It wasn’t all work, work, work. We did make some time to play. On the 19th some online friends from DISboards came up for the night. What’s DISboards? An online forum dedicated to everything Disney. In this case, these are folks who are going on the cruise with us – there are about 170 families who have hooked up for the cruise this way. We try to meet face to face whenever we can so that we’ll have friends we recognize on board. If you ever do anything Disney – go there for first hand tips from many knowledgeable people.
In any case, Carolyn and Andrew arrived with their girls Alana and Kathryn later in the afternoon on the 19th. We showed them around and got them settled into The Bunkhouse. Dinner was a celebration of Issac’s 7th birthday. OK, his birthday isn’t really until the 31st – but this was the only time Dad could be there, and we had a crowd – which makes for a better birthday. Our neighbor, Ryan, was there and gave Issac driving lessons in his Gator as a special treat. All the kids crowded in back for the ride. Issac’s eyes were popping out of his head – but he sure had fun driving it! I think it was his favorite present! Sheez, our treasure hunt map making kit (he’s really into treasure hunt maps right now) got beat out by the Gator. Hrumph. ;-)
After breakfast on the 20th, we moseyed on over to Seattle to meet up with another DIS family – Jill, Brad, Collin, and oh sheez, I don’t remember their daughter’s name. We visited The Pacific Science Center – and everyone had a blast! “Bite of Seattle” was going on so Seattle Center was crowded, but PSC was nearly empty. So, we never had to wait for any of the exhibits. Jakob was delighted to hook up with a boy his age. The two of them were instant friends. We spent most of our time at the Speed exhibit, where Jakob and Collin combined to try and create 1 horsepower. 0.3 was the best they were ever able to do. Does that make two boys as good as 1/3 of a horse?
In any case, Carolyn and Andrew arrived with their girls Alana and Kathryn later in the afternoon on the 19th. We showed them around and got them settled into The Bunkhouse. Dinner was a celebration of Issac’s 7th birthday. OK, his birthday isn’t really until the 31st – but this was the only time Dad could be there, and we had a crowd – which makes for a better birthday. Our neighbor, Ryan, was there and gave Issac driving lessons in his Gator as a special treat. All the kids crowded in back for the ride. Issac’s eyes were popping out of his head – but he sure had fun driving it! I think it was his favorite present! Sheez, our treasure hunt map making kit (he’s really into treasure hunt maps right now) got beat out by the Gator. Hrumph. ;-)
After breakfast on the 20th, we moseyed on over to Seattle to meet up with another DIS family – Jill, Brad, Collin, and oh sheez, I don’t remember their daughter’s name. We visited The Pacific Science Center – and everyone had a blast! “Bite of Seattle” was going on so Seattle Center was crowded, but PSC was nearly empty. So, we never had to wait for any of the exhibits. Jakob was delighted to hook up with a boy his age. The two of them were instant friends. We spent most of our time at the Speed exhibit, where Jakob and Collin combined to try and create 1 horsepower. 0.3 was the best they were ever able to do. Does that make two boys as good as 1/3 of a horse?
We finished with dinner at Bite of Seattle. It was a very pleasant day.
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