Day 2 of Disney World Vacation- Disney's Animal Kingdom

On the second day of our Orlando vacation we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Bryton had a lot of fun at this park because he LOVES animals. The names of almost every animal in existence were some of his first words. The weather this day was not too rainy, but it was pretty overcast and cold. Not exactly what I was looking for out of my Florida vacation, but it was definately still a fun day. We took turns with Mike and Brooke watching the kids so we could ride "Expedition Everest" and "Dinosaur", the two rides the little ones couldn't go on. "Expedition Everest" was sooo fun! One of my favorites of the whole trip. "Dinosaur" was fun too, and much scarier than I was expecting! Bryton loved the Safari ride where he could see all the animals.

A little shy and hesitant around Donald at first...


...And then he starts to come out of his shell!


Same deal with Chip and Dale....


....But give him a few seconds and he comes out of his shell again!




Cute boys looking out the window at the tigers






A HUGE gorilla


On the Safari ride



Mike, Brooke, and Hayden on the Safari ride


Daddy and Bryton in Dinoland USA


Mike and Hayden


Bryton on a slide at the Dinoland Quarry. I swear he went down this slide about 50 times. It was probably his favorite thing at the park- yet another thing he can do anytime, anywhere, but apparently it's more fun if we fly 2000 miles to do it! It worked out okay though, as the babies did this while the adults took our turns riding "Dinosaur"!



Having fun with one of the gorillas from "Tarzan"




Going to see Pocahontas- Bryton was most shy around the characters that were people and not dressed up as animals- especially the princesses. It was almost comical how shy he got around them!




Safari train


The petting zoo- oh, the petting zoo! This was also one of Bryton's favorite activities. I know, I know- the slides and the petting zoo! Kids! I do have one really funny story from the petting zoo, however. They had these brushes that you could use to brush the animals. Bryton was using one to brush a goat, when a little blond boy came up next to him. Bryton proceeds to stop brushing the goat and tries to use the brush on the little boy's shiny blond hair. Oops!





Trying to pry Mommy's hand off so he can run away and climb on the animals!




In front of the "Tree of Life". They had a really fun "A Bug's Life" 4-D show inside the roots of this tree. Bryton absolutely loved it! At one point a stinkbug appears to blow it's stink on you, and you can actually smell it (Yuck!) and at another point it feels like there are bugs crawling underneath your bottom! It was really neat!


And of course, as usual, what trip would be complete without the traditional "Larry looking off into the distance" shot. Oh, Larry, Larry, Larry!