DISNEY WORLD DAY TWO

BEING ON A 21-MONTH'S OLD SCHEDULE IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT. THE GRANDPARENTS GET TIRED SOONER AND ARE FAR MORE CRANKY. YESTERDAY ETHAN HANDLED EVERYTHING THROWN AT HIM PERFECTLY. WE HAD BRUNCH WITH GOOFY AND PLUTO AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE CHARACTERS FULL-SIZE HE LOVED THEM, ALBEIT A LITTLE APPREHENSIVELY AT FIRST. HE WAS FULL OF INTEREST AND WONDER. HE LOVED ALL THE RIDES WHICH, OF COURSE, WE ALL JOINED HIM ON. HIS FAVORITE WAS "IT'S A SMALL WORLD." WE HAD TO DO THAT ONE TWICE! WHEN HE SAW MICKEY FOR THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT HIS EYES WOULD POP OUT OF HIS HEAD. HE LOVES MICKEY! WE STAYED FOR THE FIREWORKS AND THE ELECTRICAL PARADE WHICH FASCINATED HIM TO NO END. HIS FIRST RIDE ON A CAROUSEL WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL. EVERYONE ELSE WAS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED AND HE JUST KEPT GOING LIKE THE TROOPER HE IS AND JUST WANTED TO SEE MORE AND MORE. WHAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR A GRANDPARENT TO SEE THESE KINDS OF REACTION AND WONDER. AS USUAL, THE CAMERAS WERE FLASHING AWAY AND HE POSED LIKE THE TRUE STAR HE IS.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY AND WE ARE PLANNING TO CRAM IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE ALL FOUR GRANDPARENTS DROP DEAD FROM EXHAUSTION. THE PARKS ARE VERY CROWDED BECAUSE OF HALLOWEEN AND THE FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL. YESTERDAY IT WAS SO HOT IT BROKE THE RECORD AND WE WERE SWELTERING. TODAY SEEMS A LITTLE COOLER AND THEREFORE MORE PLEASANT SO, IT'S TIME TO HAVE BREAKFAST TO FORTIFY US FOR THE COMING ACTIVITIES AND IT'S ON TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM, MGM AND THE ANIMAL PARK, IF WE SURVIVE.

PEOPLE-WATCHING HERE IS GREAT. I FEEL LIKE A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG, SKINNY PRINCESS AFTER LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE WOMEN. AND I AM SURE I HAVE LOST WEIGHT FROM ALL THIS WALKING AND NOT EATING GARBAGE. ASHLEY IS HOLDING UP VERY WELL ALTHOUGH IN HER CONDITION I THINK I WOULD HAVE NOT HELD UP AS WELL. DAVID'S ARM MIGHT FALL OFF FROM CARRYING ETHAN SO MUCH EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A STROLLER. SPEAKING OF THAT, SOMEONE STOLE THAT VERY EXPENSIVE STROLLER FROM THE STROLLER PARK LAST NIGHT AND DISNEY IS NOT THAT FORTHCOMING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CHECK TODAY TO SEE IF SOMEONE TURNS IT IN. RIGHT! THEY PROBABLY SAW THIS $200 BEAUTY AND TRADED IT IN FOR THEIR $14.99 TARGET SPECIAL. SO NOW THEY WILL HAVE BAD KARMA. THE MAIN THING IS THAT ETHAN IS HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. WELL, IT'S ON TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM ONCE AGAIN FOR ETHAN AND HIS ENTOURAGE.