Disney Vacation Round 1

Our Disney dream vacation couldn't have started as well as it did without the help of Grandma Mackrory's visit. She came and helped with laundry, cleaning the house and packing for the trip. The kids also loved playing soccer outside with her, helping her weed the garden and swinging on the swing. Kudos to Grandma!

First thing we did on our vacation was take the time to visit the ocean on our way down to Disney World. This is a beach in Florida about an hour away from Disney. The kids absolutely loved playing in the waves and the sand and collecting sea shells. It was the first time in my life that I almost wished that I lived near the ocean because it was just too much fun for them. Of course we could only stay for about a half hour and that was plenty if you ask me with regards to the heat and humidity. The kids could have cared less about going to Disney World and probably could have lived on the beach the rest of the week if you asked them at that point.

Corilynn would giggle and laugh every time the wave came up to splash her toes but she didn't really want to let go of my hand just in case.

Lyman totally ignored my pleas to try NOT to get wet because we would still need to sit in the car and drive a while before we got to Disney World. He was in heaven. We then drove to Disney World and just in case you didn't catch it by the name of the place - it is its own WORLD! We didn't anticipate how big the place would be - I mean we got lost inside it trying to find our resort hotel. There are highways inside Disney World, 4 lane highways complete with exits etc. It is soooooo HUGE! After we checked in we dropped our stuff off and went straight to the Magic Kingdom because we figured the kids would love that best. So we drove the 5 miles from our hotel on the Disney World highways to the first park "Magic Kingdom" - then you park and have to take a shuttle from the parking lot to the first stage of the entrance. Then from there you can either take the monorail or the ferry to the actual park entrance. Are you getting a picture at how huge this place is?

The kids loved playing on the carousel and dumbo rides and seeing the Magic Kingdom castle.
They also loved to play in the Dino Land dinosaur exhibition.

My nephew, Micah, came with us to help us out with the kids and here we are rubbing Buddha's belly for good luck during the vacation.
Stay tuned... I have lots more fun to post for the week. Maybe later today or tomorrow. :)