TIME to Have Fun!

We started our Disney vacation at Animal Kingdom. We were there to see Wesley's favorite show, the bird show. After the 3:00 show on Saturday it closed for six weeks so we wanted to make sure we saw it while we had the chance.

We had lunch at the BBQ place and then went to see a couple of characters. Our kids don't know who the bears are but they love characters.

The bird show delighted Wesley. This year was a real treat for all of us. Instead of the bird who counts by consistently saying "four" there was a singing bird.
Wesley liked all the birds especially the owls and the crown crane. Lydia liked the bird show but not as much as Wesley did.
After the bird show Chris and I were able to ride Everest after waiting less than minutes.

Wesley stood on this bench with Grandma and Grandpa to watch the parade.
Minnie is one of Lydia's favorite characters.
The kids and Wayne enjoyed playing the drums. Lydia and Grandma We ended our short day AK with the train ride to Rafiki's Planet Watch. They kept announcing the park was closing at 5:00 and the animals in Affection Station would go to bed at 5:00. This sounded a little odd to me that they would be making so many announcements about closing when it was over an hour away. After we got off the train, they announced the animals were going to bed in ten minutes. What? I thought it was ten minutes to four. I was wrong; it was almost 5:00. My excuses are that I didn't get enough sleep the night before and there are no numbers on my watch. They funniest thing is that Chris thought the same thing - that is was almost 4:00 - and he has numbers on his watch. The kids got to pet the goats and sheep for a few minutes. Well, Lydia didn't touch them. After the animals went to bed and the park was officially closed, the kids got to meet a macaw. Wesley asked the nice lady a lot of questions about what the bird eats. She asked him, "Do you eat vegetables?" and he replied, "I like grapes." I think we need to talk about the food groups. He does eat vegetables but apparently he doesn't know that. After leaving Animal Kingdom we headed over to the Contemporary Resort to have dinner at The Wave. It was delicious! We love the free dining program!