Sunday, December 18, 2011

Animal Kingdom

Day 2 in Orlando we headed to Animal Kingdom.
All smiles as we head into the park. First stop is the Safari ride. This will be a little different than the one at Pine Mountain. You don't get as close, but we did see all the animals.

Family photo with Pluto.
Evan wanted to hug Goofy and he got his chance. He was all dressed up in his Santa suit.This park did not have much to do for little ones, so we did get to see of the characters.





Eeyore is Michelle's Favorite.
Animal Kingdom had the coolest playground. It was a bone yard. The kids loved all the tunnels and slides. Evan was super excited to get to ride the dino ride. There was no lines so we rode it several times. See if you can find our little dinos YES! Charlotte is finally standing alone with a character. It took two days but she liked Chip & Dale. After this embrace she was ready to meet the rest of the cast.

We stayed at the park from 9am - 5pm. We rode a train, brushed a goat, ate at Rainforest Cafe (yum), saw the Lion King production, watched the parade, and fell asleep in the car on the way home.
We got back to the camper and relaxed for a little bit before going to the campfire sing along. We got to roast marshmallows and got to see Chip & Dale again.

Next day is Magic Kingdom!!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Disney Trip

About 2 weeks before our trip we started counting down the days until we went to "Mickey Mouse House". Friday Dec. 2 was finally the day! We picked up Michelle and finally made it there around 9:30pm. On Sat. we headed to Hollywood Studios for our 1st day. Our 1st of many family picturesWe were making our way to the Toy Story ride before it got too crowded, but got sidetracked byAndEllie was so excited and could barely stand it. Evan wasn't scared and ran to her too. Charlotte had been saying for weeks she wanted to hug Minnie. As you can tell she was a little shy when the time came. We got a fast pass for the Toy Story ride and noticed a line to see Buzz & Woody. The kids have really gotten into the Toy Story movies, so this was great. Ellie was always firstBuzz & Woody were bigger than Minnie so they were a little bit intimidated by them.
Charlotte was still a little unsureWhile waiting on the next Little Mermaid show they played at the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. They loved it. Ariel is Charlotte's favorite. We sat on the front row and Charlotte waved at her the entire show. So sweet!
They even saw Baby Jesus and was so excited. We watched a few more shows and rode some rides and then headed back to the camper for lunch and a nap.
After a nice rest we went back and headed to the Beauty & the Beast show.
We used our fast passes and rode the Toy Story ride. It was there favorite ride of the day.
We headed over to see the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. It's a display of millions of lights synchronized to holiday music.
And there was even snowIt was a very special day

Thursday, December 8, 2011

We are back!!

We've been at the Happiest Place on Earthand we survived!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

The kids have helped decorate the trees

Put the angel on the top Posed for picturesAte popcorn & watched Christmas movies And have started wearing our Christmas clothes

Happy December 1st

Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

We are so thankful for these 3 little turkeys

On Thanksgiving we have lunch at our house. Here's Matthew with "The Bird"

Our annual watching of the parade
Matthew & Michelle decorating the cupcakes
Turkey & cornacopia cupcakes Let's eat
The kids table
Or is this the kids table?


Later that night Naw & Paw came.



And we went shopping - all night!