DisneyWorld

We had such a great time. We were very worried about Hurricane Ike, but lucky for us it didn't hit Florida. The weather was very hot though upper 90's with lots of humidity. After a couple days we finally got used to the weather and had a good time. So there are going to be lots of pictures, but that is what happens after 7 days on a trip! Isaac did great on the plane ride down and he even slept for an hour. We flew non-stop into Tampa and then rented a car to drive to Orlando. We stayed at a great hotel (thanks Theresa) and it was right across the street from a Wal-mart which was great for getting snacks for the parks.
The first day we went to Epcot. It was really nice walking around and looking at all the different countries. We did all the rides that Isaac could go on and at the end we took his pictures with the characters. He was so excited to see Mickey Mouse or "ickey Mouse" is how Isaac pronounces it.
The second day we went to the Magic Kingdom. After trying to hold Isaac in all the lines we went to Wal-mart and purchased a monkey backpack that has a tail for the parents to hold on to. It was a life saver and I highly recommend it. He thought it was so cool to have a monkey on his back!
This is his first monorail ride. He was so excited to go on a train.
We did the merry-go-round several times and that might have been his favorite ride.When we went on the cars we let Isaac take control of the wheel. He would crack up anytime the car hit the rail and bounce you to the other side of the car. We hit so hard our seatbelt came undone. But there was no way he would let us touch the wheel it was his turn for driving.
He gave Minnie Mouse a kiss.

The 3rd day we went to the Animal Kingdom. The was the most humid day so we didn't take too many pictures. Isaac really enjoyed seeing all the animals and it was fun to go on the safari ride. We were able to see the rhinos up close since they were in the road and we had to wait for them to get out of the way.

Isaac was so cute at the petting zoo. He loved petting the goats and would go up to the faces and tell them hello. He even gave one of them a kiss. I was completely grossed out on the other hand and we hit the sink after that attraction. We took a break from the parks on Wednesday and just hung around. We went shopping at the outlet mall and in the evening we went to downtown disney.

Thursday we went to the Hollywood Studious (formerly the MGM studios). It was really nice and relaxing to sit back and watch the shows. They had a show with Playtime Disney that he loved.
On our last day we did the Magic Kingdom again and rode all the rides again.
On Friday night, I gave Isaac some crayons to color with on his coloring book. He played with them for a while and then got up and was playing with his other toys. While I wasn't playing close attention, my child decided to color the door. So we tried to get it off with soap and water and we even "borrowed" the windex from the cleaning lady's cart. Of course that just made it worse so I called Bronwyn to see if she had any suggestions. So the next morning I ran to Wal-mart and purchased a Magic Eraser and thankfully that did the job. When I asked Isaac what he did wrong he just told me that it was naughty!!! Here is his "artwork."
It was so nice to have a week of relaxation and we will get to do it again for 5 days in the future because we bought a 10 day no expiration pass to split with my parents because they will be there next month, but come to find out they are now doing fingerprinting with the tickets so you can't share passes anymore. That would have been nice to know before speding $930 on 2 tickets! At least we know where we can go for our next big vacation.