catching up a bit

A couple last pics from Disney.

The BEST Hiding Spot Ever!

We're having the summer of planes, trains and automobiles. We've been from one coast to the other, south to Florida and north to Chicago. We're tired.
And there's still that small matter of packing and moving. Oh, and finding a new house, too. Trying. Not. To. Panic. (insert sounds of hyperventilating here).

I'll be in the armoire with the m&ms if anybody needs me.

More Disney

Ok - I realize this is the equivalent of forcing people to watch a slide show of vacation photos, so I apologize! I think I took about 500 photos on our trip. Thank goodness for digital.

- Day 4 - 

Magic Kingdom

For dinner, we took a boat from the Magic Kingdom to the Disney Camp Grounds for the Whoop-De-Doo Review dinner show. It was really, really fun. Eight thumbs up.

- Day 5 - 

Magic Kingdom

(Photo taken by request)

This is the Magic Kingdom Fire Marshall. He was teasing Avery about boyfriends and she turned ten shades of red. Then he gave her some stickers and all was forgiven.

Avery getting authentic (?) African face paint design at our hotel.

We went to Downtown Disney for dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant. Ehhh.  Would definitely skip that whole area next time.

Disney World!!

Even though our plate is completely full right now with the move, we really wanted to whisk the girls away for a vacation. What better place than Disney, right? It was really hard keeping it a secret from Avery, but it was well worth the effort (see previous post for video of surprise). They were SO excited and happy. What more could a parent ask for?

On our way...

Louisa is listening to her new Disney Princess "i-pod". It played just four songs and the head phones were only for show (they didn't even reach over her ears!), but she was thrilled.

Our very first stop was Norway at Epcot for dinner with the Princesses

Louisa begging for a kiss from Snow White

No one can resist Lulu

Of course, we had to make a quick pit stop in China

- DAY 2 -

Disney Studios

The next day we headed to Disney Studios where they were having a big Star Wars Celebration

Avery has recently become fascinated with Star Wars so she was excited to see all the characters from the movies. It was PACKED and really hot, so....

we bagged it and went back to the hotel to swim.

The pool was absolutely huge. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and I can't say enough good things about it. We all really enjoyed it and would definitely stay there again.

- Day 3 - 

Animal Kingdom

Tracee - this one is for you. These bats were bigger than Annie!

Yes, our child is barefoot.  

The Best Surprise EVER!

Watch it here...

Water Works

It doesn't take much to make kids happy, does it?