E.very P.erson C.omes O.ut T.ired

Ha, that is what the tram guy said EPCOT stood for... ;) but it really stands for...Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. The orginal concept is kinda cool. If you want to read about it, click the link.

Here are the crazies getting for our worldly travels through EPCOT.



As you can see, it was another BEAUTIFUL day.

There were a few girls in this phone booth before my kids and they said it smelled like beer and piss in there, so I guess that makes it pretty AUTHENTIC.

O'Canada. Waterfalls in the Canada region of EPCOT...


We saw Mary Poppins in the United Kingdom area...


We skipped over to France


In each area they had a showcase of "Holiday Storytellers: Listen to legendary holiday folklore from around the world as told at the World Showcase by the legends themselves, including France's Père Noël, Italy's LaBefana and America's Santa Claus."
As we approached France, we saw him! Père Noël!! He was skinny, Buggy pulled on my hand and said, "Their Santa needs to eat some cookies!" Père Noël turned around and said, "Last year they said I was too fat, this year they want to fatten me up..." and I am sure I heard him mumble something about dumb Americans in a really heavy French accent as he threw his cigarette to the ground.*

We had lunch and made wishes in Morrocco...


It was really pretty there, I found this fun fact about it "Nine tons of handmade, hand-cut tile were used in authentic mosaics in the Morocco pavilion!"


Right outside of Morrocco was The Genie from Aladdin...awesome!


In Japan, we world travelers saw a beautiful pagoda


and a torii gate


In Italy, Gondola ride anyone?


Then in between the streets of Italy and the Germany Biergarten Festival we saw Snow White and Dopey.


Ok, does anyone else think that is funny? Biergarten Festival? Maybe it's just me.

Moving on through China...



There was, America, Norway and Mexico in there somewhere too, but we were getting past the point of tired with the kids, so I didn't linger to picture take around there too much. As we headed toward the front of the park, we got some Mickey Mouse ice cream and watched the lighted water fountain show....




and, since it is a million negative degrees out today, let's end this post with our last two days in Florida. We spent those days, soaking up the sun, swimming and loving December in warmth...dreading our return to cold.






This hearby ends my vacation chornicles, I have enjoyed retaking our journey through my blog. Hope you all enjoy it as well. :)

Tomorrow, back to our regular madness...stay tuned. ;)

You so HOLLYWOOD

"Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' - this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin'." - Pretty Woman




Where cell phones are an accessory.


Streets are packed with shoppers and sight (or is it site?) see-ers


All your favorite stars are in HOLLYWOOD...

Frozone from the Incredibles


The Incredibles with an equally incredible family.

Nothing less in Hollywood than drama!




Straight to the Moon, or is it, To Infinity and Beyond?


It's easy to be star-struck...



But the best thing about Hollywood? The joy, it brings to the faces of all people.


In true Hollywood fashion, we found our place for a live High School Musical 3 show. Much to Hubby's dismay, Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) was not in attendance. As the huge float pulled onto the streets of "New York" the excitement of the amplified music filled the air.


Everyone sang, everyone swayed, everyone really enjoyed the entertainment. It was at this moment that I had another piece of my heart melt. There is NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING better than seeing the joy in your child's eyes.



To me, THAT, is what it is all about. It takes all the fits, all the bitchy tones, all the rolled eyes and makes them irrelevant. When I can see the overwhelmed happiness pouring out of my children, I know my job isn't so bad. That feeling is why I saved up money for two years to take this trip, that feeling is why I wouldn't give up the Mom job for ANYTHING. It makes it ALL worth it.

High School Musical songs, made my Buggaboo so giddy. I hugged her and hid my tears, because High School Musical made me that happy too.

As darkness started to fall, we were happily greeted with the most amazing light show EVER. The Osbourne Family Spectacle , unlike the spectacles that MY family puts together, THIS was truly spectacle. There were christmas lights on every possible inch, nothing was left untouched. Christmas music played and snow fell as you walked the streets. I was so stunned and in awe that I didn't even take pictures. SO if you want to see check out the link, it was AMAZING.

That concludes our stay in Hollywood (Disney's Hollywood Studios), I will remember this trip for as long as I will live because it's my dream to witness life through my kids...and Disney was just that, a dream come true!

We're all just ANIMALS

After our exciting day at Magic Kingdom, we decided to head over to where my kids fit in best. Animal Kingdom.



Again the details just amazed me...the tree, adorned all different animal faces.


As you walk into the park you see a GINORMOUS tree in the middle of the park, the tree of life. From a distance, it looks like a real tree, but up close you see the trunk is sculpted with all different types of animals and it was really interesting. Kinda like laying on the ground and "seeing" things in the clouds, that is how the trunk of the tree looked. We had a great time picking out animals we saw and pointing them out to each other.

Here is the tree in the daytime


Nighttime, up close


Of course we saw Characters...





We saw but did not conquer the Mount Everest roller coaster ride, but isn't the mountain awesome? Again, it looked so real...


Animal Kingdom to me was a really fun adventure, better than a glorified zoo.

Where else can you see a Gorilla's hand bigger than your four year old's head?


Where else can you compare YOUR hands to the "hands" of a six year old male Gorilla? AND pick up the germs of the millions that touched that same exact spot all day long? It's a double bonus. (That would be my germ freak side)


There was so much to see and do, by the end of the night, we were exhausted again.

Parting with such sweet sorrow, but beautiful Christmas lights on the tree. :)


tune back in tomorrow (if I get the pictures uploaded to share) for our trip to Disney's Hollywood Studios.


OH...and, I still have to announce who won the motto challenge...I will do that soon....