day five contiued...
We made our way to the petting zoo portion of Rafiki's Planet Watch.
I'm not sure if they call it a petting zoo... but that's basically what it is.
We had Dexter on a leash... and thank goodness!!! There are several cast members cleaning up after the animals but Dexter tried to sample a goat 'nugget' several times!! I mean can you blame him?? They do looking like coco puffs!
The park was very over crowded and this plus the first few days of very little sleep were making Shawn very cranky so he decided to go back to POP. So we got back on the train and headed back to Asia.
Shawn left us and went back to the hotel and Mike, Steph, Emmie, Dexter and me went to get FP for the Safari. The FP line seemed like it was almost as long as the stand-by to get on the ride!!! Once we FINALLY got our FP we ate at the Tusker House. Yummmm!!! I haven't really eaten anywhere else at the Animal Kingdom but I think it's safe to say that this is the BEST place to eat!!! You get alot of food for your money too, half a chicken and two sides is like $6-$7 so it's not too much crazier then some places at home.
Mike really wanted to ride Dinosaur! He decided to go solo while Steph and me let the babies run free in the Dino Play area.
They had lots of fun... and Dexter soon outgrew the baby slide and wanted to try something else.
They played a little while on the Jeep.
This is where I feel like a politician's wife. Shawn is on the board of directors of a local Jeep club. So if you or someone you know (lives in the Chicago land area or by The BadLands in Attica, IN) and goes off roading in a Jeep check them out
www.gljt.org They really are a great group of people and always make sure you and your jeep get off the trail safely. Ok... I'm done.
Dexter wanted to play like a big boy so he followed everyone up the stairs and waited his turn in line to go up the rope ladder.
He made it up all the way by himself... It took awhile but he made it! There was a big sign that said one person at a time but this one little boy (around 7) kept on trying to get on the rope with Dexter, but a cast member told him to get off. There were other ways to get up to the next level... he just didn't want to wait. Then he turned to me and with a nasty look on his face said, "Why did you let the baby get on???!!!"
I just looked at him and said, "cause the baby wanted to you little jerk" Ok so I didn't call him a little jerk, but I wanted to.
Once we got to the next level the only way down were slides. So Dexter being the brave baby he was picked one. At this point Steph was following Emmie around so there was no one at the bottom to catch him. No big deal for my baby, he just went right down the slide. After I saw he reach the bottom I threw myself into the slide to catch up with him. Only when I reached the bottom he was gone!!!!
Not a good feeling!!!! The first thing I did was ask the parents around at the bottom of the slide what way he went, but no one seemed to be watching. So next I ran over to the cast member at the entrance and asked them to watch the exit and make sure a little man with a green vest didn't leave. Ok... I covered all the bases... now to find Dexter. I ran around looking every where for him... I found Steph first and she started to help in the baby hunt. Then while I was passing a slide he comes sliding out of it.
I found him!!!! I felt like such and idiot, who lets their almost two year old go down a slide and then run off???
There were two moms at the top of the slide who said that they were keeping an eye on him cause they didn't see anyone with him.
I just can't believe how independent he is... he didn't even care that he was out of sight!! Time to leash him back up and move on.
We met back up with Mike and went back over to Expedition Everest to use their FP. Me and the babies ate a chocolate covered banana while they went on the ride. I guess they liked it, but didn't seem to impressed.
We started feeling very claustrophobic because of the crowds and decided to leave. On the way out I gave someone our FP for the safari (they acted like they were doing me a favor by taking them) and then we headed to the bus.
Mike Steph and Emmie played around the hotel for awhile.
When we got back Shawn seemed to be feeling better and we took Dexter to the pool.
I love this picture!!!! And the funny thing about it is that Dexter would run around, then go and sit on a chair, call Shawn over and tell him to sit and then say "ahhhhhh" and lean back!!! Silly Dexter!!!
Dexter kept on running toward the big pool and this little girl kept on bringing him back.
Tonight were the extra Magical Hours at The Magic Kingdom so we got dried off and headed over. Just our little family wanted to go (I don't remember what Mike Steph & Emmie did). It was still a little early when we got to the Magic Kingdom so we got our bracelets and went it. The first thing we did was ride the train. Dexter liked it and was saying "choo choo"
riding the train
We then went on Pirates again. (I love this ride)
The fireworks where going to start soon, so we thought we would have some Dole while we waited.
it can be sour.
This time we watched wishes from the left side of the castle. It was amazing!! I don't know what it is about this fireworks show that gets me all teary and sentimental. I just love it!!!
How perfect is this picture!!!
That is when the trust was really lost!!!! Now I think the only roller coaster he will ride is rocknroll roller coaster. He won't even go on Space Mountain (I even told him it only goes something like 23 mph... he won't believe me) 
) so me and Steph took the babies to the Character Connection. The line was crazy long!!! And by the time we got our turn Dexter didn't want anything to do with it.
