Magic Kingdom 2009

We spent ALL day at the Magic Kingdom. From 9am to 10pm. It was fun, but exhausting!

It was all decorated for Halloween. Check out those giant pumpkins!

Juli loves meeting the characters. She was excited to meet Pinocchio. This was the first time we ever saw him in the park.

It's Pluto!

Livi likes to stay away from the characters. She would rather hang out here by this pole.

Wheee!

Sara got her first haircut at the Magic Kingdom barber shop.

She got a pair of "First Haircut" ears and a certificate. It is a pretty neat experience.

Checking out Main Street.

Even though Livi LOVES Minnie, she was still a little afraid of her.

Sara wasn't. LOL

Sara and Karen on the ride above Tomorrowland.

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR! First time we met him too!

Stitch was playing peek-a-boo with Sara.

Aww.

Chip (or is it Dale?) came over and hugged Juli during the parade. She was thrilled!

We also caught the Spectro Magic Parade at night. That was pretty neat to see.

Finally a picture of me and James!

To Grandmother's House We Go

We headed over to Rudy's house to have dinner with Mom Mom and Rudy. It was delicious and we had a great time!

Livi & James.

Mother and Daughter (Pauline & Donna)

Mom Mom, Sara & Karen.

Livi, Sandy, Juli and Mom Mom.

Four generations of girls.

Rudy, Livi, Juli, Mom Mom and Sara.

Rudy and Mom Mom

9.28.09 Aquatica and Ghirardelli's

As if it was possible, it was even hotter today! We went to Aquatica, Seaworld's waterpark and cooled off. Since we were mostly in the water, I only took one picture. If you can imagine that. LOL


Later on that night we went back to Downtown Disney for Ghirardelli's ice cream. Yum!

Sea World 2009

The obligatory Shamu photo op - Karen, Sara and Juli.

Pretty girl.

Sara & Karen with Kelly, one of the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Juli. Can you tell it was super hot that day?

Livi checking out the horses.

Juli with Kelly.

Sara waiting for the Sealion and Otter show.

Clyde the sealion walked right past our seats.

Sara and Karen in the Penguin exhibit.

Look at that little penguin!

Not sure why I don't have many pictures of Livi this day.

Downtown Disney 2009

While Nonna & Pop took care of some car troubles, we took Aunt Karen and Sara and went to hang out at Downtown Disney.

Sara had fun trying on hats.

Juli climbed on one of the dalmations. Yes I yelled at her after I took the picture. ;-)

Juli and the Pooh gang.

Livi was tired and grumpy that day.

After going back to the villa for a while, we went out to dinner. Sara got to try some bread and LOVED it. She cried when we took it from her because it had gotten too small! LOL

Hello, Florida!

After a long night of driving, we arrived in Florida. We made a pit stop in St. Augustine, then headed over to Orlando.

It was HOT! Here's Juli in St. Augustine.

Aunt Karen and Livi.

After we got settled into our villa we met up with the Jcrew. They were down from NC and were heading out the next morning. We got to hang out for a little bit, not long, but it was nice to see them.

Ice Skates??

Yesterday we were driving to a party when Juli asked me the following question.

"Mommy, why don't little cars wear ice skates too?"

I was stumped. I asked her what she meant, ice skates like who?

She said you know, ice skates like we have on top of our car. I looked around as we sat at the light, we were one of 4 SUVs and there was a small car to our left in front of us. I realized the small car was the only one that didn't have a roof rack of any type.

Ohhh! Ice skates! Haha!

Yeehaw! Party Number 2!

After Peddler's Village, we headed to our second party of the day. This one had a Pony!!

Juli immediately jumped on the pony and went for a ride.

She loved it!

They also painted pumpkins.

It was just warm enough to go swimming too.

Juli and the birthday girl.

Cowgirls

Of course Juli had to get in one last ride on the pony.