Just a few more...

From the Block Party (parade) at Hollywood Studios, wherein Disney employees expend all their daily energy allotment in 20 minutes.

Four of the funniest monsters ever

At the long-awaited Princess Lunch

After the fireworks.

Our preferred vacation food: ice cream.

Apparently we didn't get a lot of non-Disney pictures. That is because they encourage the culture of picture-taking at Disney. I guess it's more important to record the moment rather than live it. People there actually spend large amounts of time standing in line to have their picture taken with various characters, which bewilders me.

We did spend four non-Disney days in Florida. But when I asked the kids on the way home what they thought of Disney, they wondered why, while they were there, Whole Foods didn't blow up and scatter free samples all over Wal-Mart, including free Bionicles. ??? Oh yes, Disney is the place where Dreams Come True. Dream fulfillment was overtly promised in all the billboards we saw on the way there. My kids' dreams emphatically did not come true at Disney. Breach of promise.

"You know what?" I asked them.

"What?" they replied.

"Disney World is just one big scam," I said.

"Yeah, Disney World is one big pbthpbth," agreed The Princess.

Yep, we had fun.

A few trip pics

I'll post a few vacation pics today as I have the time.

Our room on the beach wasn't fancy, but it had a great ocean view, if you can mentally block out the parking lot.

My Princess.

For the ignorant, the second party in the above picture is Goatee (pronounced 'Goaty').

Remember this look. You might see it again, since it cropped up in many of our pictures...for some reason.

At Downtown Disney

Recognize that face?


My two boys' classic poses: one on offense, the other one on defense. Sometimes it is vice versa.

Z Man - at Ohana

Parade O' Kids

The tallest kid got to lead the parade.

Lucky Mickey gets his picture taken with The Princess.

Dreams Really Can Come True

A couple of Bionicle fans at the Lego store in Downtown Disney.