So we decided to take a family trip to Disney for Thanksgiving. We left on Wednesday at 2 pm but forgot the something at the house and had to go back. It set us back about 30 min and we got stuck in a TON of traffic in Orlando. We didn't get in until about 6:30 so we let the boys play for about 20 min and then put them to bed.
Aiden thought the phone was pretty cool and kept saying he wanted to call "nana." It was too cute. I unplugged that phone and let him play with it. He called "91" and asked for "help" which was impressive too. Eli thought the phone was cool too.
We left the hotel/timeshare at 8:15 and were at the Disney parking lot by 8:30. We took a tram ride and the boys were getting pretty excited.
We gave Aiden the choice of train (monorail) or boat and he chose the latter. The boys were pretty excited about the boat ride. I haven't been to Disney since I went as part of UF's gymnastics team about 14 yrs ago (wow I feel old). 
Despite a couple setbacks (the tickets were in the car and we were at the gate and we had vouchers, not tickets), we finally made it and I already had everything planned out. We went to Pooh's adventure first. We waited in line for about 25 min but there were things to do along the way.
I also bought us some time with "snack time." There were interested to see what was going on.
Aiden sat with Brad and I sat with Eli. It started okay but then Aiden got freaked out and really didn't like transitioning from one section of the ride to the next when the doors fly open. He covered his eyes for half the ride unless Brad and I used soft excited voices to point out neat things. Eli was great. We went to "It's a small world" next thinking Aiden would love it because it's a boat. Now he was scared though of opening doors. He didn't want to go so he sat on my lap and wanted to cover his eyes the entire time.
Eli went with Brad and thought everything was pretty cool.
I finally convinced Aiden to take his hands off his eyes and look around a bit. He eased up a bit.
Aiden started clapping when the ride was over. The line for Dumbo was about 40 min so we went on the carousel. We sat the boys on their respective horses and Aiden went nuts after Brad put the strap around his waist. We all had to get off! Brad and I decided no more rides for a bit! We went over to Minnie and Mickey's house. The boys had a ton of fun in that area.
Aiden thought the mailbox was pretty cool at Mickey's house. Eli thought sitting on top of it was way cool!
Right across from Mickey's house was a toddler play area (like at the mall) and the boys loved it! They got to run around and release some energy. Eli was busy crawling through tunnels and Aiden was all over the place.
After they played for a bit, we went back to the van for lunch and naps. On the advice of others and seeing how much time it took to actually get into the park, we decided not to leave. We came equipped with lunch, a sleeping bag, pillow, blankies, and a tarp to put over the van to keep the sun out. We had such a great idea to let them nap in the van. Lunch went fine but Eli wanted nothing to do with a nap even though he was exhausted. Needless to say, I was getting extremely frustrated and just put Eli in his car seat. It took him about 15 minutes but he fell asleep. Aiden then wanted in his seat too. Aiden didn't sleep at all but thankfully he's used to being quite even if he doesn't nap. He was too excited. We let Eli sleep for an hour and then left at 2:00pm for the park again. We went to the Swiss Family Treehouse. Aiden thought it was pretty neat but didn't want to climb by himself.
Aiden wanted to go on Aladdin's carpets. We were a little nervous that he would freak out once we got on but he did great. In fact, he loved it. I forgot the camera in the car so the rest of the disney pictures had to be taken with my phone.
Here is Aiden driving the carpet by directing us up and down. He did a great job.
We walked around a bunch more and took the train around. We also went on the Jungle Boat (Fast Pass is awesome) and that was tolerable for Aiden. It was getting late in the day and Eli was getting pretty fussy. We had some ice cream and then headed back to the car. We couldn't get down Main St too fast though because Aiden insisted on walking down the track doing a "choo choo" motion with his arm. Everyone thought he was adorable ... except for Eli who wanted him to hurry. We did get a family photo right as we were walking out.
Aiden fell alseep in the van. Publix was closed and we didn't have time (or energy) to stop in a restaurant for dinner so the boys got corn dogs from 7-11!! They ate and went to bed right away without a protest. They were both alseep by 6:55pm. Overall, it went great.
Aiden showed daddy his stickers this morning and Eli and I were playing on the bed. This is his new smile. It's very odd and funny.
This is Eli's new smile. Not sure where he got it from but he loves to do it right now.
The boys enjoyed spending time playing together and it was great to watch them all.
We decided to head to the heated pool for a bit. The boys had fun but Eli was super tired. We only stayed a short bit and then I took Eli back and put him down for a nap at 8:45am. He was so thankful for that. We ended up leaving Orlando around 11am and headed back. Eli has been tugging on his ear quite a bit and his balance was off this morning so we took him to the dr at 3pm. No ear infection that the dr can see but we'll see how his balance is over the weekend. He might have an inner ear infection which can't be seen. He is teething a molar on his bottom right and is having a very tough time.
The boys were super excited to be home playing on their own turf again. Tomorrow is Gymboree and then we are picking out a Christmas tree.
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