Our Magical Vacation

We decided it was finally time to take the girls to Disney. Nate happened to have a few vacation days left that he had to use before Christmas break and we did not know when the next time that would happen. The beginning of December is a wonderful time to venture to Disney. The crowds are lighter, the weather is perfect and everything is decorated so gorgeous for Christmas. We rarely had to wait in line for a ride. At the last minute we found some reasonably priced airplane tickets and decided to fly. I am so glad we did because we were exhausted at the end of the trip.

These two girls were super excited to get on the plane!

"When are we going to get there?" I only heard this 1000x on the two hour flight!

First of many Mickey Mouse ice creams!

The girls loved our towel animals/figures every night.

First stop...Animal Kingdom.
On the Kilimajaro Safari which was awesome.

Sydney and Savannah really wanted tattoos. They were suppose to last 2-3 days. Somehow Savannah still has her very large tattoo of all the fairies....8 days later.

Sydney and Daddy with Minnie Mouse. Sydney was very shy around all the characters.

Savannah..on the other hand...LOVED everyone. It looks like Minnie is pointing at Savannah's belly but she is really pointing at her "Happy Birthday" sticker.

Walking into "A Bugs Life". We lasted about 3 minutes before the twins were screaming because of the bugs. Not recommended for young children.

Obviously M and I were very excited about our new shades.

Kali River Rapids.
We all rode it one time and the girls liked it but not enough to stay on and do it again. So glad we got off because Nate and Mercedes got soaked the second time.

Headed to dinner

Passed out. Naps in strollers were frequent on this trip.

Breakfast at Chef Mickeys. Loved it. Characters were great and spent a lot of time with the girls.

Savannah with Minnie.

Pluto was the best. Spent lots of time with the girls. Even Sydney warmed up to him.

Magic Kingdom. Walked right up to Minnie and Mickey.

Next stop....the Princesses!

Its a Small World was a favorite!

Winnie the Pooh

We have a similar picture from 2007 when we took Mercedes. Oh how things have changed!

Buzz Ride

We all wanted to stay in the castle forever.

One of my favorite moments...Savannah was passed out. We tried and tried to wake her up especially since she l-o-v-e-s Jessie. So we got Jessie to hold her so we could get a picture. Savannah loves to look at this picture.

Next stop...Hollywood Studios
The Toy Story ride is amazing here. We only got to ride it once because all the fastpasses were GONE by 10am (thankfully we got one before this). It was the only ride we had to wait for the entire trip.

We love some June around here...I think its because she is a ballerina.

Back to the Magic Kingdom for the Christmas party.

We literally rode the tea cups 20 times. The girls loved it.

The castle was beautiful in Christmas lights.

Alice was talking to the girls. Their mouths were open in shock for about 5 minutes!

One of the dwarfs shaking Savannah's hand. She loved it.

The parade was amazing!
Highly recommend any parade or show at Magic Kingdom.

Headed home :(
We took over 500 photos and I am sure I am leaving lots out!
No worries I am already planning our next trip. (insert Nate rolling his eyes!)

We had so much fun and made some wonderful memories. I'm not going to lie. There were times when the trip was not so "magical". Since we were only there 3 full days I felt like we were running the whole time which is not always pleasant with 3 kids. But we learned a lot and I think our next trip will be even better! I think the sweetest part was our first night at home and Sydney asked if we could go back to Disney but added in that we could not leave Graham home again.

Our sweet friends, the Hollands, took care of Graham while we were gone. Leaving him was honestly one of the hardest things I have ever done as a parent. The only reason I got by was because I knew he was being super spoiled by Katie, Matt and Lele. It is an awesome feeling knowing that you have such amazing friends that love your children so much.
We can not even begin to thank Katie and Matt enough for taking such good care of our little man.

Another Katie I have to thank is the Katie that helped me plan our trip. Katie Smith knows everything Disney and she took so much planning stress out for me. If you are planning a trip you must talk to her before you go.