Disney!

I've been remiss in not posting for a while. We had our Disney trip the week after Labor Day. Its great travelling off season--practically no lines at any of the attractions. Some memories:

• Sam loved, loved, loved Seussland at Universal Islands of Adventure. His favorite was the Cat in the Hat ride--he fell in love with Thing1 and Thing2. We must have ridden it 10 times.
• We missed seeing the shuttle takeoff on the big screen just before the Shamu show at Sea World (say that 10 times fast!), because Sam was having a meltdown over not being allowed to play with a watermelon ride.
• The Parade and Fireworks at Disney were all they were cracked up to be.
• Timeshares rule. Sam is being spoiled early on by 'nice rooms'
• Sam developed a 102+ fever on the plane ride down, which came and went. It did result in a trip to an after-hours pediatric clinic, which Sam detested, especially after they did a throat culture. Poor guy. He kept insisting that he is not sick :(
• As usual, Sam was a GREAT flyer. I think these were flights 15 and 16 for him.
• Sam wound up having a private party with Barney at Universal Studios. The Barney show had about 20 kids at it. Afterwards, Barney was there for pictures and hugs. All the other kids left, and it was just Sam and Barney. Barney hung around and literally played with Sam for about 15 minutes, just the two of them!!

Some of the better photos: The Madagascar Crew

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Obligatory Photo of the Dumbo Ride. Somewhere there is a picture of Bethany and her Dad on the ride (not recent--30 years ago)