Fritsche Family: Disney World

Ben spent his 3rd birthday in Disney World and had a wonderful time. It was fun to watch him experience everything. I think it was a bit overwhelming at times, but he handled everything really well. The highlights of the trip seemed to be 1) the gorillas in the Animal Kingdom, 2) Goofy's roller coaster and 3) the carousel in the Magic Kingdom. He was not a fan of the shows like the Lion King & A Bug's Life and we had to make early exits from those. Kate was terrific as well and made life easy on us during those long days at the park. She even got to ride some rides. Even though I was fairly exhausted, I was sad to leave and can't wait to go back.

Outside the Nemo ride. This ride was a hit the first time, but not the second. Not sure why.

He thought this hat looked funnier on other people than on himself.

Princess Kate

Ben was really excited to see Chip & Dale, especially since he thinks they live in our back yard.

Family photo (minus Kate who was asleep in her stroller) with Mickey.

Ben's 3rd birthday breakfast

Pluto saying hello to Baby Kate.

Nothing clever to say about this one - it speaks for itself.

Cupcakes for breakfast!

Safari ride in the Animal Kingdom. Ben thought it was funny when a rhino crossed the path next to our bus and when a silly ostrich held up traffic for about 15 minutes because he wouldn't get out of the road.

Checking out the gorillas. Ben was very concerned about a baby gorilla and kept telling the mommy and daddy gorilla to go pick it up. In reality the baby gorilla was a full-grown female and the mommy and daddy were silverback males.

We had a little bit of rain while we were there. At first it was annoying, but as soon as we realized it cut the crowds in half and made the lines disappear we were o.k. with it!