). John went to the front of the building to access the situation and came back to say that it was still raining pretty hard and that we needed to buy new ponchos. 
Lacey put her's on the correct way. Glad there's at least one sane one in the bunch.
I do the same thing when I start laughing! first is the laugh or giggle, than I start laughing so hard that not a sound comes out (I have been dubbed tigger for this one in the past--since I'm bouncing), than the tears start...
OK see...now you have me giggling and the kids were nice and quiet watching Mulan (the Disney channel Monday morning movie)...thanks!
GREAT update! That photo of John is priceless!!!!!
Moments like those giggling ones are the most fun memories from my childhood growing up with my family and now with my fiance and kids.
I abosolutely LOVE your family interaction!! To me that is what it is all about! My sister, mom and I get into those fits of laughter and people look at us like we are crazy!!LOL
One thing that I thought was soo funny was that John put his hat back on ON TOP of the poncho!!LOL
Wonderful update and I love the photos! Who cares if people thought y'all were crazy? Those are the perfect memories of vacations that you'll remember forever.I love those type of unplanned goofy moments.
Sorry I haven't posted before except to point out the hidden mickey. Your TR is great. I really enjoy reading it.
Hello there! I am WAY behind on the TR but I'm going to try to catch up. I read your introduction and thought I could learn something from someone who has been to WDW 14 times! So I'm off to get reading now! You may be finished with your TR by the time I get caught up!
It's usually the first thing we ride when we head over to the WS. Love all your pictures!! Great find on the Hidden Mickey!!! I am soooo bad at finding them!! Even when it's pouring rain you're family manages to have a great time together!!! What wonderful memories!!!
When I last left off, Hunter was doing his dance in Mexico and we were trying to wait out the rain. We could see that there were still many many people standing around the door to the pavilion so that meant it was still raining. We had lasted an entire week in Walt Disney World with no real rain and it decides to rain on our last Epcot day.
Since we still had a little time to kill, we looked around in the store some more. And, then, we spotted the glass blower just coming out to work. We were able to get into the tiny store and watch him work. He was simply amazing. My mother loves any kind of bird and every time we go somewhere, we try to find her some kind of bird. There were several in the store but we couldn't decide which one to get her. Finally, we decided to get her a delicate glass birdbath with two little birds perched on the side. I paid for the item which I had to take with us. They wouldn't send it to package pick-up or resort pick-up because they are made of glass and are too fragile. Hunter watched the glass blower for a few more minutes and then we gave other people their turn to watch.
Of course, since the weather had looked pretty when we left the resort, I didn't bring our ponchos. It was getting close to our ADR check-in time so we had to make the decision of whether or not to run for it or buy new ponchos (when we had four perfectly good ones in our room
For John to say that we had to buy ponchos meant it really was raining hard. John absolutely, positively hates wearing ponchos. He doesn't like how they are tight around his head and neck so he rips the neck of them to make them larger. Then, he complains because the hat part of the poncho doesn't want to stay up.
But, if we wanted to make it to the Garden Grill without being soaking wet, we would need to buy ponchos...whether John wanted to wear one or not. We made our poncho purchase and tried to find an out of the way spot to put them on.
Hunter put his poncho on and had it on backwards. He didn't realize it until he had it on and tried to put on the hat part. His face was at the back of the hood part.
We all know how much John despises wearing the ponchos so, of course, we had to pick on him which made us all laugh. Watching John put on the poncho was absolutely hilarious. He just had this look of disgust on his face and then, he looked like this.....
....which had me just about rolling on the ground. I am not kidding when I say I dropped to my knees. I already had to pee and I almost pee'd myself when I looked at him. (John's probably going to kill me when I tell him I posted that picture.)
Knowing that he was entertaining the kids, John kept up the antics just so they would laugh some more.
You know how you get those fits of giggles and you just can't stop? Well, I had one of those fits. I just kept laughing and laughing and laughing. When I get really really tickled, my laugh changes and I start crying. The kids absolutely love it when I get that way. Well, they were lovin' me at that point because I had the fits of giggles, my laugh had changed and I proceeded to put my poncho on backwards. I almost lost it as did John and the kids. I was about to pee on myself and I couldn't stop laughing. John said something which I can't remember but it made us all laugh even more.
I know that people thought we were a bunch of idiots. But, you know what? Those are the kinds of memories that I like making with my family. Some people have those warm and fuzzy memories and some have serioius memories but we have these sorts of vacation memories.
***I guess I'll stop here. I wanted to get over to my pre-trip report and write up an installment there too.
Up next: Our dinner at the Garden Grill and the kids dancin' with the characters!
