Josh had a business trip to Florida and we decided that it would be fun to take all of the family for a quick vacation. McKay had been asking every day when we were going to Disneyland (we had had been planning a trip to Disneyland with Josh's family, but that wasn't for 6 months). We decided that we would surprise the boys with this trip. This is the day before we left with McKay asking when we were going to Disneyland.
We packed the boys and packed up the car at night so they didn't see us getting ready. The next morning I told the boys to get in the car and that we were going to visit Dad at work. When we got there, Josh got in the car and we drove to the airport. The boys were not really noticing anything until we pulled in the airport parking lot and they started to ask why we were at the airport. We didn't tell them until we parked and we had them come behind the van and that is when we told them that we were getting on an airplane and heading to Florida right then and there. They were SO EXCITED!
The trip was pretty fast so we could only pick two places that we wanted to go. We knew the boys would be thrilled with the Wonderful Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Sad to say that because I knew that it was probably going to rain, I didn't bring my big camera and we only took pictures with my phone. A couple months later my phone was stolen, so these are the only pictures that I have. Needless to say, it was SO much fun!
The very best part for us was the Butterbeer. If you want to see any pictures of what "Harry Potter Land" is like you can check out when Josh and I went there right here.
The ended up being totally rainy (which was good because it was at peak season and lots of people stayed away because it was wet. We got some ponchos and were good to go.
The next day Josh had to work, so the boys and I spent most of the time in the pool. They had so much fun! They played Harry Potter for most of the time and would "stun" each other and then fall into the pool. It kept the other guests pretty entertained as well.
That night we took the boys to a restaurant that we had visited years before and thought they would love. They did.
This guy was right by our table and millions of people kept coming by to take pictures.
After dinner we headed to Ghiradelli for some delicious ice cream. In the Florida heat it melted pretty fast...
Our last day was spent at the Magic Kingdom. Since McKay was so obsessed with Mickey Mouse we decided to go here, but I am determined to get to Epcot next time.
We finally tried a Dole Whip, they were as good as everyone says!
It was fun to see all of the rides that are kind of like Disneyland but a little different.
This is on the wait for The Haunted Mansion. It makes noises and releases bubbles.
We did a character lunch with the Winnie the Pooh Characters. It was a buffet which the boys loved. They are all a little picky so they could get whatever they wanted.
At first the older boys acted a little "too cool" for the characters, but they were just as excited to see them as McKay.
The highlight of the trip for McKay. He had been carrying his Wood and Buzz figures around and was so excited to see the "real" Buzz Lightyear.
This was one of the highlights for me. They do a show on the castle and it is incredible. They have different parts to movies that are shown on it and we were honestly blown away.
This is always how McKay looks at the end of the day when it has been really fun. So this one was a success!
Right before we flew home we got the boys food at McDonalds and the toy was a minion. McKay insisted that they were called "cousins" and the rest of us thought it was so funny, that is now what we all call them.
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