Epcot characters and the world

We stopped in China

And happened to see Mulan!  Each kid had their own blank book we got from Target for autographs (grand total of 22!) so we can print pictures of the kids with the characters and they can put it next to the signatures and decorate them

Of COURSE I made Ryan go to Italy

And we found a staircase just like the one we took pictures on at our Italian bed and breakfast =)

 The line for snow white was closed when we saw her, which DEVASTATED Sydney.  We kept trying to get her to stand at the edge and we'd get her picture with snow white in the background, but she just cried and didn't want to go because she couldn't stand next to her.  So I went up and took pictures (we can pretend the blonde girl with the braid is Sydney right?)

But it was the very end of the day and we were going home, so she was tired and I just don't think she was strong enough to withstand the emotional blow =)  Each day when we left a park she fell asleep in the car instantly.  Usually before we were out of the parking lot

Each day we went back to the condo as planned to cook.  We never went out to eat while there.  Yea us!  The we went night swimming which was fun and the water was still warm of course, being Florida =)

Epcot

VERY cool display of living plants and bushes obviously in the shape of Lion King

The kids were "conducting" musical instruments on the screen and the higher and faster they waved their arms, the instruments followed

Gift shops were a fun place to play and NOT get out your wallet =)

The water fountain would shoot one stream of water from one bounce pad to the next in different patterns and it would jump across the walkways.  The kids (and Ryan) like to try to catch the water

First park : Epcot

The beautiful view we woke up to on our first Disney Day!

These views DEFINATELY got us all excited and in the mood to go Disney it up!

Though becoming alert was a little bit tougher

We forgot luggage tags as safety information to attatch to the kids' clothes, so this was the next best thing.  Permanent marker on each kid so if they got lost they would always be able to call us!

Huge parking lots!

We took a picture each day of our parking spots so we didn't have to worry about forgetting where we parked

Gideon was happier than he looks here

 Aaaaand the waiting in line begins!

Poor Syd did her best each day with her little legs working so hard to keep up!  She really did great, all of the kids did, with not stroller or anything and the all useful backpack full of food, disposeable ponchos, minor first aid items, and wet wipes b/c let's face it-  germ city!

waiting in line wasn't always this fun, but we tried to keep up a happy attitude

a finding nemo ride

This is more what the waiting in line was like.  Eating, climbing on things, boredom, etc.  All worth it though!

condo entertainment

swimming almost every day.  This pool was just outside the back door of our building so it's the one we used the most, and it was separated from other buildings so it wasn't too busy

put on your sunglasses there's a marshmallow on the loose!

This is a sampling of the fireworks we saw from our rooms