Disney World Day #3

We started off day #3 in the Magic Kingdom.  On our way to some rides we found Alice in Wonderland!

Her rabbit friend was late...

Time to drive cars on the Speedway!

Like a dream come true for Brayden...driving his mom and dad around!

Then we rode the new "kid" roller coaster Barnstormer.

Talia's face cracks me up in this picture...it's hard to tell if she's laughing or crying!  I'm pretty sure she was laughing cause she wanted to ride it again!

Eliza lived up to her Dad's roller coaster riding expectations!

On to the Dumbo ride...

Julie and Darran are the brave parents...the rest of us just watched!

Prince Charming's Carousel ride!

Then we got to meet Mickey!  After we met Mickey we got to meet some Princesses...Brayden's excitement level dramatically decreased at that point!  Here's lots of Princess pictures...

Rapunzel was another princess to check off Eliza's list!

Then the girls met Sleeping Beauty.

And then Cinderella.

Tal almost knocked her over with her hug!  She was sooo excited to meet her!

Cinderella's castle!

We happened to be in the right place at the right time and saw a short parade.

Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride...again Darran and Julie are the brave parents to sit on the ride that goes around...and around...and around...

Pineapple ice cream is a MUST HAVE!

Talia and Brayden studying the map.

Eliza road Thunder Railroad twice and Splash Mountain once...she loved it!

We watched the light parade that night.

Brayden was definitely the man of the hour...many a kisses blown his way.

We love the Magic Kingdom!

Disney World Day #2

On Wednesday we headed to Animal Kingdom and hopped on the Safari ride first...which we love!

Hippos

Elephants

Giraffes

Flamingos

Lions...and more!

 Eliza was sure we were headed back to Disney a year later to meet the few princesses she didn't get to meet last time.  (We may have started a problem because she is already talking about returning when she's 5.)  Pocahontas was on the list so we met her first.

 Talia was very proud of herself because she kept telling us before we went that she wasn't going to be scared and was going to talk to the princesses.  And talk she did!

 Julie, Brayden, Andy and Dad.

 Our happy Disney World girls!

 (And this is when something happened with the lighting on our camera...good thing we figured it out).

 Yummy mickey ice cream!

And Eliza found a new dance crew.

Disney World Day #1

 First of all...this trip wouldn't have happened if Andy hadn't completed a milestone...he graduated from South Florida State with his Doctorate!  Pretty impressive!

So we decided that we would fly down to Orlando and help him celebrate at Disney World!

(In my defense, his request was that we came after graduation for the fun part!  But we did get to watch him hooded online.)

We flew down on a Monday and the next day headed to Blizzard Beach! 

 Eliza, Talia, and Brayden all loved this tube slide.  They went down it over and over!

 Brayden wasn't too keen on pictures this trip!

 Me and my girls!

 Talia in her Grandma's glasses!

 After Blizzard beach we went back to the hotel for a nap and some dinner and then headed over to Magic Kingdom!

 It's a small world after all...

 Waiting for Tinkerbell to fly by and the fireworks show!

 Cinderella's Castle all lit up.

 Posing with a Goofy statue on our way out of the park.