Today we went back to Disney's Hollywood Studios to watch some live entertainment and eat a good meal! All of the food at WDW is fabulous, but at some point hamburgers and chicken nuggets gets a little old. Yes, I know we've been here 2 days... we're trying to keep things interesting. We started off at the live Playhouse Disney show and got a chance to see Mickey's Clubhouse; Handy Manny; Little Einsteins and My Friends Tigger & Pooh. It was interactive and a lot of fun. We sat on the floor for a puppet show and Ella got really excited when the songs from Mickey's Clubhouse came on. All of the kids in the theater knew the words and they were all so cute singing and dancing along. We headed over to The Voyage of the Little Mermaid were we watched a black-light puppet show where ...
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Fantasmic!
Well, forgetting my camera at MK this morning served exactly one purpose: I will NOT forget it again. Luckily, we plan on hitting up MK several more times, so we probably didn't miss much, but mommy was a little sad. When we got home this afternoon we all crashed and didn't wake up until almost 5 o'clock. Those hotel blackout shades are the ticket! Tonight we headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios for the light and water show, Fantasmic. I wasn't sure what Ella would think, but she did pretty good. We had dinner at Rosie's Diner and walked around the park to see what all we might want to do tomorrow. We also ordered some Minnie Mouse ears with our name on them since our headband went missing this morning. The show was a lot of fun, but very difficult to photograph. There was a lot to ...
Surprise!
After a fun afternoon in the sun, we took a much needed nap and then geared up for a very big surprise. Ella got dressed and wore her Minnie Mouse ears, but had no idea why she was wearing them. We headed over to Disney's Swan Resort and had dinner at the Garden Grove, where Pluto and Goofy just happened to join us. We asked her if we were at Disney and she said, "No, Mom. This isn't Disney, it's just a restaurant." Ella was very excited about Pluto from a distance, but wasn't sure what she thought about him as he got closer to our table. She let me and daddy take a picture with him, but wouldn't take one herself OR let Bunny take one. She told us later that she didn't even like dogs... only Beemer. That quickly changed when Goofy appeared. Not only did she and Bunny have their picture ...
Poolside
This is pretty much all we did this morning. We loaded up on groceries, got organized and spent the day at the pool. Ella surprised me and did really well. Little did she know her day was about to get much better. ...
Road Trip
We finally managed to leave around 6:30 last night. Did I mention we were driving? Somehow I got stuck on the second leg and (in case you failed to realize it) that means staying awake for the first four hours and THEN driving the next four. Yikes. Ella did remarkably well. We were hoping she would sleep overnight, but our biggest concerns were eating dinner in the car and continuing the potty training momentum. We managed some chicken nuggets in the car, despite the fact they were way too hot. Possibly the best part of dinner was that because Wendy's doesn't have juice boxes with their kids' meals (weird!) Josh ordered her a strawberry fanta?! Ella has never had a carbonated drink. Ever. She took one sip, shook her head and announced "I don't like it!" So I shared my tea. We ...
D-Day
Well, it's here. Friday. Are you happy? I am. Not only is it the last day of the work week, but we have something really exciting planned. Hint number one was that we'd be leaving our timezone for another. We are. We are heading east, then south. Hint number two was that we'd be leaving and returning on Friday. We're leaving today, Friday, April 24th. We're returning on Friday, May 1st. Hint number two was that we were eating lunch with friends. We're doing that, too. Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. That's right, we're headed to Walt Disney World! It was an absolute last-minute decision that had a lot to do with the stars aligning, family & friends and the fact that the three of us haven't been under one roof in almost a month. Ella has no idea we're even going, which is the ...