Last week, we took our first big family vacation as a family of five. The last time we flew the twins weren't yet two, and I was pregnant with Livi. We were a little worried about flying with so many little kids, but my parents went with us so we figured we at least outnumbered the kids with the amount of adults we had. We headed to the airport Saturday morning....
And our resident grump of late decided he wasn't going to make this a day of happy air travel. Breakfast at the airport was thwarted twice for "breaks" to the restroom where he had to get a good talking to. The girls were happy and ready to go!
I should have known I'd be traveling with Meryl Streep.....
After killing some time at the breakfast table, we headed to the gate to board our plane. The babies thought that taking off was the most amazing thing they had ever seen, which was so adorable it helped me forget that I hate flying. They were a little busier than the average adult traveler, so we tried everything in our bag of tricks to keep them busy and happy on the plane. For the most part, it worked. Or, at least I didn't notice anyone on the plane giving us the stink eye so I HOPE it worked. We landed in Florida, and headed to the hotel. We had some lunch at the golf course grille, and tried in vain to get people to take naps. Adjusting their schedule in a hotel room took some getting used to, but by the end of the week they were pros.
The first night we took the shuttle to Downtown Disney. This is a new area of the resort for me. I haven't been to Disney in sixteen years, so it was neat to see so many new and updated things. The first restaurant we saw upon walking in was T-Rex. Imagine a restaurant that is sort of like Rainforest Cafe, but SO much better and dinosaur themed, and there you have it. We decided to eat there without seeing any other restaurants, just because we knew that nothing was going to entertain our kiddos more than T-Rex. We had a 45 minute wait in front of us, so we got a chance to walk around Downtown Disney and see all the restaurants and shops. As always, there were amazingly talented street performers, and everything was so over the top....and CLEAN. We headed back to the restaurant, and had our first of many, many overpriced meals.....that's one thing I just had to get over. Food is NOT cheap at Disney, and I had to stop caring about it and just enjoy myself. The kiddos loved their first day on vacation, and hadn't even SEEN a park yet!
Stay tuned for the rest of the trip....
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