Monday, December 30, 2013

Disney Day 4 - Magic Kingdom {part 2}

Our last day was spent as a return visit to Magic Kingdom.

I tried to get a cute picture of the girls in their matching princess outfits. You see the results...



Magic Carpet ride...





Tinkerbell...


...and one of her fairy friends, Periwinkle...


Belle...

Trying on more hats that we did not purchase...


Poor Brielle had to wear the poodle leash, but she thought it was great fun to walk with her sissy.


This was a close as we could get Kendall to Splash Mountain (even though we offered her a poncho).  She and Brielle watched about twenty rides come down.



Waiting on the afternoon Dreams Come True parade.


Brielle was so excited when it started!



She actually thought about making friends with a Disney character (after having punched Minnie in the nose on day one.)

Aaaand on second thought...




the tea cups...


Mommy tricked convinced Kendall to ride the Goofy Barnstormer kiddie roller coaster.  That's Mommy's arm waiving to Daddy from the middle car.  Kendall was mad as a hornet for about fifteen minutes afterward.  But Mommy still won!!


Rapunzel's tower...




Mommy was super excited for our dinner reservations at Be Our Guest at Beast's Castle.  And it did not disappoint!! Kendall got to hold the candles as we were led in to our table.


Glass only dishes made us all a little nervous with Brielle, but she did great!

The dining room looked just like the ballroom Beast and Belle danced in in the movie.





Back at our hotel lobby.  I'm not sure what's up with Kendall's pose in the pictures.




Outside our hotel building which was in the Little Mermaid wing.


Mommy Thinking the Trip Is All Worth It - lost track by now

 Daddy Thinking the Trip Is All Worth It ($$) - yep!  Daddy was sold!
Well, not on the money part, but on the memories for sure!!

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Disney Day 3 - Chef Mickey

After Animal Kingdom we headed over to the Contemporary Resort for dinner at Chef Mickey.

Kendall was all about meeting Mickey and his friends.



Brielle on the other hand, notsomuch.


Even Goofy couldn't get a smile from her.


But Kendall had a special gift for Mickey.  She gave him the jingle bell she had received from a group of carolers outside the restaurant. Goofy was way impressed.




Oh, and the food was good, too.

Disney Day 3 ~ Animal Kingdom

Day three was one of Mommy's favorite days.  Maybe because it was day three, the adults are exhausted (the kids are too but they'd never admit to it), and Animal Kingdom seems to have a calmer, more serene atmosphere.

As usual, we met more Disney friends...
 






And since Disney is proud of their merchandise, we settled for some pictures instead of buying everything we saw that was cute.


The safari ride was fabulous.





Mommy and Kendall tried on ears until the vendor lady gave us the evil eye since we weren't buying anything.




Brielle loved the Dino ride.
 
 
Photo opp in front of the tree of life.

A huge Christmas tree was in front at the entrance.


Mickey's Jingle Jungle parade was so fun!









Another fabulous day!

Mommy Thinking the Trip Is All Worth It - 2...3...4
Daddy Thinking the Trip Is All Worth It ($$) - 0.5

Come on, Daddy, think of all the money I saved not buying all the overpriced souvenirs!!