Vacation, part two

After an evening of watching the finals of Dancing With the Stars (hooray for Shawn Johnson!) we took the big kids to Epcot. It had been a long time since either my husband or I had been there and it was the kids' first visit. We had a lot of fun with all the hands-on exhibits and technology as well as the rides (Soaring was my favorite.) And the weather was great, too. Here are some highlights.


Making music with our arm movements

Taking pictures of ourselves and using a computer to edit and send them. You can go here to see a finished masterpiece.

Fish are friends, not food!

The Nemo exhibit was amazing. A cartoon of Crush, the turtle, answered questions and interacted with a live audience.

Dad, getting a guitarrón lesson from a member of the mariachi band in Mexico. ¡Arriba!

Posing with a Viking in Norway

Replicas of the Terra Cotta soldiers from China

We saw a film here about the different people groups that live in China. It was shown in 360º and made me a little sick to my stomach!

In Japan, there was an amazing store full of kimonos, bamboo, electronic gadgets... You could even buy two live oysters and they would crack them open right in front of you to see if there were pearls inside. Every time someone found a pearl, the salesperson/performer would bang on a drum! Here are Dad and Sis at the Japanese gate.

As you can tell, it was starting to rain a bit. So after some really good fudge from Germany, we headed to Innovations: an indoor arcade/hands-on learning center, where the kids were entertained for the next hour, while Mom and Dad gave their feet a rest!

One last ride up into Spaceship Earth, and it was time to go

But where was Boo all this time? Did I fail to mention that Grandma and Papaw met us in Florida? So, Boo spent the day at the resort - probably doing whatever he wanted!