Disneyworld day 6

Day 6 we went to Epcot. Kegan had seen the this jumping water the night before and was ready to check it out. Truly dozed off as soon as we got in the park, so we hung out for a while the rest of the crew checked out Figment. After that, it was water time!

wait for it.......

ahhhhhhhh!

that was fun!

whatcha guys doin over there?

U guys are tryin to catch water!?

Oooooh! Yeah, I'm not impressed? I'm hungry!

So, after working up an appetite, we headed to Tepan Edo in Japan. Our waiter made his rendition of the smoking volcano. Very Disney cool!

We heard a rumor that Princess Aurora hung out in nearby France, so we quickly found her and Kegan was having a hard time waiting her turn.

just when she thought her turn would never come....

Look Aurora, my dress matches yours!

The two princesses

next was Great Britan and Mary Poppins

Kegan was so sweet with Mary Poppins. Before we left she made sure to inform Mary that her umbrella was just like hers at home.

Disneyworld days 3, 4, and 5

Day 3 started off early with a breakfast at 1900 Fair in the Grand Floridian hotel. They had this really cool life-sized gingerbread house being built in the lobby. We celebrated Truly's birthday at this breakfast. Both she and Kegan were thrilled about all the characters....that was until the big furry ones tried to touch them. But they sure were great to admire from afar.

Alice was one of the first characters at our table. Kegan really liked her, but then kind of insulted her by answering one of her questions with "can you send Mary Poppins over". The look on Alice's faced was kind of priceless. I wonder if they really get paid enough to put up with stuff like that. After the akwardness settled she told Kegan she would have to wait for the wind to change.

Ummmmm, birthday Mickey cupcake!

If I keep ignoring him he'll just walk away and leave my chocolate Mickey alone.

Apparently seeing Tigger for the first time was Truly jawdropping......kind of punny!

Isn't Mary just beautiful!

Day 4 was Animal Kingdom. Since Kegan patiently waitied while the big kids all went on Expedition Everest, we let her get her face painted.

see how cute she looked!

But that didn't make Jennifer the happiest, because then Ava was next.

Oh, and then there was Evan too. The girls both had most of their paint smeared and off within 3 hours.....except for the yellow in Kegan's eyebrows. It lasted for 2 days!?

This day we finally had it figured out and let the girls get a nap. Mom and Dad were kind enough to watch Truly that night so we could head out to Epcot to meet the Pepper's and this was Kegan and Ava getting their techno on while waiting on the Illuminations fireworks to start.

Day 5 we made sure the girls got their naps in because we went see the Fantasmic show that night.....which was fantastic! Both girls had a blast. Becuase of their good naps, we rushed over to the Magic Kingdom to see the fireworks, then stayed late for the magic hours. It was great. Truly passed out in the stroller and Kegan got to ride everything she wanted to. She was so excited and full of energy. It was so much fun!

Um, Kegan did you realize there is a big frog behind us....gross!

Ava modeling the great princess ears Nana bought for her and Kegan. I ended up wearing Kegan's for most of the day.

I wanna ride the horsey! Was the first thing Kegan said when we got back to Magic Kingdom that night.

Then she was off to ride "Gumbo" aka Dumbo with Mommy. You can take pictures on this cool little elephant first.

Truly sadly did not make it this night:(

But we sure had a blast anyway!

As we closed the park down at 11pm, we stopped once again to admire the stunning castle!

Disneyworld 2010 days 1 and 2

Disneyworld is awesome! I don't know who had a better time, us or the kids. I am so glad Madison and I went 3 years ago and did all the adult stuff, because it was so great to devote this whole trip to seeing Disney through the girls' eyes. I wish I knew how to covert our DVD of Kegan's first view of the castle to a format for the blog....it is priceless. 8 days was the perfect length for a first time visit. We had plenty of time to do what we wanted to do and we could squeeze in much needed naps without feeling like we were missing out on anything. Kegan was a bit scared of the fully costumed characters at least when it came time for hugs, but the real-looking people she loved (princesses, Alice, and Mary Poppins). Truly may not have any memories of the trip, but she loved being there. She actually was awake for more parades and fireworks than Kegan. Princess Kegan ready for Disneyworld!

Truly getting hydrated for the big-long day

Ava showing Kegan all about Skymall

the well-hydrated Truly is conserving her energy for Disney

last-minute review of Disney movies to maximize the Disneyworld experience

Ahhh, made it to Orlando, now for the bus ride to our hotel

1st order of buisness, get to the castle. This was us trying to settle Kegan enough for a picture infront of the castle.....impossible. She was so excited!

That night we had dinner at the Hoop De Doo Restaurant. It was a great dinnershow. Jennifer made these awesome "Jessie" outfits for the girls. Sweetest thing was when we met the others at the airport in New Orleans, Kegan and Ava immediately began walking hand in hand. It was so cute. After 3 days together, those feelings kinda faded and the tattling and little diva attitudes began to reign, but they still had plenty of fun too.

That night, we headed back to Magic Kingdom for the Wishes fireworks and the girls were ready...glowsticks in hand.....

then, Kegan fell asleep and missed the whole thing:(

The castle was even more beautiful at night all light up with icicles for Christmas.

The next morning we were out to Epcot for breakfast with the princesses. Our little princesses again all decked out thanks to Nanny Jennifer.

Even Evan had cool tshirts everyday. He was toughing it up with his Mickey pirate shirt since he had to go the the girly breakfast.

I'm so glad they give you time to eat before the princesses come out becuase once Kegan got a glimpse of Snow White...it was all over.

Ava was so sweet with all the characters. She's been to Disney so many times, I think she feels like she is one of them. She just jumps right in with hugs and kisses for everyone. Truly and Kegan, not so much.

Truly managed to even sit long enough for a glamour moment with Cinderella

Ariel was great. They amazingly capture the personalities of all the characters. I think the girls enjoyed talking to her the most.


Sadly, we were so caught up with the princesses, that we almost forgot we were supposed to be celebrating Kegan's birthday. She finally got her cupcake and enjoed eating the Mickey gummies and sprinkles.

after the tummies were all full and everybody princessed out we headed to Nemo and had fun looking at all the cool sea creatures and talking with Crush the turtle

Oh, no Bruce ate everyone!

Truly loved sitting on the ledge by all the tanks. It was like the seat was made just for her. (and yes, I am wearing Kegan's crown. everyday I somehow would end up wearing her hair accessories...crowns, mickeyears, bows and hairbands. i remember begging my mom to cut my hair so I didn't have to wear bows and barettes anymore, hope she never does that to me. I love those blonde curls)

I don't know what Ava told Kegan for this one, but Daisy is the only character Kegan let get close enough to her for a picture. She was kinda scared on this one, but settled down for some reason on this one?