Surprise!

We decided to go to Dutch Wonderland for a few hours Tuesday night. You thought we were going to the mall.... and when you saw Dutch Wonderland I said "surprise!" and you got upset and said "Don't say surprise!" but we had a good time anyway! I was sad because you were finally ready to go on the frog ride- but they said you weren't tall enough yet. Maybe next time??

First Day of School 2013

Going back to work is so hard because it means I don't get to spend so much of my time with you!

 

Olivia's First Day of School: Wednesday August, 14, 2013

Walt Disney World 2013!

Day 1: Disney Hollywood Studios

What a great way to start our vacation! The weather was good and the rain held off. You loved the Disney Junior Live! on Stage. I think that was your favorite part of the day. You sure loved meeting the characters. We rode Toy Story Mania- which happened to be a little rough but you liked seeing the characters. You did NOT enjoy the Great Movie Ride however. Bad mommy moment of the year for me. You were holding your ears and screaming during the first part of it, which was a gun fight. Luckily we managed to keep your eyes of the alien coming out of the ceiling later on in the ride. We heading back to the hotel and got some sleep. Some I say because you didn't fall asleep until after 11.....


Day 2: Magic Kingdom

My favorite place in the world. I'm so happy we got to spend so much time here! 

Here you are in from of Cinderella's castle. You pointed it out each and every time you saw it. 

It was really special.

We got to eat lunch at "Be Our Guest" which is new. It wasn't here when we came in the fall of 2012. Dumbo was your favorite ride- as I'm sure you will be able to tell from the amount of pictures over the course of the trip. We rode it at least 6 times.....

This meeting between you and Merida is one of my favorite moments of the entire trip. It was truly that amazing. You ran into her arms and gave her such a sweet hug. She even gave you a lipstick kiss of the cheek. She even cheered for you when you shot a bow and arrow. Love this.

We finished the day off meeting Tinkerbell, Cinderella and Rapunzel! This totally made your day complete!

Day 3: Magic Kingdom

We started off the morning by having breakfast at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort. You got to meet Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto! You were a little hesitant about Goofy, at first.... but you warmed up to him!

Another one of my favorite trip moments was seeing you play "Chip" in Belle's Enchanted Tales. It was a great moment and you did so well up there on your own!

This is my favorite picture of the entire trip! I love how I don't even need any words to describe it. I love the joy and this single picture sums up the entire trip.

We were going to stay for the parade the previous night but the rain and intense lightning ruin that for us. BUUUUUT we got watch it that night. You were really into the parade but we had to leave for the fireworks. I guess the 4th of July wasn't just a one-night-really-exhausted-thing afterall.

Day 4: Downtown Disney and Magic Kingdom

This morning was a break from the parks. We went to Downtown Disney to shop and have lunch. We ate at the T-Rex Cafe too! You got to pick out some neat Disney things for your Mr/Mrs Potato Head.

We rode Dumbo again this afternoon. Mommy got to try her Lefou's Brew! (you did too of course!) It was sooooo good!

Today you got to meet Daisy, Minnie, Goofy and Donald in the Storybook Circus! We also (FINALLY) got to meet Jasmine and Aladdin today as well- we had been trying all week! And we found Tiana and Prince Naveen! That was a really cute meeting as well. They loved you!

To end the night we rode- what else?- Dumbo again! It was really cool to be able to ride it at night!

Day 5: EPCOT

EPCOT had some great moments. During our lunch at Akershus, Belle said you were the cutest kid she's seen- and she's seen a lot. She even left a lipstick kiss on your cheek! Later, Snow White left a lipstick kiss on your forehead! You were covered in lipstick! You also got to give hugs to Ariel, Cinderella and Aurora. We met Mulan in China, Alice in the United Kingdom and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger there too! Funniest story of the trip: while in Spaceship Earth ride (aka the big ball) before we knew what happened, you picked "FRENCH" as our language. So we got to listen to the entire ride in french, which was great because we also got stuck on the ride for 15 minutes!

Day 6: Animal Kingdom

We started the Animal Kingdom at the Donald's Safari at the Tusker House. Daddy also wore thie Cheshire Cat Mickey ears today. We saw lots of animals! The giraffe was really close to us on our safari ride. We got to meet Rafiki and Pocahontas! The petting zoo was a bit of a bust since it was SO hot and the animals were all hiding where it was a tad bit cooler.

Day 7: Magic Kingdom

To complete our fantasy week at Disney World we had to go back to the Magic Kingdom one last time!

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Today was a day for all of our favorites. We did Belle's Enchanted Tales again, Dumbo, Tea Cups, Peter Pan, Small World, Magic Carpets, the Jungle Cruise, and Winnie the Pooh! Mommy and daddy got to see the daytime parade- but you missed it because it was nap time in the stroller time. You got to meet Gaston, Woody and Jessie! What was the final thing we needed to do before heading home? Meet the original Mickey of course!

         

See you real soon, Mickey! 

Disney, Here we come!

The day before we left you got mail from your Fairy Godmother! You were so happy and LOVED getting the Minnie Mouse postcard!

The morning of our trip we had Mickey pancakes (which you confusingly call cupcakes at times) and couldn't believe it was time for our trip already!

We went to Baltimore to see Aunt Kara and Uncle Alex's new place and had dinner with them. Then we headed down the rest of the way to Washington DC. We stayed at the Crystal City Holiday Inn since our flight out was really early! 7am!

Here we are, ready for take off! We can't wait to get there!

Family Movie Night: Tangled

Our LAST Disney family movie night before our trip was Tangled (aka Rapunzel) which happens to be your favorite movie. (at the present day in time anyway...)

We had our long Rapunzel hair and were SUPPOSED to have angel HAIR pasta BUUUUUUT mommy did not have any when she thought we did so we just had other pasta instead. We made "tower" cupcakes and decorated our own lanterns!

Disney Movie Night: Mulan

Thursday before our trip we had our Mulan movie night. We went out for Chinese after your soccer practice. We decorated fans and finger painted Chinese words!

Disney Movie Night: Snow White

With 5 days left until our Disney trip we had our Snow White movie night. We decorated our princess crowns (or prince crown for daddy) and made Snow WHITE pizza. For dessert we had apples (of course) and a special dip!