Disneyworld again

We got back recently from Disneyworld in Florida. We went with another family (Jeff, Maria and Jeffery) that we hang with in Tucson and had a great time. While there, we attended Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. A special event held after the Magic Kingdom closes where you can dress up and trick-or-treat throughout the park while riding rides. We decided to all dress up like crash test dummies and it was a huge hit. We had people stopping us to take our picture or to ask if they could be in a picture with us. I felt like we were being chased by Disney paparazzi! Noah, of course, was not pleased because he so hates to have his picture taken, but he was a reall trooper and played along as best he could.














Here is something that got us all laughing really hard - maybe it's not that funny now. It was our last day of touring the parks, so maybe we were all just a little sleep deprived. It was at the animal Kingdom at a bird show and it is a bird that eats lizards. It kills them by taking them in its beak and beating them against a rock over and over and over and over again. This seems very un-Disneylike. In this video, it is using a rubber toy.

By the end of the trip, we came to two important realizations. First, we are done with Disneyland and World for awhile now. As much as I love it, having gone to one or the other 5 times since Noah was three, it has become less exciting and special. Noah's not exactly thrilled about Disney either. This was apparent when we were searching for a restroom for him and while doing so I asked him if he would like to see the Little Mermaid show? He replied " I would rather sit in the bathroom for the rest of the day than do that," in a very dry and serious voice. Maybe when the baby is five or so we can plan another trip (without Noah possibly). Second, we can no longer go an a vacation without the Kalitan family. Jeff has a way of getting things done that seemed impossible. For example, dining arrangements that typically need to be made months in advance, to name just one feat he accomplished. And Maria is the school health aid. So, when Noah banged his head quite hard on a statue outside of our hotel room, it was great to have her expertise available to make it better.

Again, my picture taking was really lacking in quantity and quality so there is not much to show here, I'm hoping that when the baby is born, something will trigger in me the ability to make better picture making decisions.