Day Two--Epcot Center

Sunday, April 12th--Happy Easter! Our next park, on the 2nd day, was Epcot Center. We'd been warned by many that Epcot is a place more for adults. Children tend to get bored and our kids were no exception. They were pretty bored most of the time but found some moments to have fun. I LOVED the different countries represented. It was so awesome to walk from country to country and see the shops and authentic merchandise as well as design styles. We got to ride one of our favorite rides, "Soarin' Over Califonia". Epcot is a "laid back" type park, we just took our time looking around and seeing the sights.

Elise and Brady were anxious to reach the Chine section and look for "Mulan". Unfortunately, we missed her. In China, I found the most adorable kimonos for boys and girls. I would have bought them in a heartbeat had they not been $60.00........each! In France, we saw a movie on France and then stopped into their bakery/deli for some snacks. We got some amazingly delicious pastries and sandwiches to hold us over for our dinner a few hours later. There was a pastry called the "Napoleon" that was a dessert with a flaky crust and custard layered, it was so good!

All throughout Epcot we saw topiary's shaped in many of the various Disney character. In one section there were all the Disney princesses and another was the main fairies from Pixie Hollow (home of Tinkerbell) as well as many others. It was pretty cool, I think I got pics of the kids with them all.

We ended our visit to Epcot rather early and to top off the end of the day Elise decided to throw the biggest, most embarrising tantrum of all from the back of the park all the way to the front and onto the bus back to the hotel---all because we wouldn't let her buy an expensive puppet we knew she wouldn't care about once we came back home. Unfortunately, this would not be the last of her tantrums. Ug!

Aside from the tantrum, I had a pretty great day in Epcot, Nate did too. It is a quite beautiful and fascinating place to visit, in my opinion.