Day Six - Tuesday September 30th
Tuesday was a very uneventful day. So uneventful that recapping it would bore ME. I therefore, will not be boring YOU with it either.
Basically, we checked out of the Boardwalk Villas and went back home to our house, and that was it.
Amidst the whirlwind of packing up at Disney and unpacking at home, the highlight of our day was picking up Tolliver (and MacGregor, of course) from the vet's office. In the past, Tolliver has been reluctant to leave the vet's office after being boarded or just dropped off for treatment (as I mentioned, they love him to pieces and spoil him rotten
). That day, was different. He was very happy to see his daddies and was very excited to come home with us. And we were very happy to have him home again.
The other highlight of the day was after dinner (for the life of me, I can't remember what we ate, or even if we went out. Like I said, it's not worth recapping
) we cut into the top layer of our wedding cake and had it for dessert!
The yellow cake with buttercream frosting filling was as delicious as the other two flavors had been.
I know a lot of people said we should save the top layer for our first anniversary, but things are tricky with anniversaries. We're not going to celebrate ours on September 28th. We're going ot continue to celebrate June 4th the way we always have. September was just the celebration, June 4th is still our day. If marriage is ever a legal option for us, we'll rethink that (or get married on June 4th . . .
) Aside from all of that, we didn't have room for it in the freezer, and we've ordered cakes from Disney before. We'll just do it again if we ever decide we want one. One of the perks of living in the area is we can get WDW food items when we want to, not just when we're on vacation.
Which leads us to . . .
Day Seven - Wednesday October 1st
We got up early and headed off to the Magic Kingdom with Mom and Sofia. We were meeting Dana, Daya, and my Aunt Nel for breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table. This is something that I had wanted to do for a while, and Dana had invited us to enjoy it with them. I'm glad she did. We enjoyed it; though it is kind of one of those "Okay, we've done it, no need to go back again" things.
While waiting for Dana, Nel, & Daya behind the castle, we came across the Fairy Godmother.
She also looked confusedly at the "Just Married Buttons" and said nothing.
After our encounter with the FGM, the other members of our party arrived and we checked in at the podium and were told that they'd be ready for us at the next seating in approximately 20 minutes.
Since we had time to kill, Scott and I headed down to the wishing well, to throw our customary "thank you" coins into it.
From the wishing well, we saw some characters that we'd never been able to get close to: The Ugly Stepsisters, and Evil Stepmother! And they only had two people in line! We ran down to snag pictures with them.
One look the buttons and we got "Are you wearing those because you want to marry US?"
from the stepsisters. I said, "No, we got married to each other on Sunday!" To which the stepmother said, "And why weren't WE invited?".
I let her know that it was a small family affair, and assured her that we hadn't invited Cinderella either. "I should think NOT! Where did this small family wedding take place?" Scott said, "At the Adventurers Club" at which all three of them widened their eyes and the stepmother said "Oh, I've heard of that place. Girls, you remember we've heard of that place." They nodded. "They say the walls talk to you there. We don't like talking walls. Or talking animals either, for that matter."
They were great! When we were done, Sofia moved up to hand Scott the camera and get her own picture with them. They asked her how she knew "those two". She said "They're my brothers!" Which got the most hilarious reactions from the stepsisters. "But they said they just got married!" To which Sofia calmly explained that I was her brother, but now Scott is her brother TOO. They accepted that, and posed for her picture.
From there, we made our way back to the castle, and were ushered into our "audience" with Cinderella.
In this picture, we've got Scott, Sofia, Rob, Cinderella, Dana, Aunt Nel, and Mom. Daya is the little one in front, of course. And Miss Daya got some special "princess to princess" attention as well.
After the pictures, Cinderella spotted our buttons and was the exception to the rule. She didn't hesitate, and positively gushed her congratulations for us, and thanked us for sharing our happiness with "all of us".
Breakfast was pretty good, and it was delightful watching Daya interact with the princesses. Like I said earlier. I'm very glad we did it, but we don't feel the need to go back.
After breakfast we said our goodbyes to Dana, Daya, & Aunt Nel; letting all of them know that they're always welcome to come visit us. Sofia stayed with them for the day, while Scott and I went home with Mom.
We spent the afternoon running errands and getting things ready for company that night and preparing things to pack for our trip on the boat.
That evening, since it was our last night in town while Pippa & Glen were still in the country, and the night before my Mom's birthday, we decided that a stress-free get together at our house was in order. In addition to Mom, Dad, Sofia, & Rose (who were all staying at the house with us) we were joined by Pippa, Glen, Sharon, Joe, Tyler, & Cat for a casual "grill out on the patio" evening accompanied by birthday cake.
We had a very nice time. We were sad to say "farewell" to Glen & Pippa until they come back next year, but we were so glad they'd made the trip for Our Big Fat Gay Disney Wedding.
After saying our good-nights to everyone, we headed off to our bedroom and despite being pretty durned tired, we packed for the cruise (I know, I know, we totally should have done that sooner, but we didn't).
And then we crashed. And since we were going to be away for the next three nights, Tolliver got to sleep on the big bed, curled up between his daddies.
Next up, getting to the boat, getting onto the boat, getting a cocktail on the boat
Sorry Mike 
