But first, here's Evan with a stuffed bear at Wilderness Lodge. Grrrrrr
The first week of our trip took place at Disney's Yacht Club hotel. It was a beautiful hotel with an awesome pool with a pirate ship waterslide. Plus it was right on the Disney Boardwalk and a 1 minute walk from Epcot. This was my 8th trip to Disney and I have NEVER stayed in a hotel like this. My parents had always gotten a little hotel room somewhere in Kissimmee. Not that it ever mattered, because we'd only spend of total of 10 minutes in the hotel room anyway. We always opened and closed the parks. However, things are different now with our Evan. We spend a lot more time in hotels with naps, meals, etc.
Evan was very sick and feverish the first few days. He then passed his illness to me and Mike. As you can see here, he's not too excited by the "breakfast with the characters". He fell asleep after this. Poor little guy.
We had adjoining rooms with my mom and our view overlooked the boardwalk. One day Evan shut the adjoining door and was locked in my mom's room while my mom was packing his diaper bag in our room! My mom also had the security latch on her front door, so someone had to be called up to let him out. He thankfully was fine... Here he is rocking out with a pink headband!
And poolside!
One night my mom, Evan and I had drinks at the bar while waiting for Mike to come back from work.
Daddy's home - yay! Let's not tell him about the hotel room incident.
Now time to look so cool.
We spent a lot of time in Disney Village since it was free. Here's Evan with Donald & Daisy.
I entered a hula hoop contest and the kiddies kicked my butt. Evan was so embarrassed.
Godiva was always giving out chocolate samples, so we all had some of those and Evan fell in love with "Skully", or so we call him. It's a skull on a stick that lights up and spins when you push a button. It helped keep Evan occupied on the later nights... Until Skully dropped and stopped lighting up. Damn cheapo toys.
Chocolate good.
Here's Evan and I lounging on chairs on the Boardwalk Hotel.
Now we're on a boat to Wilderness Lodge to see the Hoop De Doo Review (a dinner show). The wilderness island thing is pretty cool. It's only a 10 minute boat ride from the Magic Kingdom. People can camp there and drive around golf cars. It's huge and has a Davie Crockett theme, playgrounds, an animal petting zoo, restaurants, etc. I know this sounds dumb, but Disney is so cool and is worth every penny if you have a child. There's even a boat light show on the water every night.
More of wilderness island...
And the Hoop Dee Doo Review...
Evan played the spoons while I stuffed my face.
It was all you can eat (and drink). Mike made friends with our waitress, Sandy, who kept bringing out the beers. Mike had a serious case of the hiccups while we waited for a boat back to the Magic Kingdom.
It was also my momma's birthday. She was picked out of the crowd. I told the guy she was 25 and he said "It's the 25th anniversary of her 25th birthday!" Afterward he came up and apologized and said "I'm just so not funny." It didn't matter to us, because we all had a bit to drink.
There were buckets of fried chicken, mac & cheese, cornbread, green beans and strawberry shortcake for dessert! They brought out spaghetti and some delicious grilled veggies for me and Evan.
The guy on the far right is the one who made the comment.
After writing this, I wanna go back. More to come on our Florida trip from 3 months ago (back from when Evan turned a year and a half!) he was so young...
