Saturday, June 25, 2011

Last day at Magic Kingdom

The last day we the kids and I spent at Magic Kingdom again. We realized we had a whole section we missed the first time we went to this park.
We started at Swiss Family Treehouse.
Then we went to the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. The kids liked being in front of me and having control of our motion.
As you see, Braden insisted on wearing his parrot wherever we went.
Just having fun!
Caitlin had been asking for frozen lemonade the entire trip, we finally found it the last day! She was very happy!!
We did a fast pass to Jungle Cruise. It was a fun boat ride and our guide made us all laugh!

Braden doing his penance.
Caitlin copying her brother.
Waiting for the afternoon parade, it was hot waiting!
Braden chomping away at ice to stay cool!
The end, the Beast!
As I was pushing, Braden fell asleep!
We did dinner with the princesses at the palace. The first princess we saw was Cinderella. Braden was still asleep at this point.
All princesses got a magic wand.
All knights got a sword.
The first princess to our table was Snow White.
She is a beauty!
Then is what Aurora.

And then Mommy's favorite, Ariel!

Belle was the last princess we saw.
After the princesses came we did the magic dance.
Align Center
They told the kids to close their eyes and make a wish. Braden making his, wonder what it is!
Caitlin concentrating on her wish!
Leaving the castle.
My princess and knight!
I have always wanted my kids silhouette's done. As we were leaving MK I saw a lady who was doing them. I decided to stop and have a double silhouette done.

Bye Bye Disney! We will miss you!

Hollywood Studios

Unfortunately, James Grammy passed away on Tuesday while we were in Disney. He had to leave early Thursday morning to go home to NY for the funeral. We missed being up there and seeing everyone, everyone is in our thoughts and prayers.
Thursday I took the kids to Hollywood Studio's by myself. They actually did really well. Hollywood is a lot of shows and we seemed to arrive at the right times for each one.
One of the first shows we saw was Disney Junior. It was cute, a bit young for my kids, but it kept them entertained and it was cool inside.
Above is the Disney Junior show, they were puppets except for the main character. Below the kids are waiting in the "holding" room to see The Little Mermaid. Another cute show. (Ariel is my favorite!)
We went to see the Indiana Jones Stunt Show. We arrived right when they started to seat everyone so we got a good spot.

My kids have never seen any of the Indiana Jones's movies so they did not know what to expect, though I did!! It was fantastic!
Braden really got into it! Of course, there was fighting, shooting, blowing things up and fire! Caitlin did not like it, she told me she was afraid someone would get hurt, sweet girl!

Taking a break!
We got our fast passes to the Toy Story Ride.
It was fun, the kids liked it. I would have liked to have James there so we could have competed against each other! I am a bit competitive.
That evening we decided to change our dinner plans, we were suppose to eat at the park, and went to Downtown Disney instead. All week the kids asked for souvenirs, we kept telling them they could get something at the end of the week. Since they were so good for me I told them after dinner we could go shopping.
Caitlin got a Tangled doll.
Braden got a Pirate set!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Animal Kingdom

We started our day off at Animal Kingdom. We rode a train out to another area where the kids could walk around and see things.
The kids did a scavenger hunt for different types of bugs, not real. They had to cross them off their game board when they found them. They had fun doing this.

Rafiki was in the indoor area giving his autograph and taking pictures.
Then they visited Jiminey Cricket, who signed their books!
Of course they had to visit the petting area.

We then did the safari trip on the trucks where we were able to see all types of animals. Below are alligators.
Below is a termite mound!
Caitlin loved seeing all the animals.
The giraffe was hiding in the trees, well hiding as best he could!
Those are African Elephants.

The white hippo.
If you look up by the right of the tree you can see the male lion.
Taking a break to enjoy lunch.
It was hot out!
Riding with daddy!!
It started raining and cut our trip short.