Disney World Vacation

About 3 years ago we took a family vacation to Disney World, and we began planning our next trip to Disney World as soon as we got home. The last time we went McKinley was 10 months old and she was almost 4 for this trip, which I've decided is the perfect age. Disney World truly is the most magical place on earth for a little girl.

I think my favorite part of the entire trip was watching McKinley's face when we met all of her favorite Disney characters. Brett made fun of me because I didn't cry when we got married or when we had our girls, but I was getting teary watching McKinley when she met Cinderella for the first time.

Our trip actually started at Nickelodeon hotel. That is where we stayed for the first few days. They had a really fun Waterpark that the girls loved. We were also able to have breakfast with Spongebob, Dora, Patrick, and a bunch of other Nickelodeon characters.



We spent the rest of the time at a condo with Bretts family. It was really fun and the girls loved spending time with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents that we don't get to see enough.
We spent 8 days at the disney parks and I think we could have easily spent another 8 days there. There is so much to do and see, especially at Magic Kingdom. We scheduled two Princess lunches while we were there. One was at Cinderella's castle and the other was at the Norway castle in epcot. During these lunches McKinley was able meet 5-6 of the different Disney princesses.



The day of the Cinderella lunch we took her to this place called Bippodi Boppidi boutique. She had her own Fairy Godmother who fixed her hair, put make-up on her, and painted her fingernails. She was able to get all dressed up like a princess, and it was soooo fun!



We were also able to have Breakfast at a place in Animal Kingdom with all of the Mickey Mouse Characters/Friends. We had Bretts entire family at this meal. Periodically throughout our meal Goofy would come in and dance with all of the kids. Not only were these character meals really fun, but I think I had some of the best food I'd ever tasted at these meals.

I think this was the most fun vacation I've ever been on. I loved watching the girls as they met all of there favorite disney characters, and we met A LOT! There were so many fun shows, parades, and rides. I can't wait until our next trip, who knows when that will be, but I look forward to taking both of our girls back to Disney World.
If you aren't totally sick of seeing pics of our kids with disney characters then check back. I took over 400 pictures while we were there, so there will definately be a Disney World slide show coming.

Happy Halloween

When I was a little kid I loved dressing up and going trick-or-treating, mainly because I loved all the candy. Now as a mom I think I love Halloween even more. I get so excited dressing up the girls and taking them to Halloween parties. This year we had another wonderful Halloween, and like always we have WAY to much candy in our house now.
On Thursday McKinley had a Halloween party at preschool. McKinley LOVES preschool and her teacher. She was so excited to wear a costume to school.

Then on Friday our ward playgroup had another Halloween party. All the kids dressed up in costumes and we had a little parade and passed out treats.

By Halloween day McKinley already had a stash of candy, but thats what Halloween is for right...helping dentists afford next years cruise. :O) On Halloween night we had pizza movie night and watched Monsters vs Aliens. I LOVE pizza movie night, and so does Annabelle now that she gets to sit at the big girl table.

Afterward we went to our ward trunk-or-treat. This was our first time at one of theses and I was amazed that we went through as much candy as we did. We bought 4 HUGE bags of candy for Halloween. We went through 2 of them in 20minutes at the trunk-or-treat. Then after 2 hours of trick-or-treaters at our house we finally turned off our lights because we had run out of the rest of our candy. I'm glad we were able to get rid of all of it though, because I definately didn't need that much candy sitting around our house.

I made Annabelle sit in the car at the trunk-or-treat because it was cold and windy. She was totally ticked off about it so I handed her a wrapped candy bar to play with. I should have known something was up by how quiet she was the whole way home. When we got home we noticed she was covered in chocolate. She used the few teeth she has to puncture a hole in the wrapper and then sucked all the chocolate out. Apparently all girls find bliss through chocolate. She was so content, it was like the chocolate sedated her. I've decided I'm stashing one in the glove compartment for the next time we have an unpleasant 5 hour drive to Idaho.
I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween, and that you are all enjoying your diabetic comas as much as us. Our countdown is on for Disney World now. Only 12 more days, YEAH!!!