Magic Kingdom Part 2

Magic Kingdom was without question the kids favorite place ever. Thinking about our time there always makes me smile and ache to go back. I guess that's why so many families do. I know I enjoyed it so much more seeing it through the eyes of my children. For example, this is a picture from a show at Animal Kingdom (my favorite one of the whole trip). I probably spent more time watching the kids faces throughout the whole vacation instead of the entertainment but I don't feel like I out on a thing.

Since there was so much to do at Magic Kindom we broke it up into two parts on the first day so the kids could rest and enjoy the evening.

Tyler was in a rush to get to another ride and was not wanting to pose for this picture but this was one of his favorites. We rode it three times. His absolute favorite ride of all the parks was The Haunted Mansion. We rode that one four times and had to answer a million questions about ghosts.

Having Mawmaw and Pawpaw there with us was the icing on the cake. Can you tell? I wouldn't want to go without them!

This is Tyler exploring the Swiss Family Robinson tree house. He wanted to spend the night there.

For lunch we ate at our first character resturant The Crystal Palace. It featured Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. The kids loved watching them sign their autograph books and meeting the characters. They had these cute topiaries in the entrance, Eeyore was my favorite.

Maddie wouldn't take her picture with Piglet or Eeyore.

But she loved Tigger and Tyler just loved them all.

How sweet is this? She wouldn't have made it through the trip without her Mawmaw's shoulder to rest on.

The castle at night.

Magic Kingdom Part 1

I know I have taken a horribly long leave of absence from the blogging world but I'm gonna try to get back in the swing of things because I hate to disappoint my fans (all four of you). And because Amanda has given my blog such a beautiful make-over it just needs to be shared with people that will appreciate it. I'm gonna start with our trip to Disney World with Mawmaw and Pawpaw. But because I took over 1,300 pictures I will break it into small segments.

The grand entrance....let the magical moments begin!


Maddie and her best-friend Mawmaw. Btw, I made that dress for her, it has a black M on the front.

I love this picture of Tyler and Pawpaw watching the characters wish us a good morning and welcome us to their home. Who do you think looks more entralled?

So now that we've taken the kids to Disney World and they know how spectacular it is, they ask us nearly EVERYDAY to take them back. As a mater of fact Maddie carries her autograph book around and shows us the picture of Cinderell's castle ask Jeffrey to take her "to the cas on a pane"!

The famous tea cups!

This picture is proballly only funny to those that were there but here's the story: we took a midmorning break to let the kids cool off and have a snack a Donald's Boat, which is full of water spouts and leaky cracks to let the kids splash around in. Well, for whatever reason Maddie prefered just backing her toushy up to this leak and letting it cool her off from behind.

Zurg!

Tyler was SO excited to meet Buzz Lightyear. This was the first character he meet.

Buzz teaching him some moves.

What would Disney World be like without the amazing parades? Notice that Mickey and Donald were both looking right at me!

Hollywood Studios

This was the only park that we didn't take advantage of the Extra Magic hours and we really ended up regretting that soon after entering the park (all the kid rides were super long). Next time we go I would like to spend more time here because there is so much fun stuff to look at and wonderful shows to watch but we were just too hot and tired so we left early.

Mawmaw and Pawpaw. Aren't they cute?!!

I loved the whole Muppet world. This billboard cracks me up! It says : Paid for by The Fund To Keep Miss Piggy Happy

This was by far Tyler's favorite resturant. Mawmaw said that his reaction was priceless when he saw the theater and said, "Mawmaw. Pawpaw. You are not gonna believe this! We eat in cars!"