This morning Stefan cooked breakfast again. Terry stayed in the cabin while my parents, Stefan, Lexi and I went to Epcot. This is a park that consumes a large area of land with little more to do than to eat, eat, and eat. The first thing we did was the Soarin’ ride. This is a ride that simulates a hang gliding adventure through various scenic views of California. At first, Lexi didn’t like it, but she warmed up to it quickly and by the end she was excited that she didn’t get her feet wet when we were soaring over raging rapids.
We then went to The Living Seas with Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush (the turtle from Nemo that always says “Dude!”). Both of these were cute. We then went to the World Showcase and had a snack in Mexico. While eating, a storm blew in and we took cover in a replica of a Mayan temple that had a mariachi band playing inside, and a bunch of carts with Mexican arts and crafts. We rode a little boat ride and then proceeded (in the pouring rain) to Norway to ride Maelstrom (another boat ride).
We returned to the cabin in time to attend the Hoop Dee Doo Revue here in the campground. It is a comedic, Western-style, singing and dancing dinner show. Lexi didn’t quite know what to think of it all, but she ate quite a bit!
We had planned on going on a tour of the Magic Kingdom in the morning, but childcare proved to be more of a hassle than we had anticipated. Getting the tour canceled and getting our money back was quite the ordeal, but we finally prevailed and were able to get our money back. Hopefully, we can arrange childcare sometime by the end of the week so that we can go on this tour because it is something that has come highly recommended by Stefan’s parents and brother alike.
Later, we rode our bikes to the dock to watch the boat parade that comes by the campground each night. While we were waiting for the parade to arrive, Lexi got bored and a new imaginary friend was born. During proxy season Lexi’s imaginary friend was “Imaginary Daddy”. Now we have Imaginary Ariel. Lexi danced with her, sang with her, sat with her, and even yelled at and scolded her when she wandered too far from Lexi.
(Lexi with Imaginary Ariel)
If that’s how she is with her real friends (the scolding part) I feel sorry for her friends. I tried to tell her it’s not nice, but you know how far that goes with 5 year olds!
Terry will be leaving in the morning. We’re glad he was able to join us for these few days. It’s good that Lexi gets to see the various members of our extended family from time-to-time. We understand, though, with his disabilities and problems with back and legs that he needs to return to his normal routine.
Lexi’s favorite things of the day
1) Hoop Dee Doo Revue
2) Turtle Talk with Crush
3) The Living Seas with Nemo
4) Soarin’
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