Meeting Mickey

Last week, we visited my sister and brother-in-law who live in Orlando. While we were there, we spent one day at Epcot. Most all of the rides at Epcot are very tame and toddler-appropriate. We took John Harrison to meet several Disney characters....Mickey, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy. John Harrison has never really watched any TV and so we knew that he wouldn't recognize the characters, but thought he might get a kick out of "animals" in big costumes. Plus, you have to get your kid's picture taken with Mickey Mouse when you go to Disney!! He got really excited about Mickey, then his enthusiasm waned when Donald tried to tickle him. He was intrigued by Pluto's whiskers and liked playing with Goofy's ears. I got a few cute pictures amongst Disney's paid photographers trying to take their own pictures (we took the photo pass card that supposedly had the code to access the pictures-for-purchase online, but the system will not bring up our pictures). Our sweet boy took a much needed 1.5 hour nap in his stroller while we were at the park, so David and I had fun pushing the stroller around and seeing the sights at Epcot and switched off watching John Harrison while the other person rode one of the adult rides. On our trip, we also hung out at my sister and brother-in-law's house, played with their dog (who was excellent with John Harrison.....even letting him touch his paws), visited some outlet malls, went to the playground, and hung out with some cousins who drove in from Tampa for one of the days. We flew out EARLY Sunday morning so we could be back home in time to go to church. We had to get up before 4 am so John Harrison was utterly exhausted by the time his bedtime rolled around. Ten people from church came over to our house for dinner Sunday evening, so we had a busy afternoon getting the house and food ready. We had a great time with our friends and their kids, but were also exhausted by the end of the day. I was still tired yesterday and fell asleep beside John Harrison's crib after putting him down for a nap!