Disney Marketplace

What a great day we had! Went to Downtown Disney, not really to do anything more than walk around and have lunch.

We parked down at the West End by Disney Quest and took a leisurely stroll to the Marketplace. Part of the strolling was because Riley did a lot of walking today and he gets side-tracked very easily and we were in no hurry.

Stopped by the Lego Store and looked at all the new things they have in there. Then we just wandered around and looked in several of the stores.

Here are the two monkeys climbing the fence.


Today was also Riley's day to try on hats. These were a couple of the cute ones. The first one is Grumpy's Christmas hat.



This one was at the Rainforest Cafe and I took this picture right after we walked in and Andy and Nikki were way ahead of us. We walked around the store for a bit and who comes over with the same hat on but Andy, it was pretty funny.



And of course the princess had to try on her crown.



We went to lunch at the Earl of Sandwich and all our sandwiches were very good so I'm sure we will visit here again.

Here is the happy family in front of the Christmas tree by the Earl of Sandwich.


Right there in front of the tree was the kids water playground and who can refuse a little boy some fun. Although I think it was just as much fun for us to watch him.




He was constantly sticking his face right down by the water hole and a couple of times it got him, but it didn't bother him in the least. I was never in the right place at the right time to get him getting squirted.


I think this little boy has the call of the sea in his blood.

We decided to take the boat to Port Orleans - French Quarter and walk around.



They are rebuilding the Treehouses and this one is just the base.


And this one is just about finished. They are suppose to become a part of the Disney Vacation Club.


When we got to the French Quarter walked right by the playground so Riley got to play some more.



Then we went to the food court and had some beignets and I think Kaleigh was eying them here. She did get to taste the powdered sugar.



Then it was back to the Marketplace.

I think this is a little boy that loves his Baapa very much.



We were ready to call it a day so we had another stroll back to the West End and headed home. Riley was asleep within about 10 minutes and went right into bed when we got to the apartment.

Today we also celebrated Kaleigh's 1/2 birthday. Had a little cake from Publix for her.



She wasn't very interested in the candle or blowing it out, just wanted to stick her hands in the frosting.



She wasn't to sure about the taste, it was a lot different from the cereal that she has only been eating for about 2 - 3 weeks. She thought it was much more fun just to rub it around on the tray.


By this time it was almost 1600 and we were ready to head home.