We woke up to a beautiful morning on Friday. We had to get up and on the road in order to make our 9am reservations at Confisco's. We were excited to eat breakfast with The Grinch, the Who's and the Cat in the Hat! The first Who that came around was a familiar face from our first day at IOA. He was the manager that arranged Owen's super cool meeting with the superheros. He totally remembered us and was showing Owen some magic tricks.
This was Kamryn's plate.. eggs, waffles, and a rice krispy treat Grinch mountain. Yum.
The Cat in the Hat is a big hit at our house. Owen watches him every morning on PBS kids.
There were a few Whos around the restaurant and I have no idea how they get their noses to look so realistic. Way cool!
Speaking of make-up.. introducing the Grinch!! He was HILARIOUS, a little disgusting and totally had us cracking up!!
He jumped in Daddy's lap and was calling him "Besties". Then said our shirts were "SOOOO Unoriginal". I love how he stayed in character the entire time!! This was such a fun breakfast!!
Surprisingly, my kids weren't terrified of the furry green, Grinch.
We had a quick family shot with the Grinch before he turned around and made the photographer get a photo of his buns.
My kids loved the Grinch and later we were back to watch the Merry Grinchmas musical in Dr Suess Land. It was so great!!
After breakfast, we decided to head over to Universal Studios to check it out.
We started with the Shrek 4D show... then had a quick meeting with Shrek and Donkey. They were as silly as always.
It started getting warm and we had to change out of our jeans and put on shorts. I had to take a picture of Kamryn in her jeans first. We had no less than 5 people stop us and ask where we bought them!
We headed over to the ET ride, but Owen was not a fan of the alien being captured. The woody woodpecker rollercoaster saved the day and we rode it three times in a row. Then we found this bunch that we had the pleasure of seeing at GKTW a few nights prior.
Next up was the Simpson's ride.. ugh.. none of us were digging that motion ride. It was CRAZY!!! We needed a real thrill ride so we headed to the Rockin Rollercoaster when this nice man stopped us. He wanted to give Owen a guitar pick necklace, just because. He made him a necklace right there at his shop and wished us a good day! So sweet. :)
Here is Daddy and Kamryn getting strapped into the Rollercoaster. It was seriously SO fun!! You can pick your own music and it then goes straight up 90 degrees before dropping you into a serious of corkscrews. My kind of fun!
Kamryn went on three times in a row before we were done. They didn't make us wait at all. Universal was amazing!!!
It was getting hot and humid so we decided to leave Universal and head back to Islands of Adventure. Then we found Tim!! Owen loves Despicable Me and even had a Minion party last year and was a Minion for Halloween. He was SO excited to see the little yellow tatertot, as we call them.
Oh Tim.. you were an unexpected surprise that made Owen a very happy boy!!
Cat in the Hat was the first on Owen's list when we got back to IOA. Owen LOVED this ride and they let us go a couple times in a row.
We then very cute and silly Suess inspired carousel ride. It passed the time until we could get into the next Merry Grinchmas show. After the show, we rode on the fish ride from Day 1 and I got soaked again. Good times.
We stopped for a few souvenirs on our way out of Universal and decided to head back to the village.
Daddy had blisters so we headed to the House of Hearts for bandaids. When we got there, we found out there was a package waiting for us.. more Mickey Mail!! I'll leave it a surprise until tomorrow.
Owen rode on this boat forever and then went inside to play with the touch screen computers. He could have been happy at the village the entire week!!
Before dinner, we headed to the Star Castle to find Owen's star. It's on the upper left corner of the circle in the new star tower, by the bumble bee. Tough to see, but we know it's there forever!!
Daddy was exhausted and called it an early evening after dinner. The kids and I were ready for the Princess and Pirates party by the pool!! Each kid got a bandana and Owen got a beard. We danced and danced for at least an hour. SO fun!!
As we were leaving, we found pirate Shamu!
It was a great day and our last night at Give Kids the World Village. We had to check out the next morning. We were sad to say goodbye. The kids took a long bath in the Jet tub and it overflowed with bubbles. Then I did a final villa clean up before bed.
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