More of our Disney trip

Oh my....I think I was way more excited than the kids to see that castle and walk down Main Street USA. This was taken at the beginning of our 1st day in the Magic Kingdom. We ended up doing alot of Fantasyland and all of Liberty Square and Frontierland that day. Some memories of our 1st day include 2 times on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for all of us, 2 girls in tears during the entire Haunted Mansion, following our guide, Anna, down all the paths on Tom Sawyer's Island, watching a very hokey Country Bear Jamboree, the kids LOVING the Hall of Presidents (!?! What??), and of course, Peter Pan's Flight and Small World...oh and tons of giggling during the 3-D movie, Mickey's Philharmagic. Last time we were there they all cried so this was a huge improvement!

All ready for bed after a great day!

1st day in Epcot!! We were suprised how much they loved this park!! Some of our favorite things that day were Nemo's ride, Soarin', and exploring 1/2 of the World Showcase....highlight was United Kingdom and France where we kept on spotting characters with little or no line to see them!

Check one entry down for the 1st of the Disney entries....I will be posting another entry in a few days. :)

Our Disney Trip!!!!!

Well, after MANY hours spent looking forward to and planning our Disney vacation, we are home safe and sound and really missing being back there. We had SO much fun together!! The weather mostly cooperated...a little rain here and there and cool at the end but the beginning of the week was warm and sunny. We started our trip at Animal Kingdom and then headed to Chef Mickey's for a Character Dinner buffet. Here are a few pictures from that night. I will post more but had to get Minnie and Mickey on the first page! Ethan totally stuffed himself at this buffet. Claire and Anna were too into seeing the characters to care much about eating.

We were encouraged when making our reservations for the week to be "celebrating"something. So because the closest thing to celebrate was our anniversary we decided to celebrate that. We got lots of extra perks because of it! Here is our special anniversary dessert at Chef Mickey's. 2 chocolate cupcakes on a Mickey shaped plate with LOTS of sprinkles everywhere...much to Claire's delight.

This dessert was SOOOO cute I just had to take a picture of it. It's a tiny Mickey shaped blob of chocolate on top of an oreo cookie. You can imagine how excited Joel was to have to be in this picture too. :)

Trust me...many more pics will follow...keep checking back!!!

Sorry, Mom!!!!

Sunday afternoon Joel and I took Louie for a walk and left all three kids at home for a short time...playing, reading etc. We told them that when we got back we'd have to do a little cleaning b/c we were having some friends over later that night. When we got home we walked in to see Claire scrubbing away at the kitchen table with many huge drops of water on the floor leading over there. :) She was so proud of herself! Anna was scrubbing the heck out of the already clean sink with her sleeves all rolled up. Then they told me the bathroom was already clean too.....1st sign of trouble. Bathroom mirror was totally in a haze....Anna had used the tub and tile cleaner on that. The sink was all set and then I noticed a rag by the toilet and the toilet bowl cleaner on the counter. I nicely asked her if she had cleaned the toilet and with what. She replied, "I cleaned the toilet with that white brush!" "What white brush? The one under the counter in here?" I said, hoping for the best. "No, the one we use in the kitchen sink!" she replied. Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
Needless to say, we have replaced that brush but thank you, Anna, for your sweet thoughtfulness. What 7 yr old would willingly clean the toilet for her mom? :)