Here is a cute picture of Ben from March when he got promoted from a Wolf Scout to a Bear Scout. I thought it would be nice to share a picture along with the great poem I just found in a package of work that came home from school. The assignment was to write about where you would live if you had the chance to to go to another country. Instead of writing a paragraph, he decide to write a little poem. I thought it was so creative and cute that I wanted to share it, so here goes:
Austraila
by Ben Fleury
If moving to another country was what I had to do,
I would go to Austraila, to see it's big zoo.
I'd also like to ride a camel, across it's dessert planes,
but maybe instead, I think I'd take a train.
If learning's what I had to do,
I've always wondered why,
Austraila's a country and a state,
my-oh-my-oh-my.
My trip to Down-Under is almost complete,
The only thing that's missing,
Is the people I would meet!
Ben and Cate relax in the lobby of the Boardwalk Villas where we stayed. The flight was easy and 0nce we checked in, we spend the rest of the day by the pool and strolling the boardwalk.
Our first night, we had dinner in Epcot. We ate in Mexico at the San Angel Inn. It is such a cool place... you feel like you are eating outside on a beautiful evening in Mexico. The kids even got to ride on the Gran Fiesta Tour Boat in the Mexican pavillion. It was a great start to our vacation.
Can you believe the size of this breakfast!!!! It was a buffet and Ben took that VERY seriously! Over the course of the next hour we met Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald. Yes we got pictures of everyone, but this pictures is by far the best of the day!!! And yes, he did eat almost every last bite.
Cute picture of Grammy, Grandpa and Cate waiting for the raft on Tom Sawyers Island in the Magic Kingdom.
Cate's favorite ride, by far, at the Magic Kingdom was "It's a Small World" She rode it 3 times. This is a picture of her pointing to "everything". Every 2 seconds she would see something and point it out saying "Look at that..." She also sang the song AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS for most of the ride.
Here's the whole gang at the Liberty Tree Tavern in the Magic Kingdom.
Yup! We are eating again!!! This time it is a late night snack at the Magic Kingdom in Tomorrowland. Ben had just finished riding Space Mountain for the first time (he rode twice more for a total of 3 times during our trip).
Oh my goodness... is that Cate with June and Quincy? Yes it is. She was soo excited. Our only sad point was that Handy Manny was no where to be found and she really wanted to meet him. She also got her picture taken with Leo... not sure where Annie was??? Maybe with Manny (hmmmmmm!!!) I wonder if Kelly from the hardware store knows about that??? A little inside joke for all you Playhouse Disney Moms.
Here's Cate rockin' out at the Playhouse Disney Live show. All her favorites were there and they actually encouraged standing, dancing and singing loud. If she had not already been to heaven, she might have thought this show was it! By far her absolute FAVORITE of the entire vacation.
Epcot... Mission: Space... Orange Team. Where is Mommy/Audra? At home with Cate, too chicken to ride. The green team (aka "sissy" version) experience the day before was just fine for me thank you very much. I left the really scary stuff to Dave and the Grandparents. Just for the record... despite how perky she looks in this picture, post ride, Grammy looked a little green!
The Fleury Family Welcomes you to Animal Kingdom!
Our last day, we headed to Downtown Disney for dinner at a great Irish restaurant called Raglan Road - very good food and so fun with step dancing and music. The highlight of the excursion for Ben was the Lego Store... yup, the transformer behind him is made up entirely of Legos. Does it get and cooler for a 9 year old Lego lover???
We spent Christmas day with the O'Briens. The boys took a break from Wii-ing to build and play with Michael's great new Lego Cargo Ship... Can you believe how big they both look in this picture...
That's all for now folks, but check back soon... I really do promise to post often!
