What have I been up to? Writing, working, traveling. That pretty much sums it up. I've been to Vegas, Seattle and Orlando (Disneyworld!!) the past three months and that's the most flying I've done in over two years. I loathe flying cross country because I was across the country from my husband and Gabe when 9/11 happened and I hate the thought of being five hours and at least two planes away from my family. But Orlando was a piece of cake.
We took the boys on a long overdue vacation to Disneyworld for six days, one that we had promised since daddy was deployed. It was totally worth the wait. Asher turned four and though Gabe had outgrown Fantasyland and all of the characters (except Donald Duck. He digs Donald) he relished in riding every roller coaster twice since Terry and I had to switch off watching Asher. We even worked out a system so we could hold two FastPasses at the same time by using Asher's ticket. (For those of you who have been so deprived as to never have experienced the magic of Disneyworld, FastPasses allow you to return to a popular ride at an assigned time and only wait for a few minutes, rather than standing in line for an hour debating whether Yoda or Vader is the most powerful Jedi in the universe.Oh, and you can only have one at time.)
Of all the fun, fantasy and food, watching Asher meet Tigger, Pooh and Eeyore right before the park closed and all the Christmas lights were lit, leaving him with extra personal time, was the most memorable. He clutched his hands to his chest like he was meeting Santa Claus himself, and could not stop giggling and grinning and jumping up and down in sheer delight. I only wish I had it on video, but here is a picture (Daddy and Gabe were off riding rides without us...)
...and of the rest of the trip, I will only subject you to these, a mere fraction of the 700+ snapshots I actually took.
Asher's Character dinner birthday with Winnie the Pooh and Friends
This is a shot of the water in "It's a small world," (during which Gabe continually shouted over the song in frustration, "What do they mean it's a small world??") See all that bling? That's coinage ... from the dummies who didn't account for all the thousands of dollars they had already poured into Disney's coffers. Ah well. They're true believers. I, on the other hand, was sure I spotted a silver dollar and thought for a good minute about scooping it up.
Ta-Ta For Now kiddies!
2 comments:
I passed along your fast pass advice to a friend who also has a small child and a medium child (is that how you refer to them). Anyway, she is at Disneyland right now. I want to take Marc their next year for his birthday. Do you think a 37 year old will appreciate Disney?
It was great seeing you during your NW visit. It's funny (not ha ha), I still remember talking to you on the phone the morning of 9/11 and hearing the chaos in the background. It's one of few memories from that day.
Disneyworld is the best place on earth. We are heading back in August!
I'm glad you had a good time.
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