Happy Birthday, Wesley!!

We celebrated Wesley's 30th birthday on Friday. Disney really knows how to make a birthday special. They gave Wesley a pin to wear announcing his birthday and gave him a gift card to use on property.

Todd and Ashley made the day even better by decorating our door, and by giving him a shirt to wear that read "My name is Wes Bender and today is my 30th birthday." On the back was a hand print with the words: "Slap me. It's my Birthday!"

Since we had decided to take it easy on Friday, Ashley and Todd actually made Wesley wear it on Thursday throughout all Epcot. He got lots of looks, "Happy Birthdays" and a even a few slaps!

Wesley, Jackson and Tucker outside our door - Happy Birthday, Wesley!

We had seen pretty much all we wanted of the parks so we decided to just enjoy another character breakfast Friday morning and spend some downtime at the hotel. The breakfast we selected was at the Grand Floridian. Ashley and I picked it mainly because we wanted to see the inside of this gorgeous hotel. The breakfast was great and the characters were very nice.

I guess all the adults were out of it by Friday because as I looked over the pictures from the morning, I was tickled to see these two. Yes, for breakfast, Tucker had a cupcake and was drinking syrup and Jackson was enjoying Fruit Loops, chocolate milk, and waffles with syrup! No nutrition here!

Tucker and his cupcake and syrup.

At least he was happy...until the sugar crash about noon!

That evening, we decided to take advantage of a few late night Magic Hours at the Animal Kingdom. We rode the Safari again. We had experienced the ride in the morning and wanted to see if anything was different at night. It was a nice ride, but more animals were out on the morning safari.

We grabbed dinner and then headed to Dino-Land where we spent the rest of the evening. There was practically no one in this part of the park! It was so nice! We were able to ride a few rides and then play some of the carnival games. It is amazing how many times a two year old can win a game when he is playing only against his Mommy!

Jackson and Mommy on the Dinosaur ride


Watching Todd and Ashley ride a Whirly ride that the kids were not tall enough to enjoy

Carnival Game #1 - Race the turtles across the Board. First one to the end, wins!

Jackson wins!!

Game #2 - Watch Daddy shot hoops for a prize. Guess who got the prize? Jackson!

Game #3 - Smash the dinosaurs as they come up from the Dino-holes. This one Jackson actually won fair and square. I could not get the hang of it and he and Daddy were able to win by a landslide!