And You're Going to Disney!

Today, you and Mommy flew to Disney World. Mommy and Daddy told you about it at dinner last night. You were excited. But you weren't as excited as you would have been if you actually knew what Disney is.

We took Jetblue. And at check in, we were so nice that the ticket agent gave us premium seats in row 2 without charging us an upgrade fee! She said we were so nice that she wanted to give us a present. That meant we were first on and first off the plane. Wow. Merry Christmas to us!

We checked into the Animal Kingdom Lodge in a Savannah Overlook look. And when we got into our room, there was a big picture glass window. And through it we saw a giraffe, wildebeasts and zebras. We saw animals all along the windows as we roamed the hotel lobby and the hallways!

We took pictures with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in front of the big holiday tree. And then you had a picture taken in Santa's big chair. He wasn't there to see it!

We went downstairs to Mara and had some snacks. And when we went upstairs we saw Santa!! Wow! So we stood in line and you had a picture taken with Santa. And you asked him for a race car. Then we took a picture of you, me and Santa all together. It was so much fun! Good thing Mommy got her camera fixed! We won't tell Santa that you sat in his chair, either.

Then we went to the Animal Kingdom to get our tickets to the parks. We went there because it's the closest to our hotel. We also talked to Aunt Mia who had just landed and was headed back to the hotel.

While we waited in line for the hotel bus, you struck up a friendship with the nice lady in line next to us. She told you all about the meerkats that reminded her of ferrets. Of course, you had no idea what she was talking about. Lol. But you told her that your favorite animal was the giraffe, which you saw outside the hotel room window.

The bus was crowded. Standing room only. I put you on my lap and let and older lady take my seat. Halfway to the hotel, Mommy's phone fell out of her pocket and dropped to the floor. And as we looked for it in the dark, a little girl in front of us picked it up by the light of her sister's iPhone and gave it to me.

You looked at me and said, "you help the lady and she (pointing to the little girl) helped you."
I said, "yes she did. So nice, wasn't it?"
And you said, "all the people in the world help each other. No bad people."

We got to the hotel and waited for Aunt Mia. Neither of us were hungry.

Aunt Mia showed up and we went to the room and chatted with her while she unpacked. She gave you a huge, tight hug when she first saw you.

Aunt Mia unpacked and talked to Uncle John on the phone. Then we went back to Mara for a quick bite. I still wasn't hungry. But you decided to get the flat bread pizza which was quite tasty.

Then we sat and talked and waited for Uncle John. Because that's what we always do - wait for Uncle John. And you will find out just how true that is.

And you will also notice that Aunt Mia eats all day long. Tiny little portions. But it's constant. And not exactly nutritious.

Did I mention we waited a long time for Uncle John? Hmm. Yup. We did. Didn't want to leave that out.

So after waiting for Uncle John, we decided to go up to the lobby and call him. At 8:30, he and Aunt Mia went back and forth on the phone for 15 minutes until Aunt Mia hung up on him. He was 30 minutes away still and I was too tired and you had to go to bed because as a morning kid, I knew you'd get up early even if you went to bed late and with the cough you have - well, I wanted you to get some rest!

So round and round went Aunt Mia and Uncle John. Will we meet in a park? Where in the park? In the lobby? Can he come to the lobby because he can't decide which park or where etc etc etc.

After a very deep breath, Aunt Mia went outside to call Uncle John again to get a better cell signal. Oh my goodness. Evidently he'd just been yelling at her telling her he can't hear her and that my phone coverage sucks. Uh...It not MY phone! LOL.

That's the other thing about Uncle John. He is very disorganized and late to everything.

So in the end, Uncle John suggested what Aunt Mia and I were thinking all along, which is that WE'D get up and do whatever. And they can do whatever. And then we can call each other and sync up and meet wherever. Totally casual, which is what Aunt Mia and I like to do.

Needless to say, we all went to bed late.

Tomorrow we will try to visit Magic Kingdom. And if they are at capacity early which is the rumor, then we will got to Hollywood or Epcot. No worries!