The adventures of raising little Hales and surviving the day to day

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Family Vacation Part 2


Tuesday was our trek into the Magic Kingdom.  After an adventure with a confused cashier just to get our tickets for the day, we made it across to Main Street.  We headed thru the castle and over toward Toon Town.


We passed signs along the way telling us about the Fantasyland expansion coming soon.  The kids liked the large paintings of the characters.  While Jadyn posed, Graeme came over to check out the Beast.


We found the White Rabbit outside the Tea Cups.  We then headed over to Toon Town (it will be closing February 12, so it was nice to see it one last time)


While this was Mike's least favorite part of the Disney experience, he played the sweet uncle role and we took Jadyn to see the fairies in Pixie Hollow.  Her favorite fairy was Rosetta.


Tinkerbell was excited to see her little mini pixie.


Vidia made faces and told Jadyn to keep asking us to pick her up a new costume.  We did see a lot more characters throughout the day, but for Mike's sanity we didn't meet any more.


After making it through the fairy experiences, we headed over to the play area for the kids to crawl, slide and get rid of a little bit of energy.  


One of our favorite rides was the Tea Cups.  Graeme and Jadyn had a blast spinning and twirling and waving to Mike.  It was a lot of fun.


Next we headed over to Jadyn's favorite ride, It's a Small World.  Graeme was excited and perhaps a bit nervous to be in the boat.


Liam enjoyed the ride with his daddy.


It was fun riding along with the commentary from the kids.


Liam enjoyed his first trip to Disney.


Jadyn picked out new big girl princess Minnie ears.


The Sword is still in the Stone . . .



Next we headed over to Adventureland and a kid/adult favorite-the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House


The kids liked climbing


I liked the view


After the tree house, we arrived just in time for some pirate lessons from Captain Jack Sparrow



As we made it to Frontierland, the kids were so cute that Donald came over to say "Hi" to them.


Liam's ears 


A brief moment with all 3 kids wearing their ears :-)


A classic photo shot


We got the kids a balloon and some popcorn for the parade (which was free thanks to the wait and craziness with getting our tickets straightened out in the morning)


Waiting for the parade


Graeme thought the balloon weights made a great harmonica


My boys


Parade Time


Jadyn was so excited and cute as she watched the parade, waving to all the characters as they passed us by


Liam played more than watched (especially as a lady stepped right in front of him and blocked him)


The parade finished up and so did our day.  Mike is ready to tackle Disney again…  in a few years.



















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