Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Today we left the grandparents to head to Disney, and had quite a bit of fun at the pool.  This is an unusual trip for us - Disney without the parks.  We have breakfast planned for tomorrow at the Polynesian Resort - it's at Ohana's with Lilo & Stitch. 

Today was primarily a pool day.  After checking in, we went to our room.  It said it had a "woods view," which was accurate.  But we can also see the lake, the monorail, and even - through the trees - Cinderella's castle at the Magic Kingdom.

After settling in for a bit, we went down to the pool and had some fun together as a family.  We even played bingo for a bit, but didn't win this time around - but it was still fun.

The temperature is still amazingly hot outside, but swimming in the pool made it alright.  Madison's swim lessons seemed to be paying off, as she's been using her feet to kick in the water and even using her arms to doggy paddle.  It's a sign language thing too - she sees the pool and starts to make that gesture with her hands.

Later on, we walked around the Wilderness Villas and saw the train collection there.  Of course, we explored the Wilderness Lodge itself, which is quite beautiful.  It is our favorite place to stay for a variety of reasons, one of which being you can just hop on a boat and go anywhere.  Yet, you seem to be displaced enough and "away from it all."

Zena packed peanut butter and jelly, so we had sandwiches and even noodles for lunch.  Dinner was bigger:  we ate downstairs, and even got a rice crispy snack in the shape of Mickey's head!