Aunt Buddy's Animal Kingdom Adventure!

Yesterday we took Aunt Bettye, or as Aaron calls her, Aunt Buddy, to Animal Kingdom.  She has never been and it was her last full day in town, so we figured it would be perfect!

Naturally, if you know my kids, we had to go to Festival of the Lion King. Seriously, it's the best show on property and if you ever go to Disney check this show out.

After the show we grabbed some lunch to kill time before the safari. I'm like 99% whenever we all go to the park together this is our table. We've sat there almost every single time.

The safari was great as always. We had lots of up close views of the giraffe's, which basically made the kiddos (and Aunt Buddy's) day.  And seriously, how cute is the photo of Aaron holding Aunt Buddy's hand after the safari?

We were able to catch the Jammin' Jungle Parade, too.

I love that none of us are looking at the camera. Sigh. Oh well.  We were able to catch a bunch of trails and the dinosaur playground of course. Scott even tried to take Aaron on Dinosaur since they are now tall enough to ride, but he bailed as they got to the ride vehicle. I don't blame him, I don't even want to go on that ride.

We had a great day, and visit, with Aunt Buddy! Hopefully she'll come down again real soon and we can do it again!

Don't forget, today is Multiples Monday at Capri + 3

Disney Magic

 

The crowds have finally left, for the most part, so we took the kiddos to Animal Kingdom yesterday afternoon. Can you tell it's our favorite park? It's like we're always there.

We only waited 10 minutes for safari, which I was so not expecting. I was also not expecting to see as many animals as we did. We even saw the cheetahs up close, which in all our safaris, has never happened.

We also got some really good shots of the elephants, elands, and rhinos. But let me tell you about the woman sitting behind me. I swear you would have thought we were on safari in actual Africa. She was snapping photos on her DSLR like a photographer from National Geographic. At one point she was taking (and I swear) 20 photos of turkey buzzards. They are native birds, that's why they don't talk about them.

We caught the parade right after and then headed to our favorite show, The Festival of the Lion King. I give all credit to Scott for these amazing photos, but seriously whoever edited them is awesome.

The coolest part of this show was that one of the performers picked a child in a wheelchair at the end to participate. She wheeled him around the stage and he looked like he was having a blast. Moments like that totally make my day and remind me of just how magical Disney can be.

I hope you had an equally fabulous weekend!