DISNEY - Day 3

After breakfast we spent the half the day at Magic Kingdom. Some of our favorites things were:

Splash Mountain!

7 Dwarfs Mine Train - Again!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

 We ate lunch inside the Beast's castle.

We were on our way out when we noticed that the parade was beginning. We didn't have a great spot, so the kiddos went on our shoulders. I was HOT and tired, but to hear the excitement  from above my shoulders made it all worth it. Lily absolutely LOVED this parade!

After the parade we rode the monorail to Epcot.

They loved visiting all the countries, especially France!!

Meeting Mulan

We moved at a much slower pace at Epcot and took a little time to relax, 

Brooks even got to watch the Gamecocks play (although this wasn't very relaxing for him).

After Epcot we spent a little time at the pool, the girls loved the slide! Then we headed back to Magic Kingdom for a few hours. Lily fell asleep on the way and slept through it all!!

Grace loved riding Space Mountain two more times.

She also loved the extra attention and alone 

time with mommy and daddy.

Sleeping Beauty

Before we left for home we made a few more pressed pennies...

The girls started collecting/trading pins on this 

trip thanks to a nice man that gave them a huge handful for free.

Love this kid!

Goodbye for now Disney, thanks for the memories!!!

Cinderella's Royal Table

We had to wake the girls up about 8:00 on our last day to make it to breakfast at Cinderella's castle. Lily (who is normally not a morning person) was the easiest to wake up and motivate (If only she could wear a princess dress and crown to school every day!). It was fun to be able to go into Magic Kingdom before it officially opened and be able to take some pictures without the big crowds in the background.

Love the Magic Shots

She was so excited to be inside the castle!

Our table was the first stop 

for each princess, royal treatment!

Love this smile!

When you wish upon a star...

Love her sweet voice!

My Silly Girl

DISNEY - Day 2

We woke up and started the day at Hollywood Studios. The girls enjoyed the shows  (Frozen sing along, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, & Beauty and Beast) and meeting some more characters. They loved playing on the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground which I remember thinking was so cool as a kid too! 

They loved meeting Goofy and watching 

him sign their autograph books on top of my head!

Love all the family pics we were able to get with Memory Maker!

After a fun day we went back to the hotel for some very little down time and 

then went up to Chef Mickey for dinner which was located in our hotel.

The girls loved the food here (all you can eat buffet), Grace especially liked all the dessert options! 

They had a blast meeting Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy (again) and Pluto!!

I told Lily that this would be the one dinner she could bring her baby to (They wanted to bring babies/American girls everywhere, but I just didn't want to have to keep up with all that). She absolutely LOVED having her baby with us! She fed her food and just about died when Minnie stole her baby from her and kissed and rocked her. 

Such a good mama!

After dinner we went back to room to get dressed for Mickey's Not-So-Scary-Halloween Party! 

When I planned all this, I was a little nervous that the girls would be ready for bed at this point, but their adrenaline kept them going! I mean who wouldn't have the energy to go trick-or-treating at Disney World???  (they did get wheeled around in the stroller most of the night)

We were lucky to meet Elsa and Anna on this night (the wait was 

only 20 minutes rather than the normal 70 minutes on a typical day)!

Lily was SO excited to meet the real Elsa!

We LOVED the Spooky Parade!!

Their favorite rides of the night were the Barnstormer roller 

coaster where we ran into Ava from Grace's class last year...

and Space Mountain! We had to do lots of convincing to get Grace to ride it. She ended up loving it (more than Brooks) and rode it a second time with me. (We almost snuck Lily on, but she took off her Elsa heels when the lady measured her)

Yes, it was a FUN and EXHAUSTING day...