We took Ethan to Orlando to celebrate his birthday weekend. We went the weekend of 8/22. We stayed at our favorite Radisson. It has our heavenly King Size Sleep Number beds that we love so much. Yes, Ethan slept with us. The rooms are nice, not the typical hotel room. They have a huge, fluffy, white bedspread with tons of feather pillows. It really is nice. Radisson carries a line of bath products called "Asira." I am absolutely in love, love, love with the bar of soap. It smells yummy... like oatmeal, vanilla, and honey. It's kind of gritty feeling with all sort of stuff in the bar. It feels awesome on the skin and smells delicious. I stashed two boxes of it away during our stay and found that you can order it online. Oh hey, great birthday/Christmas idea for me! When I make a million bucks and have the luxury of buying the soap online then I know I will never hear the word "budget" again. (Picture above: eating at TGI Friday's the first night. Ethan is watching his dvd.)
The Radisson we stay at has three pools and two hot tubs. The pools have rock slides and a huge waterfall that you can stand/swim through. Ethan gets a kick out of these pools. Unfortunately during our stay this time, Hurricane Fay had been through. No damage but due to rain there was no sun/warmth and the pools were freezing. Of course Ethan wanted to swim. It didn't matter that the water was freezing cold. Matt took him in for a bit but I stayed in the hot tub. Ahhhh! It felt so nice. Then Matt and Ethan joined us me in the hot tub for awhile. (Picture of Matt at TGI Friday's the first night.)
One of the best parts about the weekend is that I bought and actually read a book! I love to read or listen to books on cd. Reading in the car is nothing for me and the music doesn't bother me when I read. I actually had the luxury of reading for 2 hours in the car to Orlando and 2 hours home. Plus every time we got in the car to go to Sea World, dinner, lunch, etc, I'd read.... well, not every time. At night I had the opportunity to read in the hotel. Plus with my wonderful insomnia I would awake extra early (this morning it was 3am) and get dressed. I'd go to the main lobby and treat myself to a yummy latte from Starbucks. I'd sit in the lobby/foyer/lounge area around the water fountain, with my yummy latte, and read for hours. Then I'd go back to the room around 7ish to have Matt and Ethan complain that it was too early. As if! I read the entire book!!!! What a treat! (Picture: Mommy and Ethan at TGI Friday's the first night. Oh I discovered TGI Friday's makes the best Long Island Ice Tea.... another treat for myself! Yum!)
I made Ethan two shirts for his birthday weekend. Both said "I'm the birthday boy" but two different designs. He wore them Saturday and Sunday. Every where we went people would wish him a happy birthday. He was sung to at dinner or breakfast on both days. He was loving it! (After we came home I washed the shirts and he wore one to school a few days later on his actual birthday. He was so excited. He said, "Is it my birthday again Mommy?")
While eating lunch at Sea World, Matt had spotted a little boy out the window of the restaurant. He told me to turn around and see an adorable little Korean boy. I turn around and quickly jumped out of my chair and ran outside. It was the Ryder family (Eric, Kelly, and Barratt) enjoying a day at SeaWorld. I could kick myself for not taking a family picture of them. Barratt is from Korea and will be three in December. They are part of my adoption group. They are currently waiting for baby number two from Korea. They live north of Tampa so I haven't seen them in awhile. It was great to spend a little time to catch up with them.
Ethan loved Shamu! He especially loved when Shamu splashed all the people in the audience. We didn't sit in the "soak zone" as I didn't want to smell of fish all day. Matt took a gazillion pictures of Shamu's show. They turned out great. He is a good photographer. We also saw the Shark Encounter which Ethan enjoyed. We went to the Artic on a helicopter and saw polar bears, whales, and walrus. We watched the pearl divers up close. The weather wasn't the best due to Hurricane Fay. We got rain bans off and on throughout the day. Last time I checked we don't melt in the rain.
Sunday we went to Downtown Disney. We went to the Lego store where Ethan got his first set of Lego's. He picked out a garbage truck... his favorite! He also got a set of blocks for ages 2-5.... they are bigger in size but not huge. Matt and I were concerned if we got the regular blocks that Evan might choke if he puts them in his mouth. We saw the Lego people outside (life size) holding their dogs on leashes.... a sea monster... a crab.. a shark... a fish.... all made out of tiny lego's. Pretty cool. Matt video taped it so no pictures. We walked through the Rain Forest Cafe. I told Matt I wanted to eat there for Ethan to enjoy the experience. I got a menu then gave it back. It was about 28.00 for an entree and the hamburgers were something around 15.00 which seemed to be the least expensive. Ok no. Let's just look. We like Downtown Disney and walking through the shops. Ethan rode the train twice. Other than the Lego's and soda we didn't buy anything else. I'd love to go to Cirque De Soleil one of these days but, again, price. For now, I will just watch it on tv.
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