Day 2 Monday -Animal Kingdom

We got up bright and early to go to the Animal Kingdom!! We had breakfast in the food court and Sean and Rick discovered the hotel arcade... which turned out so be a mixed blessing. We dragged Sean out of the arcade and hopped on the bus to AK. Sean was very excited to ride 'Dinosaur' (especially since he and Daddy had been playing a Jurassic Park game in the arcade)...but we held off on that one a bit because I was afraid it would be too scary for a first ride. So we first did the Safari Tour and saw LOTS of cool animals. Then Jessi and I rode 'Expedition Everest' and LOVED it!! It's SUPER fun! Sean was chomping at the bit to ride 'Dinosaur'...so we did. And he was very scared!! He goes back and forth now and claims he loved and that it was his favorite ride....but he is definitely scared! Turned out that was nothing. When we saw the 'Bugs Life' 3D movie...we also saw Sean in COMPLETE TERROR!!! He did NOT like that one at ALL!!! Thank goodness it has a happy, sweet ending that softened him a bit to it or I think he would have been damaged goods for life...lol! We then rode some happier, nicer rides, saw some more animals and played some games. Sean was enjoying himself but after EVERY THING we did he would ask, "Are we done now? Can we go back to the hotel to play that dinosaur game?" Which (bad mommy alert) REALLY pissed me off. All this AMAZING stuff all around him and ALL he cared about was some STUPID video game at the HOTEL!? Rick was also dissppointed that Sean was not enjoying things like we had hoped he would ...and Sean was COMPLETELY glued to Rick's side all day (all trip actually) and was kinda driving him nuts...so Rick was still in jackass mode with a few fun moments here and there.

We went back to the hotel for a swim and a nap and then went to Epcot for their evening fireworks/water/light show. We had a great viewing spot! That was very cool and the kids loved it!
It sounds like it was a terrible day, but it really wasn't. We saw lots of cool animals and had lots of fun together. Jessi is a thrill ride crazy fool and so am I ...so we had a blast riding all the stuff that none of the rest of the family would ride. I think the neatest part of the day was when Jr discovered an underground cave with an underwater viewing area of Otters and fish and stuff. It is totally off the beaten path and we stayed there watching and enjoying having it all to ourself for quite awhile. Otters are just too darn cute!!