we all celebrated together by going to mickey and minnie's house. you will see the story unfold in a series of multiple posts beginning with this one. (it truly begins over 15 years ago, but that's a whole other story.)
there was some intense packing going on on the evening of tuesday, june 23, 2009. amalea had mentioned at one point, "i packed some of my things". not much notice was paid to this until the little ones were snug in bed, and the grown ups ran across this:
upon opening the bag multiple minnies, a mickey, and an additional blankie were found.
in the box yet another minnie, daisy, a ballerina bunny, pokemon figurines, and amalea's stash of expendable funds.
the next day and we were there. the magic kingdom was our first stop. yes, yes, yes, amalea was tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides. so, dad and amalea hightailed out in a race to the mountains. in frontierland they rode on big thunder mountain railroad and then splash mountain. later amalea said that her neck still hurt so she could not (would not) ride on big t again. she cried going down the drop on splash mountain. isabel and mom's first ride kept them safely in fantasyland: dumbo the flying elephant. isabel grew in confidence as the trip progressed and later claimed the pink dumbo by declaring "it's my pink dumbo" (screamed out in a shrill voice).
check out our 3-d specs for mickey's philharmagic.
sometimes the time is spent oh so sweetly. here we are awaiting dumbo, round two, the following morning.
but that can change in almost an instant.
the first big meeting with the big cheese's themselves.
amalea loved, loved, LOVED the barnstormer at goofy's wiseacre farm. this is an insane little roller coaster. she was funny to watch riding this thing as she would sit perfectly still with a stoic expression about her.
here are some views of the savanna from our "hut" at the animal kingdom lodge. ankole cattle have been domesticated by the african people. BIG horns. born that way. were observed walking slightly lopsided at times.
the greater kudu. mom's favorite. check out those nifty spiral shaped horns.
the eastern white pelicans in the watering hole were definitely our noisiest neighbors. they would grunt a whole lot at one another. jiggling their pouches and flapping their wings were some of their other favorite moves (scientifically done for cooling off in the intense heat). and boy was it sultry here!
just keep swimming onto epcot we went to round out the day. amalea was the luckiest to get to go on soarin' twice because of the parent swap deal (hey, wasn't that a disney film?). sometimes kids get all the breaks! by the way, mom could only refer to soarin' as "soaring" because of her proper enunciation issues.
the seas with nemo and friends ride was one of our all time favorites. later during our vacation it became a joke with amalea's nosebleeds and we would chant, "just keep dripping, just keep dripping!" as she hung her head down to leak blood all over the ground at various disneyworld locations.
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