Magic Kingdom

Day 3: Magic Kingdom

This was a day I don't think any of us will ever forget. We had an early appointment at Bippity Boppity Boo. It was surreal walking into the park with barely any people. The girls LOVED getting their hair and nails done. They were too cute and it was definitely worth it. We were finished before the park fully opened so we were again able to walk on a bunch of rides. The girls loved the teacups and I personally liked Winnie the Pooh. Liam was hilarious during It's a Small World. He was laughing and saying wow over and over. It was so cute. 

At lunch time we went back to the hotel to take a break. Liam was exhausted and slept the second he got in the car. My Mom arrived then from her flight. We showed her around some, then after Kate and Abby napped for a bit, Jason and I went back to Magic Kingdom with the girls. They really liked Pirates of the Caribbean, Dumbo (especially the amazing playground inside the Dumbo area), Barnstormer (a real roller coaster!), riding the train, and a ton of other rides. We were able to do a few character meets too since lines weren't long. Merida was my favorite of the entire week. She was too cute and really sweet with the girls! Abby loved that she met Tangled (Rapunzel) and Kate loved meeting Snow White. It was fun for them because they were dressed as Snow White and Rapunzel and the princesses made a big deal about it.

We finished the day with dinner at The Crystal Palace. This never could have happened without my Mom being able to watch Liam. It was a long day and would have been too much for him. Kate and Abby really enjoyed being able to pick out their own drinks, dinner, and best of all, desserts! The characters were fun too. The Halloween Party was starting when we were leaving. We didn't stay for the party and it was a good call. It doesn't start until 7:30, the kids bedtime, and it was crowded and dark. I tried to get pictures of all the decorations though, because they really go all out! Unfortunately, it was just too dark. 

The Fairy Godmother was waiting at the castle entrance

Abby's experience. I loved when she saw herself for the first time.

 Kate's experience. She was so still while they did her hair. I loved seeing her expression at the end too!

Liam stayed away from the Fairy Godmothers and was content eating and staying close to Jason :)

Liam on the way back to the hotel that afternoon

 Watching the parade. 

The guys standing next to us were hilarious. They knew these tricks so all the characters in the parade would do special things as they went by.

Epcot

Day 2 and Morning of Day 6: Epcot

We had early reservations for breakfast at the Akershus Palace. This meant we were able to enter the park before it opened and walk around a little with it completely empty. At breakfast the princesses came around and took pictures and signed Kate and Abby's autograph book. I bought these for them just in case they cared about getting signatures. It was a good call because they loved having the characters sign their books. After eating, all the kids in the restaurant do a parade with the princesses.

Kate's favorite ride of the week was at Epcot. She was tall enough to ride Soarin with me and wanted to ride it over and over again. Abby's favorite ride was also at Epcot. She loved Spaceship Earth. I think she liked going up in the big "golfball" and turning backwards and touching the computer. I was surprised because I thought it would be boring for kids. Not for ours! Liam did really well and liked all the rides. I was a little nervous in the pitch black rides because he kept trying to stand up but besides that it was great having him experience everything too.

On our last day the girls really wanted to go back to Epcot. We left Liam at the hotel with my Mom and went there as soon as it opened. We rode all their favorites again plus some more. We were able to finally meet Jasmine too!

The workers were making bubbles from solution in the trashcan. Liam had a blast!

Kate took our picture :)

Abby LOVES Jasmine so we walked all the way around to Morocco to meet her. Unfortunately she had to "fly home to take care of Rajah." Aladdin was so nice though! Kate was uncomfortable so only Abby went to meet him and he was one of my favorite character meets. 

This was the closest Liam got to any of the dressed up characters. After Mickey, he would go no where near them!

Abby, Liam, and I watching the water fountain show while Jason and Kate went on a ride. Perfect ending to a fun day first day.

Disney World/Halloween

Day 1: Arrival

This year was my turn to pick a trip for Jason and I. We've done a few hiking trips in the US and I really wanted to go to Switzerland or Prague or Scotland or Ireland... However, when it came down to it, and the year we'd had, I just wanted to do a family trip. Something for the kids. DISNEYWORLD! It was a lot of planning on my part, but everything turned out perfectly. We drove down to Laura's Friday then Sunday morning we left for Disney World.

Our hotel was amazing! We stayed at the Art of Animation in the Nemo suite. The details and decorations and overall atmosphere was wonderful. My Mom flew down Tuesday to help with Liam.  I really don't think we could have fully enjoyed our trip without her help. Liam still needed naps and breaks and wants to run around and climb out of rides :) I could have left him home with mine or Jason's parents but I wanted our whole family to be together. I think Liam really enjoyed the trip so I'm glad he was there. I know the girls LOVED the entire week, It was so fun simply watching them enjoy the moment. I didn't want to go when it was crowded so I took Kate out of school for a week and we went Halloween week. It was empty! We rarely had to wait for any rides and it was easy to maneuver around. We literally walked on to multiple rides the whole week. I was nervous about having Kate miss a week of school, since they're a little psycho around here about that, however her teacher told us it was fine at to have fun.

The first day we played in our room then walked around the hotel grounds. I loved this place!

Our view from the bedroom and the rest of the suite.