Make A Wish -- Day 3

After a long day of travel, followed by another long day at Universal, we decided to stay at the village and enjoy it! We slept in, so long that we almost missed breakfast at the Gingerbread house.  It was another fantastic morning and the weather was great!

After breakfast, the kids wanted to take a ride on the carousel.  The kids could ride anytime day or night and they rode over and over again.

As we were exploring the GKTW village, I took some pictures.  This is the entrance to the pool and splash pad area.  The pools are all zero entry and everything at the village is wheelchair accessible.

This is the splash pad and giant pirate ship... I want this in my backyard someday!

I snapped another picture of our little villa and our van. 

After our many carousel rides, we decided to explore the Castle of Miracles.

This is the Gingerbread House where we ate all our yummy meals.  The carousel is under the red mushroom on the right and we were at almost to the entrance to the castle.

Inside we found so much magic.  Here we are on the thrones.

Owen really wanted to make his star.  They give each make a wish child a gold star to write their name on. 

Sis had to help with the writing of the name.

This is the finished star!

Owen was told to put his star in the box and the fairy would come and get it.  The fairy showed up on the screen in front of him and told him how special his star is.  She took it out of the box and said she would hang it in the star tower that evening.

Owen loved this cool mirror that transformed him into a king. 

Both kids got to make a pillow at the Magic Pillow Tree.  They had to knock to wake up the owl.

Then they were told to look in the tree trunk to find their pillows.

Kamryn got a froggy pillow and Owen a firetruck. 

Look at all the stars on the ceiling!  Each star represents a Make A Wish child that has stayed at the village.  The entire ceiling is covered, so they recently built the Star Tower to hold all the future wish kids' stars.  Owen's is hung in the tower.  I'll post more on that later.

As we were leaving the Castle of Miracles, we noticed that the La-Ti-Da Royal Spa was open so we went to check it out.

Kamryn got her nails painted blue with sparkles.

Owen wanted airbrush tattoos..

While the kids were being pampered, I saw this little troll peeking down from the ceiling.

Owen loved his frog and pirate tattoos.   Kamryn also got a fairy airbrushed on her foot, but I didn't get a picture. 

It was starting to warm up outside, so we stopped by the Ice Cream parlor for sodas and water.

Our next stop was the Amberville Train Station.

The kids loved this elephant garbage can.  His trunk sucks in any paper you give it.. so the kids gave up their cups and straws.

Owen loved these little free rides around the village.  I never let him ride them at home due to germs, but decided to throw caution out the window.  He loved it!!

Inside the train station was the coolest model train set ever!!  There are buttons all around the train set that control every little part of the set up.  Owen spent at least 30 minutes playing with the train set.

We went around the corner to explore the fun carnival games.  It didn't hold his attention long before he wanted to go back to the model train set.

We went outside to find Kam and Daddy.  There is a giant train ride that goes all around Amberville station and the kids get to drive it!! 

They had a great time ringing the bell and honking the horn.

After our ride on the train, we asked the volunteer (more of the Ohio State girls) about fishing.  They had fishing poles and kits that you could check out.  Carson loves fishing so he picked out some gear and we headed over to the fishing pier.

Daddy was the only one touching the worms.. yuck.

Owen and I lasted about 5 minutes before we were bored, so we decided to head back to the villa and order lunch from Katie's Kitchen.  On our way back, Owen wanted to check out the water temperature at the splash pad.  He got "fopping wet!" 

We found another surprise on our kitchen table before ordering delicious sandwiches and salads for delivery.  Katie's Kitchen is basically Boston Market and they will deliver your order to your villa anytime for lunch or dinner.  Daddy and Kamryn got back from fishing just in time to eat lunch with us.

Then a delivery came knocking at our door.. more Mickey Mail!!

Disname, Effervescent, sent us Merry Grinchmas outfits!!!  LOVE THEM!!  They were going to be perfect for our breakfast with the Grinch on Friday.

Look at these super cute jeans she made Kamryn! 

After an hour or so of relaxing, Owen wanted to check out the playground.  Daddy took the kids to the Candyland party at the park on our first night, but I was at orientation at the time.  Owen was so excited to show me around. He loved this swing so much, but it was getting too warm for comfort.

It was perfect weather to check out the pool and splash pad!!  They have a cool wave picture area.. so fun!

We spent a couple hours splashing, playing and getting wet.  It was seriously so much fun!!

Owen's lips got so purple... he kept unplugging his oxygen so he could run around without his tank.  A breeze came through and it got chilly quick.  We ran over to the heated pool to splash around a bit before heading back to the villa.

That evening was a poolside cookout and Luau.  We got changed and went back for a night of fun.  Hotdogs, burgers, hula hoops and limbo turned out to be a fantastic night!

I forgot to mention that they had cotton candy and sno cones as well.

Owen loved the limbo and had fun with his "pretty girls" again!!

Kamryn was the best at the limbo.. she won.. if they were keeping count.

The last game of the evening was the water balloon toss.  Owen and Kamryn were up against many other kiddos and once again, they rocked it!!

We turned in early and watched some Disney channel before bed.  We don't have cable at home, so the kids were so excited to watch Disney and Nick Jr while snuggled into bed each night.  Lights out came early because we had a long day at Magic Kingdom coming up!