Day #3 - Arrival in Kissimmee!

Monday, May 21, 2012:


Sunday night was a little tough!  Jackson woke up at 4:15 am and cried a little. I rearranged his stuffed animals and he went right back to sleep. However, after that, I couldn't go back to sleep.  I tossed and turned until 6:20 am when Jacob woke up.  Jackson woke up shortly thereafter, so I went ahead and got up for the day and showered and got dressed.  We headed down to breakfast and had our last yummy waffles with strawberry sauce (and blueberries for Jackson).  We finally headed over to Sugar & Papa's around 8:30 am. We had a good visit with them and it was sad to say goodbye.  Finally around 10:00 am, we left for Kissimmee.  The plan was to meet Dad & Nancy at the Emerald Island pool home (www.orlando5.com) around lunchtime.  We made pretty good time and made it into the Formosa Gardens area by 11:45 am.  We decided to go to the Winn-Dixie near the pool home and get some things to fix a quick lunch. The Winn-Dixie is so interesting because it is near the former (now deserted) Splendid China theme park, which was open from 1993-2003, so the shopping center and the interior of the Winn-Dixie, are themed similarly with Chinese architecture, and even Chinese dolls and a koi pond inside the Winn-Dixie.  

We headed over to Emerald Island Resort by 12:30 pm and got checked in.  We fed the kids a quick hot dog and they made a bee-line for the swimming pool.  Jeff swam with them, and then finally a little later, John & Kat arrived.  Kat and I made a plan for dinners for the week and headed off to Super Target for groceries. Just before we left, Jeff and I finally got Jackson down for a nap.

I was so tired, and Super Target had a Starbucks.  The iced coffee hit the spot!  In about 1.5 hours, we had filled our carts and were headed to the house.  When we finally got back, it was time to RELAX!  I had a Corona Light and got into the pool with the kids.  It's so nice renting a pool home!  This is our fourth time doing it!  My dad made BBQ chicken legs and chicken breasts for dinner and we made corn on the cob on the grill as well.  We also had baked beans and cole slaw.  It was a yummy dinner!!

After dinner, we got the boys into the bathtub, and got them to wind-down with a little TV.  Then it was books and off to bed.  Jeff and I put our swimsuits back on and headed for the hot tub with my Dad and Kat.  We enjoyed ourselves!  I found some Peach Smirnoff at the store and mixed it with Diet Sunkist.  It was tasty.  After the hot tub, we showered and headed on to bed! After all, we were off to Animal Kingdom in the morning!!