We ate our breakfast at the hotel and then loaded up the car. We were mostly packed but it still took a little bit of time to load up. We arrived back to Magic Kingdom around 9:30. The crowds were pouring in the park so we were glad that today was all bonus for us and we didn't have anything major on our list to do.
We took the steamboat over to get into the park and then picked Campbell up a "first visit" button. She put it on her hat and was wide awake for a few minutes to show it off. Next we needed a few pictures of the castle and one back picture. It was our first back picture as a family of 6. We have had a back picture in front of the castle before but we were only a family of 4 then. We rode the carousel two times and Graham began the theme of the day (Screaming!). He did not want to get off of the carousel and all Fantasyland heard him.
A snack does well at calming our little screamer down so he was happy and ready to go for our next stop. We attended story time with Belle. She told the story of her movie and had some of the audience act it out. We were even able to get her picture after the story time. You could never tell it by looking at Reagan but she was thrilled. We used our Pooh fast passes and rode it one last time. Our final ride was the Tomorrowland Transit Authority again.
On the way out of the park, we noticed some huge ice cream sundaes. Since the kids were just begging for one we decided that we needed some nourishment for the road. They were huge and delicious. We walked back down Main Street and caught the monorail. Dad decided that we needed one more monorail ride around Epcot so we rode that loop once before getting into the car to head to Atlanta.
Mom didn't keep such a great log of our return trip. We did stop once for gas and potty and then another time to pass out snacks. Dad has been changing Graham's diaper in the driver's seat and he always get a minute or two to play driver before we load up again. Graham didn't feel that he was given enough time for this so he screamed about it for three hours. And no, I am not exaggerating about the three hours-Mom is disappointed that she never got this earplugs for Christmas that she had joked about! Snacks and milk would only calm him momentarily and then he would start screaming, pointing to the driver's seat and saying "bye bye" He did finally get to sleep but he opened his eyes and groggily said "bye bye" again and Mom and Dad got so tickled that they woke him back up.
Campbell slept most of the time and only had one bottle all the way to Atlanta. She was getting thirsty when we arrived but made it until we got out. Reagan and Anderson did perfect in the car and slept most of the way and watched their movies the rest of the time. They tried to help with Graham "maybe he wants his taggie, maybe he wants his fox, maybe his bottom is sora, maybe he wants to get out of the car" Our supper stop in Atlanta was the Varsity and it was as good as we remembered. The kids had plain hot dogs, Mom had a chili dog and Dad had a chili dog and chili burger. It was a great meal but no one really wanted to get back in the car (especially Graham). We only had about a 20 minute drive to our hotel and were quickly settled in.
We needed something to calm Graham down who was still nearing being hysterical. So everyone had baths-but that didn't go to smoothly. Anderson kept pouring water on Graham and went to bed after a spanking and then Reagan was causing Graham to yell and was sent to bed after her spanking. No wonder he screams all of the time-people seem to bother him a lot! Meanwhile, Campbell just snoozed and Graham went to sleep very quickly. But who wouldn't after crying for so long. Reagan and Anderson finally settled down and all is well now.
Earlier during the evening, Reagan said that her school friends were going to miss her but that Ms. Amy would tell them where she was. While laying in bed tonight, Anderson said "Mom, I am sad about something. I miss Cash and Lilly and Grannymom and Grandpa" and he continued to name every family member he could think of. They are both ready to get home.
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