Last Wednesday: epcot

Today we went to the park with the big ball.  In trying to get us to go to Disney earlier in the week Isaac mentioned that he wanted to go to the big ball.

Excitement!

Under the big ball.

We got in early due to an early breakfast.  There was a penguin sculpture and since it is Ben's "favorite" animal we had to take some pictures.

It was also our 15th anniversary!  We got special buttons and people said "congratulations" all day.

Breakfast!  Delicious as always.  (Side note: Isaac must be going through a growth spurt because he's been eating a TON.)

With Dale:

 With Pluto (the favorite):

And Mickey:

Then, since we were finishing up right as the park was opening, we headed to Soarin'.  I wasn't sure how well Joshua would do, but I think he enjoyed it...but once was enough.  We also went on Living on the Land since it was right there.

Then we went on Figment's ride.  This was Joshua's favorite of the day and he requested several times that we go on it again (we did, later in the day).  I think he liked the stinky smell.

We were waiting for Ben and Isaac and went to the water up.  Joshua didn't want his picture taken; I said too bad.

We did two missions for Perry the Platypus throughout the day.  The one in Mexico was nice because it was inside the whole time...just as it was getting really hot.  Both boys really enjoyed it and wanted to do another one.  So I did a Japan one with them later.  It didn't seem to work quite as well (maybe some pieces were taken out?) but it was still good.  For Japan Doofenshmurtz was making a babyinator that would turn everyone into babies so they couldn't run away from his bad robot.  Joshua asked me, in all seriousness, if it was real.

A shark picture to almost match last time we were here.  Joshua saw Bruce all over the place and always pointed him out to Isaac.

Both boys wanted a Mickey Bar.  (Of course, the messiest treat there is.)  But we had wipes, so why not.  Oh, it's hard to see.  Isaac's face is a mess here.

We finally made it to Spaceship Earth!  It broke down for about ten minutes.  There was a voice continuously saying not to stand up, which was rather annoying.  At least we weren't stuck by the voice that also said "you're car is turning around.  do not stand up"

Mickey pretzels!  They were delicious and just what I wanted.

We stopped by the drums on our way out.

Just kidding!  We decided to go on test track.  Joshua enjoyed it until the fast part, but he just hung on tightly.  He was a really good sport about going on rides that were probably a bit scary for him...but he'll be ready to enjoy them more next time!

Joshua made a car with lots of power.  Isaac made one in the middle.

Joshua saw the trucks on the way out and wanted a picture with the red one, because that's what he made!

Now we were done...at about 8:30.  We were at the park for about 12 hours!  The boys did great and the adults did pretty good too. :D