Animal Kingdom

We all woke up Saturday morning refreshed from a good night’s sleep – except opposite. Samantha decided to scream for a good 2 hours of the night. I guess she didn’t like being by herself in a crib in the same room as me, Robert, Maxwell and Spencer so she did whatever she could to get us to pick her up! Oh well, we survived and were ready for a fun day at Animal Kingdom….without her! GJ and Daddo nicely agreed to stick around the hotel with the baby so she could get some good naps in. They’re the best!

We took the bus over to Animal Kingdom and the boys were really excited to see some lions and tigers!

Robert and I have laughed at that picture because we both look like such dorks – but we were proud to be there! ha!

Our first stop was the safari and we got to see tons of neat animals. It was a nice, cool morning and all the animals were out and roaming! Unfortunately, there are no tigers in the safari (or really anywhere in Animal Kingdom) which greatly disappointed Maxwell! But, it didn’t totally ruin his day – there was plenty of other fun to be had!

We made our way over to Dino-Land where I had fast passed the Dinosaur ride for Robert and Maxwell to do. Maxwell had been talking about this ride non-stop – ever since we went last time and he wasn’t tall enough to ride it! Well, Robert took him and I think it was a little scarier than any of us remembered! Maxwell made it through but has no desire to do it again!

Love that picture with his eyes shut tight!!

We then explored the carnival area of Dino-Land and the boys played all the fun games. It was pretty funny to watch – and because we were basically the only ones there, they won every game and we came home with about 8 stuffed animals!

The boys also managed to walk out of Animal Kingdom with some purchased toys too – a stuffed lion and leopard and this cool cobra and green dinosaur!

We then went over to Tusker House for brunch with some of our favorite characters! Spencer wasn’t so sure about them all but Maxwell could not have been more excited!

No love for Daisy…

even when she tried to give him a smooch!

Donald at least got a smile…

but Spencer wouldn’t get near him.

Maxwell was happy as could be though!

Spencer was a little interested in Goofy…

but still couldn’t be convinced to go stand next to him!

Maxwell and The Goof were fast friends…

and Maxwell loved showing him his new cobra!

Spence then had a slight change of heart and did give Goofy a high five!

We then met the main mouse himself and Spencer decided Mickey was A-OK and hopped right up for a picture!

After lunch, we had fast passed the Lion King show. It was fantastic and really worth seeing! We called it quits after that and headed back to the hotel to rest up before dinner. Except, when we got back, no one was interested in resting and so Robert and I took the boys to the pool. They started in the kid area where the Mad Hatter’s hat dumps water on you every few minutes. Spencer wasn’t quite so sure at first but then Maxwell convinced him to get in there and get soaked!

We then headed over to the big pool where I took one for the team and got into the pool. The water was warm but the air outside wasn’t and I was freezing! It didn’t seem to faze the boys though. They were loving it and kept getting out to go get back in line for the giant slide. Maxwell was an expert coming down the slide…

and then Spencey came down like this!

hahaha!! That picture makes me laugh so hard. On his back – head first – here comes Spence!!

After we dried off and warmed up, we went over to the Wilderness Lodge for dinner. It was fun to see another hotel. I can’t say I’ll go back but it was a good evening outing.

We were all worn out from our day of animal and pool fun and were hoping for a good night’s sleep. Yet, again, baby had different ideas! No rest for the weary I guess! See you tomorrow!