Our little alarm clocks woke us up around 6:30. I got up with them and started to get breakfast ready. At this point, Rob was still laying in bed, so I knew something was up. I asked him if he was okay and when he responded it sounded like he had rocks in his throat.
At this point I started to panic. I am one of those people that stress about things like the H1N1. Immediately I thought he had it. He said he didn't feel "flu like" just like a bad cold. He didn't have a fever or a cough. Just a really stuffy nose, head ache, and sore throat. I had packed cold medicine, so he took some of that and ate some breakfast.
I got myself and the kids ready, but Rob was still feeling bad even after the meds should have kicked in. I asked if he wanted to go in the bedroom and relax and we would stay out in the living room area so he could rest. Then we looked at each other and laughed. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Our kids are LOUD. I mean, really loud.
At that point I said something I didn't think I would ever say, "Why don't I take the kids to the Magic Kingdom for the morning so you can rest and we'll see how you feel in the afternoon." As soon as the words left my mouth I started to freak out (in my mind). Could I do it? What if it was crowded?
I looked at TGM list and it said MK was a green day that day, so I took a deep breathe and the kids and I walked out the door.
I was so thankful that we had a car this day. There wasn't any traffic and we parked right up front. As we were walking up the ramp, the monorail pulled into the station. So far, fate was on our side.
As the monorail pulled in to MK, I saw that the opening show was just getting ready to start.
We watched it and the entire time I was saying to myself, "You do this all the time at home. You take them so many places alone, you'll be fine. Relax, relax, relax."
I looked around and noticed that it really wasn't that crowded, so that made me happy.
We walked in and I took a few pictures.
We walked right to Dumbo and we were in the 2nd rider group. Not bad!
It was at this point that I really missed Rob. We always ride Dumbo first on our MK mornings and we both love it so much! I knew he was sad to miss this!
But, as you can see, Fantasyland was empty!
After Dumbo, we left the stroller there and headed over to Pooh. We walked right on! Not even a wait. As we were exiting, A. asked to go on Small World, so we headed that way! Once again, no wait! We walked right on and sat in a boat with one other family.
When we exited the ride I noticed that there was a 5 minute wait for Peter Pan, so we decided to do this one next. I really like this ride. B. wasn't a fan, but A. liked it. We had watched Peter Pan right before we left, so she remembered a lot of the things from the movie.
After this ride I wasn't sure what to do next. I wanted to meet Tink & the Fairies this day, but I knew B. would not be happy waiting in line and since you can't bring a stroller in line it would be no fun! I also knew that if A. saw the play area then we would have to stop for that too. So, sadly, we didn't meet the Fairies this day.
We grabbed the stroller and went on a hunt for a snack. A. said she wanted "fruit" and I knew that there was a fruit stand in Liberty Square, so we headed that way.
We picked up two bananas and sat by the Riverboat and ate them. This area of the park was empty. I really felt like we had the park to ourselves.
After that we started to walk to Frontierland. I really wanted to A. to ride Splash Mountain, so we went to watch it. This was a mistake.

As soon as she saw it go down the hill she wanted nothing to do with it.
I asked her if she wanted to go ride Aladdin and she said yes, so we headed that way. As were we walking A. spotted two of her favorite characters. I head:
"MOMMA, THERE IS WOODY AND JESSIE!!!!!"
She was so excited. She told Jessie that she was her favorite and Jessie gave her a hug. She was so happy!
We went to ride Aladdin and there was a 5 minute wait. I peaked over at Jungle Cruise and it showed a 0 minute wait, so we did that first.
Our driver was hilarious! I wanted to take pictures but B. was getting really squirmy at this point, so no pictures.
After we rode Aladdin and had a 5 minute wait. I was so sad Rob was missing this! It was the perfect morning to be at MK.
At this point it was around 11:30 and we were getting hungry for lunch. I started naming off things they had for lunch and of course, she picked a hot dog. So we headed over to Casey's.
I knew that the ducks would be out in force there so I said we should eat inside. A. was not having it, so we went outside. This was the only time that I stressed this entire morning. Let me tell you, it isn't easy to push a double stroller, carry a tray with drinks, and open a door.

But, I did it and we sat down to eat. We were fine for like 5 minutes before the ducks swooped in!
Rob called at this point and said he was feeling a little better and I told him we were on our way back to SSR. B. was really tired at this point and with the ducks, it was just too much for him. He broke down and wanted me to hold him. I knew that there was no way I could hold him and push the stroller, so we packed up and headed out.
We finished our lunch on the monorail.
We went back to the car, and we were quickly back at SSR. Rob sounded a lot better and even looked better. So that made me happy. I shyly told him about our wonderful morning and he was happy. He said after we left that he got a little worried that I would be a stress ball the entire time. He knows me so well.
The kids were both exhausted, so we put them down for naps and Rob decided to take another nap too.
I headed out to my favorite spot, the patio, and watched the golfers. I also read a little bit and just relaxed.
Coming up:
"I'm NOT missing Le Cellier!"