We all went to Mass at a church in Celebration, FL. Mary Queen of the Universe is closer to Disney but a nightmare with one way in and out! We learned that lesson years ago.
CeCe was perfectly behaved and quiet during Mass. At communion time, without any prompting, she followed Bill out of the pew, crossed her arms across her chest in preparation for a blessing. She waited for the blessing and keeping her arms crossed across her body, walked back to our pew. The whole front row was poking and pointing at this tiny little girl in her pink flamingo dress doing exactly what she was supposed to, on her own, with no instruction. It made this great grandma proud and I give her Grammie credit for teaching her. But then I taught “Grammie” when she was 3!
We spent the rest of the day at the pool with no cabana this time but there are plenty of lounges and tables to use. Our evening meal and entertainment was the Hoop Dee Doo Review at Fort Wilderness. It is a slapstick music, dancing, comedy show and CeCe loved it.
She joined in the red napkin dance (like the second line funeral dance of New Orleans) twirling for all she was worth. She played the washboard with a spoon, joined in the conga line and used three straws to make a trumpet that she played with her fingers. If I can figure out how to save these videos to my album I will share them! When we left she said that was fun and let’s do it again!
When we went to Disney Springs we came across this store. CeCe’s name for Ted is Pops so we had to get his photo under the sign. I have no idea what they sell! Later at home I was calling him to do something for her and he wasn’t hearing me and I said “he can’t hear too well.” She screamed POPS and he finally said “What?” She said “he can hear well now!”
Wednesday we had to check out of the Grand Floridian but Kara and Bill had a one night reservation at the Beach Club so they could attend the food and wine festival at Epcot and have a date night. However, because their studio sleeps 5, all of us adults were on the reservation so we received wrist bands and stayed the whole day using the biggest pool at Disney (I think that’s what they said).
There is a sand beach, lazy river, huge pirate slide for adults and a smaller one for kids. To control entrance there is only one way in where you must display the day’s wrist band. There are bridges and walkways, etc. but only one way in or out of the pool area. I found it too big to keep an eye on kids but CeCe loved playing in the sand with hotel toys and other kids. Once she found the slide she rode it over and over and over!
On Thursday we drove to Ponce Inlet to have lunch with our best FL friends from when we lived there 1996-2001. We traveled in our RVs together over the years and spent winters together in the Rio Grande Valley. Tom had bladder cancer this past year and they sold their motorhome. He is doing really well and looks about 15 years younger than his 80 years!
We met half way for each of us at the Races North Turn restaurant. It sits right on the beach and was where the original race held in the sand would turn to go back to Daytona! We sat outside overlooking the ocean. It was CeCe’s first look at it.
Her lunch was served in a cardboard 1955 Ford Fairlane box that she brought home along with some seashells. More hours in the pool with coneys for dessert ended our day.
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