Mouse Ears and Pixie Dust

As I am writing this I am looking out my window at the snow falling on the grass trying to remember what the 80* days felt like last week! Although this is my favorite time of year, last week was a treat of beautiful weather. So here we go....

Saturday - the plane flight went well - I give it a 9 overall. Peyton fell asleep on takeoff, Parker and Preston were very entertaining until the last 20 minutes when Preston got cranked up and Helena watched Mulan on DVD.

When we got the the resort around 3:00 my parents were waiting for us so they could watch the look on every ones face as we walked in the lobby area....That evening we just grabbed a bite to eat and headed to the pool. The kids love the water and it was a nice, refreshing time after the flight.

***The best part, from our room, you could see Cinderella's Castle and the fireworks every night - Pretty cool!!

Sunday - This was Jason's Dad's 60th birthday. We got up and went to the Magic Kingdom and the look on Helena's face when we went in was priceless - I couldn't stop smiling. We got a few autographs and headed to my favorite rides - Peter Pan's Flight and Snow Whites Adventure! The boys were able to get on almost all of the rides with us which was great! After more rides and lunch we headed back for a nap to prepare for the evening's festivities.

To celebrate we took the Peter Pan Firework Cruise. After a reception with Capt. Hook and Mr. Smee we headed out for a boat ride on the Lagoon to see the fireworks. It was so nice, when we returned to shore Peter Pan was waiting for us. The kids loved every minute of it and then we had dinner at Chef Mickey where the entire restaurant sang Happy Birthday to my father in law!

Monday - In the morning Helena and I met Melissa and Victoria for a Tea Party with Princess Aurora, Sleeping Beauty. We had a lot of fun and the girls each received an American Girl Doll dressed like Aurora and a friendship bracelet as well. After, we headed to the Magic Kingdom to meet up with the rest of the group. We headed back to the room for naps and pool time so we could return to the park for Magic Hours (7-12 pm). That was a lot of fun and after the fireworks the boys fell asleep for the rest of the night. Helena has decided that the Haunted Mansion is one of her favorite rides because it is "just pretend"! We returned to the room about 10:00 pm and Parker decided it was time to party. Fortunately he was staying in my mothers room and she put the kibosh on that pretty quickly - ha ha!

Tuesday - This was our day at Animal Kingdom. It was very humid this day, but we got to see all of the fun things at the park regardless. First we went to the Safari and saw more animals than I have on my last 2 trips here. Helena loved the Pocahontas show and the Lion King Show as well. Lunch was at an African inspired buffet where they had a group of drummers for entertainment. Helena joined right in when the woman called for dancers. She was shaking her booty to the beat!!! After lunch we saw the Jingle Jungle Parade and headed back for naps.

Later that evening we had tickets for the Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom. When we arrived at the park, it began to drizzle and within the next hour it poured down. Needless to say our evening was cut short. Helena, Jason and Big Jim (Jason's dad) stayed to ride a few more rides and grab a snack. After the boys got to sleep, I went to do some laundry and grab a snack myself!

Wednesday - My parents headed home this morning, so we saw them in the morning before heading to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for Helena's princess makeover! Jason and I decided to divide and conquer, so I took Peyton with us and he kept Parker and Preston to get in some pool/beach time at the resort before meeting us after lunch. Jason had them in the pool, at the beach, on the playground and walked the trail for them to fall asleep in the stroller. It was nice to get in some Mommy/Daddy time.

Needless to say - Helena looked so pretty when she was finished - and she knew it. Everyone called her "Princess" for the rest of the day. After lunch with Cinderella - Peyton loved looking at the princesses - and some pictures with Belle, Jasmine and Aurora, we saw Lady Trumane and the wicked step-sisters. While getting pictures with them, Helena informed Drizella that she was rude!! That's my girl....

Before bed Helena told me that she wanted to sleep with her hair in and her crown on because "everyone tells me it looks good Mommy!"....well what do you expect she is a princess right???

More to come later, with pictures - today is Jason's 35th Birthday and I need to get the cake in the oven so Helena can decorate it when she gets home from school!