We just got home from the BEST VACATION EVER!! We spent nine days at Disney with Steve’s mom and D’Wayne, a/k/a Grandma and Grandpa.
We took over 1,000 pictures and videos, so it’s taking me a while to sort through them and get them posted. And it’s too many to put on one blog post. So here’s part one of our fabulous vacation!
We flew in on Thursday and ate lunch and shopped at the airport.
Claire’s face said it all – we were SO EXCITED to be there!!
Claire picking out charms for her Disney charm bracelet
Cale spotted Mickey Mouse while Claire and Mommy were shopping…
And took off running…
To give Mickey a hug!
Then we went to get our rental car and drove to our hotel.
Steve brought in Flippers pizza for dinner. After the kids went to bed, he drove to the airport to pick up his parents. They came in to kiss the kids, but the kids didn’t remember that the next morning.
On Friday morning, my kids were surprised and excited to see Grandma and Grandpa at breakfast! We ate breakfast at the hotel and then opened and closed Disney’s Animal Kingdom. What an amazing day!
And we’re off! (Turns out that wagons are not permitted on Disney property – unless Disney provides them, which they do on Castaway Cay.) We ended up pushing our wagon rather than pulling it. Steve spent the day arguing that it was a stroller since we were able to push it. No one kicked us out.
Claire joined Animal Kingdom’s Wilderness Explorers and earned quite a few badges before deciding that she was tired of it all.
Claire’s flamingos (and her first WE badge)
Earning her insect badge
Grandpa and Grandma wearing their “bug eyes” (3D glasses) just before the “It’s Tough To Be A Bug” show
My babies playing the Muziki Drums, and Claire earning her music WE badge
Then we rode off on a tour of Kilimanjaro Safaris
We saw sun-bathing hippos.
And crocodiles
And the cutest and sweetest little boy EVER
And giraffes
And Ankole cattle
And wildebeests
And flamingos
And white rhinos
And zebras! And so much more! Oh my!
DinoLand USA
TriceraTop Spin
The top of Expedition Everest – our favorite ride!! We all rode it three times!
After we rode Kali River Rapids and got thoroughly soaked, we went to get our pictures taken with Mickey and Minnie. We look like drowned rats, but we were having so much fun that we just didn’t care.
Cale loved hugging Mickey! In fact, his daddy had to pry him off so that we could take a picture.
Then we all got in the picture.
Afterward we met Pocahontas on the Discovery Island Trail.
Cale wasn’t about to miss out on a hug from a real princess!
What a fabulous day!
On Saturday we went shopping. We started at Walmart – which has a huge Disney section. Then we went to Downtown Disney.
Claire and Cinderella
Claire and Aurora
Cale and Steve outside T-Rex
Claire and Buzz Lightyear
Cale and Buzz
Claire and Cale with Mr. Potato Head
The kids building custom potato heads
Saturday night, the kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa while Steve and I went out on a date. This year is our tenth anniversary of everything, so we are celebrating all year long. (Steve and I met on a blind date in January 2004, got engaged in June and married in November of 2004.) We were going to go see Saving Mr. Banks at the movie theater at Downtown Disney, but they were sold out by the time we got there. So we decided to go to T-Rex for dessert. What a fun place to hang out!
Happy Anniversary of Everything, My Love!
We ordered the chocolate extinction – it was so yummy! We even had enough to take some back for Grandma and Grandpa.
We had such a fun night walking around on the boardwalk and talking and laughing. Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa for watching the kids!
Next post will be Part 2 – Magic Kingdom
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