Our last day at Disney was fun filled. We still can't believe the weather. Mid 80's all week. We wish we would have planned for more time so we could go swimming. Here's a shot of me and my crew as we head off to eat breakfast with Mickey Mouse and Friends.
We had a little time while we waited on the boat so the girls wanted to capture a memory with Dad. I can't wait to add this picture to my office.
Evan strikes a pose with mom as they wait.
The boat took us to the Contemporary Resort (that's the hotel that the monorail runs through). We had reservations to eat breakfast with the characters. It was fun even though the kids did not eat much. They did load up on fruit. Evan had been asking for watermelon and he finally got some. Ellie was too rapped up in the characters. They would enter the room and make there way around. Guess which stop we were? Last! So, Ellie had to watch and wait as Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Minnie, and Mickey made their way around the room. Charlotte seemed comfortable in her chair but was still cautious. Evan was shy at first, but had a great time.
Evan showing Pluto his shirt. He was so proud. 
Ellie loved the celebration time. Everyone would waive their napkins around their head like a helicopter. When they stopped she would ask to do it again. 
After breakfast we decided to go see some of the Christmas Decorations. Jennifer had researched what was at each hotel and she and Michelle had seen some earlier in the week. We were going to see the giant gingerbread tree at the Contemporary and the giant gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian Resort. 
The Grand Floridian was really nice. We were going to get a picture of just Michelle, but the kids wanted to join in. 
What a great picture. Only took 100 attempts and Michelle and I screaming like idiots in the front of a nice hotel. So worth it.
They tried on crazy hats in the gift shop. Ellie loved the Dumbo hat.
Evan wore the Pluto to match his shirt. Getting Evan to wear a hat for more than two seconds is not easy, but he like this one.
Princess for the Princess. 
We went back to the camper and begged the kids to take a nap, but they did not. So we load up and went to Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. We packed some sandwiches and headed to the park. After a quick bite we headed to see the Disney Princesses. Aurora was first. That is sleeping beauty or sleeping dootie - as Ellie says.
Belle
And Cinderella. 
We were getting our picture made and then all of the sudden fireworks went off. Neat picture! 
It was finally time for the parade and it was just in time. The no nap was causing the kids to be a little fussy. They loved the parade. We had great seats right next to a family that had 18 month old triplets. They were from Brazil. It was neat to pass the time talking to others that face the challenges of three little ones. Only one difference. They travel with an entourage. They even had a full time nanny. Charlotte sat in the front in Michelle's lap, Evan sat in front with Jennifer, and Ellie had a high level seat on my shoulders. She was the announcer for our area because she could see who was coming first and she would scream it as load as she could. People were relying on her for the announcement of Mickey. 
After the parade we made our way to ride some rides. It was great - no lines. We had a blast going from ride to ride with no wait. We had a great view of the fireworks over the castle. Ellie got to ride and say bye to her favorite ride - Dumbo. Evan got to ride and say bye to his favorite ride - Peter Pan's flight. Charlotte got to shake her bookie to It's a Small World one more time. There was hot chocolate, cookies & snow. It was a great night, but sorry kids we have to go home tomorrow. But guess what? We left the camper in Orlando. We will go back down in the spring and camp our way home.
We had a little time while we waited on the boat so the girls wanted to capture a memory with Dad. I can't wait to add this picture to my office. Evan strikes a pose with mom as they wait.The boat took us to the Contemporary Resort (that's the hotel that the monorail runs through). We had reservations to eat breakfast with the characters. It was fun even though the kids did not eat much. They did load up on fruit. Evan had been asking for watermelon and he finally got some. Ellie was too rapped up in the characters. They would enter the room and make there way around. Guess which stop we were? Last! So, Ellie had to watch and wait as Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Minnie, and Mickey made their way around the room. Charlotte seemed comfortable in her chair but was still cautious. Evan was shy at first, but had a great time.Evan showing Pluto his shirt. He was so proud. Ellie loved the celebration time. Everyone would waive their napkins around their head like a helicopter. When they stopped she would ask to do it again. After breakfast we decided to go see some of the Christmas Decorations. Jennifer had researched what was at each hotel and she and Michelle had seen some earlier in the week. We were going to see the giant gingerbread tree at the Contemporary and the giant gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian Resort. The Grand Floridian was really nice. We were going to get a picture of just Michelle, but the kids wanted to join in. What a great picture. Only took 100 attempts and Michelle and I screaming like idiots in the front of a nice hotel. So worth it. They tried on crazy hats in the gift shop. Ellie loved the Dumbo hat.Evan wore the Pluto to match his shirt. Getting Evan to wear a hat for more than two seconds is not easy, but he like this one.Princess for the Princess. We went back to the camper and begged the kids to take a nap, but they did not. So we load up and went to Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. We packed some sandwiches and headed to the park. After a quick bite we headed to see the Disney Princesses. Aurora was first. That is sleeping beauty or sleeping dootie - as Ellie says.Belle
And Cinderella. We were getting our picture made and then all of the sudden fireworks went off. Neat picture! It was finally time for the parade and it was just in time. The no nap was causing the kids to be a little fussy. They loved the parade. We had great seats right next to a family that had 18 month old triplets. They were from Brazil. It was neat to pass the time talking to others that face the challenges of three little ones. Only one difference. They travel with an entourage. They even had a full time nanny. Charlotte sat in the front in Michelle's lap, Evan sat in front with Jennifer, and Ellie had a high level seat on my shoulders. She was the announcer for our area because she could see who was coming first and she would scream it as load as she could. People were relying on her for the announcement of Mickey. After the parade we made our way to ride some rides. It was great - no lines. We had a blast going from ride to ride with no wait. We had a great view of the fireworks over the castle. Ellie got to ride and say bye to her favorite ride - Dumbo. Evan got to ride and say bye to his favorite ride - Peter Pan's flight. Charlotte got to shake her bookie to It's a Small World one more time. There was hot chocolate, cookies & snow. It was a great night, but sorry kids we have to go home tomorrow. But guess what? We left the camper in Orlando. We will go back down in the spring and camp our way home.
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