Magic: Day Two

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Day two was Mother’s Day, but don’t picture any spa treatments or leisurely brunches.  Nope, we hit the ground running early.   We started out with breakfast at the Crystal Palace inside the Magic Kingdom.  Our reservations were for before the park opened so we had to get permission to enter early.

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Breakfast was with Pooh and friends.  I was still stuffed from the day before but I managed to eat a couple of the special french toast which happened to taste like funnel cake.  And if you know me you know I LOVE funnel cake.

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In addition to Pooh, Regan was happy to meet Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger.

After breakfast we rode more rides.  I have to tell you that it was a magnificent day at the park.  We hardly waited in line for anything.  I guess most moms aren’t really trying to go to an amusement park on their special day.

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Regan loved the band walking through the park and was more than happy to join in on the fun.

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We headed over to see her first Disney love, Tinkerbell.  I was happy she could finally meet a Disney character that would actually talk to her.  I don’t know how these kids don’t make the connection that Mickey doesn’t utter a word!

After meeting the fairies it was, once again, naptime.  When Regan fussed about taking a nap I reminded her that she got to meet Mickey after nap the day before and if she took a nap now she’d get to meet Tiana.  Needless to say she went immediately to sleep.  My mom and I took the opportunity to sit a spell while she napped.  That 90 minutes did our feet some good!

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Tiana was lovely!  I was just as thrilled as Regan to meet her.  I wasn’t initially jazzed about meeting her Prince, but I have to say he was quite charming in his heavy velvet suit.

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We headed back to the hotel to change for dinner, but not before picking up a souvenir.

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Dinner that night was at Ohana, which was at our resort.  It’s Polynesian food served family style.  We had a great time and the food was pretty good.  (BT-dubs, I plan on reviewing all the restaurants on Yelp if you want the deets.  Look for me there under my government name.)

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After dinner we headed to our beach to watch the electrical water parade.  It was kinda lame, but the kids liked it.

By the time the fireworks started we were tucked tightly in bed.

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Please let me know if you are planning on joining me tomorrow at Escorpion at 6pm.

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Back and Forth

I had to rock myself to sleep after last night’s season finale of Scandal.  I decided at the last minute NOT to open a bottle of wine and settled in with a cold glass of iced tea.  That was such a mistake because by 10:40 my heart was pounding and my stomach was in knots.  I felt like I was having a for true anxiety attack.  It was just too much to take.

I should have known five minutes in when Fitz dropped to his knees talking ’bout “superpowers” that I needed to hit pause and go ahead and pour myself a stiff one, but I was foolish.

When the show ended I really wanted to turn to someone and discuss it.  I had comments!  And questions!

Like, yo, Quinn just went all chainsaw massacare!  Did Daddy watch the sex tape?  Why didn’t Harrison have any fast talkin this episode? Did Liv think she could EVER be the first lady? All David ever wanted was his job back.  Jake, call me!

There was just TOO MUCH.

I’m gonna have to watch it again this weekend.  I hope my heart can take it. Else I might fall to the ground like Cyrus.

What did you think of the Scandal finale last night?  How are we gonna get thru the next few months without it?

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Magic: Day 1

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We left for Disney early on Saturday morning.  I had told Regan about our trip the morning before and she was in a fantastic mood ever since.  I worried that I would have trouble getting her out of bed so early, but she hopped up with zero complaint.

We met my mom at the airport and boarded our bus for our hotel, Disney’s Polynesian Resort.  I love all things Polynesian, so this was the perfect destination in my opinion.

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As soon as we stepped off of the bus, I felt like I was on a tropical island.  There was lush vegetation and a small waterfall in the lobby.  The staff (cast members) were dressed in floral prints and everyone greeted us with “aloha!”

Our room wasn’t ready so we had to kill some time.  We grabbed lunch in the hotel and then parked ourselves in the lobby.  We had planned for Regan to take a nap before heading out, but we had no idea what time we would get into our room.  I told Regan that if she took a nap in her stroller, when she woke up she’d get to meet Mickey Mouse.

I am not at all exagerrating when I tell you that child was asleep in about three minutes.  The Mouse has power!

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While she slept my mom and I noticed that we were situated right next to the bar, so we ordered up a couple of pineapple cocktails and started sipping!

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Once we got to our room the party really began.  I was thrilled to see our room.  It was really quite large, had a balcony and a view of the Magic Kingdom.

We showered, changed for dinner and headed out the door.  One of the benefits of staying at a Disney resort is that you are on the monorail system.  That’s in addition to bus and boat options.  So we hopped on a train and were at our restaurant about five minutes later.

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We went to Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary Resort.  Dinner was so fun!  Regan spotted Mickey before we did.  ”Mickey!”  In fact, my little eagle-eyed baby pretty much spotted all the characters before they got to our table.  They were so sweet.  I loved Minnie, and I’m pretty sure Goofy was flirting with my mom.  He would not leave her alone!

The concierge at our hotel had told us that even though it was three weeks away, Regan should wear a birthday button during our trip so she would get special treatment.  Unfortunately (or fortunately), my baby is honest so whenever someone would mention her birthday she would reply, “my birthday is June 2nd!”  LOL!

Special treatment pretty much only meant that all the princesses (and every cast member we saw) would address her by name.

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It also meant that the Mickey and the crew signed a birthday card for her at dinner.  I don’t know why but it tickled me to death watching them sign that card with their big hands.

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After dinner we headed to the Magic Kingdom.  Regs and I were both so happy to see the castle up close.  Although I had been about 30 years ago, it really felt like the first time.

We rode a few rides, walked around and had popcorn before calling it a night.  We made it back to our room in time to put on our jammies and watch the fireworks from the comfort of our balcony.

That was day one.

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