What an absolutely amazing Christmas that the 5 of us will never forget! Christmas Eve, we all went to sleep....VERY early! We set the alarms so that we could sleep a few hours and then hit the road! The kids were wide awake, for hours! I actually think Kaylee didn't fall asleep until we were well into NC and maybe almost out of it! She was very, very excited to get to Florida!
We weren't sure if we would travel all of the way through because it was the kids' first trip! But they did amazing and we made it all the way there! We arrived at Disney Christmas Day. I will admit, seeing Mickey and Minnie at the front gate completely teared my eyes! It was amazing.....and that wasn't even anything to jump about, it was just the big Mickey and Minnie at the front of the entrance for the resorts! lol =)
We hurried in the hotel, showered, cleaned up and hit downtown Disney! We souvenirs within the first few minutes of being there and had a fabulous dinner at Fudruckers! So fun!
The next morning we woke up early, I mean really early! About 6am! The park was opening at 8 and we knew we had to get breakfast and get into the park! We hit Hollywood Studios first! There, we saw lightening McQueen, Mater, Phineas and Ferb, Beauty and the beast and the whole crew along with lots of other fun stuff! Camden and the boys enjoyed the stunt show whereas I would have to say, Kaylee loved the Beauty and the Beast show the best!
The second day was Magic Kingdom day and wow, all I have to say is that it was surely magical! We went through the gates and stayed in the front of the park for hours....we visited with the princesses, daisy duck, snow white and MICKEY and MINNIE!!! Kinston fell in love with Minnie. We have pictures of him kissing her! We were so afraid that he would be scared of all of the characters, but I guess thats the magical part....he loved all of them!
We gave out lots of hugs and recieved many autographs! Magic Kingdom was our favorite place to be! We saw parade after parade and enjoyed the street parties. We saw lots of shows and the kids enjoyed many rides there! Camden loved the Buzz ride the MOST and Kaylee, well I think she was satisfied with hugging Cinderella =) We saw Tinkerbell fly across the sky during fireworks and we all were able to ride many rides together! It was pretty neat that Kinston could ride too.....they weren't roller coasters like I had imagined...but more like train rides with lots of things to look at! We had a little bit of rain this day! Nothing a couple of rain ponchos couldn't help us with! However, we made sure to protect our Mickey ears we had gotten at the beginning of the day (thanks to Uncle Rob, Aunt Tommie and Jarrett for the disney dollars, they were spent with great excitement!!!)
Cute story from this day: When Kaylee met Snow white, she said "Why Hello, Kaylee. So very glad you've came to visit me" Absolutely stunned and adorable Kaylee tell me. "Mommy, Snow white knew my name!!!!!!"
I will never tell her that she had her monogrammed shirt on that day with her name, Kaylee right on the front ;)
The third day, we rode the monorail to Epcot! I think that Camden fell in love with the monorail at first sight. He was so excited to ride it! This was the day Kaylee would eat with the princesses! She had no idea what she was in for but we dressed her up, did her hair and make up and were super excited. I'm not even sure if anything else mattered that day....it was so exciting. The child could not even eat her lunch...she was stuffing it down and telling us she was full so she could clean up and be ready to see them as they came and visited our table! It was her dream come true, just that...a dream come true! The boys enjoyed the Nemo ride along with the imagination ride there!
Cute story: When we entered the dining room to eat lunch with the princesses, they had a studio that you could have your portrait made with Belle. Well, Kaylee entered the room and Belle greeted her. " Well good afternoon, it seems like we have met before" Again, another moment that Kaylee will remember forever....she had certainly met Belle the day before =)
On the fourth day, we spent the entire day at Magic Kingdom. I have to admit I couldn't believe it was over already. It seemed to fly by, although I was completely exhausted!!! We did a lot of the same things we did already just because the kids really enjoyed certain parts of the park. We had silhouettes made of the kids, they're beautiful and hanging in the kitchen!
There are so many other absolutely GRAND details of our trip, pictures definitely tell the story best and all of the many videos that Daddy took! But this gives you just a sneak peak into our trip!
We hope that you had a very Merry Christmas! We sure did =)
