I am not hitting fun overload, but if that
was actually possible for me; this might be the place where that could happen!
Our adventures at the Animal Kingdom Park
were amazing, and whether we were playing with the animals; digging the Dinos;
or going on the extreme rides, it was non-stop action and fun for all of
us. Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I had a
couple of hours of teen time this afternoon to go on some of those extreme
rides, and our FastPasses allowed us to actually do that without spending half
the day in lines; but we spent most of the day with the rest of our group and
especially had fun with the five younger kids.
That has me thinking about just how much
exercise we’re getting every day while doing everything and even just walking
around a lot; and I should mention that Aunt Leanne is getting a bit of extra
help with that. She is, after all, five
months into her pregnancy, and while she looks amazing and is having a great
time with us; Mom is helping her out when needed with the inevitable fatigue
and soreness. Uncle Adam is likely
helping out at night too; but it’s very possible that we don’t need the details
about how he’s doing that. One other
little detail before I move on – my prenatal cousin is showing signs that she
is going to be quite extraordinary. Mom,
Ethan, Ehlana, and I are all sensing that, though I don’t think that any of the
other Magi can; and Mom may try a few new things as she and Aunt Leanne do
their prenatal Magi training to allow for that extra potential that we sense in
the baby.
Speaking of sensing things, you don’t need
to be a Magi to see the reactions of people around us to my parents, aunt,
uncle, and my brother and sister. Okay,
to be fair, I should just include everyone in our group; but that’s a little
scary. Pregnant or not, Aunt Leanne is
beautiful; and turns as many heads as Mom does.
Part two of that is a little bit scary too, and only partly because we’re
talking about my mother. The other side
of that is being compared to her – and being speculated about when Ethan and
Ehlana are factored into an equation that doesn’t necessarily add up for some
people. It was just as amusing to see
the women around us admiring my father and uncle; though I wasn’t nearly as
entertained by the girls around our age having the same reaction to Michael and
Tim. No, that isn’t fair; but then I was
just as uncomfortable with having guys staring at Rowen and me.
Ethan and Ehlana always get a positive
response from anyone around them, but I think that it’s especially adorable
that Naomi wants to hold hands with Ethan a lot; and sits with him for most of
the shows and rides. Ehlana’s usually
next to her too, and while she hasn’t been holding hands with Aiden as much as
Ethan and Naomi have been; he’s at her side as often as he’s on Ethan’s side of
their little foursome. I don’t really
want to get into any deep musings tonight, and what the twins and their two
best friends have together is really special; but I am wondering how often that’s
happened to some extent with other Magi in Witch Falls even with the kids
growing up not knowing about each other.
Uncle Adam in particular is collecting a lot of data about all of us; so
maybe I’ll take a look at that sometime and see if there are connections that
we don’t yet know about – like with Grandma and Grandpa.
They weren’t with us today because we’ve
been tiring them out; but they’ll spend the day with us tomorrow for Mom’s
birthday – at least until we head over to Universal and get started on the
second-half of our vacation.
That reminds me that we have extra work to
do in the morning to get checked out of this hotel and load up the vans before
meeting up with them at the Hollywood Studios Park; so I’d better move this
report along.
We couldn’t possibly do everything at the
Animal Kingdom in one day, but we did the best we could through until shortly
before the park was closing for the day.
That was at seven o’clock; and we moved on from there to spend the
evening at Downtown Disney. A late dinner, some play time, and a bit of
shopping later; and it was heading toward eleven by the time we got back to the
hotel again. Getting their earlier each
night since Saturday didn’t have anything to do with running out of steam;
though I am tired out now – it’s just the way our schedule has worked out so
far. Michael and I helped out with a
bedtime story for all five kids once we’d helped them to get ready for
bed. We did that in Uncle Adam and Aunt
Leanne’s suite and then Mom and Dad took Ehlana and Naomi back to their suite
while Michael and I went to my room to spend some alone time there while Rowen
was with Tim in the boys’ room.
Our self-imposed curfew for that tonight
was twelve-thirty; and this time it was Rowen getting back to our room before
Michael left. No, she didn’t walk in and
see anything she shouldn’t, but we are teens; and did have a bit of fun joking
about stuff like that – and she hugged and kissed my boyfriend goodnight too
when he left.
Funny, now that I think about it, for all I
know; she kissed him goodnight the last two nights too when she left their room
to come back to ours. Do I want to ask
or not?
Stay tuned to find out! ;^)
That’s a nice little cliff-hanger to wrap
this up with, and Rowen and I really just ended our night with another girl
chat while I’ve been doing my usual nightly computer checks and a bit of family
business work; so there isn’t any more news from today anyway. I’ve already mentioned that Mom’s birthday is
tomorrow – today – and we’ll be doing our very best to make her day special and
amazing. For the four teens in our
group; that means most-of-the-day babysitting services so that the parents can
have as much of a responsibility-free day as possible – and a lot of fun. I’m sure we’ll have a blast with the kids
too, and will still spend a lot of time with the adults too; but this one day
of our vacation is definitely going to be for Mom more than for the kids and
teens.
I’ll let you know how that goes too, but I’m
ready to get rested up for all of that fun; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
