Princess Half Marathon Expo

Saturday morning I woke up and ran to the grocery store to pick up sick person supplies for Amanda.  Her stomach was still very queasy, but she wasn't throwing up anymore so that was good!  By late morning, we had gotten ready and made our way over to the expo.  I had read horror stories of what the expo was like the first day (people go crazy for rundisney merchandise that sells out very quickly).  I was so happy to see such a calm environment.  That was definitely one advantage of doing the half as apposed to the whole Glass Slipper Challenge- we could wait until Saturday to go to the expo and pick up our packet.

The red carpet walkway was fun!
It was nice just perusing around a bit.  I picked up my pre-order jacket which I was happy with (I had planned for this to be my jacket on vacation).  I also pre-ordered a cup, a pin, and a car magnet.  The car magnet was super ugly so I decided to buy a different magnet, because I really wanted one for my car haha
There were a few character lines, and Merida looked like the shortest one, so we stopped for her.  I had never met Merida!
So excited for the race to come.  Little did we know, Amanda's dehydration had not quite left her :(    :( :(
After the expo, we wanted to check out Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney).  I had read how hard it is to drive to Disney Springs, because they are doing a ton of construction to it, but it was totally fine.  For lunch we started to make our way to Earl of Sandwich which I had heard good things about.  The sun was pretty hot which wasn't great for Amanda, and it seriously was on the complete other side from where we were.  By the time we got there, Amanda didn't have an appetite apart for a frozen lemonade (which did look delicious!) And I was totally ravenous. 
That sandwich was super tasty!  It was a great place in my book.  We then went and checked out the humongous Disney store that is there which was fun and went back to the condo.  I think we got Chick-Fil-A for dinner.  We knew we had to go to bed early, so we watched some TV and then headed up to bed around 7:30/8:00 I think?
Erik texted me this picture of the kids eating at the airport right before they took off for Orlando.  I was so impressed with how he had managed everything the past few days.  And of course, I was so thankful for the friends that watched Anna while he was at work!
Well, I listened to some podcasts like I usually do to fall asleep, except I never fell asleep.  Like ever!  I just laid there.  I did feel relaxed, but sleep just never EVER came!  I think I may have slept a little bit from 2am-2:30ish, but as soon as the clock turned 3:15 I jumped out of bed relieved I didn't need to try and fall asleep anymore haha It was very weird.

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