We got up early...5:30 early! All of us were in one room and this meant Emerson could see me from the crib when she woke. She was not going to roll back over if I was right there. I did get her back to sleep but I think it was about 7:30 when she woke again. Given the day we had, had yesterday from airport to park to hotel we all didn't get to bed until after 12:30 the night before. It had been a long day and here we go with day 2!
Getting ready for the park wasn't too bad. We grabbed a box of donuts from the hotel store and ate them on the way to the bus. Every time we left the hotel we had to get on a "Motor Coach" as they call them. This meant hauling our stuff to the bus depot breaking down the stroller and cramming on a bus. I have now done Disney both ways, stayed out of the park and stayed in the park and I plan to always stay in the park. We got to Magic Kingdom around 10:00 so having been up at 5:30 for me it had already been a long morning. We rode some rides and had our first Character Meal set for lunch at The Crystal Palace.
I love this picture because each child is looking at me and giving me some sort of smile.
After lunch we rode more rides and then found a spot for the parade. At this point Ansley had seen only Snow White of the Disney Princesses and then she came......Cinderella!
Ansley was waving and yelling her name. Cinderella saw her and blew her a kiss. Ansley blew one right back. It was the sweetest thing!
This is Ansley's face right after. Cody said later "it's all fun and games until Cinderella blows your daughter a kiss and you want to cry"! Cody jokes I have no tear ducts and I wanted to cry too! What in the world was going on!!! It's just Disney not her wedding day!
We spent the rest of the day riding rides and caught the fireworks. Amazing! Best fireworks I have ever seen are at Disney!
Ansley and Snow White
We rode Buzz Lightyear so many times.
The Dumbo is a classic ride you can't miss.
I love this picture of the girls on the carousel.
and it rained. Don't worry they weren't under the plastic for too long. :)
It was so humid and hot. No point in doing your hair or make-up. There is a big store I took the girls to in Toon Town to meet the princesses while the boys rode a roller coaster. We needed some time in the AC. It was about 8:30 at night and if you can remember that we have already had a long day and NO NAPS. We are standing in line. I am by myself, wearing Emerson, wearing a backpack, carrying a camera and keeping up with a 2 1/2 year old that had met her limit a long time ago. We stood in line and Ansley starts to fall apart. Ansley got a crash coarse in "line standing" and "waiting your turn" on this trip. They called us back with two other families. Ansley straightens up quick because princesses don't cry and they aren't around criers either. :)
So the first thing she says to Cinderella is not "you are so pretty, I love your dress etc...but a very excited "I pooped in the potty"! I wanted to leave the room. Cinderella was such a good sport. She told Ansley they were working with Jack on that back at the castle.
So now we had met 3 princesses in one swoop and each girl had, had their picture taken. It's time for us to go right?!...Oh no! Ansley goes back to Cinderella and before I know it we are the only guests back there with 3 princesses all out of their little coves they sat in, 3 photographers taking pictures,someone manning the door and a baby crawling loose. These princesses were so sweet with my girls! I was the only one that seemed to care that a line was waiting outside.
What is that in your hair? Where did you get that?
Can you dance? Can you twirl? etc...
This was one of those experiences that made the day so worth it. Ansley has this special gift of enter-acting with everyone and anyone she meets. She can strike up a conversation with anyone and she will make you in a sweet way stay in her conversation. I could do a whole scrap book on the chats she had with strangers.
Fireworks
We had almost opened the park and now we were going to close it down. We rode some more rides and then during the light parade we made our way to the entrance. I thought we were going to get to see this parade on another night as well so we could sit and watch it but I got messed up on the schedule. Garrett was not happy. I have to put that on the to do list for when we go back.
So now it's like 10:30 at night I think. It has been a loooooong, hot, day full of memories. Got to get some sleep because we have a breakfast in the morning and then it's off to Animal Kingdom.
