Austin's Birthday Trip!

This trip included Austin, DS who turned 4 on January 7th, Maw Maw (My Mom), Oma (my Grandma) and me. We left on Monday the 5th to head down to Lake City. I decided to paint my car up to make it a little more “fun” for Austin.

On Tuesday morning we arrived at SSR around 9am, checked in and headed for DHS. The first thing I noticed was that they hadn’t taken down the stuff from Million Dreams.

They were painting on the hat so it looks like the rumors that it’s going away aren’t true :lol:

I’m not good and remembering what ride we rode in what order so I won’t go there. We actually, did a lot more shows and other things this trip than our normal trips, because of the slower pace we had to keep with Maw Maw and Oma.

This is Austin’s favorite part of his favorite show!

After Lights Motors Action, he had to get his picture taken with the guys from Cars

Austin LOVES pin trading and starts yelling “Pin Trader! Pin Trader!!” as soon as he sees one. He traded pins with one of the DVC guys and then the gum challenged him to an arm wrestling competition.

Since Austin was the clear winner, the CM told me I needed to take a picture of him to prove he was still a “tough guy”

 

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The obligatory picture of TOT (we got a new camera for Christmas and I made the mistake of only bringing the long lens in with me so this pic is taken from somewhere near Indy I think)

Dinner was at Prime Time. I love their fried chicken but I HATE greens. As soon as our plates arrived I scraped my greens onto Oma’s plate and said “Try these they’re great!” I while later our server was at a nearby table doing “The Airplane” to a poor guy and my Mom caught on. She tried to get Oma to take some more and even tried to talk Austin into eating some. Finally, our server came by and commented to Mom on the abundance of greens on her plate. Mom said she was allergic to which the server replied “Now you’re just lying to me!”

When we got back to SSR we decided to stroll over to

Austin is obsessed by Cirque Du Soleil and was soooo excited he was going there on his birthday! He kept pointing it out and would tell everyone he was going there for his birthday.

He played for a bit with Tigger, Pooh and Piglet

Wednesday the 7th…. Happy Birthday Austin!!

We went to AK and stopped at the birthday ticket window. Austin climbed up to the window and told the CM it was his birthday and since Mickey loved him so much he heard Mickey had a present for him! He got a $63 gift card and promptly started spending it.

We were heading over to the Lion King and ran into Guitar Dan. This guy is so great! I knew he was there, but we had just never made the time to go looking for him.

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We watched Lion King until it got cancelled about halfway through for some lighting issues they were having. While we were in there the sky had let loose and poured!

My little bug

We left AK a little early and went back to the room to freshen up for La Nouba. Austin was beyond excited. He had been asking all day how many minutes until we went to the show. We had to get there an hour early to pick up our tickets from Will Call, so we decided to look around the shop for a bit.

He ended up leaving the store like this

We walked around a little and looked in a few of the other stores. However it wasn’t long before Austin was getting antsy to get seated for the show and he decided he wasn’t going to wait for us anymore!

The show was amazing as always. Austin was glued to it the entire time!

After La Nouba, he wanted T Rex for his birthday dinner.

Austin asked if we could sit in the Ice Cave and they obliged.

 

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So we had fun with the blue lighting

I also let him do a Build a Dino

Thursday was MK day. Austin decided to wear his pirate costume this day. We got to ride in the front of the monorail!

I got a great view of our new “home”

First up was Pirates of the Caribbean. After riding that, it was almost time for the Pirate Tutorial. Austin got picked to be one of the pirates in training!

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Austin talked Oma into riding Goofy’s Barnstormer with him

Next we went to Austin’s favorite character’s house.

Then he gave Minnie a “nose kiss”

Dinner that night was at Crystal Palace

They gave him a cupcake and sang Happy Birthday!

After dinner we caught Spectro Magic.

and Wishes

Friday was EPCOT day, I got up early and went to the Marathon Weekend Expo to get my packet for Saturday’s race. Then back to the resort to pick up the rest of the family and head to EPCOT.

 

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Austin decided he was going to be our navigator today.

We got fastpasses for Soarin’ then rode Living With The Land

The skywriter was having fun when we got out

When we finished up Future World we headed for World Showcase

While we were waiting for Oma and Maw Maw outside the restroom in Norway, Austin found this lady and decided her lap looked comfy.

As we were headed out Austin decided he wanted to ride Test Track. Maw Maw and Oma did not, so they were going to check out Mouse Gears then meet us at the exit. While we were in the pre show area, I felt Austin’s grip on my hand tighten (he’s a little nervous in the dark so I didn’t think much of it.) We got out into the last part of the queue line and Austin said he was sorry. I looked down at him and sure the front side of his jeans were wet. So, I turned him around and since the back was dry, we went ahead and rode. I was going to grab a soda on the way out and stop and let him play in the water fountain, since he was already wet :lol: The lady at the cart gave Austin a free Itsakadoozie!

 

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Saturday was race day! I got up at 3am and got to the EPCOT parking lot just before 4am. I didn’t want to be carrying around my jacket through the race so I just left it in the car. Boy was I freezing! I did ok in the beginning of the race, but by the 4th mile my ankle was hurting. I slowed down, but didn’t realize just how slow until it was too late. I got pulled at the 10 mile marker.

I was ready to get on that bus by then :lol: When we got back to the EPCOT parking lot, I looked around for Spongescott, MKCP and GaryHoov. I decided I needed to go get my sunglasses from the car before I actually met them. I finally got to meet my Football Arch Enemy! After the race, I went back to the resort and showered and we headed over to MK for the rest of the day.

Austin got his hair done at Mainstreet Barber Shop

We took the boat over to the Wilderness Lodge for our dinner at Whispering Canyon

Austin got an ice cream headache from his cotton candy milkshake

and decided he needed ketchup for his corn on the cob

I hope you enjoyed my trip report and if you want to see all my pictures from this trip you can go to http://twotigersmom.smugmug.com/gallery/7127169_jYVxY#P-1-15
Thanks!

 

[TwoTigersMom]

uggg I can't get the videos to work :lol:

 

[mousefan1972]

:sohappy:

Loved it! Austin is so cute. Glad he had a great b-day trip. Oh, and my DH would be drooling over your Yukon. :lol:

 

[HeatherK]

Austin is adorable. Loved him dressed as a pirate!

 

[TwoTigersMom]

Thanks you guys and I got the videos working! Thanks Steve!! :sohappy:

 

[One Lil Spark]

Wow! The more they age, Hagan and Austin look so different. What a great report. Thanks Heidi!

 

[SamnDawn060304]

Looked like a very cool b-day! Great report what a little cutie!:sohappy:

 

[krankenstein]

Awesome Heidi! I loved the trip report!! :wave:

 

[TakeMeThere81]

Cool trip report! I love hearing about the celebrations! :king: I especially love how you decorated your Yukon! Very cool!

 

[MKCP 1985]

great pix, and nice video too! I have the Austin song stuck in my head now, so thanks for that. :lookaroun

what's this bit about going for sunglasses and meeting a dreaded football rival? that bit needs photo explanation, please. :lol:

 

[TwoTigersMom]

great pix, and nice video too! I have the Austin song stuck in my head now, so thanks for that. :lookaroun

what's this bit about going for sunglasses and meeting a dreaded football rival? that bit needs photo explanation, please. :lol:

I didn't say he was dreaded. :lol: I don't have a picture of us. The sunglasses were to cover my red eyes and in case the tears started flowing again :lol:

 

[HollyBelle]

Great report... and what a fun birthday present for your son to be able to celebrate over the course of the trip. I love all the pictures. And I'm sorry to hear that the sweepers got you at Mile 10 (especially so close to the finish)... but there's always next year!!

 

[Disneyfalcon]

Great report!! Your car is awesome!! The pictures look great too! Those build a dino boxes with the tails sticking out are awesome!!

Oh and - War Eagle!!

 

[TurboCaroline]

Nice report Heidi! Your Yukon must have a ton of miles on it from all the trips to WDW that you have made...:lol: