Oh yum! The bread and oil dip looks delicious. Much better than my Chicken in a Biskit crackers that I'm munching on.
Fabulous Illuminations photos!
That bread was soooo good - much better than my 1 WeightWatchers point popcorn too!
Thank you! It was a bit difficult to get good pictures, but I snapped continously trusting that at least some would turn out!
I will have to check if I can see your pictures at work on Wednesday. I have an extended long weekend.
Spoodles looks really yummy!! The hummus looks great and so did Joe's meal. Henry seems like such a cutie, even upset stomach doesn't get him down.
Wonderful Illuminations pictures! I love the ones with the people towards the bottom, I love that you get a feel for the crowd in them.
Ooooh, I'm jealous of your weekend! Our office is closed tomorrow. BUT, because I work at the Support Desk we are open. THE ENTIRE COMPANY IS CLOSED EXCEPT US!
Makes me kinda irritated. I could probably get it off because I'm a lead, but I feel bad for my team, so I'm not even gonna try.
But, on a happy note - we DO get time and a half!
Spoodles was very good! I would like to dine there again sometime to try one of the actual entrees. Or maybe hit up breakfast...
I think the only thing that gets Henry down lately is the word "no"
I like the ones with people in the bottom too - if they were wearing Mickey ears it would be perfect!
Brook, I have so much to catch up on!
The Poly is really beautiful and we loved it there! Your pics are wonderful! I agree on Kona breakfast, it is delicious. We really enjoyed our press pot there, too. But I have to warn you that the other sold at Kona and Kona Island (the coffe bar) is not 100% Kona, but Kona blendAlso, it looks like you took the monorail from the Poly to the TTC to transfer there. Did you know that it is an easy walk from the Poly to the TTC? Oh and to add some more transport info, you can also take a very lovely boat from the MK to the Poly (it also stops at the GF). We found this to be very reliable and an extremely pleasant way to arrive at the MK!!
I love your picture of the mosaic at the Land, the mosaics are so beautiful and I never managed to get a good picture of them.
Your magical moment was great, I am glad this lady came to your rescue. While it was just such a little gesture, it is so great when you get help from total strangers. It is nice how this will forever make an otherwise pretty bad moment in a good memory.
Sppodles sounds like a lovely dinner, we were supposed to eat there, but never made it because we really wanted to get something lighter that evening. It will remain a "first" for one of our future trips!
I also had a similar experience with Illuminations like you - first trip I was a bit amazed why it was so hyped. Second trip I just skipped it. And then third trip we had a great viewing location and I was thinking wow, this is actually really nice. Now this time on our fourth trip I started to think I might even like this as much as Wishes!!
Oh, that STINKS about the coffee at the coffee bar being the blend! Is it still as good? Thank you for the tips on the transportation! I cannot recall us transferring, but we must have, huh? I'll make a mental note on that walking path, we like to walk when we can and enjoy the scenery. The boat sounds great too - plus we usually don't have to fold up the stroller on boats and Henry loves the view!
Yes, the moment with the Napkin Mom really was very special and magical. In the moment I was so grateful, but later when I thought back, it almost brought me to tears.
Spoodles was great! Everything was really nice, and the service was excellent. I hope your experience on your next trip is just as good! Do you have another trip planned yet?
My first Wishes experience was in December, which I believe had an added holiday bit to it. I was BLOWN away! So, this time when we saw Wishes (coming in a future update), I was a bit disappointed. It was still great, but I hadn't realized it was different in the holidays. The actual fireworks part of the shows tie in my mind, but I do like the Castle in the fireworks better than the globe.
What a wonderful update Brook!! Spoodles looks so yummy!! And oh my are your illuminations pictures gorgeous or what...I'm so jealous!!!! I love EPCOT I'm so glad you had a good day there!
Thank you! Our camera does great with night shots - which makes taking those fireworks pictures a lot of fun to do. We love Epcot too! I wish we had more time there, but we enjoyed hitting all our "firsts" too!
Spoodles looks A-MAZING. Definitely on my list for the next trip. I can picture H blowing kisses to everyone. Too cute. Sorry 'bout the "explosion" in his pants.
As always you and Joe captured gorgeous photos! I especially loved the little trip "home" to Beach Club and Beach Club Villas. Isn't it gorgeous! I was thisclose to buying resale and the deal didn't work but now I am anxiously on the look out for another contract to come up for sale!
The Illuminations photos are gorgeous as well. I love the fireworks with kids on their parent shoulders in the foreground. Just something about them seem so magical.
Oh and H is too cute in the bathtub. I love baths on any day but after a long day at the parks?
Spoodles was very tasty! I hope we go again sometime. Well, I guess I'm usually the one in charge of ADRs, so I can make that happen pretty easy.
Henry waving and blowing kisses to everyone was so much fun, we were laughing and he was hamming it up big time!
That is exciting about watching for another BCV contract!
I hope you find one and get a GREAT deal!! We want to stay there sometime - maybe our 2010 trip.
I love those kind of pics too - it's so sweet. If they had Mickey ears on, it would be just perfect.
I agree with you about the bathtub after the parks! AHHHHH!
Spoodles sounds great! I've heard nothing but good reviews of the place, and we were thinking of trying it for breakfast on our next trip. We'll see. And great pictures of Illuminations!!! It's withough a doubt my favorite nighttime show at Disney and yours are some of the best pictures I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing!
Spoodles was very good! I have hear positive reviews of the breakfast too, from the pics I have seen it looks yummy!
Thank you for the nice words on our pictures!
I really enjoyed Illuminations, it was a very beautiful and impressive show.
Another fantastic update... Spoodles is on a list of places I would like to try and am glad to hear Henry did well there. We had worse than a onesie bathroom stop at Chef Mickey's once.. I literally had to go and buy an outfit at the gift shop!
Ooooh, I understand about the outfit...(foreshadowing here....)
Just an ordeal! Always an adventure with a little one!
Man, I couldn't seem to get any good pictures of Illuminations when I was there (well I got a couple, but nowhere near that good.) I had better luck with Wishes, but for some reason I found Illuminations a bit more challenging (probably due to the lack of a big bright focal point in the middle of everything.) I had a nice spot in Germany though, so I got to see Illuminations going on here and Wishes off in the background at the same time.
Hope the gastric distress comes to an end soon.
Our camera does really well with night shots, plus I took them pretty much non-stop...
Quite a few did turn out blurry, but I only kept the good ones! Wishes is a bit easier with the bright spot like you mentioned.
That is so cool about seeing Wishes and Illuminations at the same time! I'll have to store that in the memory banks for a future trip if they are supposed to go on at the same time!
Spoodles looks so yummy! Too cute about Henry flirting with everyone!
The pictures of Beach Club almost made me change my mind -- just kidding.
Although I would love to stay there one day.
Illuminations! So beautiful!
Henry in the tub is precious!!!
NO CHANGING!!!!!!!
I did take those pics with you in mind though! I was wishing it was daytime so more would have come out though...but it's probably a good thing it was dark and I couldn't get more pics, huh? Naw, I know you are SET on AKL!
We want to stay at the BC sometime too, the location is awesome, and the resort really is very beautiful! AKL though, that's like an oasis - it's so beautiful and relaxing...ahhhhh, I can't wait to be there in December!
Hello! I thought I'd come out of lurking and say I'm loving your TR, and Henry is super cute 
. I'm sorry to hear about him throwing up though 
That's no fun, especially in Disney World! Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading more!
Hello! Thank you for reading, I'm glad to hear you have been enjoying it.
The throwing up was nooooo fun. I was glad he was totally fine aside from that though.
Great pics Brook!! I especially love the ones of Illuminations, you got some GREAT ones!
The pic of Henry is the tub is adorable! Looks like a great way to end the day! Hope you got to enjoy it at some point, too!!
Thank you! Henry looks so teeny in that big tub, doesn't he? It was just too cute with him in there.
And yep, I do get to enjoy that tub!!!!!!
We bought the sound track and have played it so many times in the car... also put it on the iPod! 
...what a nice little guy, huh? 
I kept commenting on things and he would barely notice. Since his stomach was rumbling and hurting (a la AK back in November 
The Baby Care Center! Kids get sick at WDW all the time, they HAD to have Pepto. Joe chilled on a bench while I went in and sure enough, within just minutes it was in his hands. He took some immediatly and we sat on the bench to discuss what to do with the rest of the day:
