Animal Kingdom...

Our second day we went to Animal Kingdom.  We kicked off our day with a character breakfast at the Tusker House with Mickey, Daisy, Donald, and Goofy.  After breakfast Ethan had a parade with Donald and a few other kiddos.  My sister-in-law gave the boys pillow cases that had mouse ears appliqued on them with their names monogramed on it.  We used these to get the character signatures on in place of a book.  They were perfect!  Ethan loooved it!

 Mickey signing the boys pillow cases

 kiss with Mickey

We then took the boys on the Kilimanjaro Safari.  

 our ride

The best part of the Animal Kingdom is all the attractions.  AKA- kinda nice for the parents to sit down and rest from all the running around.  We watched The Festival of the Lion King where we had a close call with Ethan loosing his lovie.  It was dropped underneath bleachers at the Lion King Show and took some serious convincing {"it is his favorite thing on earth....would ruin the trip if we lost it...} on my part for the attendant to fetch it.  We also watched the 3D It's tough to be a Bug movie and Ethan's favorite was the Finding Nemo Musical.  We also met Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyor.  Those photos will come later when we get our professional photos {photo pass} back from Disney in the mail.

We then watched another parade.  I snapped this picture below of Ethan waiting on the parade.  I thought he looked so young sitting there after looking so old as a pirate the day before.  Bennett had a big moment at the parade by waving for the first time to Donald Duck.  He loved the parade and the music.  He was bouncing in David's arms and waving.  It was adorable.  Bennett was so excited that people on the floats started taking pictures of him!  Someone I managed to catch his first waves on camera.  Ethan got several high fives from his favorites like Chip and Dale.  Mickey also played peek-a-boo with Bennett.

 high five

waves

 all smiles

peek a boo with Mickey

After a little shopping we headed back to the hotel to clean up a little before Dinner.  We ate at Tony's Restaurant which is Lady and the Tramp themed Italian.  It was one of my favorite dining experiences. Bennett snoozed in the stroller while we ate.  Disney tip:  if you little one is asleep in the stroller they will let you bring the stroller in...just ask!  

After dinner we headed back to rest up for one more day of fun.