Florida February: February 7, 2020

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Today was the last day for the Crafts so they decided to rope drop Flight of Passage at Animal Kingdom. We were there around 7:45 and again pulled in at the same time. We were surprised that we made it there on time since we struggled a bit waking our people up. Starting at about 5 minutes until we left, Robby kept calling out how many minutes we had left.

Whitman did run to the refridgerator before we left saying that he "needed to get his thing." It took us a minute to realize that he thought he needed to pack a lunchable. However, we weren't staying all day today so we just packed a bag of snacks. 

We found our spots in the line-it is just a massive line that stretches probably a half mile. Since we were there before park opening, we were actually almost on the ride by the time that the park did officially open. Avatar is just pretty amazing. 

We then saw that the Everest roller caoster just had a short wait so we headed that way. Robby and Whitman had to get in the real line since Whitman isn't old enough to ride in the single rider line. Casey and the rest of us went in the single rider line and were soon on and off of the roller coaster.

Then Reagan joined the Crafts in the second Flight of Passage ride. Their child swap sure benefitted my kids this last week or so. While they headed that way, Campbell and Graham went on Everest in the single ride line two more times while Robby and Whitman were still in their line. 

After they finished their ride, we went to the dinosaur playground for the kids to play a little bit. The weather today was quite chilly. The high was 65 but the sun never really came out plus there was some wind. I had on both of my light jackets but probably would have liked my hats and gloves which I wore tonight.

When we had had enough playgrounding, we rode the Triceratops Spin. My big boys went to find Robby during this ride because they didn't care about riding it. We then watched It's Tough to Be a Bug. It is always a fun little show. 

The Crafts found a treat before they left while we just grabbed some snacks from our bag. We walked them back to the rig and said our goodbyes. My kids will be a little bit sad not having buddies to run around Walt Disney World. Our schedule will probably change a little bit-maybe lighten up. Though we are rope dropping tomorrow!

We headed home to work on our new Disney pins. Everyone picked some new ones to keep and to trade. Robby made hot dogs for our lunch, and then the kids did some of their school work. I didn't give them much school work today because the plan was to take a nap. 

I certainly took my nap, but Robby never got to one since he was busy working on his emails. You would assume that with it being 65 outside, swimming would be out of the question. But not with Campbell. She, Whitman and Keaton spent quite a bit of time in the pool. Robby could see them easily from his spot so no worries there. They said that the pool was super warm-I think they are crazy and probably don't really know what the work "warm" means.

Around 6, we loaded up to go and eat at Panda Express. We are getting one in Bryant and thought that we should try it out first. Our meat was super delicious, the value was really pretty good (fed us all for 38 dollars with some leftovers), but we weren't super crazy about the rice or noodles. Overall, it was pretty good, and we might stop there again.

Since we had a Fast Pass tonight for Tower of Terror, we did head to Hollywood Studios. We had thought that they were open until 9, but it was just 8. That was fine since an earlier night always helps. We went right to Tower of Terror and had lots of fun on that ride. Whitman still doesn't love it, but he does tolerate it. It does continue to be my favorite ride.

Then we went on Toy Story Mania at the last minute before the park closed. We debated which ride to pick and probably should have done the Slinky Dog, but we have more nights like this that we can do that. After Toy Story, we walked to the car with the rest of the crowd.

Graham was the first to head to bed. He has a bit of a cold so he probably doesn't feel great. Then Keaton and Campbell asked for me to lay down with them. I did that for a few minutes-Keaton was out super quick, and Campbell was almost asleep when I left. Whitman, Reagan and Anderson are my 3 that could probably stay up all night! That can't happen today-though I still have a load of launry in the wash and dryer!

Florida February: February 6, 2020

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This morning was so long ago-it was actually 21 thousand steps ago and over 9 miles ago. I do know that I woke up around 8. The kids all had a half of day of school to do this morning. As usual, the early birds got my attention first and were soon finished.

I did manage to again give out spelling words while pointing to Whitman's math problems. I don't remember how early we did go to bed last night, but everyone, even Reagan, woke up in a good mood and started right to work.

Whitman does have a little bit of a cold which is mainly presenting in a super hoarse voice. Other than that he seems to feel fine. A bit before 10, we loaded up to head to Magic Kingdom. The Crafts were already there eating breakfast so we joined them before our first Fast Pass of the morning.

Robby dropped us off at the Transportation Center. He is trying to find a route with the least amount of walking. Then he and Reagan had to double back through the entrance gate to park. I took Anderson with me through the dreaded bag check while the others walked through the no bag line.

The kids wanted to ride the monorail, but the line looked really long so we just walked to the ferry boat. It is dependable and never crazy crowded so it is always my first choice. We entered the park, and then stopped for a bathroom for someone. I am not sure why my people can't get on the same bathroom schedule or better yet, go before we leave the house!

Anyway, while I think Graham was in the bathroom, Whitman saw two men in a firetruck and enjoyed turning their siren. Then we went towards Dumbo to meet the Crafts. Soon Robby and Reagan arrived from the parking lot, and we were soon on the ride. They have a playground inside of the Dumbo line, but we haven't been able to play on it yet, and that playground is on Whitman's short list of things to do.

From Dumbo, we walked right on the Pooh ride. Anderson really wants to buy an Eyeore stuffed animal, but won't let himself do it. We used to call him Eyeore when he was little so he now calls Eyeore his spirit animal.

We then went to the Dance Party parade on Main Street. It was around noon by then so my crew ate their lunchables as we waited for the parade. The parade was fun, and Whitman was a hoot doing the floss during the dance party.

The weather today was supposed to make it to 87. It probably did, but the wind was absolutely crazy. They had a wind advisory out all day long. Thankfully, we were never hot because of that crazy wind. So eating our lunches on the pavement was not a problem at all.

The next stop was the Philharmagic 3D show. I don't think that 3D stuff works with my eyes-the kids were all trying to grab the objects that were floating. Nothing looked close enough to me to reach my hand out and grab. Maybe I'm just a fuddy dud!

Small World was our next Fast Pass. It is just iconic so how can you pass it up. This was our first Small World ride on this trip. Afterwards, we braved the crowds-and crowded it was today. This was probably one of the most crowded days. We would have assumed that February wouldn't have been that crowded, but I guess now every day is crazy crowded.

We went to Monsters Inc. show followed by The Carousel of Progress. The kids all enjoy Monsters Inc. On the other hand, I can be done with it for the month. Then the Carousel is an educational classic-but the only thing that kept me awake today was trying to find the animatronic that lost his hand during the show yesterday. It was well fixed today so I could have closed my eyes for a bit!

The Crafts were headed out then, but we convinced them to leave their big 3 with us. They did, so we headed to the Pirates scavenger hunt. Maybe picking an activity where you have to walk up and down searching for clues in a crazy crowded environment with 9 kids wasn't actually the smartest choice, but it worked out just fine. We soon had completed two scavenger hunts and were riding Pirates with our newly acquired Fast Pass.

Now, the little 2 Crafts didn't ride Pirates so Reagan waited with them while we rode. They also snacked a good bit while waiting on us. Whitman did almost have a meltdown when he didn't get to stay back with Reagan. We don't know why he didn't want to ride Pirates-he has at least twice already this trip. Maybe he was tired, maybe he was scared-I just don't know.

Whitman did perk up after the ride and was happy to walk back across the park. Keaton and Campbell have been in heaven having their buddies here with us while Reagan loves having all of the little girls to take care of. They all look up to her and want to sit by her on the rides. My boys have also enjoyed the extra buddies here.

We rode on Buzz followed by a quick spend on the tea cups before leaving Magic Kingdom. The initial plan was for me to monorail to Epcot with the kid crew while Robby would move the car to Epcot. We shoved our way into the monorail and headed to the Transportation Center.

It would have been so easy for my crew to just walk across to the Epcot monorail except that it was closed. So that meant that all of us had to hoof it back to the car. Some of the crew stopped to trade pins so by the time I had put all of that stuff up, I wasn't exactly sure where we were going. I was able to spot Reagan and Abigail so tried to keep up with them in hopes that they could still see Robby and the others.

We did all make it to the car. It was a short drive to Epcot from there. I ended up in the bag check line with the Crafts who had also brought supper for us all-ChickFilA. We found a spot to sit and eat while we made plans for our firework viewing spot. Except that while we were doing this, we saw that the fireworks were cancelled due to the wind that we had been dealing with all day.

That was fine though because Epcot is our favorite park and new foods were waiting to be tried. The kids at the ChickFilA-the adults held off for the Epcot foods. Robby bought deconstructed BLTs first. They were different-there really wasn't much to actually call it a BLT. It was some hog jowl type meat on the bottom, some sauce and a poached egg on top. No L or T to it. It was different-that's really all I can say about that!

We rode the Mexico little ride after the kids got their cards from that country. We also stopped in Italy to get cards from there. Then it was on to Morocco for our supper. My kids enjoyed the Pita bread that we bought. Graham really liked the lamb which was also Robby's favorite. I enjoyed the chicken, cous cous and hummus the most.

While we were eating, Reagan took a crew to Japan to buy snow cones. They came back with two huge snow cones which they ate happily while we finished our Moroccan meal. By this time, it was 9 so the park was closing. We strolled out of the park to find our cars.

It was pretty late tonight so it didn't take too much begging for the kids to put on pjs and get ready for bed. Except we received more Disney pins in the mail-well, on the porch. You can't get mail here-isn't that odd? The kids all love those silly pins. They were soon trying to find their favorites. We probably stayed up 15 extra minutes looking at all of those!

It is supposed to rain and rain good tonight so a bit of thunder will certainly help us sleep-but I don't think that we will have any problems at all though.

Florida February: February 5, 2020

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I forgot to mention the other day that in the middle of the night, I was awoken to the sound of Robby singing. He occasionally says a word or two in his sleep, and I usually wake up enough to laugh at him and harass him a little bit. However, when I heard him singing I was so exhausted that I couldn't even say anything myself. I am sure that he sang something like "beautiful vine." I am not sure where that came from, but I guess when you spend so much time at Disney you are bound to sing even in your dreams.

This morning we started waking up before 8. I let most folks sleep until 8, but since Graham was already finished with his school work I checked his work. Soon Keaton and Campbell were done, and I was checking their work and giving them spelling words while pointing to Whitman's math problems to keep him on track.

Soon it was 11, and we were scrambling around getting lunches made and prepping to go the park. That always takes a bit longer than we think, but we were still there just minutes after the Crafts. Our first stops this morning were all about the Festival of Arts.

They had a huge paint by numbers canvas that each person was given a brush and numbered paint. Everyone was told to paint 6 squares with their number. It was super fun to get to do this. Last night, we saw the completed mural from the other day. However, when we walked by at the end of the day, the mural wasn't completed yet-maybe we will need to run by there tomorrow to see it.

There were intricate chalk drawings along the sidewalk. There was even a 3D chalk drawing-it didn't look like much but when you took a picture of it, it was pretty cool and definitely 3D. From there, we caught the boat to the middle of the World Showcase.

The littles are all collecting cards from each country. That is fun and by the end of the day, we only had 3 different countries that we haven't gotten cards from. Now, there are 11 Epcot countries and really, I want to have food from each one as well. We have only done France so that leaves 10 more for us to fully explore. We have a lot of eating left to do on this little trip!

They had an animation class in the America area today. Winnie the Pooh was the aninal that we drew. We received our clipboards, paper and pencils and got ready for a class. Poor Whitman was not happy at all about the class since he didn't think he did well enough last time. By the end of this class most of the kids felt this way. 

The instructor went pretty fast-well, he went very fast. It was hard for me to keep up and Whitman was always many steps behind. Even though it was pretty quick, we all did end up with some neat pictures to save. Tonight Keaton was drawing Minnie mouse while Anderson was in his room drawing Pooh. And even Reagan had drawn Pooh on the back of her school work today. I guess that they must enjoy these art classes a bit if they are still drawing afterwards.

After our drawing class, we watched the American Adventure film. Robby had teased the kids with a quiz and sure enough he took notes during the film. Pretty much everyone was able to answer a question or two, but Graham did answer the most. He was told that he could skip one school thing tomorrow-of course, I did pick the easiest thing for him to skip!

We then mosied on down the country row for a stop to collect a few more carsd. We did stop briefly in the United Kingdom for the kids to run around in the maze for a little bit. Then it was to Soarin for another ride. While the child swap riders went, the rest of us had what was left of our food and some coke. 

Then we split up-some went to Nemo while the others went to Figment. I took the Figment crew, and they enjoyed playing in the room after the little ride. Then we met back up with everyone. Our crew thne headed home since it was nearly 7, and we had lots of leftovers in the fridge to eat.

We cleaned up everything in the fridge except our leftover chili. That will be for another night. The kdis all had showers and then worked on their Disney pins some. I played a two games and most everyone played a little bit. Then before 10, everyone went to bed. 

Florida February: February 4, 2020

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I am not too sure what we were thinking this morning when we decided to wake up the crew at 6 to leave the house at 6:30. Poor Whitman had already slept 10 hours and probably could have slept a few more. I know that I could have slept a few more hours!

We were at Hollywood Studios before 7 and soon found the Crafts. Then we hustled through the bag check line before entering the park. We were in the park around 7, but it did not officially open until 8. We stood in the line for Toy Story Land for about an hour, but there was plenty to see while we waited. 

At almost 8, the entire crowd pulled out their phones. Robby and I both used our phones to get boarding passes for the Rise of the Resistance for us and the Crafts. I was actually able to beat Robby and get passes for the crew. We were in boarding group 62-everything 63 and higher were considered back up and were not guaranteed.

We were tickled with that number and started our day with a shuffle towards the Slinky Dog roller coaster. We rode it before using our Fast Pass at Toy Story Mania. After that ride, we went to meet Mickey and Minnie. My Keaton and Whitman were the only ones who went on that adventure. Reagan did too but just to play with Gabriel. Whitman did not want his picture made with Minnie or the girls, but he certainly wanted a picture with Mickey. 

When we left that area, we walked to Star Tours for a ride on that. The Crafts did a ride swap so Graham rode that ride again while the rest of us had a break and a snack. By this time, the Star Wars ride was nearing our number so we walked to the Little Mermaid show. 

That is always a neat show to see and kept our interest. The next stop was the walk through about Walt Disney. At the end, there was a neat film about his life-Whitman said that it was a good movie. I am not too sure though because I slept through the entire thing. I rested my head on his shoulder and was out like a light though!

From the movie, we ventured over to Star Wars land since it was almost our turn. By the time we made it, they called our boarding group. The new ride is really pretty neat. It is full of things to look at, and I was able to soak more of it in this time. Since the Crafts did a child swap, Casey took Abigail and Anderson back on the ride. Anderson really enjoyed getting to go an extra time. 

From there we headed out of the park and back to the house. I had gotten out quite a bit of school work for the kids to do today-I am trying to ween them off of only doing half each day and start doing a little bit more. We will see how easy that is. Half of school didn't take them too long at all, but it was easier on me!

Around 7 tonight, the Crafts arrived over with their crew. We passed out the kids ChickFilA and gave a few last minute instructions before the adults snuck off for Epcot. We left Reagan in charge, and I do think that she did probably very good. The baby was a bit fussy-some even sad most of the time. However, she didn't seemed to phased by it. And despite my protests she was paid...and paid well.

Poor Gabriel may not have had a great time, but the adults sure did. We walked all around the countries starting with a Mexican dish. I am not really sure what was on it-bbq pork, beans and some other goodness in some type of pastry.

The next stop was somewhere in Japan for potstickers, mashed potatoes and a mushroom (which made my gag-the mushroom not the other food.) Then there was China and potstickers and egg rolls. That was my favorite stops. Finally, we ended the night in France with creme brulee along with a chocolate pastry.

We were able to make it around the World Showcase and even saw a bit of the fireworks before rushing back to the car. One Craft was asleep when we made it home and two others were pretty tired. I asked Whitman if he had a good evening and he was quick to reply that he had a great night. He added that he watched some movies and played his ipad. I am so glad that the kids all got along this evening.

As soon as the Crafts left, we started herding people to their beds. Keaton was pretty exhausted tonight. Waking up early and having a full day is tough on little people-and big people!

Florida February: February 3, 2020

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Animal Kingdom opened today at 8 for resort guests, but we still tried our best to make it there by 9 today so we could ride Everest a few times. We struggled a bit getting ourselves out of bed, and then getting the kids out of bed wasn’t any easier at all. They are plumb exhausted-especially Keaton and Whitman. I move dhim to our bed and soon Keaton was sound asleep beside him in our bed this morning.

We were a minute later than we wanted to be so Robby dropped us off at guest drop off. That worked out great because all of the construction has the trams at all of the parks dropping guests off so far a way from the front that riding a tram doesn’t really help that much. So being dropped off is definitely the way to go.

We hustled to bag check. The bag check line was minimal so that was nice. Then the kids and I scurried to Everest. Graham and Campbell jumped in the single ride line and rode twice by the time that we went through the line one time. Keaton did the single ride line once so I joined with her. When I was waiting for that ride, Reagan come up to me to tell me that she left her ears on the ride.

I told her who to tell so she headed off in that direction. When I got off the ride, she was still waiting as the lady checked each train that came through. I was about to give up, but lo and behold the very next car had them. Reagan was relieved, but so were we all. 

Soon Traci and her crew was there. We met them and watched the Up bird show together. It was pretty neat seeing all of the birds flying around the theater. Campbell said that Grannymom would enjoy it. Graham was even able to throw a grape in the air for a bird to fly up and catch it.

The next thing that we did was to collect a few stickers for their kids’ Wilderness Explorer badges. There are a total of 29 but by the end of the day, we had collected 11 so that wasn’t too shabby. Graham only did it because Abigail did, Reagan and Anderson didn’t participate. However, Whitman soaks every bit of it in and really enjoys it.

Then as we waited for the Nemo show to start, we all ate our lunchables. This walking miles and miles a day makes people hungry. The Nemo show was pretty good-except their were benches so I really couldn’t take a little nap. Now Graham did lay his head on my shoulder and snoozed through most of it. 

After Nemo, we worked on earning some more badges and even rode the spiny dinosaur ride. Then some of my crew was able to jump in the single rider line for Everest. Whitman was fine not being able to do it-he needs to be 7. Before and after this, we had snacks and drinks from the never ending bag of snacks that Robby totes around.

Our last stop for the day was the Dinosaur ride. Then we headed out of the park around 3 or 4. I am not even sure what time it was. When we made it back to the house, the kids finished up their 3rd day of school. Robby made chili while I did some spelling with Keaton. 

We cleaned up the kitchen before heading to the pool. I ended up with the pool people, Keaton, Campbell and Whitman. They didn't think that it was cold in the heated pool, but I am currently sitting beside the pool wearing my heaviest coat that I brought along with a towel wrapped around me. I am trying to type quickly because my fingers are starting to feel numb-seriously.

Robby is off with the big 3 at the basketball courts. He wrote a little bit ago and told me that it was warmer there, but I do not believe him. After the pool our plan is to head back to the house for showers for all along with a bit of history reading to do. Tonight needs to be an early night because we have a very early morning. 

Update: After coming in for showers and a bit of school, Whitman was asleep before 8:15. 

Florida February: February 2, 2020

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We were up early this morning because it was Sunday. When we are out of town, we usually don't go to a church service, but this church service had been on Robby's list for a while. We had to wake up early this morning and leave the house after 7:30. First Baptist Orlando was about 25 minutes, and we pulled into the parking lot right before the Crafts.

Anytime you walk into a church with 11 kids, you do draw some attention. Their greeters were on top of things, and we were well greeted! The sanctuary was over twice as large as ours. It was a fairly traditional service which included not just one, but two, hymns. One of those, Robby and I didn't even know. 

The sermon was very good today. I was most impressed with the countdown clock ticking down during the sermon. I am not sure what would have happened if the preacher would have gone over the allotted time, but I was just thankful that he adhered to the time clock!

Now, going to church on vacation kind of confused Whitman. During the morning he asked if we were going to Sunday school. Later he asked if we were going to come on Wednesday night. When the service started, he grunted and moaned that he didn't get any candy before church started. At the end of the service, the pipe organ played, and Whitman said that it reminded him of Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

It was extremely nice going to church and coming home by 10! Robby and I watched the modern service of the church that we went to on the tv-well, he watched and I snoozed! It is Sunday afterall so I did need a nap even though it wasn't even noon.

Robby, Keaton and Campbell ran to Walmart. We just can't stay away. We didn't need too many things but we have found that Robby carrying a 1 liter bottle of coke in the park is a nice little snack for our people. And this 1 liter costs us 1 dollar at Walmart while 3 cup of coke at the park would probably cost us 10 bucks at Disney.

At noon, we pulled out our leftover pizza along with leftover spaghetti and mac and cheese. The kids ate, and then we had some downtime before loading up at 1:30 for Magic Kingdom. We arrived and rode the ferry and soon discovered that what we had heard about Super Bowl Sunday was not true. We had read during the Super Bowl the parks were completely deserted-that was not the case at all. It was crazy until the very end!

When we discovered the crowdds, we watched the afternoon parade while we did some regrouping. The kids were like vultures getting a spot right in the front so they could see the parade. I loved how they zoomed over to the empty spot, and then made sure that all of their buddies could see.

After the parade, we walked through the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Then we did the Pirates scavenger hunt twice. The scavenger hunt didn't take long at all but the massive crowds surely slowed us down. When we turned in our two scavenger hunts, we recieved extra fast passed for Pirates later in the day.

Then we went to Big Thunder. Abigail rode it for the first time tonight, so we spent our time watching her to make sure that she was enjoying it-she was. Then the Crafts went to eat, and we went to eat too-not supper but ice cream from Main Street.

Most everyone had a scoop of ice cream (Keaton and Reagan opted for Strabucks later in the day). The ice cream was yummy, but Robby said that he was ready to try different snacks now! Then we went to the Monsters Inc show. I do think this is one of Whitman's favorites.

Space Mountain was next followed by a walk all the way across the park to Pecos Bills. Tonight we splurged and bought not just 3 sides of chicken but 4 along with 2 quesos. I pulled out the tortillas and 1 liter from Robby's bag while he filled up his tray with cheese, salsa, corn salsa, and lettuce from the salad bar. We made a meal of that-it is the Dennie favorite meal right now. It is also the budget favorite meal right now!

Next we rode the Peter Pan ride followed by Pirates of the Caribbean. We actually rode that one twice before hurrying to the 7 Dwarfs ride to jump in that line before closing. The ride lines had drastically decreased during the fire works, but then they quickly jumped back up. The Dwarfs said 70 minutes, but thankfully it was more like 30. 

About this time during our evening I put on my hat and gloves. I believe that our temperature in Florida today was cooler than at home. I definitely needed my jackets tonight. Now my two pairs of pants might have been overkill, but I sure wasn't cold tonight.

After that was over, we walked down Main Street. The Starbucks line was long so we decided to get the girls drinks on the way home. We caught up with the Crafts on the ferry boat back to the car and were soon picking up Keaton and Reagan's drinks at Starbucks.

Graham and Reagan had showers while the rest just threw on their pjs and climbed into bed. It was a pretty long day-the boys were a bit bummed that they didn't get to see the Super Bowl, but I know they had more fun tonight at the park.

Florida February: February 1, 2020

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Let's talk about this Saturday morning-it was raining and we had no place that we had to be. We knew the rain was coming so we decided to skip our first Fast Passes and just make the third. Whitman joined our bed around 7:30. He is pretty cuddly still and was back asleep in seconds.

We stayed there until 8:30 when I finally started to wake people up slowly. Campbell, Graham and Anderson were awake-two of those had already started and finished their school work. I was able to check and finish their school work. Then I urged Anderson to get started on his while finishing with Keaton.

It continued to rain all morning long-it was kind of peaceful watching the rain drops hit the pool. There was laundry and dishes to do, but I am actually trying to control my organizing tendencies in this house. There is one whole cabinet with tupperware thrown at the bottom. I haven't organized it yet, but I look at it every day and wonder how much longer until I break down and clean that cabinet up.

Some folks ate their lunches here while others packed lunch for the park. We left here around 12:45 and went to Epcot. I have a list of things that I want to do at Disney, and we were able to mark a few things off of the list tonight. Our first stop was the Epcot Experience where they show the future of Epcot on a 360 degree screen. It was pretty cool to see.

Afterwards we met up with the Crafts and walked towards Norway for our Frozen ride. The animatronics on the Frozen ride is really cool. Then we found the kid station and the girls and Whitman started their collection of cards from each country. We even found some "school bread" from Norway to munch on. We have heard that it is the most bought snack in Epcot-I'm not too sure about that since I have seen quite a few Mickey Pretzels and if beer is considered a snack, then school bread's record was broken tonight.

We then walked through China and saw their movie. It was neat to see-at one point Reagan even thought that we were moving. Then we moved on towards France were we caught the Beauty and the Beast Sing Along. That is one of my favorite movies so I really enjoyed it. It isn't like the Frozen sing along at all, but is still neat to see.

Then we headed back towards the ball for one more ride on it. They are going to redo it very soon so we don't know to what extent it will be changed. It could be a lot different which would make me a bit sad since it does tell quite a bit of history on the ride.

Keaton did spend some of her money tonight and bought herself a Minnie slap bracelet which matches Sophia's. She was so proud of it. Then we spent some time pin trading before leaving the park. For birthday and Christmas, Anderson received over 120 pins, and he only has 5 pins left to trade. He is my master trader and really enjoys it. And on the complete opposite extreme Whitman could care less!

When we finished pin trading, we walked to the car. We found Papa Johns pizza on the way home. We bought enough for tonight and for after church tomorrow. Then everyone started their showers-we have to be a bit careful cycling everyone through so as not to run out of hot water. It has been a bit chilly today so I am looking forward to my hot shower tonight, but the hot water heater has plenty of time to rewarm by the time I take my shower.