Mickey Mouse and More

Last week we enjoyed the benifits of a career that involves the need to attend conferences. This conference just happened to be in Disney World at the Swan and Dolphin hotel.

Our first morning there was spent walking around the grounds while Brian attended a meeting. The grounds were immaculate and the boys  probably would have been satisfied playing near the pond and along the beach area just around the corner past the playground. Then there was a wading pool and other play areas we didn't even walk towards. After Brian was finished with his meeting and we had our first accident we were on our way to the Magic Kingdom.

I had heard much about Cinderella's castle and the fireworks show Disney puts on in the evening. I have to say my favorite part of the show was when Tinkerbell flew off the highest turret and into the night, her wings whispering like a butterfly. I had been asked many times by Andrew if Tinkerbell would be there. Apparently that was what impressed him the most about the movie Peter Pan. By the way, Andrew is still learning how to smile for the camera and James was quite worn out by the time the pic above was taken.

The next day we all went to Hollywood Studios, another park of Disney's. I think my favorite part that day was seeing how excited the boys were to "meet" Lightening McQueen. They were pretty excited to hear the revving engines and see the cars' eyes blink. Brian grabbed Andrew just before he jumped on the hood.

The last two days of our visit were spent by Brian going to meetings and the three of us going to two more parks. I think we were all worn out by the time it came to go to Epcot. I tried to take Andrew and James in to see a short film about Canada and Andrew wept half the time. I think he was a little overwhelmed. Too much moose?

I was a nice mommy and stood in line with the boys again to see Mickey and Minnie and Friends. I was amazed at the adults also standing in line to have their pictures taken with the Big Cheese. I had an excuse...

Oh, and if you ask James and Andrew about their trip to meet Mickey they will tell you, Andrew with English, James with improvised sign language and sound effects, that Andrew hit Mickey on the nose and James pulled Goofy's tongue. I guess their was a bet between them to see who could get one of those Disney Characters to talk.