Jolly Holiday!

Let's see if I can sum it all up: Katie and Noah did NOT want to leave the Mickey Mouse house! I call that success! We had so much fun! We are already planning our trip same time of year, same place, MORE DAYS!

We spent our day of rest playing in the pool and at Downtown Disney. They had a really neat Lego display and we ate lunch at Rainforest Cafe. We hit up the $10 or less Disney souvenier store and the kids found some fun stuff. Meme and I found the Disney Memories scrapbooking store (fun!) and then Noah and Corey made custom lightsabers while Katie and I filled up a box with as much My Little Pony stuff as possible for a flat rate! Fun times!

The next day we were at Hollywood Studios bright and early before the park opened. We saw the Playhouse Disney Show...it was really cute. Then we saw the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, greeted LOTS of characters (which Noah loved!) and then headed over to Epcot. We had planned to spend the rest of the day there, but we got done finding princesses there pretty quickly. Noah was NOT interested in seeing a lot of the characters, so if you see a lack of him in the pics, just know that he just didn't want to see them! After we found all the people in Epcot we thought it would be a more fun idea to go back to Magic Kingdom for the evening. We were right! Katie got to meet CINDERELLA and BELLE (in her fancy yellow dress) and Noah got to ride the "pirate" (peter pan) ride again with Daddy. We were in a perfect spot to see the fireworks this time and I cannot even describe how amazing they were! I have never been so impressed with fireworks. This time we could hear the story and music that was playing and there is no other way to describe it than just "magical!"

We finished off the night with another visit to the honeypots (winnie the pooh ride) and Mickey's Philharmagic. On the way back to the parking lot we got to ride in front of the monorail with the driver! It was really cool! We had seen some people ask about it and when we saw them get to do it, we tried each time as well, but apparently everyone knows about that already so each time it was full (they can only allow 4 at a time). So we were so exicted when we were able to do it! After the ride was over the driver gave us "co-pilot" cards as a keepsake! FUN! What a great way to end the night!

Again, I want to say, as I look back over the slideshow, I realize that there isn't much proof that Noah was with us at all! I assure you he was! His favorite things were riding the Peter Pan and Buzz Lightyear rides....meeting HIS fav characters...etc. Katie was much more into seeing the characters. You can't take pictures on the rides really well, so therefore there are many more pictures of Katie on here!

We had a pretty good trip home, except for the last hour! We stopped at steak n shake for some fries and milkshakes and as we were leaving I closed my thumb in the car door. Yes, it completely closed on it, I had to open the door with my other hand to get it out. It hurt....VERY badly as you can imagine. A waiter from the place was outside and he went in to get some ice. By the time we got home it was feeling much better, though it is bruised pretty badly. It is healing very well though...only hurting when I touch it now :)

We are just hanging out and resting today. There are so many more fun things I could share, but I know it is long already. Enjoy the pics!

Also, I do realize that a couple of the pictures are sideways. I did all I could but I couldn't get them to load correctly but they were so good I wanted to include them, so just give your neck a stretch!

354 days to go till Disney '09! Ha ha!!!!!!!

(If you want to see the pictures bigger, then click on "view all images" below the slideshow.)