Which is really surprising, at least to me considering the complete and utter lack of sleep we'd all had. Yes, all. The boy never took a nap. Had been up since 430am, and barely nodded off. Oh, yes, my friends. He was a time bomb. But not today.
As we were unpacking, DS and I both got hungry so we threw unpacking/caution to the wind and headed to Roaring Forks. It's a little different than I remember, in the sense that I think they updated it, or perhaps I remembered it being pitifully small and it was just somewhat small. Does that make sense? Anyhoo...
So we're trying to decide what we'd like for lunch when DS spots the bakery case.
Oh boy. He then expresses his ultimate desire for a muffin...which in toddler speak, really means a cupcake with a huge mound of white frosting and colored sprinkles. At which point, DH so generously throws the ball in my court. "Ask Mama."
Well, what did you think I would say?
How could I have possibly known? Tick, tick, tick...
But I digress. It actually worked out quite well. On the meal plan, you're able to get the adult meals with a beverage and snack type item as dessert. So DH got the ham sandwich, which came with a little pasta salad, and grapes for DS as his dessert. I got the turkey with brie sandwich, also came with pasta salad and the cupcake as my dessert. And I lived it up folks. I'll admit it. I had real soda. I mean real, full on, sugar filled soda. I was on vacation.
It was root beer. And it was gud.
Our sandwiches were good, I really enjoyed mine, and the pasta salad was better than I expected which is not say it was fantastic, just that I was pleasantly surprised. DS ended up liking my sandwich, so we shared, which worked out great. He even shared some of his cupcake with us, which I found totally shocking! After I took a bite, he would baby me, and say, "Oh, Mama, you need to wipe your mouth." And then, he would grab a napkin and wipe my mouth for me. It was so darn cute. You may hear that phrase a lot, but it was.
And that is about the most you'll get out of me in regard to food. As some portions of my days got more challenging, there was just no way I had time to take pictuers of the food before we ate it. Or even write about it. I remember most of what we ate, and I'll try to do it justice with some description here, but if it's not there, I apologize in advance and refer you to my lovely friend, LL, who is our current food porn connoisseur. Until Lara goes. Because she's the official food pornologist.
Back on track!
After lunch, DS wanted to take a walk. Sure, why not?
Pirate.
After all, we were on vacation and we had no agenda. If the boy wanted to go for a walk outside, let's go for a walk outside. Exploring the Wilderness Lodge...is there any better way to start a vacation?
And then, he saw it...
THE POOL!!!!!!
Oh was the boy just beside himself with excitement.
It was love at first sight, my friends. We had to stop him from trying to go in with his clothes on, he just could not contain himself. So we headed back to the room, finished unpacking, and got changed, stat. DS was leading us through the day and I was loving it!
The pool felt so good. I love heated pools. Especially after having spent a good portion of the summer swimming at nana's, which is lovely, don't get me wrong, but when you tell a three year old that they can go swimming, you are going in that water regardless of the temperature, savvy?
So this pool felt really good. Gud, in fact. DS got brave and decided to try the slide. You have to go down alone, and I felt the tiniest bit of trepidation, but I was so proud of him for wanting to try it, so I put on my brave face as we walked up. He had his swimmies on, and DH caught him at the bottom. Now apparently, even though I sent him down in a sitting position, he came out head first. I'm not quite sure how that little monkey twisted around in there, but suffice it to say when we went up a second time, and went to sit down, he said, no, thank you. Alright, peanut, you're braver than your mama! When asked, however, he did say he liked the slide, so there you go. DH decided to test it out, and we "caught" him at the bottom.
We had a great time, when suddenly the pool was closed for an "unscheduled cleaning." I have a lot of theories about this one, folks. None of which are fit to type here. But suffice it to say I had several theories about how/why we got sick on this trip, and that there is one of them. Say it with me...ewwwwwwwwwwww.....
Now at the time, we were feeling well and none the wiser, so we headed over to the kiddie wading pool and let DS play while we chatted up a couple with a son about the same age. Just sitting and chilling in the kiddie pool was fun, but DH and I did get a bit burned by the sun, and later that night took some ibuprofen, and gave DS some tylenol, to hopefully stave off any ill effects. Ha. Ha. Ha. Considering what happened to us later, the sun was really the least of my worries. Tick, tick, tick...
DH and I finally got the hankering for some park time, so we all headed back to the room to get ready for some Magic Kingdom. After opting not to take the boat, we had to wait a while for the bus, but the ride was quick. And finally, the boy succumbed. He was done with a capital D. So he fell asleep pretty much as we got there and put him in his stroller.
Up next...
Just what do you do with a sleeping toddler in the Magic Kingdom?
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The Best Day Ever, Part Two
. I was getting flashbacks to last year when you described pulling up to WL
I want to tell you a little bit about my, and DS' reaction to the Lodge. I walked in and it felt wonderful. I was overwhelmed by remembering the last time I was there, when DS was just a little peanut in my belly. That was during one of the best months of my pregnancy, before bed rest, before all the drama. It was the second trimester and I felt so good, tons of energy, happy to be in Disney and sharing it with my husband, mom, and dad. It really was a great family trip, and it was the last one DH and I took as just the two of us, so to speak.
Grateful he was here, healthy and what did I see on his face? Wonder! Awe! 
He just could not get over the HUGE totem poles. "What are those?" he asked. His wonderment and exploration of that lobby and hotel over the course of our stay was just one of many things that made it so worth it. Made me so glad I had booked the Lodge.
You didn't take the boat! The much coveted, talked about, dreamed about boat. I feel like revoking your pineapple. I am speechless but not speechless enough to stop berating you. Wow. I so have to tell DH about this. I will have to tell him while he was sitting. I don't want him to hurt himself when he faints.
