This birthday weekend was awesome. Seriously one of my
favorites ever and I think we have decided that rather than parties we need to
just plan fun Disney getaway weekends for our kids birthday. At least until they are old enough to choose
party or vacation that is. It was so
fun, simple, and stress free. Being a
Florida resident definitely has its perks, especially when you get to live so
close to the mouth and enter the park for virtually nothing compared out of
state residents. We had to take advantage.
Friday night started out at Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween
Party. Let me tell you that was the way to do Disney. The shows were fabulous, and there were no
lines for rides so within an hour we hit all the spots we could in Fantasyland
before the parade. The only frustration
I had was with the lady at the little roller coaster that would not let Jack
on. I mean height requirement of 36
inches is fine and all but when you are 35 ½ inches and it is your birthday
wouldn’t you make an exception. The cuteness
thing was that Jack kept standing on his tippy toes like he knew he needed that
other half. Regardless he was the cutest
little Woody ever and was in awe of all that was happening around him. Some of the things scared him a little as he
would cling to John and I but would not take his eyes off whatever it was that
was happening. Jack finally got to meet Mickey in person and he was so
incredibly excited. I mean giddy with
excitement, and tried cutting half the line to get to him. It was the cutest thing in the world to watch
him meet the mouse for the first time.
It was a late night and Jack fought hard to keep those eyes open after
10 but failed and John and I smiled as we watched him slowly nod off. I would say the consensus was a great 2nd
birthday for the little guy.
Saturday we headed to Animal Kingdom. First stop Character breakfast where Jack and
his mouse Mickey reunited again. They
had a conga line around the restaurant and Jack jumped in with a maraca and
danced around with a giant smile on his face.
I was having too much fun myself just watching him independently march
around a giant dining room without me by his side that I forgot to grab the
video camera.
Animal Kingdom was awesome
and it has almost made me really want to start selling John on why we should
get Disney passes. The African drummers
are my best selling point to get this to happen as I witnessed seriously one of
the funniest, happiest, greatness memories I will have with John and Jack
watching them dance. It was awesome. My little man has some serious moves, and is
not afraid to get up and dance. I would say he gets that from both John and I,
while neither of us have that much rhythm we don’t care and like to have some
fun.
The rest of the day was filled with
excitement and by 3 Jack had taken a 15 minute nap all day, and John & I
were equally as pooped. We couldn’t
leave without going to see the Nemo musical and Jack loved it. He may have burst out crying when it was over
since he is obsessed with Dory but we made it out and he was passed out in the
car before we had even started it. It
was a perfect memorable birthday that I will never forget.
We topped off the weekend with some water slide action. My fearless little boy had no issues
navigating the slide on his own and his smile says it all. This kid had a blast.
I found myself thinking on Saturday about how anything was
as much fun before we had Jack. I know
it was and that John and I had so much fun together but with kids it just seems
like it is multiplied by 100 now. I mean
parenting is a ton of work don’t get me wrong, but having a little boy is so
fun and awesome and truly is the epitome of joy in our lives. Thank you JMS for a perfect 31st
birthday weekend.
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