anabelle
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Day 2
Me, DH, DD 6, SIL, DS 10(Mr. ESPN), DS 9 (ladies man)
We head off to TL because it is the holiday weekend and I figure the parks will be crowded. I also my SIL will be flying in and she will arrive at noon.
We get there before the rope drop and we lube up as we look at the map. We have never been there but decide to aim for the kiddie area to get chairs. Apparently the kiddie area is popular, but we get the last 4 chairs in the shade there. I did not think that it was crowded, but I have nothing to compare it to ..
The boys take off for the scary slide things, my DH goes off to take pictures and my DD and I are off to chill in the lazy river. Since she doesn't swim I keep her in the tube with me. It was just the thing I needed. We get out an go to the shark tank. I had heard that you could swim with the sharks. At Discovery Cove you swim with dolphins, but at Disney you can swim with sharks. I figured if I lost a limb, I could get a medical retirement. So off we go!! We got to the sub and took a look at the fish and the sharks. My DD decides she will sit this one out. So I take off to get in line. She goes to the bridge to watch. I thought it was awesome, but I am from Detroit so any fish other that cod is cool to me. I finish up an notice my DH had been taking pictures of my not so svelte frame in the tank. He decides to do it too. My boys arrive and we all do it together. ESPN kid thinks it is ok, my DH gets in trouble for backing up and ladies man thinks it is really cool and proceeds to do it again 3 more times. After we finish, we find ESPN boy talking sports to an innocent bystander. We rescue the poor man by removing my child from his presence. We all went to the wave pool. It was great. Since my DD doesn't swim, I thought I would need a neck brace by the time we got out. She really held on. It wasn't until we bumped into a large bouncy man during a big wave that she had enough. We proceeded to the kiddie area and found ESPN boy talking to a lady in a wheel chair about the CUBS. Poor lady. She made the mistake of telling my son she was from Chicago. Her son rescued her by wheeling her close to the water so she could put her feet in the water. The lady was there with her kids and their children. One of her grandkids (she was about 2 years old) had just beat up her little cousin in order to gain the first position in line for the little water slide. Amazingly enough, the little cousin wasn't crying or hurt but the older cousin was screaming bloody murder because they had taken her out of the pool to speak with her about being kind and then they put her in timeout.
I look up from the meighleigh (sp?) and notice that my DH is taking pictures of my DD by the rock structure in the kiddie pool. She must have thought she was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, because she was working it baby. I can't wait to print those pictures. At this time, ladies man shows up all sunburnt. Apparently he missed his shoulders when he was putting on sunscreen. I lube him up and off he goes.....
At 4 PM , we decide to leave to pick up my SIL. She has been at the hotel pool since noon. We try to find Uno's Pizza. We finally find it after an hour. By this time all the kids are sleeping. You should have seen us at Uno's, three chatting adults and three kids sleeping at the table. It was the most quiet dinner I have had in years. Maybe they should build a cool water park like that in Detroit... Since everyone was sleeping, we missed the Electric Water Pagent that I had planned to go to. All to bed by 9PM
Me, DH, DD 6, SIL, DS 10(Mr. ESPN), DS 9 (ladies man)
We head off to TL because it is the holiday weekend and I figure the parks will be crowded. I also my SIL will be flying in and she will arrive at noon.
We get there before the rope drop and we lube up as we look at the map. We have never been there but decide to aim for the kiddie area to get chairs. Apparently the kiddie area is popular, but we get the last 4 chairs in the shade there. I did not think that it was crowded, but I have nothing to compare it to ..
The boys take off for the scary slide things, my DH goes off to take pictures and my DD and I are off to chill in the lazy river. Since she doesn't swim I keep her in the tube with me. It was just the thing I needed. We get out an go to the shark tank. I had heard that you could swim with the sharks. At Discovery Cove you swim with dolphins, but at Disney you can swim with sharks. I figured if I lost a limb, I could get a medical retirement. So off we go!! We got to the sub and took a look at the fish and the sharks. My DD decides she will sit this one out. So I take off to get in line. She goes to the bridge to watch. I thought it was awesome, but I am from Detroit so any fish other that cod is cool to me. I finish up an notice my DH had been taking pictures of my not so svelte frame in the tank. He decides to do it too. My boys arrive and we all do it together. ESPN kid thinks it is ok, my DH gets in trouble for backing up and ladies man thinks it is really cool and proceeds to do it again 3 more times. After we finish, we find ESPN boy talking sports to an innocent bystander. We rescue the poor man by removing my child from his presence. We all went to the wave pool. It was great. Since my DD doesn't swim, I thought I would need a neck brace by the time we got out. She really held on. It wasn't until we bumped into a large bouncy man during a big wave that she had enough. We proceeded to the kiddie area and found ESPN boy talking to a lady in a wheel chair about the CUBS. Poor lady. She made the mistake of telling my son she was from Chicago. Her son rescued her by wheeling her close to the water so she could put her feet in the water. The lady was there with her kids and their children. One of her grandkids (she was about 2 years old) had just beat up her little cousin in order to gain the first position in line for the little water slide. Amazingly enough, the little cousin wasn't crying or hurt but the older cousin was screaming bloody murder because they had taken her out of the pool to speak with her about being kind and then they put her in timeout.
I look up from the meighleigh (sp?) and notice that my DH is taking pictures of my DD by the rock structure in the kiddie pool. She must have thought she was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, because she was working it baby. I can't wait to print those pictures. At this time, ladies man shows up all sunburnt. Apparently he missed his shoulders when he was putting on sunscreen. I lube him up and off he goes.....
At 4 PM , we decide to leave to pick up my SIL. She has been at the hotel pool since noon. We try to find Uno's Pizza. We finally find it after an hour. By this time all the kids are sleeping. You should have seen us at Uno's, three chatting adults and three kids sleeping at the table. It was the most quiet dinner I have had in years. Maybe they should build a cool water park like that in Detroit... Since everyone was sleeping, we missed the Electric Water Pagent that I had planned to go to. All to bed by 9PM
