Epcot Flower & Garden Show part 1

Two weeks ago Saturday, we went up to Disney's Epcot for the Flower and Garden Festival that they have every year. We got up early that morning and drove up to Orlando and then came back that night so it was a LONG day but it was worth it. The weather was about perfect and the park was absolutely beautiful. Epcot is one of Disney's four amusement parks (that our passes are good for). It's a cool park anyway but it was unbelievable to see all the plants and topiaries and things set up just for the F & G festival. There were topiaries of MANY different Disney characters, both classic and a few more recent ones. I don't know what some of the parts of the topiaries are made from but obviously most of it is plants. There was a special fairies area (based off the newer Tinker Bell movies) complete with a butterfly house filled with plants as well as the butterflies. There were flowers and plants ranging from common plants to ones from different places around the world. There were a couple special play areas brought in for kids just for the festival as well as gardening demonstrations, hands-on projects, etc. It was all so amazing. Of course we did some of the normal rides and saw characters as well.
One of the funniest parts of the day was Kaelyn's "camera". They were giving out seed packets in the fairies garden area for kids to take home and plant . We had just taken a picture of Kaelyn by one of the topiaries and she was trying to get Kevin and I to stand in front of it and then she walked away. We didn't understand what she wanted at first but it finally dawned on us that she was pretending to take our picture. She held the seed packet up in front of her face and said, "Say cheese!" Then she made a clicking noise. She said, "One more" then turned the packet the opposite way and made a clicking noise again. She said, "That's perfect! Good job!" Kevin and I couldn't stop laughing. And so went most of the rest of the day. We tucked the packet in our pockets and tried to make her forget about it but sooner or later, she would beg and beg for it and make Kevin and I "pose" for her. It was funny and a little embarrassing all at once. When she "took a picture" of Kevin and I with Mary Poppins, we sheepishly explained what she was doing and of course, Mary Poppins took it all in stride and told Kaelyn (in her very British accent) that she LOVED her imagination. After we would get pictures of Kaelyn, Kaelyn would say, "Everyone now." So we would all get our picture taken and then she would run in front of us before they could hardly get a picture of all of us so that she could take our picture with her "camera". When she took a picture of Kevin and I with Pooh and Tigger, Kevin could hear Tigger laughing inside the costume (and you NEVER hear the costumed characters make a sound). Kevin muttered, "She's been taking pictures of us like this all day. I can't wait to see how those ones turn out." He said that he could hear Tigger really trying to keep from laughing then. Had I known that was going to happen, I would have taken one of her disposable cameras from home but we weren't about to pay Disney's prices to buy one in the park. At least it wouldn't have looked quite as ridiculous though. We laughed so hard but I could feel myself blushing so many times. Gotta' love her and the way she thinks! Overall it was a great day and we had so much fun having family time and just walking around and having so much fun together!

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