Thanksgiving~ Part deux!

First of all....please accept my apologies. This slide show is really long. Hope it isn't too boring. If it is....don't watch if you don't want. No pressure intended. :) Second of all....the water was as really gross as it looks. You were warned. But since it's Disney water all the algae was shaped like Mickey Ears.......not. :)

I was talking to my sister in law the other day (she just had her 3rd boy this summer) about the difference having 3 little ones makes. It's huge! For some reason the jump with Katie was overwhelming logistically......just trying to go to the store is a huge event that must be planned well in advance. Well....with 3 little ones.....we get where we're going ....in this case, Ft. Wilderness...and we unload...and park for a while. We bring all our own food.....because taking them (the little ones...big ones tend to behave somewhat better.....unless our son is in one of his moods:)) out to eat is not fun. I hate paying money to never sit down and actually eat what I ordered. Anyway....we played in the swamp.....rode bikes....rode horses.....fished....took our Christmas pictures (not in swamp), swam (in and out of swamp), enjoyed Mel, Jason, Cade, Grandma, and Grandpa.....etc. You can rent golf carts that take you around the camp....but not us. We walk, run or walkrun. We have never done anything like this with everyone before because all 3 little girls had to sleep in the same room. That had us really worried. REALLY WORRIED!! So we did what all good parents do.....run them ragged and hoped that they would pass out in the end and not wake up till daylight. That's exactly what they did. At night we went to the bonfire, sing-along (my, my, my....if Julie would work really, really hard, she could lead the sing along and sing Kermit songs too!:)) and the nightly movie. They show a Disney movie on a giant screen outdoors everynight. We saw a few minutes of Narnia (too scary!!) , Toy Story, (somewhat scary....left that one too), and Little Mermaid (ahhh....just right!). Julie taught Katie how to sing the Ariel song so that became the song of the weekend. The weather was terriffic and we were so busy we never, ever went to a theme park! Didn't need too! Our only episode out of the ordinary was when Julie left early and accidentally took Dad's keys with her. We had no way to load up (they do not allow cars in Ft. Wilderness except for loading, unloading) and had to call Julie back from singing Sunday morning to rescue us so we could check out. She came to the campground and clomped about in high heels and a dress. That's committment! Sorry Eastham family for messing with our plans on Sunday! We considered this event a great success and want to make it a family tradition. This year we made our goal....not to break anything or anybody! Success is a great feeling!