Summer Vacation

Mommy: Let’s talk about our vacation. Start with Saturday.

Owen: We went to the beach.

Rion: It was super hot.

Owen: The sand was super hot.

Rion: And, the water was brown.

Owen: We don’t know why it was brown.

Rion: Maybe because of the sand, because the sand is in the water. The next day we went to a Cubs game.

Owen: No, it was a Rays game. The Rays won 3-2 against the Orioles. We got a stuffed animal. Rion got a bear and I got a monkey.

Rion: We got to see the game and stay there. And, I didn’t even have to leave the game once. It was inside. The end.

Owen: And we got ice cream. The next day, that would be Disney World day. No, Sunday we drove to Disney World that was in Orlando. And, when we went to bed the next day, that was Monday, we went to Magic Kingdom.

Rion: Animal Kingdom was Tuesday.

Owen: Magic Kingdom had tons of rides. Like, Space Mountain, the Buzz Lightyear ride, the People Mover, the Speedway.

Rion: Like the cannon ball, what we were shooting on the Buzz Lightyear ride. On the Buzz ride the first time, I won before all, my mom and dad and brother. But the second time daddy won, but I was in the hundreds.

Owen: Like the Astro Orbiter and the Laugh Floor, and Stitch’s Great Escape. There were all different kinds of rides. And that was even where Cinderella’s castle was.

Mommy: What did you like the best?

Owen: It was called Space Mountain.

Rion: It was called the log ride.

Mommy: Tuesday?

Owen: Tuesday we went to Animal Kingdom

Rion: There was some rides there, but I don’t know what rides were there. There was this boat ride where you…

Owen: The river rapids, or something, and we went on it. Rion went on it three times, I went on it two. We also went on this ride. I went on two dinosaur rides, Rion only went on two.

Rion: We both got three.

Owen: How?

Rion: Hunting for dinosaurs.

Owen: And then we hunted for dinosaurs.

Mommy: Favorite thing?

Rion: My favorite thing was the river rapids. I rode it three times. It was super fun and I got super wet.

Owen: My favorite ride was the Yeti. We had to go, we went forward and the track was broken. We went back and the Yeti broke the track. We went forward, and turned, and got away from the Yeti. We escaped.

Mommy: Wednesday?

Owen: Hollywood studios! Me and Rion went to Jedi Academy school.

Rion: We fighted Darth Maul and Darth Vader. And, they forgot their other bad guys, Storm Troopers. And, they were funny. And, one said, “that way”. And, the other said, “no that way”. And, the door opened and they said, “have a nice day” to our Jedi academy teachers. They wanted to be nice to them.

Owen: So they didn’t get their heads sliced off. And, they said have a nice day so they wouldn’t slice their heads off. See, do you get it?

Mommy: Anything else?

Owen: Then we went on the Muppets 3D show. It was really funny because there was this rabbit that ran away.

Mommy: Favorite thing?

Rion: Jedi Training School

Owen: Jedi training school and we went on this Obi ship.

Daddy: Star Tours. Anything else?

Owen: I went on the Rock N Roller coaster. And, I went on the Tower of Terror. The Tower of Terror was not that good. We just went up and down, up and down, up and down. And, on the Rock n Roll Roller coaster, it went upside downtown and that’s why it’s called the Rock N Roll Roller coaster.

Daddy: Who’s the band?

Owen: Air guitar

Daddy: Are you sure? Air guitar? You mean Aerosmith?

Mommy: Thursday?

Rion: At Magic Kingdom we got to ride the rocket ship ride and the Buzz Lightyear ride two times. We have to take an elevator to get up there.

Owen: We went on this train ride. We went on this parrot thingy, that they sang. There were girl birds that we didn’t like, And, there was this queen that electrocuted this bird.

Mommy: Friday?

Rion: We went home. That’s the only thing we did.

Owen: We went to Downtown Disney. Rion got Commander Cody. And, we went back to our hotel, where the lobby was, on a boat. It was so fun because we got to go on a boat and it was super bumpy.

Rion: We went on it two times.

Owen: No, once.

Rion & Owen: We went on it two times. No, once….

They continued for quite a while. For the record, Owen was right. We went on that boat only once. It’s interesting to hear what they remember and how it changes from day to day. They were troopers with the heat, the walking, and the lack of sleep. It was very, very hot. I really don’t recommend Florida in August (or Vegas in July – bad planning this year on my part). Owen loved the roller coasters! He went on all of them. It’s nice to finally have someone to ride with. The only one that he didn’t really like was the Tower of Terror, and that’s because he was afraid of the Twilight Zone movie, not because of the ride. Rion also loved the roller coasters, but his height limited him to the Goofy coaster and the Runaway Train. He also really liked the shows. He started out a little afraid of the 3D aspects, but got braver as the week went on. He loved Mickey’s Philharmagic starring his favorite trouble maker, Donald Duck. For both, attending Jedi Training School and fighting Darth Vader and Darth Maul, was the highlight. The other big thrill was the daily animal made out of towels in the hotel room. We’ll have to take them on a cruise! That’s it for this year’s summer vacation. Next summer we are thinking about Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. Hopefully, the weather will be much better. - N