Our life did go right on and I mean no disrespect.
We had planned to meet William’s daughter and her
boyfriend when they were in Orlando. The
plan had been set for months. At first I
thought there was no way we could all come up to Orlando, but when I thought about
it I realized it was a great time for all of us to go to the mouse kingdom – Disney World
we live in Florida, it is a few hour drive.....what the heck
The last time I was in Disney world was with Beth when she was Emily’s
age, we went with my mom and dad, who lived in Florida. I felt I owed it to the grand kids, Emily was
the perfect age and besides we got the Florida resident discount. My favorite time in Disney World was when I was
just out of college and visiting friends in St Pete. One of the days I went by myself and had a blast.
In my mind DW was this small manageable place
– it is not. It is huge, I mean 6, 8 lane
highways with lots of interchanges, traffic and lights. We stayed in the park and rode the bus to downtown
Disney, the Magic Kingdom and the last day we drove to the water park. I was not prepared for how it had grown.
proof positive, you can almost tell it is Em and I
and who doesn't know that castle?
that's the kids with Aunt Sadie, in their teacup
the kids loved Aunt Sadie
we loved "Uncle" Quinn too
(hope they make it official one day)
they are both grade school teachers in Seattle
and know their way around kids, that's for sure
they took her on all the good rides
this is how grandma spent a good part of her day
holding the baby with the big kids went on a ride
this is how Lucy responded to DW
she leaned out in her stroller, laughing and waving
the last day was the water park
it was the best water park I had ever been too
she rode water slides and there was a huge wave pool
Emily and I even snorkeled with sharks!
like I mentioned, Emily had a great time
she is still smiling in the parking lot loading up the cars after the swim park
some other mice, not so happy
We survived the mouse, just barely as my daughter says.
