Travel

Disney day 3

November 14, 2019

The next morning we had plans to head to the Magic Kingdom with our VIP guide bright and early – but a tropical storm changed our plans! It was pouring down rain that morning so we delayed the guide until 2:00 and went over to the Contemporary to get a caricature drawn of the kids.

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He did ok…and spelled Samantha’s name wrong but, oh well! By the time 2:00 came, the sun was out! Hooray!

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Again, it was cool to get to go into the parks through the back entrance!

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We had a fun filled day doing all the rides we wanted to ride! We did go back to Space Mountain and, for some reason, Samantha’s shoes and inserts didn’t make her quite tall enough for the ride. Major bummer but we didn’t let it spoil our day!

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Such a perfect day in the happiest place on earth!!!

Disney day 2

November 13, 2019

Our second day at Disney brought the best treat – a VIP tour guide!! We had a tour guide taking us around Hollywood Studios for the day and getting us onto any ride we wanted with no line! Yes, it was just as awesome as it sounds!!

Ready for a fun day!

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Our tour guide, Carey, picked us up and took us to the back entrance to Hollywood Studios where we were greeted by snacks! Can’t beat that!

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We then got to do it all that day. We rode Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster over and over and over again! We went on all the rides in Toy Story Land and even got to walk onto the brand new ride in Star Wars land! So so awesome!!

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The kids also got to do Jedi Training!

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Plus we got to meet Chewie and Darth Vader. Samantha was not a fan!

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After an early dinner at Prime Time Cafe we were worn out and happy after a fun day!

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More fun ahead!

Disney!

November 12, 2019

In October, we all took a little trip down to Orlando for several days of Disney fun to celebrate Spencer’s birthday! With many thanks to GJ and Daddo, we had some excellent perks and probably one of the very best trips ever! We flew down on Thursday morning and we were ready to go…

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That afternoon we went into the park for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. It’s fun because they have trick-or-treating stations setup all over the parks and the crowds are smaller so you can ride more rides. Plus, lots of people dress up and the people watching is prime time!! ha!

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Before we had left, I had measured Samantha and knew she was about 2 inches shy of being 44 inches…44 inches gets you on Space Mountain, Everest, and Avatar Flight of Passage. Knowing my daredevil roller coaster rider, I knew she’d be so disappointed if she barely missed the height cut off. So, I went out and found the tallest tennis shoes I could find – some Nike Air Max – and then also added a few Dr. Scholl’s gel inserts to the inside! She might have been walking on stilettos but…

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She made it on Space Mountain! Woohoo! They measured her twice and she passed easily both times! Hooray!

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Needless to say, she loved it! It was the boys first time to ride it too and it was a hit all around! We continued the day with as many of the good rides as we could get on including The Haunted Mansion, Barnstormer, and Big Thunder Mountain.

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We stuck around for the parade and fireworks.

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A great start to a great trip!

Weekend fun

October 16, 2019

Last weekend we all got to do some pretty fun stuff! Spencer went on his cub scout campout and had a great time!

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I hope his fearless leader had a little bit of fun too! At least it wasn’t as cold as Maxwell’s Tiger campout!

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He did get to go watch the AL game on Saturday with some friends (and all the kids!) so hopefully that added some fun to his weekend.

While Spencer and Robert were camping out, Maxwell and Samantha were living it up with Susan! She came and stayed with them and they were both so excited to get to spend time with her.

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I got to go to Florence, AL with some girlfriends and I’m pretty sure I had the most fun of all!

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Fun fun all around!!

Great Wolf Lodge

September 6, 2019

Over Labor Day weekend we drove up to LaGrange, GA and had a fun filled 24 hours at Great Wolf Lodge! I wasn’t sure what to expect – and it wasn’t really what I was expecting – but the kids loved it and had a super fun time so that’s all that counts! We did it all but I think the ropes course was definitely the favorite part for the boys. It was really high and awesome! they each did it twice – but couldn’t ever do it at the same time because we only had one pair of closed toe shoes. Thank goodness Spencer wore Natives and Maxwell could squeeze his feet into them!

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We got there Sunday afternoon and Maxwell immediately wanted to do the ropes course – even though they sent him to the very high one first he powered through and did great!

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