Oh my gosh, it looked like Bella was going to get lost in that vest!
I love it when the CM's at Pop start doing the Hustle! We caught that a couple of times on the last trip.
I miss Pop so much! I adore the food court -- actually, we all do. Kailyn is kind of picky but she loves the food court, too, b/c she can actually find things that she likes. One of our favorite quick "snacks" to grab was a side of breadsticks and marinara sauce. I am sooooo ready to be back there!
Yep - an order of breadsticks is cheap and filling.
Three more months for us, but I'm thinking of offering to give up the summer trip for the October trip for financial reasons.
Brooklynn is doing very well swimming. And Bella is just adorable with that swim vest.
That would be just wonderful to have a job where you could take a break & entertain the guests by doing the Hustle. Maybe I'll break into a dance at work tomorrow..
The girls were having much fun in the pool.
Brooklyn is a little fish
Bella with that lifejacket. I thought for a second she was going to get her head through the armhole and jump in.
Here are some pictures from the new exhibit at our local zoo (Virginia Zoological Park in Norfolk, VA). I am sure you'll see why it reminded me of Animal Kingdom.
The last one is not from this exhibit, but it seemed Animal Kingdom like, too:
As we were watching these, I said to my husband, "I think they look darker than the ones at Animal Kingdom. The ones at AK are reticulated giraffes. I wonder if these are a different kind?" Well, it turns out they were! Ours are Masai giraffes. I haven't read up on what makes them different, but I thought it was kind of neat that I could tell the difference. Plus, I didn't even realize there were different kinds of giraffes!
Thanks for letting me share! I hope you enjoyed the pictures.
I enjoyed all of those pictures. Thanks very much for sharing. We are hoping to go to Louisville in a few weeks, so that got me really excited for that trip.
I just thought of something else. I am pretty sure I remember reading in our local paper that one of the giraffes from our zoo got transferred to Animal Kingdom several months ago. I wonder if we can spot him when we go? Or, I wonder if we had a reticulated giraffe, and sent him to AK? After I posted the last post, I went and looked at the Wikipedia entry on giraffes and it says there are 6 kinds. The Masai is the darkest in color. Who knew?
I think the Masai males are the darkest, from something I have read. I love reading about animals. Very cool that one of your giraffes went to AK.
Me again! This is probably more than anyone cares to know about giraffes, but I just googled and found that the giraffe that came from Norfolk and went to AK was a Masai giraffe. It said it was joining a herd of 7 Masai giraffes there. But I am sure that when you are on the safari they say reticulated giraffes....so are there other giraffes that aren't on display? I wonder if the Masai giraffes are at AK Lodge? Does anyone care about my now neurotic musings on giraffes?
We'll have to hang out at AK sometime. I could get into researching all this.
We love SSR too, but we've never had dinner at AP, since there are so many other great restaurants with amazing offerings. We love the variety at Pop, too. Altho DD & I could practically live on the tie-dye cheesecake alone! At Port Orleans - French Quarter, I couldn't get enough of the beignets. And such a lovely stroll from Riverside, maybe just about enough to work off a beignet ...
Congrats to Bella on two days of big-girl panty success!!!
OK, gotta go work on September plans now -- DH just said we can add a day to our trip! More park time! More ADRs! Yea!!!!
Beignets - aaaaah! Warm, sweet, powdery goodness.
for adding a day!
The video of the girls swimming was too cute! Did Bella ever get the vest on? That was precious.
Do the workers dance at the POP food court every day? That was funny.
Can't wait to see your pictures of Fantasmic!
No vest for Bella. She would have slipped through the arm hole.
They do dance every day, as far as I know.
Fantasmic is my absolute favorite
Coming up in a few minutes.
Maggie - I care about the giraffes! Next time we go to VA I'll have to take the girls to Norfolk to the zoo! Cool pictures!
We should just have zoo DIS meets all over the country.
I love that video of Brooklyn and Bella!! Bella trying to get that lifejacket on her head is so hilarious! Good golly those girls are cute! I am looking forward to trying out that food court too! Especially the tie-dyed cheesecake! Yummo!
I hope you will like the food court. There are burgers and pizzas and pastas and Chinese - lots of variety.
Aw, look at those girlies having fun! They both look so little at the table in front of the tv. Your Pop food sure looks yummy.
If we do go in October, our dates would be Oct 20-Oct 23.
TGIF MeMom & Jill! Hope you both have a great weekend!
You'll be there for Drew's birthday.
That's when our fall break is. If we decide to change to my break for $$ reasons, we'll see you there.
I was glad that our schedules worked out to see you even if it was just for a minute. Brooklynn was very proud of her floating ability. I am glad that I got to see her float.
I too took pictures of my view sitting around the pool. I wanted to be able to remember the feeling I had while sitting there watching Conor swim.
Yay for Bella's big girl panties.
She was having a blast. I like to remember my views, too, long after they are past.
That zoo in Norfolk looks really cool! It really does resemble AK, especially the prayer flags! It looks like you guys had a great day!
Oh and I was very interested in your new-found giraffe knowledge, I never knew there were so many different types! How cool that you were able to notice the difference!
I don't believe I have seen prayer flags in other zoos. Very Animal Kingdom-ish.
I'm still here. It's been a heck of a week, though. I got laid off last Friday so lots of changes coming for us. Although, I do love that Abby can come at 2:00 and Ellie can be home with me. Love being with my girls. I am going to do my best to enjoy this time with them. It is the first, and could be only time I will be a stay at home mom. It's always been a dream of mine so we will see how long we can do it. I will enjoy it much more next week. This week was filled with filing for unemployment, being sick with the flu, and finalizing everything at my old job. Ellie's birthday party is tomorrow.
I'm caught up and love all the updates. Happy Belated Birthday, Bella! The party looked like so much fun.
Enjoy your time with those sweet girls. I would go back to being a SAHM in a minute, if I could.
Sorry you guys have been sick.
I do I do. I will have to look closely and see. Something new to look for.
Special trip to AKL to look and of course stop for some zebra domes.
Any excuse to visit AKL is a good one. Such a great resort!
All the chicken dinners I have had have been good.
