Today is Sunday the 23rd which is also my sister's 30 birthday
and she's still stuck in the hospital. Little prob with the c-sect but it's all good. I told her to have the nurses keep the baby at night and get some spoiling, which she won't get a home. As far as not getting up at night goes, I mean. She sends more pics and that baby is SO darn cute!
We had planned on going to OPR for some breakfast but Bob was SO slow getting his bag packed. He had to be at the Customs House by 9:15 am and didn't want to leave. We didn't want him to go either but he wanted to see his new grandson. He ended up having go to straight to the CH and me and the kids went with him. I was worried about him not having eaten but he doesn't usually have brekkies until 11 anyways. He did very well, diabetically speaking, while we were away. He does bust out the insulin and inject in front of everyone though. That really bothers Pierre (minimed pump for 8 years now) because when he injected he was always very discreet but that ain't Bob's way. Isn't this bus neat. Crush totally busted Bob's b*lls so I had to get a pic of them.
A couple pics before leaving. Cooper was having a "moment" so no pics of him.
We gave him hugs goodbye and he told me what a great time he had and didn't want to leave. I nearly cried. Sniff. I'm so glad he got to see what life is like outside of home and what a FAMILY vacay is. I think it helped in his desicion to sell his pizza shop and retire which we ALL desperately want him to do.
For the last couple of years he's been trying to get himself organized to have his Mom and sister come to the USA for a visit and last year I took over the paperwork since he's a scatter brain. We sent everything and more over with a letter begging the US Embassy to allow them here for a short visit as they haven't seen him in 26 years. They finally had an appointment yesterday and the family flew to Dubai (closest US embassy to them as there isn't one in Iran) spending $10,000 total. They were at the Embassy less then 5 mintues and were disapproved on the basis that they might stay here. Despite having their entire lives and family in Iran who they would NEVER leave. Needless to say Bob is pretty upset right now. they suggested he get his stuff in order and have all of us go to Dubai next year. So, we'll see but if you can all say a little prayer for him... Back to my story!
We met Peeps at OPR and grabbed some food beofre getting on the bus to Animal Kingdom. Attention, sleepy pic ahead!
We got there a little after 10 and it was pretty busy going in. Much busier than I thought it would be. I raced my tush over to grab some Safari FP's and Pierre took the kids to the bathroom and met me in front of It's a Bug's Life.
We weren't sure if Cooper could handle it because he has a VERY disturbing bug paranoia/phobia. BAD! His bus driver had to stop the bus one day because of a fly. He was going to brave it though. He kept telling himself it's all pretend and was being silly while we waited for the doors to open. Diggin' the shades dude!
He did great, slid the glasses down a couple of times and did ask to leave once but stuck it out. When we left I booked it over to Kali River Rapids since I could get more FP's. Man, was I getting a workout with all the speedwalking and people dodging! I had told Pierre to meet me over at Safari but of course he wasn't there.
Donald was trying to bust out and I called him a bunch of times, probably a good thing he didn't anwser. By the time I saw him Cinderella made an appearance. They grabbed something to drink on the way over. Well, it WAS hot so... We got in line for the Safari, Cooper had really been looking forward to this one! We had to wait a while here, maybe 15 mins, despite being right in front, they said an animal was blocking the road. Yeah, right, I had seen a DT member earlier and was sure they were giving someone the Castle Suite. Jerks.
After the Safari which we all enjoyed we hit up Flame Tree BBQ. Pierre got in the line, which was pretty long and we went to get a table. We were lucky enough to get one right on the water, under the awning and waited FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went back 2 or 3 times to see what the holdup was. This was the longest we waited for anything the whole week, and it was a counter service no less! Bella had to drink a couple of ketchup packets she was so hungry!
I had to do some beggin' for this pic.
They watched Expedition Everest the whole time and screetched everytime it went down. I'm sure our table mates LOVED that! Mickey and the gang sailed past which was pretty cool and kept the kids occupied for a few.
I went up 1 last time to check on Pierre and he had just gotten the stuff. Good thing I went, he had 2 big trays and drinks with no lids. I ate the BBQ chicken salad and it was ehhh. Not bad but not great, Pierre had ribs which he really enjoyed and knocked back 5 units.
ADDING IN: I found out Rentayenta Jenny saw me in line but didn't realize it was me until after I walked away. It clicked when she saw Pierre's tatoo with the kids name on it. So bummed we didn't meet!
After we filled up we headed over to KRR. Well, I FP EE for Bella and Pierre and met them there. Guess who got there first? If you said Pierre you are WRONG! I beat them by 5 minutes. Got right through again, no pics as I left it in the stroller since this was a water ride. AND thank goodness I did. You know what's coming, right? I got THE seat. You know the one that gets totally bombed with water. I was completley soaked but who cares, the ride was fun! Waaaaay to short though, they need to do sunthin' bout that.
Despite grumbling from Bella she was dragged into Festival Of The Lion King. This was the one thing I REALLY wanted to do at AK so she was gonna have to suck it up! They sat in the front row and we were right behind them. LOVED IT!
Cooper was still on his Cirque high so I knew he'd love it and he did. They both did! when we left Pierre went to get icecreams for them while I got them in line for Minnie
, Bella had wanted to meet her all week. The line moved really fast so we got to meet Donald
too.
Pierre and Bella had a date with the Yeti and Cooper spied Stitch so we stayed and they left for the mountain.
After Stitch
hugged him too tight we made our way to EE and waited for them. It started to rain so I pulled the poncho over the stroller and we went inside. We had a laugh over the pictures from the ride and watched the people coming off. We spied Pierre and Bella and they had bought their photo. It is GREAT! My camera is acting up again so I can't snap a pic of the pic but will as soon as I can. We headed back to CBR after this to relax before our dinner ressies.
that's it for today, I think. I want to install the video info and try to put up a video of Bella's dinner antics. Not gonna tell ya where we ate, you gotta stay tuned!
The updates are great,the pics are wonderful...TOT boring??!!
Thank goodness he had a fan on him. Doubt it helped much but...better than nothing! Would you guys get ready for the pic?! I worry too much about speeding the lines along!
We get to our table, I mean car, and it's pink which gets Bella totally excited. I had forgotten how dark it was in there which I did NOT like when trying to read the menu. Like Farrah said I thought it was very quiet, certainly more than any other meal we had at WDW! I had to go outside and finally tracked down Pierre, he had gotten a frozen mocha that so really good, nice and refreshing! I was paying OOP for my meal this time since I was doing 1 more TS than everyone else. Our waiter was Moroccan so you know Bob had to go through his whole shpiel again. 
Here's Bob and Cooper, they were driving.
in front of her face. She was SO surprised and it was super nice of him to do that. See, Farrah, same tooth, same joint! 
Our waitress was adorable! So friendly, but I thought the service was slow. So were the princesses but maybe that was planned out? Anyways, I ordered the Fairy Tale wine which I didn't expect to be sparkling but was quite good. A nice change actually! I also got a water and it was a Vos, how fancy! We got some starters from the buffet and since I like smoked salmon I was pretty happy. I tried a couple of other things too and like most of them. The stuff I ate on the trip was all stuff I would not normally eat and I'm glad I did that. Nice to expand the horizons, in'it? I got the poached cod for my main course and Bella got the pasta and meatballs. I LOVED mine! She really enjoyed hers too but her Uncle Anthony makes better meatballs in his grinder shop. 
After he picked me up off the floor I said no thanks, all set. Finally Ariel came out and made her way around. She got to our table and talked a hundred miles an hour but everything she said was spot on! Bella had them all sign her Kidcot mask which looks really cute displayed. Bella asked her if she knew Tink and if she did can she let her know she had lost a tooth. She also wanted to know if Belle was Ariels best friend, which they are BTW. Bella's best friend loves Ariel the most so... hey, it matters!
when I told her to come back. Whatevs. When she came back to our table she just kept saying "that's curious". Listen, just sign the mask, you're not a real princess anyways. NO FLAMES!!!!
I loved the rice cream which was a creamy rice pudding.
It was probably my favorite thing I did all week (besides Soarin')
bus situation. When we were on the bus Bella talked the WHOLE way back. I was seriously 2 seconds away from telling her to shut up. You know when you've had a busy day and want to wind down but there's that constant noise that keeps you from it. Yep. On the other hand, I will tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed spending the week with her and seeing how her personality has grown. She's very funny which she gets from Pierre, sarcastic (in a good way) and smart. I don't know, I can't really describe it but I saw her in a totally different light and it's VERY COOL! 
I guess I would have needed to tell the waiter for that to happen huh?
Thats too cute!!
Dubai sounds very interesting and I'm always up for traveling (as long as Bob foots the bill for that one) Not Chef Mickeys....
