Look Out, Mickey!

We had a whirlwind 10 days unpacking, laundry and repacking before taking off again to Florida.  We did our regular daily routine stuff punctuated by three card games!  Both Ted and I won at the country club and he won at Mardi Gras evening. The third game was ladies only and I, again, was in the middle!

We left home Tuesday morning and drove to Pensacola. The next day enroute we were informed Kara and Bill, who are at Grand Floridian, had free tickets to Animal Kingdom Moonlight Magic free evening for DVC owners. So we had to arrive by 3:30!  Our GPS gave us a 2:15 arrival so we said OK.

We met K&B at a Hilton where they turned in their rental car and then drove them to AK to meet their friends we know, also DVC owners. 

We used our free snack tickets to get chicken pot stickers, fries, Mickey pretzel and Mickey ice cream bar. 

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Not a great dinner but free is free! 

We took the safari tour, a great opportunity to sit down!  Here are a few photos taken on the fly because there were no lengthy stops to take photos.  

The others had an opportunity to continue the free evening at Magic Kingdom so at we took K&B back to the Grand Floridian to catch the monorail that took them to Magic Kingdom and would take them back there at the end of their evening.  

We arrived at Kristin’s afterwards.  Longgggg day!  We rested up on Thursday after our two days of driving. 

On Friday I had agreed to help Kristin and her friend with a second grade Valentine’s Day party.  It went pretty well. This was a Title One school and only two children had ever had a Happy Meal!  Then they were supposed to take a pack of Valentines and address them to the other children. Didn’t work too well. But the decorating paper bags to receive Valentines was a big, messy hit!  We had gift bags for each child plus a decorated cupcake and a heart shaped cookie at the end of the day!  Whew!  Kristin’s FitBit told her to take it easy the next day. I was pooped. I tried keeping the decorations for the bag decorating centralized and picked up trash!  My attempt at decorating ideas!

Ted and Larry went to lunch and had a nice time. Ted cooked filets for our Valentine’s dinner and Larry’s sister joined us. I went to bed early!