Ethan's Birthday Part 3

Saturday Derek and I both took the day off from church and we went to Orlando to celebrate Ethan's birthday. Ethan has enjoyed the Titanic ever since we read a Magic Tree House book about it last year. We gave him the choice of a kid party or choosing a friend to go to the Titanic Experience in Orlando. He chose the Titanic, so we went to Orlando after his soccer game.
Ethan and Aubrey in front of the grand staircase. Aubrey did really well on the tour. We threatened that she would not get ice cream afterward if she did not behave. We only had to remind her once and she listened really well while the guide talked.
Our tour guide got in the picture with the kids.
Ethan and his friend Jordan pretending to steer the wheel. We found out a lot of interesting information and got to see a lot of cool things. All kids said they enjoyed it, so it was a success.
You get a boarding pass at the beginning with a passenger name. We were able to look and see if our person survived or died. Amazingly, all of us had survivors. We were surprised the the survivors were not all first class, but pretty spread out between all three classes of passengers.
An example of the iceberg. The kids liked to touch the pretend ice.
Looking a a model of what the sunken Titanic looks like.
Enjoying a book about the Titanic in the gift shop. We were headed to Cici's pizza after for dinner since they gave out a coupon for it and was just down the road. There was a stand alone building that was selling the pizzas for $3.99. We ended up getting two pizzas and drinks at the souvenir shop next door and all at dinner for $10. You just can't beat that!
We headed to Downtown Disney so that Ethan could use some of his birthday money. We were also able to use some of our Disney credit card points to enjoy ice cream at Ghiradeli's.
Getting the last drop of ice cream. That is my boy!
We went to the Lego store which was by far the most crowded shop and all boys. Ethan and Jordan made 3 lego men.
Ethan also bought this lego house and Derek helped him put it together today. I am amazed at all the details like the mailbox, basketball goal and lawn mover. It even has a water spicket in the back of the house.
Aubrey had to stop and get her picture taken with the Cinderella outside the Disney store.
Derek is a big kid in the Lego store. He wants Falling Water for his office as a Christmas present. I took a picture so that I would remember.
I was impressed with this huge Minnie rice krispy cake. I will have to try this one day!
We had a great day celebrating Ethan and can not believe he is seven years old! How the time has flown. He really is a sweet and thoughtful kid and we are so blessed to be his parents.