, we sprinted over to Animal Kingdom at night because there were no lines.  Did a couple of safaris and rode Everest three straight times in the dark.

From there, we went to eat at the Grand, were told their lot was full, so we parked at the Poly and walked the short mile jaunt at 9:30PM in an attempt to get there in time to watch the MK fireworks as well.  And we made it. 

Favorite rides of the day were Everest for Drew, Space Mountain for Ben, Rockin Roller Coaster for Kate, and Buzz Lightyear for Jake.

Disney 2016 - Day 1

On day 1, we headed out early Thursday morning because hurricane Hermine was scheduled to hit Florida that afternoon so we wanted to be done driving prior to the worst of the storm arriving.  Much of the previous day was spent figuring out timing and thankfully our final start time worked perfectly.  The drive was calm and easy and we arrived at our offsite hotel with ease.  Since we had a lot of time to kill, we visited the huge McDonalds and ate a little bit of everything then spent a couple of hours at Disney Springs looking at everything (including all the new stuff).  Jake got his first taste of Disney just from statues and piles of merchandise to look through.

Back to the hotel at night which is when the storm hit.  At full force, hotel power went out, the generator (and it's evil sounding alarm) kicked in, we tried to figure out where we were in relation to tornado warnings, and the rain came down in huge sideways sheets.  And all of this was from being in the secondary tail of the storm.  Getting hit by a cat 5 must be an atrocious experience. 

Next, on to the parks.

Salute

Jake and the green army man.

He loves these guys.

Tigger and Winnie!

Eating ice cream at the worlds largest McDonald's

Nine year interview

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Happy bday drew

Drew at 9 years old

Wearing my 1986 celts t shirt

Ben in action

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Ben's first travel soccer game. And his buddy Carson

Cute Jake Sayings

I know I need to get around to posting Jake's weight and height from his 2 year check-up, but I will get to that soon. I just wanted to write the cute things Jake is saying right now.

First, Jake and I went to wake up Ben last week and I said, "Benny, wake up!" and Jake said, "Ben! Benamin" From then until now, Jake has called Ben "Benamin" more than anything else. It's so funny because nobody calls Ben 'Benjamin' unless we are fussing at him about something (and we still don't often use Benjamin in that case).

I just looked at Jake while he was sitting in his chair eating dinner and said, "Jake, you're so special. Did you know that you're special?" He looked at me and nodded and pointed to himself and said, "God." He's hearing me because I often tell him that God made him special and that God loves him.

Jakes birthday cake made by Kate

Jakes second birthday cake

TN aquarium