Disney - Day 5

We overslept this morning! Whoops! We hurried and got ready and headed to our day at Epcot! I didn't think there would be a lot to do there, but we loved it! We met the other Phillips family there and we all rode the Nemo ride together, which was SO neat!! Probably one of my favorites from the week. Its one of the newer rides, so it was really cool! We left there and did the "Crush Talk" w/ the turtle from Nemo. It was super cute too! We went and rode the Figment of the Imagination ride after that, which was pretty good. Then, it was time for me, Deb and Sadie to go our Princess lunch in Norway. Sadie was STRUGGLING, b/c it was H-O-T for the first time all week, she hadn't eaten anything yet all day, and she was tired. So, I actually let her eat a sandwich while we were waiting to go eat w/ the Princesses. It totally helped to perk her up and give her some energy. As soon as we walked in, Belle was standing there for pictures with each child. Sadie was in heaven! She was so sweet. She had her picture made with Belle (in her matching Belle dress, of course) and then we were seated for lunch. I had a roasted shiitake mushroom ravioli w/ a parmesan cream sauce and it was delicious!!!! Once we were finished eating, here came the princesses!!! First was Aurora. Sadie loved her! Then, Snow White...then, Cinderella again! Next was Ariel! Sadie couldn't believe it! All of her favorites were there! After the princesses all came by, they let each child go on a "princess walk" around the little castle. They all lined up and they played a precious song, and yes, at that point, I cried. I couldn't help it. Sadie just looked so happy and I knew I'd never forget that sweet moment of seeing her walking behind Cinderella with all of those other sweet kids. Mc and Alba came in too and we got to see them before they went to do their lunch. We met up with Dennis, Sawyer, and LJ after that. They had gone to eat lunch in Mexico and then rode a Voyager ride while we were doing our Princess lunch. We walked around all of the countries. It was GORGEOUS! Epcot is so well-kept and the surroundings are just breathtaking. It was neat to see each country, although we didn't really stop and go in, b/c it was H-O-T, and we were all DRIPPING w/ sweat! We did get to see storybook Belle and the Beast, and Alice on our way to go ride "Soarin". We did Fast Passes for Soarin, so we wouldn't have to wait. It was an AWESOME ride. Probably the coolest ride so far. It literally felt like we were flying over all parts of America. The coolest part was that the ride ended by us flying over the Magic Kingdom into the fireworks. The kids loved it! We went and rode a little boat ride also and then headed home for rest time. The kids were even more exhausted today b/c the heat was out of control! They napped until 6:00 when we HAD to go and wake them up. They were both dead asleep! I think we have officially worn them out, but we CAN'T STOP NOW!!!!!!!!!!! We ordered pizza (our resort has an onsite Pizza Hut, KFC, and A&W restaurants), ate quickly and headed to Hollywood Studios. We went straight to the Pixar section, saw that the Toy Story Ride was on an hour and a half wait and were bummed... But, Dennis turned around and saw Buzz and Woody, so we jumped in line and let Sawyer have "his moment". Sadie has had LOTS of "moments" all week, and it was now Sawdawg's turn! He was REAL excited to meet his 2 favorite peeps! It was awesome! The worker made sure to sneak over and tell Buzz and Woody that Sawyer has been waiting ALL week to meet them. So, they spent a little extra time with him. Sawyer RAN up to Buzz and yelled "To Infinity and Beyond" and then he ran to Woody and said "There's a snake in my boot"! It was hilarious. Afterwards, we went and got to see Mater and Lightning McQueen. Another 2 of Sawyer's faves! We went to see the Muppets 3-D show. It was precious. Then, we went and rode Star Wars. It was actually pretty cool, but it totally made me nauesous. Too much moving and shaking for me! We made our way back over to Toy Story and only had to wait for about 10 minutes! Woo Hoo! The ride was really neat!!! The kids loved it! Afterwards, we went and saw the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. It was another show and it was really cool! Once that was over, the park was closing, so we had to leave. It was a GREAT, GREAT day. The weather was AWESOME tonight!!!!!! We have definitely been BEYOND blessed this week!!!!!!! I realized something tonight...even when I have been so tired, beyond exhausted, body hurting, sunburnt, carrying 250 things, sweating profusely, tired of waiting in lines, sick of people, etc...NONE of that matters when I get to see my 2 kiddos living it up and having the time of their life. I learned this week to throw selfishness out the window and I have soaked up every single minute with my family. I'm not sure when we will be able to do this again, so I have definitely cherished EVERY single moment. I haven't let a day (or an hour) go by when I haven't just stopped and thanked God for allowing us to be here at such a time as this!