Cinderella's Royal Table

Thursday was another day at Magic Kingdom. My favorite part was getting to eat at Cinderella's Royal Table for dinner. Ali ate dinner with Nana and Papaw.   The restaurant is in the main castle of Magic Kingdom. Caroline finally got to meet CINDERALLA! It was like meeting a celebrity to her.  Nana bought her the perfect dress for this dinner.  When we arrived Cinderella took pictures with us.  She even talked to Caroline for about 5 minutes.

Caroline could not stop smiling! After our appetizer they announced that other princesses were coming through.

Snow white

Princess Aurora

The only question Caroline asked Aurora was "where is prince Phillip?" Nice Caroline....

Ariel 

And Jasmine

Caroline loved every minute of this.

After dinner we took Caroline on her favorite rides again.  We rode the carousel, Dumbo and Small World again 

We also stayed for the parade and the fireworks.

A few Pictures from Earlier in the day:

Meeting under the sea Ariel

Meeting Belle

Riding Cars with Papaw

My cousin Austin is one the Characters at Disney.  He plays different ones but the main ones he plays are Woody, The Genie and Goofy. Caroline got special attention from Woody during the Move it, Shake it parade.  Caroline dancing with Woody.

So glad I got to see him.

Animal Kingdom

Wednesday was the one and only day we got up early for a park.  All the books and blogs said to do the safari first at Animal Kingdom.  Apparently everyone read the same thing I did because it was already crowded by the time we made it back to the line. The safari was neat seeing all the animals. Ali had breakfast during the middle of the ride and she was content just hanging out in the bjorn. 

After the Safari we went over to Dinoland.  Caroline, Ali and I played in the playground while Nana, Papaw and Chris rode the Dinosaur ride.

This picture was taken when the giant TRex pops out. Everyone is screaming except the 3 people in the back row.  They clearly do not scare easily. I laughed so hard at Chris's half smile.

It was really hot inside the park.  It felt like 180 degrees because of all the plants and trees so we decided to eat a little early at the Rain Forest cafe.  

Caroline got to eat dirt and worms {pudding and gummy worms}

This is the only picture I got of the front of the park.  In the afternoon everyone got a nap.  It was awesome!

Caroline and I swam everyday.  The glasses helped her put her face in the water but mainly they made her look adorable. This pool was really fun.  We played in the kids area the most.  It had a giant sand pile in the middle. There was a lazy river in another area and  a giant slide that Caroline did all by herself.  We also found ourselves in the middle of a volleyball game.  The giant beach ball came right at us so I told Caroline to put her arms up as we bumped the ball over the net. She is a fish.

Wednesday night was Downtown Disney. Ali and I sat this trip out but Chris said everyone had a great time.

Caroline wanted to meet Cinderella soooooooo bad.

Lego Land

9 year old Chris would have spent his life savings in this store.

Magic Kingdom

We went to Magic Kingdom on Tuesday.  Seeing Disney through the eyes of a 3 year old is magical! Every ride, character, site was amazing to her.  I loved it!

We rode every ride in fantasy land.  The only ride that Caroline didn't really enjoy was the Little Mermaid.  She really likes this movie but she thought Ursula was going to jump out.  Chris had to tell her "Ursula is scared of Daddy"  and as soon as Ursula did show up he told her "Shoooo Ursula!" This helped calm her down and laugh. 

Ali slept through Peter Pan.  We had a Fast pass for this ride because Amy told us it was a good idea to get it.  Thank goodness we did because it was an 80 minute wait for people that didn't have fast passes for this 2 minute ride.

Winnie the Pooh ride

Something funny: We saw Jasmine in Adventure land signing autographs.  I asked Caroline what she wanted to tell Jasmine she said "I'm going to tell her I'm wearing Rapunzel panties" 

For lunch we ate at Be our Guest with Belle and the Beast. For a snack Nana got Caroline a Mickey Mouse ice cream.

Ali sitting in Dumbo.  Caroline really liked this ride.  She liked all the outdoor rides and It's a Small World.  

Ali loving life

Nana got us these silhouettes for Chris and I. It's my favorite souvenir.

Papaw and Ali

"Hi Minnie, Hi!"

What a fun day!

Epcot

Chris earned a trip to Disney World through StateFarm.  We left last Sunday to the happiest place on earth. Chris invited his parents which made the trip so much more fun! Nana and Papaw helped so much with Ali and Caroline. 

The first day we went to Epcot.  Caroline loved Finding Nemo when when she was 1.  She used to call it "ish" when she wanted to watch it.  We explored all the Living with the Seas with Nemo ride and Turtle talk with Crush.  We even got to eat at the Coral Reef restaurant with one whole wall being a  fish tank.  We saw fish, sting rays and even a few sharks swim by.  

Riding Finding Nemo.  

 Ali slept int he stroller with Nana and Papaw while Chris and I took Caroline in the Epcot ball.

Chris locating our stroller.  We decided to rent a double stroller from a company in Orlando.  

After lunch everyday we took the kids back to the hotel to nap and then swim. On Monday afternoon we walked over to Disney Broad walk to eat. 

Eating Lemons with Papaw

While we were walking around there were little birds everywhere eating all the crumbs.  When they came close to Caroline she would say "shooo" and run after them birds.  It was really entraining watching her run around.

Ali loved watching her sister! 

Monday night Nana and Papaw stayed with the girls while Chris and I went to Magic Kingdom to ride some of the bigger rides.