Satuday morning, Grandma Eloise snatched Owen's Mickey ears. She and Chloe had fun wearing their big ears and laughing together before we headed off for the Animal Kingdom.
This tall Christmas tree greeted us at the entrance to the Animal Kingdom.
Once we walked into the park, it was like walking through a zoo with exotic and different animals everywhere. This black swan was gorgeous.
The parrots had their wings clipped, but little egrets which are native to Florida were free to come and go whenever/wherever they wanted.
This was the Tree of Life and it has 155 different animals carved into it. I believe there is also a ride inside this tree that is a bit scary, but we didn't find our way to it.
We went on a safari ride on a bumpy bus and saw all kinds of animals found in Africa.
LOVE the sleeping hippos!
These termite mounds were taller than us.
I like the twisted horns on this guy.
A baby giraffe ran across the path in front of us.
His momma was calling him and he wasn't going to be late!
We saw elephants eating and covering themselves in hay.
Pink flamingos that get their coloring from the pink shrimp they eat.
I like the bright pink and black wings on that guy in the middle.
We saw this baby rhino. He only weighed 800 pounds.
This warthog was still sleeping in his cave.
This ostrich was keeping an eye on us and also on the ostrich eggs laying on the ground unprotected not too far away.
Such cool horns!
This was one of a handful of geysers we drove around on the safari.
I don't remember this guys name, but he wasn't a zebra or related to one. His closest relative was a giraffe. Go figure.
I think Owen liked the idea of sticking his hand up these creatures noses. ;)
Chloe had to stick her hands in, too. Because that's what little sisters do.
They had meerkats!
Can you tell someone wasn't getting his way? There was a bit of brooding on this walk through the jungle. Owen wanted to be riding Expedition Everest.
There were several gorillas and their size was astounding. A baby weighing less than 15 pounds played among the adults. He liked his toes.
Another view of the Tree of Life.
The kids had fun playing these African drums and bounced between them all to play as many as possible in the shortest amount of time.
We found Pluto!
Owen wasn't planning on giving Pluto hugs, but he decided at the last minute to jump into the pictures. I think he was glad he did it. :)
After lunch, we made our way over to Expedition Everest. This bad roller coaster goes upside down and backwards before this major freefall drop. This is one of the scariest rides and Owen was brave enough to go on it.
Owen looks so small next to Todd in these pics.
Chloe and I hung out with Grandma Sharon and Papa Wenzel while we waited on Todd and Owen to get through the line and come off the roller coaster. Owen surprised us and made us proud. He didn't cry and came off the ride all smiles.
We wandered into DinoWorld and Owen hit the pop-up animals for a little bit. While Chloe and I were on a ride, Todd and Owen ran into our friends the Mulligans (they live in our neighborhood and Todd plays tennis with Steve). But they were gone by the time Chloe and I were off the ride.
It was only 3pm, but we had heard a fair amount of complaining this day and we knew it would be a late night. We decided to head back to the house because we were going back to the Magic Kingdom after dinner.
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