Keiper Family Christmas Vacation: Part V

The last few days of vacay we really took it easy.  We slept in (awesome) and didn't do a whole lot. 

 Here's Tommy taking it easy.  He's still wearing his pajamas at lunch time and he's double-fisting water and milk.

 That evening we went to Disney's Boardwalk.  It definitely is Disney's best kept secret.  There was no one there! It was so nice. We could walk without bumping into strangers every five feet.  Fantastic.

Disney's Boardwalk is basically a super classy jersey shore, if that's possible.  It has nice shops and restaurants.

We looked at the map we were given to find a restaurant for dinner.  We found a restaurant that said it had a "character breakfast and dinner".  I tried to call and make reservations and the automated system was a no go.  So we just decided to try and walk in.  The receptionist gave us the run-around.
"Are you staying at the Swan or Dolphin?"
"Neither."
"Are you guys staying at a Disney Resort?"
"No."
With a snarl, "Are you guys local?"
My dad pipes up, "YEP. We are local. That's us."
She says, "Fine" and leads us to a table.  Sweet! Not sure what the big deal was but we felt like we got away with something.

The restaurant was super nice!! That night was a super nice Seafood Buffet. Mom got sangria.  Yum!

 I got boring ol' wine.  But it was de-lish.

The desserts had the name of the resort on them! Aww, cute.

 The place was so cool.  This was the ceiling.

There was a flipping TREE in the middle of the restaurant too.  What the what? Now that's cool.

 Then it was time for the characters to make their rounds. Pluto! Tommy was so excited!

Then he totally got over Pluto when he saw Goofy and started pointing at him.  Poor Pluto.  I hope his feelings weren't hurt.  

Hey Chip! Tommy is only semi-impressed with Chip I think.  

 He did give him a high five and knuckles though.

 Apparently he wasn't into Dale at all.  Poor Dale.  He was like 'Let me eat me my nuggets in peace, chipmunk!'

Then Goofy finally make his way around to see us.  Hooray!

But he couldn't be bothered to stop eating for the picture.  In his defense, he was munching on Oreos for dessert.

 Chip and Dale kept coming by our table to flirt.

 I can totally tell them apart now.  Chip has a black nose and Dale's nose is red.  When we were trying to figure them out, Andrew goes, 'Wait, are you Chip or Dale?'  He held up one finger.  Andrew said, "Ah, you're Chip." He shook his head yes.  Ha!

We walked around the resorts and the boardwalk a little bit more. I bought Tommy some Mickey Ears which he refused to wear.  This picture shows him wearing them but we are distracting with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and holding his other hand down.  It wasn't long before he ripped them off his head.

It was raining when we left.  Tommy enjoyed playing with my umbrella.

 He looks like he's about to bust out some Gene Kelly choreography with that umbrella.

As the week came to a close, people starting leaving our vacation house.

Adam and Steph left first on Friday.  I don't have a picture of them leaving so I'll just leave you with this.  (Yes we teased them all week.  Those poor love birds.)

 Brandon and Desi left next on Saturday.  They did not want to leave, hence Desi's sad face.

 The kids were already in travel mode, it looks like.

On Saturday we went to Old Town Kissimmee.  There was a car show my dad wanted to check out so we walked around the shops.  There was an old-timey arcade that Tommy thought was pretty cool.

We won 21 tickets playing games.  With our tickets we were able to get one twizzler, two dum-dums and a tootsie roll.  Jackpot!

We kept the last dum-dum for dinner that night.  It took some time to get our pizza at Giordano's (because where else do you get Chicago style deep dish pizza but FLORIDA!).  Suckers are an excellent distraction for him.  So incredibly messy but fantastic for keeping him busy.

Our vacation was disastrous but amazing.  We had such a great time.  Tommy was really quite the good little boy for all he went through.  Way to go Tommy for making it through your first Disney vacation!  Thank you to my mom and dad for putting together an awesome week with our family in the magical land of Disney.

Now all we have left to cover is the flight! Did Tommy have a better flight this time? Stay tuned!