I can't even begin to say how tired we were by this point in the trip. I was more than ready for it to be over and on our way home. Still to maximize our time there, we had a late evening flight with plans to spend all day at Animal Kingdom. We had tried since booking our trip to make reservations for the Tusker House for their character breakfast. It had been one of our favorites in the past. Each time we looked they had no available reservations. Clark decided we were going to try and just walk up and see what happens. Not something I would normally do, so I sat with the kids while he took this task upon himself. Not that long later he came up to me and said we were in. It wasn't until later that day that I asked him how he managed to accomplish this since the place was packed. He said he just went up to the desk asked if they were taking walk up people. They said no, and he said bummer b/c he was there with his 4 years old triplets, and he really was hoping they could experience this. He didn't push or say anything else, and the next thing he knew the lady was saying. "let's just say you had a reservation" and printed out a sheet. Wow!! He said the couple behind him trying for the same thing were not so lucky. So we had our breakfast. Really the Animal Kingdom day was not that great. We were just so tired, and the kids were kind of over seeing things. We did the safari ride which was great b/c there were a ton of animals out, but towards the end some animals were blocking the road and we got stuck for longer than Ryan could handle. Other things we did included, Bug's Life show, Dinosaur ride, played a lot in Dinoland play area. We ate lunch at this barbecue place. We did not have the patience to wait for the Lion King show. I am sure the boys would have enjoyed it. Clark and I have seen it several times. We didn't do a ton. Finally we decided to just let the boys pick out their toys and head back to the hotel a little early before it was time to board the bus to go to the airport. When back that the resort we spent the last of our snacks and meals on the dining plans. We just got a bunch of candy to bring home for big kids b/c that counted as snacks and we had around 11 left. Basically we were going to use every last meal and every last snack b/c we felt like we paid for it. This explains how I came home looking way too fat!! The way home seemed to take forever. We had a layover (which was not long at all but annoying b/c the kids were tired). On the last flight they slept and trying to get them off the plane at midnight was challenging. They cried the entire walk to baggage claim. We arrived safely at home around 1am. Overall I would say this was a great trip. That is much easier to say now that it is over and I am looking back. We had great weather the entire time. Not a drop of rain and lots of sunshine. Kids enjoyed it!! Now I am ready for an adult only vacation.
Even I was tired of taking pictures this day, so I did not care if they looked good.
Landon eating his donut
Adam was upset he missed Mickey due to an untimely bathroom break.
I love gorillas so I had to put this in.
Ryan
Adam and Landon with Flick
Adam
Landon
Landon
Landon chose a hat for his last day toy.
Ryan chose 3 more Disney cars
Adam also picked 3 of the Disney racer cars.
THE END!!!
The big kids had a good time while we were gone. Many people asked if they were mad they did not go to Disney. The big kids have been to Disney MANY times and this was the triplets first visit. They did not care since they knew we would not have time to go on all the big kid stuff unless we wanted to be completely separated the entire trip. Nick and Alexis spent half their time at Aunt Tammy's house playing with their cousins and the other half with my parents. They went to a Beauty and Beast show (that Nick thought was torture) and Jesus Christ Superstar show. I was very happy to see them when I got home. The day after we got home we had parent teacher conferences. Both Nick and Alexis got straight A's with all glowing remarks. Very proud:)
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