We had been trying to take the kids to Disney all winter and either illness, weather or work managed to interfere. Our chance finally came at the end of March, Larry and I decided to make it a surprise and didn't tell the kids where we were going that day. After a leisurely breakfast at "The Barrel", that's code for Cracker Barrel at our house, off we went. We knew going in that Josh would be very excited at every sight he saw and was. Benjamin would take some convincing. If we lived close to Lego land this would not be an issue. But for some reason my oldest son thinks that unless tractors or some type of construction equipment is involved, it's boring. I am so glad the monorail was his first encounter otherwise it would have been downhill from there. We sat up front with the driver and "the magic" began.
I was expecting to do the "cheerio dance" with Grace all day. You know whipping out snacks and toys to distract her. Instead she was so content to be in her stroller all day and watch everything around her. She even took a long nap! It was endearing going on the rides with my kids that I had enjoyed at their age, definitely a full circle moment. 
Benjamin had his class trip to the zoo and I went along to chaperon. I got to sit next to the cutest boy (Benjamin) on the bus! We held hands and he told me stories and we had the best time just the two of us. Our group teamed up with Benjamin's best friend Steven and his mom's group. The kids had a great time and we saw an alligator who came when called. One of the zoo staff called out to the gator in the enclosure "hey gator!, gator come here". After a few minutes, I think he had to wake up, the gator turned and swam over to where the guy had called from. The kids were amazed to see this creature so up close. The purpose of calling him over was so that the sculptor who was working on this beautiful piece at the zoo entrance could see the detail in the gator's face. 
