So the end of our last (err...first
) installment we had just arrived at our condo and checked out the room. By this time Loogey's tummy was telling us what time it was... DINNER TIME! My son has an internal clock and it resides slap in the middle of his belly. He eats at 7am (breakfast) 10 am (snack) 12pm (lunch) 3pm (snack) and 5:30 om (supper). If you are even a bit off he is rolling on the floor moaning about how straved he is
. But Mom and dad saw the nice big shower and felt really grimmy after all day in the car. So while the kiddos to get unpacked and changed while we check out the shower
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We wanted to go to Downtown Disney becuase of the Build a Dino store. Loogey had heard about this and really wanted himself a dino buddy to call his own
. So we stop by the check in desk and ask for directions to Downtown Disney. They must have directions saved in files on the computer becuase she printed one up in no time flat.
The direction looked pretty easy go up to the first light make a left get on I4 get off at exit # (dont recall number) and make a turn into Disney property (there will be a big sign
) then just follow the signs to DTD. EASY ...right? WRONG!!!!!!!!
We get to I4 and there are 4 cop cars blocking it! WHAT how in the Heck do you close the interstate!!!! Dh is getting
. We turn left like to cops are flagging us to and follow the rest of the clueless tourist in front of us. Dh is grumbling and growling and I am trying to look at a map printed on a tourist booklet to figure out where we are and where we are headed. Eventually I spot the Prime outlets
THATS on the map! It looks like we can just follow the road down beside it and make a right then a left. So I tell DH where to go and Tah-Tah we found a big "Welcome to Disney" sign. Huge sigh of relief. We pass all these non disney hotels ( the ones on Disney property but not owned by Disney) and then we see DTD. Dh keeps asking about parking but I assure him its free. We just happen to pull into the parking section right in front of T-Rex so Dh lets me out to go put our name on the list while he and the kids find a parking place. By now it's 7:00 or so and DTD is BUSY!! We have an hour to wait. DH and the kids find me and we go into the gift shop to look around and waste an hour till our name is called.
Loogey wants to build his dino. We try to tell him to wait in case he finds something else while in US/IOA but he is convienced that he wants a Dino, period. We head into the build a dino area and DS picks up the different dinos hugs them pets them etc. Finally he decides on the Triceratops. It's green (mommy's fav color) and has 3 horns on its face. He is nice and soft and the perfect friend
for an almost 7 year old "big boy". He takes his limp unstuffed triceratops to the stuffing area and goes through the rituals of building his Dino, which BTW is very entertaining for little kids. After the Triceratop is stuff and sewn closed Loogey heads over to the "bathing area". he decided Dinos dont wear clothes and totally skipped the "fashion area". After that we headed to the computers and made Triceratops a birth certificate and Loogey named his new buddy Spikes. Mom then gets the job of paying the adoption fee of $19.17 which she felt was pretty reasonable
i forgot to take a pictures of the building process, sorry.
Now Missy Mouse (DD9) is much more practical then her little brother (and big sister for that matter). She examines the Dinos and makes a mental list of what she would possibly like to spend her suvvie money on. But she isnt about to buy now, there's still 4 days for shopping
! So she checks to make sure we can turn later in the week if she doesnt find anything else she likes better. Mom and dad share a knowing look. This is the child that spent over $100 at build a bear 2 Christmases ago (she got alot of gift cards from family). This is the child that when cleaning out her toys will cry that she cant get rid of any stuff animals becuase she loves them and the need her. She also "adopts" her brother and sister's neglected stuffies without their knowledge and noones notices until they go to clean out her room and find all the "lost" stuffies that she happened to "find". Yea we know we will be back
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We continue to just nose around the gift shop until eventually our name is called. I hurry to the desk with my number and am instucted to go stand in THAT line! What another wait??? Ds is no longer preoccupied with the dino building and is really ready for his dinner. We obey the rules and go get in line. After about 5 minutes a hostess comes over and asks us to follow her to our table.
We are seated at the very edge of the "Fire" section which is probably the least interesting
right under this guy's BUTT!
Hey there's still the food right
! After a short wait our server appears he was a very animated gentleman who is bright eyed and bushy tailed. He takes our drink orders and i whisper that we are celebrating DD15's birthday. We all pick our entrees (DD15 went for an appitizer) and ordered when the server returned with our drinks.
While the food was prepared I took the kids through the restaruant to look at the various sections ending in the Bathroom to wash our hands. I was impressed with the themeing, but DD9 was not happy about the metor showers that occred every 15 minutes.
When I told Loogey to go stand beside this baby wooly mammoth so I could take a picture it "trumpeted" and moved it's trunk and nearly scared my poor child to death
This is Me
and the Mister
More in next post I'm out of room
(I added the glasses in Photobucket to kinda protect the children's identities.)