Disney Vacation 2009

We arrived Friday night and just as we left the check in gate, Billie started urgently insisting she needed to potty, (keeping in mind she had gone not more than an hour before!) Being that we had a less than 3 minutes drive we continued on. “Mommy Go potty grass!” She repeated. We reassured her we were almost there! Opps! Cliff missed the sign for the “comfort station” and it was too late. I was soaked from above the waist down. I mean dripping!!! She and I were both a little horrified but I just couldn’t stop laughing….I know, covered in pee and giggling while trying to help Cliff back the camper in….I’m sure the “neighbors” thought we were crazy people. (For those of you who are reading this who do not have children, trust me when I say your opinion of totally gross things WILL change after having children!)
Cliff was stuck trying to set up camp, and watching Lily while Billie and I headed off to the comfort station for a shower. But all in all, we had arrived safe and were just happy to finally be on vacation!!!

Saturday we took things a little easy until after the girl’s afternoon naps! We took them on bus rides around the campground and then took Billie for the much anticipated (I mean weeks we’ve endured “Mommy/Daddy I want to ride a pony requests!) pony ride!
Saturday night found us in Magic Kingdom of course! Billie has decided for this vacation, Dumbo and the carousel are her favorite rides! And when I say favorite, I mean repeated rides with begging and pleading for “another” ride! And who can resist? So we go again…again…and again!

We decided that we’re always glad for mandatory “rest” days on vacation! Sunday’s here, we usually spend sleeping, napping and napping again, but we also took Billie to ride on the boat to another resort and then the monorail system. (Think train in the sky). We kept telling Billie, “Look up! Look up!” So she would see it when it went overhead….today…we were talking and she starts shouting “Look up! Look up!” And sure enough, one was zooming by overhead! J

Today we went to Epcot, and got to ride in the “big ball” (space ship earth), and Nemo, but by far the most exciting thing we got to do was meeting some of the characters. Now, don’t get me wrong, but our idea of fun isn’t necessarily waiting in line to take pictures standing beside some big animation turned real character. But…..that was before a certain little girl turned big pleading eyes on us. Our hearts melted, and despite being told we would have an hour wait (it turned out to be about 25 minutes) we found ourselves waiting in line to do just that.
It was well worth our time!!! It turned out to be the highlight of everyone’s day. Despite the normally shy reaction (See the Goofy picture) Billie literally ran to meet some of the characters. And fell in love with Donald duck! She was adorable and so excited we couldn’t help but feel elated that something so easily done had made her such a happy and excited child!
So that’s probably why when tonight she asked to go ride dumbo we nearly killed ourselves (not literal) in a race against time to get her over to Magic Kingdom and onto the dumbo ride before closing time. *sigh of relief, we made it! J
So yes, in case you’re wondering we’re having a great time! :)

PS....sorry about the underline, not sure why when I copied this from ms word it did that!