simplymama
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I had awoken a few times in the night, thinking of that Palmetto bug for one thing and as is usual for me when in a strange place, I had a bit of trouble, turning off my thoughts and falling back to sleep. What was unusual for me, was I actually slept in. We hadn't set the alarm, because I'm an early riser normally, and the Baby never lets me sleep in. Well, I guess that's unless he's at Disney. So much for making rope drop at Animal Kingdom 
After a quick bite from the lounge, and even quicker showers, and yes, a fair bit of ribbing from the older boys
who showed up on time ready to go 
we were on our way down to the valet for our van.
I wonder how often the valet attendants get to drive a beauty like ours???
We walked through the gates about 15 minutes too late for the opening show and headed straight to the Safari ride.
Our Safari Guide was feeling a little tired that morning too.
We were off on our Safari before we knew it as there was no wait at all.
Nevermind the hidden Mickey's, do you see the hidden lion. There are 2 lions in this picture.
This guy put on a show for us and let out a couple of huge roars. That was really neat to see and hear...
My personal favorite, is always the giraffes.
After the Safari ride we decided to split up again, so the older kids could ride Expedition Everest while we took the younger kids off to find some more age appropriate things for them. We walked a couple of the trails and then headed to Dinoland to let Grace and Anna ride Dinosaur.
As I previously mentioned Baby Joe had slept in, woke up for a bit to eat a bit of a muffin, but then slept through the entire Safari ride, and was now still asleep in his stroller. Dh took Anna, Grace and Jack on the Triceratop Spin ride
while I found a place in the shade. Joseph was still sleeping and I was getting more worried. I was wiping him down with cool cloths and yet he still basically slept.
so I did the unthinkable and sort of forced him to wake up and tried to get him to drink some.
What on earth was I thinking???
He wasn't dehydrated just catching up on his zzzs from being up so much, and of course now was wide awake, a bit
and wanting to get moving, NOW. OOOPS
Silly mommy, don't you know not to wake a sleeping baby?!
After that we offered to the kids to take them to get a snack and cold drink. Mistake number two. None of the places we passed were open. What the heck was the deal with that? It was already really HOT!! We had to walk further and further and further and my leg was starting to hurt for some reason more and more and more. No it can't be that I'm out of shape, or getting old. 
We stopped for a photo. Anything to stop the pain for a second.
Don't they look thrilled?
After the snack we realized it was almost time for the Nemo show, and thought the kids would enjoy it, and that we'd all enjoy the air conditioning. Joseph, was pretty good at first, and we were enjoying the show, despite the 35 year old couple making out in front of us,
but it was a long show. Joseph started to fuss, so DH took him out. Jack kept asking me if it was over yet. By the time it was over, I noticed the line to the outside was moving very very slowly.
Soon I realized why nobody was in a hurry to go out there because it was now pouring absolute buckets. We braved it out in the rain, (meaning I basically dragged Jack) which thankfully quickly changed to a lighter rain. By this time, the older kids had found DH and when I texted them, it didn't take us long to connect. They had all really liked Expedition Everest!
We decided to head out, as we had a dining reservation at 3:25.
My older kids kept
at their gimpy mother limping along. Yes, their nice that way!!!
Up Next... Day 3 Part 2. Forget the Lions. Bring on the Tigers and Bears!!
After a quick bite from the lounge, and even quicker showers, and yes, a fair bit of ribbing from the older boys
who showed up on time ready to go we were on our way down to the valet for our van. I wonder how often the valet attendants get to drive a beauty like ours???
We walked through the gates about 15 minutes too late for the opening show and headed straight to the Safari ride.
Our Safari Guide was feeling a little tired that morning too.
We were off on our Safari before we knew it as there was no wait at all.
Nevermind the hidden Mickey's, do you see the hidden lion. There are 2 lions in this picture.
This guy put on a show for us and let out a couple of huge roars. That was really neat to see and hear...
My personal favorite, is always the giraffes.
After the Safari ride we decided to split up again, so the older kids could ride Expedition Everest while we took the younger kids off to find some more age appropriate things for them. We walked a couple of the trails and then headed to Dinoland to let Grace and Anna ride Dinosaur.
As I previously mentioned Baby Joe had slept in, woke up for a bit to eat a bit of a muffin, but then slept through the entire Safari ride, and was now still asleep in his stroller. Dh took Anna, Grace and Jack on the Triceratop Spin ride
while I found a place in the shade. Joseph was still sleeping and I was getting more worried. I was wiping him down with cool cloths and yet he still basically slept.
so I did the unthinkable and sort of forced him to wake up and tried to get him to drink some.
What on earth was I thinking???
He wasn't dehydrated just catching up on his zzzs from being up so much, and of course now was wide awake, a bit
and wanting to get moving, NOW. OOOPSSilly mommy, don't you know not to wake a sleeping baby?!
After that we offered to the kids to take them to get a snack and cold drink. Mistake number two. None of the places we passed were open. What the heck was the deal with that? It was already really HOT!! We had to walk further and further and further and my leg was starting to hurt for some reason more and more and more. No it can't be that I'm out of shape, or getting old.
We stopped for a photo. Anything to stop the pain for a second.
Don't they look thrilled?
After the snack we realized it was almost time for the Nemo show, and thought the kids would enjoy it, and that we'd all enjoy the air conditioning. Joseph, was pretty good at first, and we were enjoying the show, despite the 35 year old couple making out in front of us,
but it was a long show. Joseph started to fuss, so DH took him out. Jack kept asking me if it was over yet. By the time it was over, I noticed the line to the outside was moving very very slowly. Soon I realized why nobody was in a hurry to go out there because it was now pouring absolute buckets. We braved it out in the rain, (meaning I basically dragged Jack) which thankfully quickly changed to a lighter rain. By this time, the older kids had found DH and when I texted them, it didn't take us long to connect. They had all really liked Expedition Everest!
We decided to head out, as we had a dining reservation at 3:25.
My older kids kept
at their gimpy mother limping along. Yes, their nice that way!!!Up Next... Day 3 Part 2. Forget the Lions. Bring on the Tigers and Bears!!
