WDW 2012 {part 2}.

Our third day was spent at Epcot.  I love the nostalgia of Epcot, but that's because I love people watching and browsing the different countries shops and boutiques:)  

First stop was something Mr. D and myself were most looking forward to on this entire trip.  You see, Mr. D and I spent our honeymoon doing WDW followed by a Disney Cruise.  The day we arrived at Epcot on our Honeymoon, we decided to pay to do the "Leave a Legacy" photo opportunity.  We knew our photo we took would be etched and then added to one of the monoliths at the front of Epcot.  However, we never got to see the finished end product until this trip!  We found our "address" so to speak and found our photo from our honeymoon!!  Hands down, the coolest thing we saw on this trip!

My kids playing in front of our monolith:)

Here is our etching up close:)  My kids thought it was pretty cool to see us too:)

After our trip down memory lane, we made our next stop at the Finding Nemo ride.  Cute little ride in a clam shell, literally:)

After the ride, it shoots you out into the aquarium area where Little R was first to get gobbled up by "Bruce".

G was next, oh no!!!

And he saved Baby R for dessert!

I think there is something amazing about kids pushing up against the glass walls of huge aquariums.  It seems peaceful to me, is that weird?

Above Baby R is a manatee.  This guy was quite active while we were there which always makes for an awesome aquarium experience:).

So much to see:)

I love this photo, if you see in the background, a hidden Mickey is on the aquarium floor:) 

We had lunch that day in the United Kingdom at the Rose & Crown Pub.  Our table wasn't quite ready when we arrived so thankfully, the restaurant buzzers work all throughout the UK area so we did a little browsing.  I love all the hilarious hats!! 

Finally we were seated and G started noticing that all the kids menus were the same throughout Disney;)  He did do the activities on them, even though they were "girly" but it started to tick him off (I love boys!).

I know this photo is blurry but this shows why reserved meals aren't always the best:(  She was so bored out of her mind she joined the next family over!  I kept apologizing but the mother at the other table was so sweet and told me it didn't bother her.  I'm so glad because every time I tried to grab Baby R's arm and wrestle her back to our table a tantrum began to ensue. I finally allowed her to just use the long bench as her personal jungle gym cause the other woman did say she didn't mind after all:)

Little R showing us her light up Ariel that came on her drink straw:) 

G got Buzz Lightyear:) 

After lunch we went over to ride Figment.  The ride spits you out into this interactive, imagination zone.  Here are my kids playing with the music maker:)

Baby R having a great time getting her pent up energy out!

The kids would run and jump on these colored squares and you'd hear the instruments overhead that the color block corresponded with. 

G even got into it which was great!

Here is g'ma and g'pa playing in Epcot.  My kids had ZIP, ZERO, NADA interest in walking around to see all the countries so we split up so my parents could still go do that and not hear our kids whine:)

Thank goodness for Innovations!  It's a couple of buildings at Epcot that are nothing but hands on entertainment!  It was perfect timing as it started to downpour right when we walked in:)  

After the rain let up, we walked up to Chip 'n Dale just as they came out!  Perfect timing as the line got HUGE!

We then left Chip 'n Dale to walk around the corner to see the jackpot of all photo ops!

Surprising, all my kids ended up taking home a stuffed Donald Duck as their Disney character that g'ma and g'pa treated them to.  I thought Minnie or Mickey or even Goofy would have taken more points over Donald!  Oh well, Donald is still cool.  You can find a t-shirt in the parks that say, "The Original Angry Bird" with a crazy, mad looking Donald but G wasn't as amused as we all were:) 

I swear Minnie keeps getting shorter and shorter, don't you??  

Where is Baby R you ask?  I'll show you later:)

And the big guy himself!!

After the photo ops we went over to Norway to ride one of my favorites, Maelstrom.  I also LOVE all the jackets in their shop by Helly Hanson!!  Super expensive though:(

My little Viking!!

I think one of my most favorite photos of G!!  This makes me laugh every time I see it!  Seriously, I'm giggling now.  If you know G and his personality, this is just pure awesomeness!

Iconic right?  I took this as the sun was setting, it's always a gorgeous sight:)

Baby R LOVED Little R's glowing Minnie Ears and practically stole them from Little R.  So.... 

Mr. D finally bought her her own glowy.  Baby R picked this adorable spinning Minnie Mouse that she so eloquently named, "Spinnie Minnie".  Perfect right? 

Dinner that evening was at the La Hacienda inside the Mexico pavilion.  Thank goodness for that little boat ride of the 3 Caballeros.  I sat with Baby R (who was practically asleep in my arms) to wait for our food while everyone else went to seize boredom before it took over:)

We left Epcot as it began to rain and not let up and called it an early night (besides, the kids both had homework that needed to be done).

Stayed tune for even more....