To Infinity... and BEYOND!!!

I have to tell you... we have not done very well with our acts of kindness. Our gift for today was EPCOT passports, and our act of kindness was to leave money in a gift shop. However, we've been trying to avoid the gift shops - if you don't go in, you can't buy anything - and so we forgot. Geez.

Today we went to EPCOT. We started the morning with breakfast with the princesses at Akershus. This is a restaurant located in "Norway" so it was very beautiful, but interesting. I find the countries so intriguing because all the people working there are actually from that country. They are usually college aged kids. I can only imagine what they think of us crazy Americans!!! But, I was still super excited, and so were the girls.

When we arrived the girls had their picture taken with Belle and got her autograph. She did not walk around the restaurant like the other princesses. I thought her dress was gorgeous - actually they all were. Just breathtaking. Another thought... what must the princesses (or any other character really) think of all these crazy people? The food was really good. It was in 2 parts - you could go up to a buffet line to get assorted pastries, smoked salmon, and a few other authentic foods, and then they brought scrambled eggs, potato casserole, bacon, and sausage to your table family style. As you eat, the princess come to your table to sign autographs and take pictures. The girls loved it!!! Another cool thing they did at this restaurant was to have a "Princess Parade". They would let all the little girls line up behind a princess and then walk through the restaurant. Reagan thought this was GREAT! :)

Aurora was the first to come to our table.

Cinderella. Reagan feels very strongly that every princess should be hugged good bye. She wants to make sure they know they are loved! :)

Snow White. She told Avery that she was the perfect age because 7 is her favorite number. :)

And Ariel. Avery was especially excited about her!!!

After breakfast we headed over to use our FP to Soarin'. We all really enjoyed this one!!! :)

After Soarin' we went to Turtle time with Crush. We were waiting beside a tank with several fish including rays and this blow fish. Josh and I had just been talking about blow fish and he said that he had never seen a real one puff. About three minutes later, he puffed! We were thrilled!!! The show was one of our favorites!!! It was hilarious!!! Afterwards, we did several rides including the Buzz Lightyear ride and Fast Track, ate lunch, and went to watch the glass blower in "Germany". Then we came back to catch this girl!

MULAN!!! I was super excited about meeting her too! We love her movies, and she is only in "China". If you don't catch her there you're out of luck!

After meeting Mulan we went to each country to get the girls' passports stamped. It was really cool because they all wrote the girls a note in their native language. We can't read several of them, but it was still awesome! Afterwards I thought that it would have been cool to have them sign something for my classroom, but by the time I thought of that it was too late.

We went to eat at The Coral Reef for dinner, and we were supposed to get tickets to the Candlelight Processional. I was really looking forward to this, but when we got there they said, "You know with the CP it will count as 2 meals, right?" Ummmm, NO!!! I didn't know that. I was very upset because I had already made a mistake with our meals. After talking it over with Josh we decided to not do the Candlelight Processional. He and I would have LOVED it, but the girls were really tired, and probably wouldn't have cared for it at all. We decided it wasn't worth the extra money. The food at this restaurant wasn't that great - well, the food was ok, but there wasn't much of a selection. We all ended up getting steak instead of seafood. BUT one whole wall was an aquarium! Josh LOVED sitting and watching the fish swim by and would point out things to the girls. You know he loves him some fish! :)

It was a really pretty park at night, but there were tons of people there so it was a little intimidating, and I think you walk the most at this park. The girls were exhausted because they didn't get their midday rest, and it felt like it was a million degrees even though it was only about 85. Think of how we were begging for 85 this summer, and now we're about to croak! :)