Disney World! Day 4-7

Day 4

On day 4 we headed over to Hollywood Studios for my sisters 20th birthday! I always have to remember to call it "Hollywood Studios". Back in the day it was called MGM and that's what I'm used to calling it. Anyway, its my favorite park (next to Magic Kingdom of course). Here is Hannah's first OOTD (outfit of the day)

For dinner we went to Prime Time Cafe! We go there EVERY SINGLE TIME we go to Disney! It is a MUST! The "original 4" (me, my sis, mom and dad) always have taken our picture sitting at the classic tables in the restaurant. The past 2 trips we added a new girl...can you guess who that might be ha!

Day 5

We had a rainy but fun-filled day at Epcot. I have grown to really love Epcot over the years. As a child I HATED it, but as the years go by (and as the park has improved) I always look forward to going back.Here is Epcot's OOTD...

One of the new things I discovered in Epcot that I never knew before was the "Character Spot". Its at the front of the park and there you can meet Mickey, Minnie,Pluto, Goofy and Donald. Hannah was LOVING this and it is now a "must see" on our list from now on!

Day 6

We switched it up again on day 6 and went to Islands of Adventure. I am not too fond of any "non-Disney" parks and I was very hesitant about this one. To my surprise we had a BLAST and IOA has some of the best rides I've ever been on! The new Harry Potter ride is absolutely the BEST! Another thing I loved about it was the Dr. Seuss land that they have for the kids. I knew that they had a section completely devoted to Dr. Seuss and that's what inspired Han's OOTD...

She had such a great time in that section of the park and the best part was that no one was in that section of the park so all the little rides had NO WAIT!

Day 7

Our last day had to be spent at Magic Kingdom. but first we had a Character Breakfast at the Grand Floridian.

We always try to start and end all of our trips in Magic Kingdom. I had bought everyone matching Mickey shirts with the names that Hannah calls everyone on them to wear on our last day.

All of a sudden it had gotten really cold and it made everyone a tad bit cranky but it still didn't stop us from making the best out of our last day.

That night we tried out a Dessert buffet at the Terrace restaurant. It overlooked the whole park and gave us the perfect view for the fireworks that night. The dessert buffet was AMAZING! Unfortunately Han CRASHED OUT before the fireworks started and right after we took this pic...

Can you tell she was tired!!??? We had yet another MAGICAL Disney vacation. It really hit me this year how fast time really does fly by. Ive been to Disney 11 times and each time is so different from one another. This trip my sister leaned over at one point and asked me "don't you wish we were little girls again?" and my answer was "No". Its not that I don't look back and think of those memories with happiness and nostalgia. I am glad to be MAKING memories here and now with my own little girl. The last day when we were all in the van going to Magic Kingdom I made a conscious effort to take a mental picture of what was happening. We would never again be sitting in those same seats at that same stage in our lives. We will go back many many times but it will never be the same as it is now. Life always moves on. I'm sure every time we take our Disney trip we will say "That was the BEST" But I love what my dad always says..."My favorite trip is the one we will take next year"!

We went to DISNEY (again)!!!! Day 1-3

We just got back from Disney World today! It was a MARVELOUS 8 (that's EIGHT) days!!!!! We just went this past February but only stayed for 5 days. Last year people could not believe we were taking our one year old to Disney but we brushed off those negative Nancy's and took her anyway and boy were we PLEASANTLY pleased! She did great and we had a blast! We had so much fun that we decided to go back and so we did, now with an (almost) 2 year old. I have to say that I didn't think it was possible to top last year but.... we did! Hannah was so well behaved and the best part was that she knew exactly what was going on. She is in a Princess obsession now and seeing all the Princesses was so much fun. She also LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so it was great to see her recognize every character everywhere we went. The first day that we were there we headed straight of the plane to Magic Kingdom! Here are a few pics of the day...

We stopped and met up with Princess Tiana around 3. Tiana is one of Han's favorites! She loves her because she "cooks in da kitchen" and that's Hannah's favorite thing to do.

For dinner, we ate at The Crystal Palace (our all time FAV). Its a character buffet and Pooh and all his friends come around to your table and visit with you. The food is great as well.

Right after dinner we had a costume change (into her Alice dress) and watched the parade...

The next day was Animal Kingdom day! I tried to coordinate Hannah's outfits based on which park we were going to. Here was her first Animal Kingdom outfit...

We were a little bit hesitant of Animal Kingdom this year because Han has developed a horrible fear of bugs. I was convinced we were not going to be doing the "bugs life" 3D show but we gave it a try and she passed with flying colors. Here are some more pics from day 2...

After the park closed we headed over to the Contemporary and had dinner at Chef Mickey's. It was the BEST buffet of the trip (and the most expensive ha!)

Day 3 of our trip we decided to mix it up and go to Universal Studios! I hadn't been in almost 10 years so it was exciting to go back. The thing we were most excited to go back and see were the Back to the future ride and King Kong ride.Well it turns out that they both are no more :(

The highlight of the day was seeing Barney and his friends in the Barney section of the park.

It was a FABULOUS first 3 days! Next up.... Day 4-8! 

Christmas time!

We has a FABULOUS but ohhh too quick Christmas season. We tried to pack in everything we could but it still crept up on me and before I knew it...it was over. Why is it that when you are a child Christmas cant come fast enough but as an adult you want it to slow down and wait? Here are some pics that we took this month...



Cinderella does Halloween!

This Halloween was SUPER fun because Hannah actually knew what was going on. She would say "Happy ween" and "Tick or Teet" all day long. She knew that the day had come to put her "cotume" (costume) on and she was going to be Cinderella! I was so excited for her to be Cinderella this year. Last year she was an "Angel" and she really didn't have any specific interests so I just went with something generic. This year she is really into princesses and especially Cinderella so that's what we did!

I found her costume on etsy and I thought it was super cute! I really didn't wand to just get her costume at the Disney store because I feel like all of their costumes are cheesy looking with waaaayyyyy too much glitter lol! So when I found this I thought it looked PERFECT!
Halloween night we decided to go to the Fall Festival at our church. Hannah had so much fun playing in the bouncy castles and the rides they had there. My mom and dad showed up as well.

We had a great time! I cant believe that this is how little she was as my little Angel last year...

What a difference a year makes!