Going out with a bang!

Before I even start about our day today I have to say that Lily slept for 12 straight hours last night!! She thankfully woke up in a great mood! Ok on with the day!

Today was equally as fantastic as yesterday! In some ways it was better. The weather was a little iffy in the morning and they did shut all the rides down for about an hour or so, but then the sun came out and all was good! We did decide this morning that we wanted to try and change our character reservations from dinner to lunch. After seeing how tried the girls were at 3pm yesterday we knew it was not going to be feasible to shoot for 530. When we got to the park they changed it w/out a problem.

After we got through with costumer service we set out to take it a little slower then yesterday. Lily rode a few rides and played in the play area until lunch which was at 1230. This is where our day really started! OMG! It was even BETTER then breakfast yesterday. Not only was the food great, the characters all did songs! Our table was right in the middle! Lily was up dancing like a crazy woman! She LOVED it! Charlotte even got into it. Charlotte was really teething hard this morning, but by the afternoon she was feeling a little better.

We were at lunch until about 130. We then got our hands stamped and we went back to the van to change the girls into their bathing suits and gather ours. Then it was off to the wading pool. Charlotte took a much needed nap while Lily and Chris stomped around the pool. He and I traded back and forth. Once Charlotte woke up she really wasn't in the mood to swim, we tried a couple of times but she really wasn't having it. After a while and with the promise again of ice cream we left the pool. We had our ice cream and I noticed that of all things we forgot to ride on the carousel.

Lily was sooo excited to go over, and we figured that we could finally take Charlotte on it as well. We get in line and when it was our turn the attendant told Chris that Charlotte had to have shoes on. Charlotte doesn't have shoes. They got out of line and Lily and I rode on it. When the ride was over I asked Lily if Charlotte could borrow her shoes, and like the great big sister she is, she let her. We put the shoes on her and Chris got back in line. The attendant gave Chris a huge smile and let them right on! So she got to have her first ride! Chris sat with her on a bench. He said she liked the wind blowing in her face! We made all over Lily for being such a good girl. Shoes a BIG thing for her so for her to share w/out even the slightest problem was really great.

As a treat for her being so nice about it we went back over to the Elmo's World show. It was just about to start. This time we knew right where to sit so she got the most out of it. Charlotte dozed back off right before it was about to start :-) We were about half way through the show and I felt warm wetness run down my leg. It was then that I remembered that we had left on their water diapers oops! Quick wipe and burp cloth put over the knee fixed that problem! After the show we told Lily that it was time to go, and she started her good-byes. 'Dood-ye Elmo, dood-ye cookie...' She also waved from her stroller. I don't know what is going to happen when we don't go back tomorrow! We didn't leave the park tonight until 600! The girls got home got a quick bath and went to sleep faster then you could blink!

We couldn't have asked for a better first family vacation! There are so many little moments that I know Chris and I will cherish so a long time.

Today we only took 140 pictures today here are some! Tomorrow I am going to post a video!

Lily with Doris (Dorothy) Elmo's fish

Daddy and Rdette FINALLY A SMILE!!!
Cookie Monster Ice Cream
Daddy and his girls in the pool
The girls and Cookie
Rdette and Bert - she really wasn't feeling the love here!
Lily and Elmo!!
Lily and Bert
Lily and Abby
This was one of the things we did while the rides were shut down.

She made it all the way to the top!
It was really tall!