Orlando

Me, Matt and all the kids left for Orlando last Tuesday. We spent the first couple of days doing the Disney thing. We stayed at Pop Century on the Disney Resort property. We had the best time. On our way into town we stopped and picked up Matt's mom in Oveido at her high school friend's house and she spent the afternoon with us. We took her and had lunch at Planet Hollywood. It was nice to see her since we hadn't seen her since we were last in New Port Richey last May. Luke was just a couple of weeks old last time we saw her. Tuesday evening until midnight, all day Wednesday and most of the day Thursday we spent at all four Disney parks. We had bought the Disney dining plan so all of our food was prepaid in advance which was really nice. Just one less thing to worry about. On the plan, we also got to eat some of the places we would not normally eat at because they are just too expensive for seven people. It doesn't matter where you on the plan we made sure to take advantage of it. The waiter gives you a copy of the receipt that tells you what it would have cost had you paid cash. Imagine our shock when we were at the Coral Reef in Epcot and the "bill" came to $285.00. Of course we didn't have to pay that but we would have if we hadn't been on the plan. Isn't that crazy? and that was just one meal!
Thursday afternoon we went for my annual trek to the FPEA Homeschool Convention in Orlando. We were there Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We took in some classes, bought some of our curriculum for next year and had some good fellowship with thousands of other people who do what you do and what you are going through. I really love going there. I can't say that I will ever take Matt and the kids again but it was ok. Maybe next time they can do the Disney thing while I do the convention thing. Taking a one year old to conventions wasn't the smartest move we ever made. He definitely made things challenging!
Luke has been pretty sick since his birthday in March. We have been battling ear infection after ear infection as well as stomach bugs and colds. He just can't seem to shake this stuff. He has an appointment at Nemours on June 6th with the ENT. His doctor also wants him to see the allergist for allergy testing before his surgery since he had a reaction to an antibiotic he has been on recently. Matt and I think it will show an allergy to milk. That will be difficult to deal with! Whatever we have to do to make him feel better. The poor kid is always under the weather. You can't help but feel bad for him. We were just in the emergency room last week because he was running a fever of 105.3 with ibuprofen and Tylenol. Nothing was working! As it turned out it was his ears again.

Matt's mom and the kids after Planet Hollywood at our hotel.



This was us at the Coral Reef restaurant in Epcot. You can see it because the lighting is very low but there is an aquarium in the background. It is like eating underwater.


With the Disney dining plan you get dessert at every meal. This was Noelle's dessert at the Coral Reef. We thought is was so cute we had to take a picture of it!



On Thursday we ended up at Chef Mickey's for the breakfast buffet. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto come around to your table for autographs and pictures.