Disney World-wrapping in up

On Wednesday, we cleaned out our hotel room, packed our car, and hopped on the bus for Epcot. (And by hopped on the bus, I mean lugged our four children, a cooler, a sling, a backpack, and a bag full of dry clothes in our stroller, took it all out of the stroller, folded the stroller, and hoped everyone made it on the bus). We actually started to see some blue sky! The kids enjoyed the bush sculptures, or fairytale topiary, or whatever you want to call them.

We spent a few hours riding Nemo, Turtle Talk, and "the Land" ride. Of course, Si was scared of Nemo, but he survived OK. As we walked around the countries, the skies began to darken. Is that thunder, or a big jet? A few minutes later we knew. A storm was blowing in. We jumped into the Moroccan restaurant and found a place to sit for lunch. Moroccan! We all tried some new things! We stayed there as long as we could, and then escaped just around the corner to the Moroccan stores. Here we spent most of our day, it seemed! The storms were just too much to brave this time. The kids made a mask, and we listened to fun music and sat on some couches until we were sure Josiah would break something expensive. But we were thankful for a dry place to rest.

Addie just crawled away from Jess, and he's wondering why I'm still taking the picture. I'll tell you why--he's hot.

Finally, we decided to walk on, and walk fast. Since Morocco was pretty close to half way, we sped past the 2nd half of the countries and rushed into the big "character meet" building. I put my foot down (for my poor babies, of course) and refused to go back into the rain. So Si, Addie and I hung out in a back hall, eating cookies and giving hugs to Chip and Dale, while Jess and the big kids headed back out to find another ride. It was a nice little break. We finished the day with a ride in the space ball? What is that thing called? The kids LOVED it. I think it was their favorite of the day.
When we got back to the hotel, we had to buy 17 snacks for the ride home. See, we were on the Disney Quick Service Dining Plan. I think it worked really well for our family. We only got meals for the adults and big kids, but all 6 of us ate our fill for three days. The only problem was that, because of the weather, we didn't snack as much--(who wants to stop in the rain to get ice cream?) so at the end, we had 17 snack credits. We loaded up on muffins, pb&j, juice, yogurt, etc and didn't have to stop for food on the way home. After a little locking-our-keys-in-the-car incident, we were finally on our way home at about 6pm. The kids were asleep pretty quick (OK, so was I) and Jess got us home quickly and safely.

Overall, it was a fun trip, and we had a great time together! Treats like these will not come around often for our family (especially when we have to start paying for four children!) Si was a little nervous, but he wasn't quite as scared as last time. Addie, who had been throwing tantrums when tired, did fine, thanks to my new ERGO baby carrier. I LOVE it. It looks like this, and can be worn on the front, back or hip. Adeline could even nurse and no one ever knew. Of course, she's become quite the acrobatic nurser, and we ARE weaning now, I promise. I came away thinking, "My children and my husband are awesome." And I think the kids have come away thinking, "Disney? Yeah, it's fun. It rains a lot so no one ever goes there."