Disney - Part 3

I know it almost 2012 and I haven't blogged about early December, but the holidays have been crazy.  Our last day in Orlando was spent at the hotel grounds.  We explored the property a bit and then headed down to the beach/lake area.  After a near death experience regarding Paige at the lake, we went to the pool.  We didn't stay too long and had naps and such.  That night we went to dinner at the Disney Boardwalk and got ready to leave for home.  Sunday morning after we checked out, we met my grandparents for lunch and visited for a bit.  Great time at Disney and we can't wait to get back...in another year or two.

Camera Phone Dump Post

 Dressed himself for bedtime

Sleepy girl

Made this cute thing with some "pawesome" fabric!  You know, you are giggling.

Sister flung her hand in brother's eye direction.  A trip to Urgent Care, some drops, a patch and some Mike and Ike later, we are happy.

Notice something wrong in this picture?  Belle has replaced Kate on the bed and where is Kate?  Look under the drapes.

Playing in the fountains at the Grand Floridian

He sure is festive!

PJ Day at school

Merry Christmas!

Happy pre-Christmas week!

Disney - Part 2

The big day was upon us.  We rose around 7:30, ate a quick bite in the room and headed to Magic Kingdom.  We rode the bus over and stepped into a world of fun.  The kids were excited, overwhelmed, unsure, happy, etc.  We just made sure we were keeping a head count.  Miss Reese stayed at the hotel with Craig's aunt, Vicki, so we only had to handle 5 kids and 6 adults.  Not too shabby.

We went on Dumbo, It's a Small World, Jungle Cruise, Country Bear Jamboree, Peter Pan's Flight and Thunder Mountain!  Kimberly, Paige, Blake, myself, Craig and Jack went on that.  The others were either too short or not interested.  After lunch, we headed back to the hotel for naps.  Craig and Jack stayed a bit longer and went on Splash Mountain and the Pirates of the Caribbean.  Jack wasn't a huge fan of that one, but loved Splash Mountain.  They met back with us a few hours later, as our hotel was just across the lake, and we all readied for a fun night at Mickey's Christmas Party.  Vicki and Reese joined us for that too.

These girls were SO excited to meet the princesses!  Kate didn't like the characters that were dressed up like Pluto, Minnie, etc.  She loved the princesses, though.  They sat with them for about 5 minutes each just talking and chatting and the girls were soaking it up.  It was the best part of the whole trip for me (and even Craig).  Seeing them in awe, was great and the princesses Aurora, Belle and Cinderella were very sweet too.

We watched the fireworks at 9 and then waited in our spot until 10:15 for the parade.  Jack was beat and fell asleep right before the parade.  He must have been tired, because he doesn't sleep often.

During the whole evening, you could get hot chocolate and snickerdoodle cookies anytime.  We got our monies worth with that, I think. They also had fake snow (foamy stuff) falling on main street.  It truly was a magical day and night!