Our second park day started with getting up early, being at the gate for Epcot in plenty of time, and using that time (E at least) to shove Goldfish crackers up into the nose as far as possible. I'm glad DH is a real man and always has a pocket knife handy, or I don't know what else I could have used to extract that poor fish.
Anyway, the kids really enjoyed the characters that met us at ropedrop, and pretty soon DH was headed to Soarin' over California to get to the Fastpass machines. We all made our way over there, where mom offered to wait with E while we rode first. He got a little drum action with some entertainers while waiting.
M really enjoyed that ride. Whit said it was her favorite. DH was dissapointed that it was so short. 
We went on Living with the Land while the others rode, and it proved to be my dad's favorite. 
DH ran to get fastpasses for Test Track and met us at The Seas, where we all rode Nemo, explored the aquariums, and then joined Crush for Turtle Talk. It was a cute show. DH took E to get Mission: Space Fastpasses while we headed over to Test Track where we promptly got in line, waited a minute, then realized we didn't have M, who was supposed to be riding with us. I ran back to the front of the line where he stood looking like he was about to cry. Bad mom. As soon as I held him, he did cry, and was pretty upset for awhile. He needed Grandma to hold him and I think was a little mad at me. Here he is in front of Test Track saying he didn't want to ride.
By the time we were on the ride, he was okay again and we enjoyed playing crash dummy and whipping around at high speeds on the "freeway." I got to ride twice since DH was off with E when I went the first time.
At that point, it was time for our lunch reservation. We were celebrating Chase's birthday this day and went there in honor of him. He had seen this restaraunt, the Coral Reef, on Full House when he was a kid and harbored secret hopes of one day eating there himself. He got a special birthday menu. For those of you without a full series of Full House memories emblazoned upon your memories, the Coral Reef is a nice restaraunt surrounded by a large fishtank complete with sharks, divers, giant turtles, and tons of fish. It was a fun atmosphere and we were seated all together right in front of the tank. The food was pretty good. M especially enjoyed his dessert, a build-your-own-sundae.
After lunch, we rode Soarin' again with our fastpasses and then confusion ensued when Whit left her purse on the ride, dad went to ride Spaceship Earth without our knowledge, and E fell asleep. The humidity seemed particularly bad this day, and it was crazy. We managed to all meet up, E had his nap, and those who wanted rode Mission: Space, a space flight simulation ride. We got the official picture and headed back for a much-needed break.
We all showered and put on our best Mickey T's and hopped on the bus for our first view of the Magic Kingdom. It was fun watching the kids. This is what they had been waiting for, in fact, E maintained throughout the trip that Magic Kingdom WAS Disney world. I guess everywhere else was just something "else" to him. They had it decorated for Halloween and it was very festive.
So we got the official picture in front of the castle and split up. We went to get Mickey Hats and treats for the boys, then saw a show at the Castle, then got dinner, then rode Pirates of the Caribbean. 
The others rode Pirates of the Caribbean and had a more relaxed dinner. We all met up to see the light parade, Spectromagic, which was wonderful. We had a great view, and there was a nice breeze as well. 
After that, we went over to the front of the castle for "Wishes," the fireworks show they have there every night. I can't say much about the show, but it was probably good. 
Things got crazy as soon as it started. It was raining, E's diaper gave way and ruined his outfit, and it was just really late. After shopping with a near-naked two year old in hopes of waiting for crowds to die down, we stood in the steaming line for the bus, and there was this guy with BO that was about killing everyone.
Good times. Needless to say, we had another early morning the next day and it was a very short night.
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