Day 5 – Our Free Day!!!

Yikes, been home a  month now and still working on the last few days, if not for anyone else to read, but for me to have for myself.

Originally we were going to spend Sunday would our friends Mike and Debbie who live in Sarasota. Actually that is the main reason we even rented a car, although in hindsight, if you have little ones the car is the way to go.  You aren’t stuck anywhere waiting for the next bus, etc.

As we got a few weeks away from the trip I contacted them to see how they felt about the upcoming visit.  Their son was born at 26 weeks in Feb, actually on Liam and Brenna’s birthday.  They had a long journey ahead, they spent 4 months in the NICU before he arrived home.  With all the swine flu going around, I was a bit nervous about even making the trip to Disney.  (the happiest and germiest place on earth)  Anyway, I was worried what if our kids picked up something and we didn’t know it and they passed in on to baby Alex, it could have severe consequences for him.  After talking to Mike he said he would talk to Deb and see what she thought.  Eventually we all decided it wasn’t worth the risk and we would get a chance to see Alex the next time they visit Michigan.  (hopefully soon)

So we were able to take it easy that day.  We headed over to Downtown Disney and ate lunch at Planet Hollywood, then explored the area.  Braeden loved the Lego store and Brenna loved hanging out with the life size princess statues.  The train was Liam’s favorite, he rode it twice.  We got the kids their first HUGE lollipop.  They were sooo icky and sticky!  As soon as we hit the road they all passed out.  I dropped Ed off at ESPN Zone as I drove around with the sleeping kids.

After the kids woke we went to the hotel playground and hung out for a bit, it was nice to have a place to go to just sit down and relax and not have to worry about losing the little ones, it was a nice peaceful area we had to ourselves.  We ate dinner and finished off the night with a swim.  A nice relaxing day, although we were disappointed we didn’t get to visit with friends, it was a nice carefree family day.  I would recommend an off day if you are spending a week down there.