We left Epcot and headed over to AK just for a quick visit. We wanted to see FOTLK. It's a must see for us on each trip! We got there and the crowds weren't too bad. The stadium was full, though. Jason and Brendan were sitting behind an older man who seemed to be there by himself. Brendan was sitting in Jason's lap and you know how kids are with their feet. As many times as you tell them to watch it or be careful, they inadvertantly end up kicking the person in front of them. Well, Brendan did this a few times to the man in front of them. The man then turned around and yelled at Jason "Your kid is kicking me and it hurts!" Jason, who is rarely at a loss for words, was in shock. He didn't know what to say except sorry. I was fuming
I mean really, you come to this packed show full of kids, alone and don't expect to get a few bumps in the back from people sitting behind you? GET OVER YOURSELF!!! Thankfully Brendan had no clue what was going on or he would have been so embarassed. Jason managed to keep his legs pinned down for the rest of the show. I should mention that the guy did end up apologizing to Jason after the show was over, but still. GET OVER YOURSELF! Can I get an amen?!?
Here is the obligatory shot from the end of FOTLK. I have 43,000 pictures from this show already but of course I took more. It's like the safari, there's no way I can sit through the whole thing and not take pictures!
Honestly, I'm really not sure but I think that's pretty much all we did at AK. I'm sure we walked around, got something to eat, saw some cool stuff. Aparantly not cool enough to take pictures of. See, this is what happens when you take so long to write your TR. You forget the details!!! Anyway, I do have this pic. We ran into these guys on our way out of the park.
So it was now time to head back to Epcot for The World Showcase and Illuminations. We stopped in The Land pavillion to grab some lunch at Sunshine Station. I had heard that there was good fresh and healthy food here and by this time in the trip, I was craving something semi healthy. There's only so many hamburgers and buffet meals you can handle before your body starts revolting. I ordered a yummy Turkey sandwich and the kids got mac n cheese and a salad. Jason got a seared tuna salad which was disgusting
I mean, I know I heard the food was good but...seared tuna??? Not a good choice. He was actually able to trade it in for a sandwich. Those Disney folks. Such nice people. Anywho, about this time, Brendan was getting restless and the only thing keeping him still was the video camera. I figured what could it hurt. So I let him play with it until we were finished eating. Well, here is the last video that my poor little camera ever shot. Notice, it is in Brendan's hands...
Though it would not be until later in the trip that I realized it was broken, this was the moment of the camera's demise. It has since been replaced and the money is coming out of Brendan's college fund.
Ok, so after we ate, we aparantly took these pictures. I have no idea where they were but they're cute so I thought I would share...
We were now headed over to Norway to ride Maelstrom. I just love that ride. It never gets old. I think it's seeing everyone's reactions when they think they're really going to go over that cliff. Gets me every time
On the way to Norway, we kept telling Brendan about the big viking ship. He was really into ships at the time and was so excited to see it! Well, well, well, when we got there, this is what we found...
There was no longer a viking ship. Just a viking pile of rubble. This was hard to explain to the 3 year old, but we managed to distract him with Maelstrom. He loved it and so did Aubrey and so did the 10 other people on the boat who thought we were going overboard. LOL
LOVE it!!
After the ride, we of course walked right through the movie and headed to the exit
I mean, do you blame me? My kids would no more sit through that thing than fly to the moon. So we went into the gift shop and took the obligatory Troll picture, of which I have about 4,000. Again, this never gets old.
And the obligatory viking hat pictures. Of course, Brendan was being difficult and wouldn't wear one. Payback for the viking ship letdown I suppose. I wonder though, do people actually every buy those hats? And I wonder how many heads have been in those things
Oh well, here we are...
Well, it was starting to get dark and closer to 9:00 so we wanted to make our way over to Canada to watch Illuminations. But first, we had to stop and let the kids bang on the drums in Africa...
From there we made it to our destination and found a spot. We killed some time taking silly pics...
And then it was time for the show to start. Ok, I have to tell you all that I LOVE this show. It is my favorite. It has much sentimental meaning to me. Jason and I took our first trip to Disney about a year after my father unexpectedly passed away. When we saw Illuminations, it just reminded me so much of my dad. I didn't really know why and still don't to this day. Maybe it's because I knew he was up there beyond the fireworks looking down at me having a magical time with my wonderful husband. I cried my eyes out and still do every time I see it or hear the music. It's just very close to my heart and being able to share it with my kids is very special to me. This would be the second time the kids saw the show. The first time, Aubrey had just turned 3 and Brendan was 18 months and I knew he probably wouldn't get too much out of it so I decided to sit with Aubrey and watch her reaction. It couldn't have been better. Here is a pic from that trip of her seeing the fireworks. She looks terrified, but she was actually excited beyond belief! Still brings tears to my eyes...
Dd knew the fight song at 2! Trying to raise good little tigers
We crack up every time because it's like blah, blah, blah in some language we don't understand and then it says PAPYRUS. 
Great updates---we have never been in Innoventions before! Looks like a lot of fun! Also, I love your Christmas card picture---how creative!!
Either way, they were very entertaining!
Note to self for next time!
Maybe we can try to meet before then. Did you see the pictures of the links I sent you on facebook? Let me know. If you don't like the bowling shirt I understand. I don't want you to think you have to tell me you like it. 
