Day 2... Universal Orlando and Pirate/Princess Party

We were exhausted after our first day and all slept well the first night. We awoke and spent our morning walking around the village. Barney was in the Castle of Miracles and we saw him as well as spent some time on the carousel and then spent some time looking around. Give Kids the World provides 3 meals a day. They have a Breakfast and dinner Buffet in the Gingerbread house and then you can order pizza or Boston Market anytime as well as free ice cream, drinks and cookies. Payton decided that he needed a Root Beer and Ice Cream every morning.

Chad attended a quick meeting to get information about the theme parks and to get passes and then we took off to Universal Studios. It was a bit overcast and rainy but turned out to be a good day. Payton especially enjoyed all of the characters at Universal. We enjoyed going on the rides and Payton really enjoyed watching the all super heros such as the Hulk and Spiderman. The Spiderman ride was definitely one of Payton’s favorite rides and Savannah enjoyed the Dr. Seuss part of Universal.

We arrived back at the village and found out that they were having a Princess and Pirate Party at Julie's Safari Theater. Savannah enjoyed having makeup put on her and Payton enjoyed making a Pirate Map and having his face painted like a pirate. More fun characters came to the party and Payton had no problem getting out and dancing with them. I loved watching Payton have so much fun. He is truly a blessing in our lives.

The Magic Mirror in the Castle of Miracles

The carousel in the Castle of Miracles
Ice Cream Palace... All you can eat Ice Cream anytime.

Marc's Dino Putt

Gingerbread house

Our arrival to Give Kids the World Village

We arrived at Give Kids the World later on Thursday evening. Our village was decorated with the theme of Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat. It was very nice and the kids were so excited to have their own big jetted tub in their bathroom. We were told that the fairy comes daily with surprises for the kids. Today the kids received goodies for their stay which consisted of a Christmas movie, stuffed animals and a book. That evening they had a Christmas Celebration with a mini parade with Christmas Characters, snow, hot chocolate, and a pucker powder machine. The kids even got to visit Santa and got to pick out a gift. The kids commented several times that this was the coolest thing ever. We had no idea how much fun it would be staying at this Village that was decked out with so many neat things.

Payton’s Make a Wish Trip

We began our Make a Wish Trip to Florida by being picked up in a Limo. We heard a knock on our door and our limo driver had a paper that had Payton’s name on it. Payton and Savannah were so excited they ran out to get into the car. They both helped themselves to a drink and were super excited to start their trip. We arrived at the airport and were greeted by Ms. Kim with the A Wish with Wings Foundation. She had bags with prizes for both the kids. They consisted of pillows, blankets, snacks, stuffed animals and games for our trip. We got some lunch at McDonalds since our flight had been delayed a bit and then Ms. Kim took the kids to pick out a gift out of the gift shop. Savannah picked out a puppy Webkinz (imagine that) and Payton a Super Hero Magnetic set. It was finally time for us to board our plane and Ms. Kim had made prior arrangements for us to board first and allow the kids to sit in the cock-pit with the pilot to get pictures. After a short flight we finally arrived to Orlando and were greeted by a nice man from Give Kids the World Village. He helped us with our luggage and guided us to get our car rental. The Give Kids the World Village was the place that we stayed and was only minutes away from the airport.

Payton's Christmas preschool party at Ms. Becki's

Today was Payton’s Christmas party at Ms. Becki’s. Ms. Becki has the three amigos in this class; Payton, Geoffrey and Morgan. The kids enjoyed playing bingo, pin-the-tail on the reindeer, making reindeer and ginger bread houses and seeing Santa. Payton told Santa that he wanted boots for Christmas like the yellow ones that he likes to dress up in at Ms. Becki’s.