Just wanted to post here, too, thanks for the photos, Mindi! And thanks, Michelle, for pointing her in the right direction. The other couple with us in the picture are my in-laws....
So I found out on Friday that the teacher's assistant in Josh's class used to work at Kennedy Space Center and her brother currently works there! Oh, to have had that info several weeks BEFORE we went to KSC....
But Josh was so impressed with KSC that he now wants to be an astronaut and loves his stuffed shuttle. He can tell you all about the Saturn V rocket and how it took man to the moon and how they took the Lunar Lander down to the surface - it's pretty cool seeing him get so excited about it. Between that and feeding the stingrays on
Castaway Cay, I don't know what he enjoyed most.
We're still kicking around the ideas of what our next idea for a vacation will be. I'd talked about doing non-
DCL Alaska in 2011 (Carmine and I will both turn 40

), but I'm starting to reconsider. I think I may encourage his parents to do that on their own (or a European river barge cruise - that's the other one they want to do ). I think I can wait through 2010 without WDW, but the 2010-2011 school year is Sam's 5th grade year and most likely the last year we can "easily" take her out for a week's vacation (thus, avoiding holiday crowds) and I want to take advantage of that!
Aw, heck! The sooner I can get to WDW, the better! So, If Carmine suggests it for this winter, I'm there! OK, he won't do that, but I could see him getting antsy this time next year, with us maybe planning something late 2010, early 2011.....cross your fingers!