A princess of our own!

Fairy Godmother working her magic

Finished!

How pretty!

My happy crew

Making a wish by "Cinderella's Fountain"

The hostess at dinner in the castle... Cinderella

Owen making a wish before dinner.

Princess Aurora

Belle

Snow White... And Snow White!

I love this one!

Her prince!

Jasmine

Eating her "Royal Dessert".

Allie was so serious during her entire make-over process. We had not one, but TWO fairy Godmothers working on her. One did her hair and another did her make up and nails. She was so still and really didn't talk too much. She was so good. Daddy and Owen met us after she was done and we rode on Dumbo's Flying ride. Then we caught a showing of "Mickey's Philharmagic". Our dinner at the castle was worth every penny! We met our hostess in the entry of the castle and got some pictures taken. Then while we were eating, several other princesses came around to meet us. Snow White was our favorite, she loved how pretty Allie was. This is what dreams are made of!

WDW Day 3-Magic Kingdom (Part 2)

Mad Tea Cups... Let's Spin!

Cinderella

Belle

Princess Aurora

Barnstormer... Allie's first rollercoster

Having tea at Minnie's house

Outside Mickey's house

Aerial

Yes Folks, SHE'S driving!

Alice from Wonderland

Boys sporting 3D glasses for "Mickey's Philharmagic"

The first half of our Day 2 of Magic Kingdom we explored Fantasyland, Mickey's Toon Town and Tomorrowland (as a group). We started things off with a spin in some "Mad" tea cups and the meet and great of a few princesses (Owen didn't want to be a part of it, but he went along to watch. What a good big brother!) Allie rode her first roller coaster and LOVED it! The kids got to test their driving skills on the Indy Track and we ate some lunch. Then we split up. Boys went to ride some rides and met Buzz Lightyear. The girls ran into Alice on our way to the caste for a make-over session. We met later for a 3D movie and dinner. It was a great day!

WDW Day 2-Magic Kingdom

Daisy

The Haunted Mansion... What were we THINKING!!!!

Riding the Liberty Bell

Alladin's Magic Carpet Ride

We are having SO MUCH FUN!

Tuesday we went to Magic Kingdom. We toured Frontierland, Adventureland and Liberty Square. Owen rode his first roller coaster with Daddy, "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad". He loved it! We might have permanently scared our kids by making them ride "The Haunted Mansion". Allie was scared, but didn't cry until we got off and she saw Owen sobbing. We gathered ourselves on the slow boat ride and decided to grab some lunch. We were still a little jumpy during the "Tiki Room" but the "Pirates of the Caribbean" made Allie a little gun shy for the next few days. :( Magic Kingdom (Take 1)... CHECK!

WDW Day 1-Animal Kingdom

Ready or not...

On Safari.

Mickey

Minnie

Goofy

Donald

Chip and Dale

Waiting in line for our first ride...Triceratops Spin!

"It's Tough To Be A Bug" (3D Show)

Watching the parade.

Animal Kingdom was a slow paced, very entertaining way to start our WDW vacation. We saw several shows (Bug's Life/thriller... who know?), got many autographs (pictures as well), rode a few rides (Everest was broken) and a ton of memories. Animal Kingdom... CHECK!

Mickey, Here we come!

Waiting in the Wichita Airport.

My plane partner.

"Look Mommy! There is snow!" Those are clouds, Baby.

The boys side of the plane.

Brachiosaurus in Chicago's O'Hare.

Boys waiting in Chicago.

Girls waiting in Chicago.

Up too early!

On the bus to the resort.

Can you feel the excitement?

Our flight was uneventful and smooth. You could see the anticipation building in everyone's eyes. We got to Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge around dinner time. Jake suggested getting a table at the African buffet restaurant at the Lodge. I wasn't sure if we would get in or not. I took the kids to the playground for about 10 minutes of running around time, when Jake came back with a pager. We got a table for 4:30. Not 5 minutes later it goes off. We gather the kids and walk in. An African woman greets us and asks us our name and where we are from. We are thinking this is weird, but go with it and tell her we are from Wichita, Kansas. She turns and announces to this room full of about 10 families (who made their reservations probably 3 months ago) that we were the family of the night! They had these African drum players playing our walk into the restaurant all the way to the table. We were the first ones there!!! We got this certificate with our name and date on it and everything. What a way to start our vacation!

Snowman Snow!

Today it was warm enough that the snow started to melt. This means that it was wet enough to make snowmen. And we did! Daddy helped Owen and Allie make a big snowman. Then it got knocked over. (I wonder who?) Daddy then helped Allie build a baby snowman. We are going to see how long it will stay. Then Mommy got out some tools and we made a Snow Castle. Now we are cold and wet, but it was well worth the fun!