5 December

Monday the 5th we started our morning at Epcot.  My boys love Test Track so while Chris ran and grabbed some fast passes to Soarin' we headed over to Test Track.  Tanner especially loves this ride, but Bradon still wasn't tall enough to ride this year so he hung out with me, grandma and Anders while everyone else rode.

 I love the fun Photopass pictures that you can get on this ride.  I really wish more rides did this, but for now this is the only one.  The gang also rode Mission Space and then we went on Soarin' before heading back to the World Showcase.

 Near Mexico we spotted this guy:

 My boys love Donald Duck cartoons and it was fun to see how excited Bradon was to meet a character.  I love his sweet little shy face.

 My future astronauts:  Ethan and Tanner.  Ethan has a better shot at it since he has a stomach of steel, but Tanner was perpetually tormented by motion sickness and had to be careful about what he rode.

 After our afternoon rest we headed over to 'Ohana at the Polynesian for dinner.  Chris stayed back at the hotel sick and I didn't feel well either so a lot of food went to waste at this meal.  It's great for kids since the food is served family style and so it comes quickly.  If you eat here try to get one of the first reservations of the night so that you can be seated quickly.  This restaurant is popular!  Once again, Anders loved the meat.

 Tanner and Bradon loved the games for kids.

 After dinner we headed over to the Magic Kingdom.  Can you believe how beautiful the castle looked?  I loved it and could have looked at it for hours.  The park was packed since the Electrical Parade was that night and we watched the parade from Liberty Square.  We were able to ride a few rides before my boys showed signs of being tired, and since I wasn't feeling that great I wanted to get back to the hotel for some much needed sleep as well.

 Look at that castle!

 Ethan was a trooper and walked, and walked, and walked on this trip.  The other boys were pushed, and pushed, and pushed.  They couldn't even be bothered to get out of the strollers for a picture later in the evening.

My dad and mom and Chris & Susie stayed at the park late, but we headed back to the hotel.  A kind person took this picture of us as we left the park that night. I was pretty impressed at our ability to get four tired (two sleeping) boys onto the bus along with two strollers.  Thank goodness for Brian's Herculean strength.