Chapter 67. You look like a soaked rat.
After golf we arrived back at the room and everyone relaxed and watched some cartoons on tv before got ready to head back out for the night.
We were set to embark on our 3rd fun day event for the day, first BB, second Golf and third was DTD
we always like to see who can see the fire station first going into DTD.
parker loves the themeing of it outside.
we skipped the first stop at the marketplace area as we didnt want to have to walk all the way over to disney quest. which was our first mistake.
we let him decide if we should eat first and then play or play then eat first.
with it only being around 4:30 none of us were that hungry yet but we should have just eaten first then played...but of course we didnt do that...
we stayed on the bus till we got to the west side and got off there we see a fun place we have eaten in the past and always enjoyed.
and my favorite the jenny boat.
basically a year ago when this trip took place noelle looks so much smaller and little, my how she has grown up in this last year.
as you look at these pics take note of the storm drains in the sidewalk, as we make our way to disney quest.
we never have eaten at this one but love the one on the other side of DTD.
getting closer to our destination.
when we get into the elevator to go up to the game floor parker is so excited he is a blur to the camera.
sort of has a herman munster size forehead going on.
candi found a cupcake she really wanted but we just took a picture for the time being to remind us to get it, but totally forgot to get
we played a bunch of the games.
parker perfected his guitar hero skills.
that stance, and guitar holding skill just screams PRO
noelle was occupied by the pretty lights.
this was parkers favorite game there.
the ninja swiping game
before we left he wanted to try his luck at dance dance revolution
with that we were ready to leave, but not before noticed it was almost 7 and the kids were starting to get really hungry.
we knew we should have eaten first.
especially when we get down to the bottom floor of the disney quest and find that there is a monsoon style rain going on outside.
we opt to wait a few minutes to see if it goes over or not
10 minutes later it is still raining buckets, the kind that if you step out in for 2 seconds you will be as wet as a shower or a dip in the pool rain.
so we do the only thing we can think of...we put the kids in the stroller put the front awning cover thing from the stroller completely over noelle.
but this leaves parker exposed to the the rain.
so we then take our umbrella and hold it over him while candi and i duck down so our faces are at the height of the stroller handle so he is covered fully and we try and stay somewhat dry.
we take off in a sprint...
well remember those drains well they are not built for a rain this size, there is vortex water spinning around them about 3-4 inches deep, it was going up to noelles feet in the stroller the wheels of the stroller were submerged.
we ducked into the first shop we saw an opening in, and assessed our damage....candi and i look at each other, i tell her she looks like a soaked rat, parker and noelle are cracking up to no end getting wet and mommy and daddy looking like we do.
we figure we are wet might as well keep going...onward to the marketplace side.
there are no covers from the rain all the way till you get to the
lego store.
so that is where we go, it gets to the point that the umbrella doesnt help candi or i, we just hold it over the stroller to keep them as dry as possible
as we are getting into the lego area, you can only hear squeals of delight from both kids who are having ohh so much fun at mommy and daddy getting soaked.
so what does all that rain lead to.
well it leads to a shopping spree in the world of
disney store of course, to find a few sweatshirts for the kids who are now turned from squeals of joy to squeals of COLD from the AC blasting on them.
we find parker a sweatshirt pretty quick and buy it, and throw it on him.
noelle is another story, i wasnt paying those prices for one for her to wear one year, so an extra small kids one for her so she can wear it for a few years was in order.
60 bucks later they were warm and ready to go to eat.
we headed to earl of sandwich, and candi goes up to order our meals, while i secure a table for us.
as soon as she heads back i run next door to wolf gangs to get the kids a pizza to split.
it comes out very quickly but seems like ages while i know the are sitting patiently waiting to eat.
luckily they had some of ours to tide them over.
and were at least now warm in there new sweatshirts.
and noelle kept busy flirting with the family behind our table.
i have to say the pizza even though it was just cheese was very very good, parker and noelle ate it up as well.
here is a shot on the bus on the way back so you can see there new sweatshirts.
of course getting back to our hotel the driver had to turn into the POP parking lot by mistake and we ended up driving around the whole pop resort then coming into AoA on the opposite side and making way to the bus drop off there.
which added a little more time.
on the way back to the room it started to rain a little bit so we ducked into the lion king section we came to first and walked as much inside as we could.
and it also gave us the chance to see the final hidden mickey in the carpet that eluded noelle and me earlier the other day.
a few times that night after dinner parker would cough once then freak out and work himself up and cough a bunch more.
we were able to talk him down then.
but when we got back to the room he ended up throwing up a few times.
he would just cough once or twice then get a look on his face like i Need to force myself to throw up cause i coughed.
we figured we would see how the night went and plan the next day accordingly.
next day coming up lets see what we have in store for our last full day in disney.
I'm glad Parker is having a better 2nd day. Thanks for sharing your "real life" pics! It's fun to see how much the kiddos are growing. Looks like a great birthday for Candi, and great score on the concert seats! The mini golf course theme is great! DS Ryan and his family got to enjoy it on their last day this year while the rest of us headed to the airport. He said the kids really enjoyed it, but I haven't seen the pics yet.
Noelle cracks me up, she's such a sweetie but she was not missing the tour of AofA, by golly!! She hung tough and made it all the way through, what a trooper! I love how she crawled up with Mama and just went to sleep, aren't they the cutest when they're asleep? 
I'm hoping Mackie and I will be able to hit Town lake before she has to go back to school this next week (she starts back on the 26th). She's in California with her Grandparents right now, so I'm hoping the beautiful weather (hey-93 is gorgeous for us this time of the year) will last out till she gets back and then we can go paddle boarding. I've always wanted to try it and I think it will give me a good idea if it will be as good a work out as I think it will be. 
glad to see you around again, hope everything is well for you.
