Vacation Day 2

Yesterday (Friday) our family drove to Florida for our vacation. Instead of going straight to my parents house we were able to stop and visit some of Chris' family in Lakeland. We stopped in to visit with his Aunt Nina and got a wonderful surprise to see that his Aunt Margie was there too. Later that night his Aunt Teeter and his cousin Lisa came and we all had a nice long visit. Aunt Nina had one more wonderful surprise for us. She works for Disney and was able to get us into the park for free. But even cooler than that (as if that isn't cool enough) we got to have breakfast with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Alice (in the Wonderland), Mad Hatter, and Mary Poppins. It was a wonderful treat. Andrew LOVED Winnie but his feeling for Tigger were not the same. Whenever Tigger would come by he would cry and say 'Tigger, go home.' That is why you won't see a happy picture with Tigger. But the one you see with Alice isn't a very good picture because Tigger had just walked by and Andrew had another fit. Wouldn't you know it, Alice walks by to talk with us and to take pictures and Andrew was all teary eyed. Keep in mind it is not because of her but because of that Tigger. It was adorable.
After the breakfast we headed over to the park. We got to see many more famous characters. I don't think I'll have to tell you who we saw. Andrew and Chris got to ride the carousel and later we went to see a show. The show was a welcome break from the heat. It was a 3-D show so Andrew wanted you all to see how handsome he looked with his glasses. About five minutes later Chris was rushing out of the show due to a major melt down. It was a lot to handle and even I walked out with a headache from the noise and my eyes working so hard to see through the cool glasses. Andrew and Chris got to ride Dumbo together and later we all rode It's a Small World After All. If you ask Andrew what was his favorite ride he would tell you the train. He was more excited about riding the train than riding any other ride.
It was a wonderful first day but I wish we could have got to see more of the park. It was so hot that we weren't able to do much. We did have a wonderful time.