Trip with friends continued... a day in Hong Kong. Nov 2013

After all the fun in Disney with the Cowdy's, Daddy and Pierce had a whole day in Hong Kong so what do you think they decided to do... go see a movie you say... Yes a 3-D movie to see Thor.  

Old friends meeting in Hong Kong... Nov 2013

Do you remember these two?  We met the Cowdy family back in Feb of 2009 when we were blessed to called their neighbors... them from England and us from USA... who would of thought the friendships we were about to make.  The Cowdies have three kids and their youngest is Alex (pictured below with Pierce back in Feb 2009) who is a few weeks older than Pierce.  Not only were we friends and neighbors but the boys also went to school together for a time.  We had so much fun with them in Singapore and we were sad when we had to say goodbye.  We always said we would get together again and sure enough we (well some of us) did.  The boys met in Hong Kong back in Nov 2013.  Both Daddies and both boys... can you guess where they met in Hong Kong?

Your right... Hong Kong Disney... lets see what fun they had...

Pierce sending a picture home to let me know they arrived safely... 

Check out these two 4.5 years later... its like they never were apart.  Us girls were jealous they were all together but our time will come I am sure.

Pierce was so excited to have dudes weekend with daddy and one of his besties... here they are checking out the hotel before Alex and his dad got there.

Warms my heart that these two are still good friends... they got these shirts together while at a museum in Singapore... and when they got them they were so big for them... look at them now.

Sorry not that many pics but the guys were in charge of that... and well you know how that goes... so thankful for the Cowdy Family.

Another day of with Buzz... but our last.

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Some might be excited to have another day with buzz... but for Pierce he was excited to see Buzz again.... today was just as fun but a little different... Jamie's husband Jason was in town (Hong Kong) and wanted to come to the park with his kids... so from the start of this day... things were a little different...the 7 kids went from being absolutely crazy (in a good way).. running everywhere to having a fill in dad and things were much more orderly... just check out the next few pics to see what I am talking about... thank you Jason for coming...

Jason is in front of the line... he had all 7 kids in a line to head out of the hotel to the bus.... amazing... he told me that he put Pierce in front so he could grab him if needed (in case he wanted to bail).

Even outside most of the kids stayed in line while waiting for the bus... Isaac on his dad's shoulders and the kids were told to stand on the silver track... Pierce was on the track but lost his place in the front of the line.

When we first got to the park today... us moms wanted to take a funny picture jumping off the fountain... which was funny bc there were signs everywhere not to stand on the fountain... but oh well we did it anyways and in the shot you can't even tell we were on the fountain... oh well that teaches us to be rebels...

The moms were first... and you better believe the kids had to join in the fun... here they are lined up ready to jump.. do you think they all jumped on the count of 3....

oh so close...

As soon as we were inside we hit the street a running for buzz... you better believe it.

As the kids rode buzz over and over again the parents took turns riding space mountain (oh I forgot how cool that ride was)... while we were waiting at one point... Pierce found the "real buzz" and was shooting him with his gun... and then buzz would run after him (in between pics).. here they are... happy couple.

Then we found the water park... you will notice that most people are covered in pants and jackets... but my kid wants to play in the water...

"HMMMM... wonder what this button does"

"wonder if I stand right here I can get a better look"... you can blow this pic up to see him shading his eyes from the sun so he can get a better look.

"water... wow this is cool"

Check this face out...

Pierce stayed in the water park for about 20 minutes... while most of the kids grabbed something to eat... Pierce got drenched but in the process he had an audience... and he loved it... check out this video... so funny.

Pierce was wet but we were all ready to head back to Fantasy Land... Here are all the kids and Jason... most of the boys are showing their muscles and the girls being silly.

Here Pierce is starting to realize that getting was not the smartest idea... think he is getting cold...

We had lunch and then found some dry clothes (I bought some after spending 20 min at the dryer in the restroom and it was not working).

We got changed and then headed to the 4-D show... which was awesome... we got wet, thought things were going to hit us in the head and we smelled strawberries.. so much fun.
Afterward the show we let the rest of the kids continue to play in the park while Pierce and I had some alone time on the train and head back to take a nap before our 10pm flight back home... yuck....

Goodbye... Hong Kong Disneyland... we had so much fun... and hope to be back soon when Pierce can ride Space Mountain.

Disney Parade....

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We could not pass up the parade... we cut our way in line and stationed our kids on the front row... with us peekingbehind.. we were towards the end of the trail and we could see the parade coming but before they arrived... I saw a place on the other side of the street that I could go and get some cute pics... so I ran fast to snap this picture...

Then I got stuck on the other side... so Lori took this picture of me standing on the park bench... stuck on the other side of street...

The parade begin...

The toy soldiers were the best part... they looks just like the toys... even the extra plastic around their shoes so they stand up... so clever.

The parade is something we had to do both days... of course.