The Riggs Family: Disney - Day 5 at the Animal Kingdom

Today, we took a bus from the cabin to the Animal Kingdom. It was so much fun. The kids loved all of the different animals. We headed to get our fast pass for the safari ride. The wait wasn't all that bad, but with 7 kids, the fast pass worked wonders. While we were waiting for our time to ride, the kids ate (of course) and the girls had their faces painted. The boys hit a roller coaster while the kiddos rode some smaller rides and saw the Musical Finding Nemo which was extremely well done. The kids loved it. After Nemo we met up with Grandma's daughter Kara. She is a brave soul to come meet our family at Disney! We ate lunch, rode a few more rides, went to the petting zoo and headed home because we were all tired. Today was Taylor and I's 13th anniversary. Papa, Grandma and Kara kept the kids while Taylor and I went to Citrico's at the Grand Floridian for dinner. It was nice to eat a full meal without having to take three kids to the bathroom!

Ainsleigh sat as still as I have ever seen her while getting her face painted.

She was a beautiful kitty cat!

Kennedi and Aidyn got their faces painted too. Don't they look beautiful?

We are off on our safari. Jackson and Brendan were checking out the guide to the animals that was on the ceiling of the jeep.

An island of penguins (according to Ainsleigh).

This is a crazy tree that only has leaves a few months out of the year.

I wish I would have paid more attention to the animal key on the jeep. The kids call these reindeer, but I know that isn't right.

A really tall giraffe who was eating leaves from the trees.

This was one of the jeeps that we rode in through the safari.

Look at those antlers!

We saw a baby elephant too.

A flock of flamingos.

The rhinoceroses were funny. One was rolling around in the mud which made the kids laugh.

A wildebeest

The lion was perched on a rock while we were there.

Ainsleigh and Cooper on a ride like Dumbo but we were riding Dinosaurs...ROAR as Cooper said.

The kids at the Dino Play Park.

Taylor, Jackson, Papa and Brendan rode this water ride. They loved it and got soaked on a hot day.

Taylor, Jackson and part of Papa (sorry I cut him in half!)

Jackson and Brendan soaked and ready for more water play!

We found fountains for the kids to play in since some of them were too short to ride the water ride. Bailey, Aidyn, Kennedi and Jackson got soaked and loved every minute of it.

Ahh, the petting zoo. Cooper is my cautious, mild child. Ainsleigh on the other hand had no fear. She would chase the animals as they tried to get away from her!

Cooper finally got close enough to pet the animals. One animal was laying down and Cooper said "Looks like he is in a bad mood. Maybe we should leave him alone" as Ainsleigh charged after him!