We headed to Fort Wilderness, our annual Spring Break home away from home, last week. We had awesome weather, and Owen did great! He didn't sleep so well, but napped when he could even if only for 20-30 minutes and was happy practically the whole time. We only had 1 day of rain, and everyone had a great trip. The girls rode their bikes everywhere we went this year in the campground, without training wheels, which was fun, and they got so much better by the end of the week. By week's end they were starting themselves, and able to get over on the sidewalks to let other people go by without freaking out and stopping. Looks like they might be able to ride their bikes to school next year after all!! :)
We went down early Thursday morning, the rest of the family was already there. Our cabin was being cleaned so Brother finally tapped out and had to take his nap in the camp recliner
Nae Nae and I took the 3 girls to the Princess Breakfast in Cinderella's castle. We had never done that before, and we had such a good time. Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, and Rapunzel were all there to meet...the food was pretty good too :)
On our way up the castle steps...this was all of our first time to ever go up inside the castle
Jasmine
Ariel
Rapunzel
Aurora
I didn't get to ride any roller coasters last year since I had little Owen in my tummy...Macey loves roller coasters like I do, and I finally got to ride some with her. This is on Thunder Mountain
Daddy and Owen hung out while we were at the Princess breakfast
Owen and Lilly's first ride was Peter Pan
Doesn't Owen look excited about his ride?
Macer was disappointed the Dwarf roller coaster wasn't open yet....have to wait until next year!
Brother Bear and me waiting for Belle's Storytime
The kiddos acting their part out of the story
Belle and Lumiere
Brother enjoyed it too
The girls love the teacups...thankfully Daddy can ride it since I sure can't without feeling sick the rest of the day
Macey had it in her head and was determined to ride Space Mountain this year. She was finally tall enough. With the new TERRIBLE Fast Pass bracelet system, we didn't have a fast pass for it, and the wait was 110 minutes. I told her we would be waiting longer than Owen takes a nap, and if she really wanted to wait that long; she did so she and I waited almost 2 hours to ride. She didn't complain one time during the wait. When we came out, Jeff asked "How was it?", she said, "Not good!" She has since said she loved it, but we will see if she is willing to ride it again next year!:)
About to take off on Space Mountain!
My sweet little Mousketeers
Their new princess nightgowns
Bobo got to wrestle all 4 of the big cousins in the pool...he got his workout in the pool this year
Owen didn't even like his feet dipped into the pool...we will have to work on that this summer at Mimmy and Pops' house!
The Macarana at the pool...Tori and Macey decided to join in...hilarious!
Everyone's favorite dinner of the week...O'hana's at the Polynesian
All the cousins...Macey (5), Sam (3), Lilly (almost 7 months), Tori (7), Brady (5), Owen (7 months), Madison (5)
Sam was not really willing to take all the pics this year
Lilly and Owen had the best seats in the house at dinner
The kids love to eat at O'hana's too...the best they eat all week
Trip around the loop on the monorail after dinner
Owen liked his first monorail experience
Owen and Lilly hanging out at the cabin
Brother at Hollywood Studios
Girls meeting Sofia for the first time
Pops tried out for American Idol this year by singing, Climb Every Mountain....he did not make the cut :)
Brother's first character to meet...he liked Goofy!
Owen hanging out with Pops wearing his Tigger hat Pops got him last year before he was even here yet ;)
Lunch across from Belle show
Star Tours
Macey tried on hats waiting for Madison to ride Star Tours again..Macey was not a fan the first time
We went back to the cabin for awhile between Hollywood Studios and Epcot to rest and wait for the storms to pass over. The girls played a little checkers in the Trading post
Daddy and Macey decided to take a nap while they waited
Epcot!!
It was drizzling most of the time we were at Epcot that evening...so Owen got to walk around tucked up into Jeff's rain jacket :)
3 Cabeleros
Nemo aquarium
Owen got to have his bedtime bottle during the fireworks
The kids loved the fireworks...Sam was back further covering his ears though
Character breakfast at the Grand Floridian
Sam and his little buddy "Owo"
Sweet Lilly
Pops tried coffee for first time in a long time...said it still tastes like dirt!
Tigger with our little Tigger
They always think the Mad Hatter is so silly
The Mad Hatter trying to get the girls in trouble with Mary Poppins. They didn't fall for it :)
Snuggling Daddy after nap on Daddy's last afternoon with us before he went home
Snow White and dwarf legos
Photo-ops at the Village...Pops standing in for Daddy since he had already left
All the 2100 Cabin kiddos
Luke (3), Brady (5), Tori (7), Owen (7 mths), Lilly (6 mths), Andrew (10), Madison (5), Nathan (7), Macey (5), Sam (3). They all had so much fun together playing this year. Riding bikes, swimming, and playing around the cabins. It was so fun to watch them and I can't wait to see how much fun they keep having together every year!
Last evening at the cabin before heading home. Thanks for another great trip Mimmy and Pops. We already can't wait until next year!!!!
Thankfully Owen slept practically the entire flight home since I didn't have Jeff to help me. We were on the same flight as the rest of our gang so I did have some help, but they all had their kids too!:)
