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- Dec 7, 2009
After a mercifully uneventful night's sleep, we got up bright and early Sunday morning. J had baked some muffins for the trip the day before we left. We had those and some juice and fruit in the room for breakfast.
By 8 AM we were on the road to church (Catholic Mass). We tried the one in Celebration for the first time. We usually go to the Shrine, but Celebration is closer to AoA. The part of Celebration we were in seems to mostly be some really new condos (including a LOT under construction) that are inhabited mostly by snowbirds. It looked like a GREAT place to have a winter home. We arrived just 10 minutes before Mass started which means they were running out of parking and we had to sit in folding chairs along the side of the church. So, now we understand why it is generally recommended that you go to the Shrine instead. However, it was really nice not to get the "we need money" speech that you get every time at the Shrine (because it doesn't have any regular parishioners, all money has to come from visitors).
After Mass, we headed back to AoA with D and T while MIL and FIL took the girls and stopped at Walgreens. Silly me forgot to ask them to get bandaids. Ugh! While we were waiting on them to get back, we walked around AoA a little and took a couple of pictures.
The boys LOVED the "elephant graveyard"! You can see a little tunnel behind them and they must have chased each other through it at least a couple of dozen times. This kept them entertained until MIL and FIL returned. Then we got everyone in their swimsuits and they headed off to the pool.
With the kids well entertained, DH and I made our escape! We hopped on a bus to Epcot! I really wanted some time to enjoy the Flower and Garden festival and the kids get bored with it pretty quickly. So, we were really excited to get a couple of hours to ourselves to do "grown up stuff".
Up next, snacking around Epcot!
By 8 AM we were on the road to church (Catholic Mass). We tried the one in Celebration for the first time. We usually go to the Shrine, but Celebration is closer to AoA. The part of Celebration we were in seems to mostly be some really new condos (including a LOT under construction) that are inhabited mostly by snowbirds. It looked like a GREAT place to have a winter home. We arrived just 10 minutes before Mass started which means they were running out of parking and we had to sit in folding chairs along the side of the church. So, now we understand why it is generally recommended that you go to the Shrine instead. However, it was really nice not to get the "we need money" speech that you get every time at the Shrine (because it doesn't have any regular parishioners, all money has to come from visitors).
After Mass, we headed back to AoA with D and T while MIL and FIL took the girls and stopped at Walgreens. Silly me forgot to ask them to get bandaids. Ugh! While we were waiting on them to get back, we walked around AoA a little and took a couple of pictures.
The boys LOVED the "elephant graveyard"! You can see a little tunnel behind them and they must have chased each other through it at least a couple of dozen times. This kept them entertained until MIL and FIL returned. Then we got everyone in their swimsuits and they headed off to the pool.
With the kids well entertained, DH and I made our escape! We hopped on a bus to Epcot! I really wanted some time to enjoy the Flower and Garden festival and the kids get bored with it pretty quickly. So, we were really excited to get a couple of hours to ourselves to do "grown up stuff".
Up next, snacking around Epcot!