Disney World: Day 4

Sunday, May 9th-Each day we are on vacation, Tony is totally into getting up and ready as fast as possible.  Sawyer would stand at the window and say, "side" because of course that is where he wanted to be.  But since it was Mother's Day, I wanted to sleep in a bit and make myself look nice.  Much to Tony's dismay we didn't leave the hotel until 12 p.m. Can you believe the audacity, but  I knew we were staying in the park until 1 a.m. when the Magic Kingdom closed to resort guests, so I didn't feel so bad for them.  To prove that even they were exhausted, I captured a picture of the two of them on the way to the park that morning/afternoon.

We started out in the Magic Kingdom, where we were able to meet pirate Goofy at the Pirates of the Caribbean.  Then it was off to the Jungle Cruise.  Both of these rides were favorites of Sawyer because they have boats and "watey" or water as you and I would call it.  He LOVED the animals along the Jungle Cruise as well.  Before we left the park for my Mother's Day dinner, we made our way to FantasyLand where we found Peter Pan and Wendy.  They even had accents as they spoke to Sawyer!

Grand Floridian

I got to choose where I wanted to eat, since it was my day, so I chose the fanciest resort on Disney property, The Grand Floridian!  It was magnificent inside and out.  The Victorian decor, a piano player in the lobby when we arrived, and a jazz band playing as we left made me feel like we had stepped back in time.  Sawyer colored as we dined at our granite table.  Both dinner and dessert was delicious.  We got the cutest dessert sampler so we could try a little bit of everything.  It had key lime pie, tiramisu, chocolate mouse, and a lemon cheesecake, even the sign that said, "Celebrate Today" was made of white chocolate and sugar.  They gave me a white carnation for being a mom to top off a perfect meal.  It was a very special place to spend Mother's Day with my boys.

Me & my boy on Mother's Day

 

  

Disney World: Day 3

Saturday, May 8th-  This day began in Hollywood Studios for breakfast at the Hollywood & Vine.  We were treated to another smorgasbord meal with fun kids foods while the characters from Little Einsteins (June & Leo) and JoJo's Circus (JoJo and Goliath) circulated.  Even though Sawyer had never seen either of these shows, he seemed to really enjoy meeting the characters and the dancing that was intermingled in the festivities.  We weren't sure if we would enjoy this breakfast, but I had so much fun watching Sawyer.  Afterwards, we went and saw the Playhouse Disney show and that was a huge hit with the little man.  He loved the bubbles and all the fun characters on stage.

We explored the Honey I Shrunk the Kids area.  Sawyer wasn’t sure what to think at first, but it was good for him to have time out of the stroller to roam and play with the giant blades of grass.  On our way to find a seat for the street party we ran into my favorite Christmas shop (but it was closed ) and Bolt.  Sawyer was excited to meet him because he can say “Bote”.  Just before the Block Party Bash parade we saw a giant “dino” and had to take his photo.  We found great seats for the parade on some stairs, up front, in the shade!  Sawyer loved all the characters and had fun dancing to the music. 

Once the parade ended we changed parks and spent the rest of the day in Magic Kingdom.  Walking down Main Street USA, we had the photographers take the famous “in front of the castle shot”.  Then it was off to ride the rides! Tony's favorite DisneyWorld attraction is Splash Mountain. He didn't get to ride it last year and I couldn't ride it this year, so Sawyer played at the Laughing Place play area while we waited for Daddy to ride with his friend Tyson.  It was a great for Sawyer to play and be able to roam free for about 45 mins.  He had a splendid time.