Disney on Ice!

Nonna & Pop gave us tickets to Disney on Ice.  The girls LOVED it.  We had such a fun girls night out!

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!

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

Juli's Magical Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Juli's 4th birthday and Maddie's 10th birthday at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. The girls had a blast, as did everyone else!

"WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!"

"Today's my birthday!"

We got to the Magic Kingdom in time for the park opening. We saw the little opening ceremony at the front gates. Once inside we ran up and hopped right on the Train to get around to Toon Town, so we wouldn't have to wait forever in the line to meet the princesses. Last year by the time we got there the wait was 2.5 hours! We tried to get there first thing in the morning. When we got there we were a little bit early. Toon Town wasn't even open yet! Luckily we still had access to the little playground and the girls played there for a while.

It was finally time to open Toon Town. As we waited at the rope, we saw Mickey and Minnie come out on the porch of Mickey's house. One of Mickey's "friends" came over and asked Juli if she would like to go up and visit with Mickey and Minnie. Of course she said YES!! He asked me if our family would like to join her. I said, "Sure, but there are A LOT of us!" They didn't seem to mind. Juli went up and was whisked away by Mickey and Minnie on a tour of his house and garden. We were the only ones allowed in until they were finished. It was pretty cool! Livi and Katie hung back a little bit. They weren't so sure of Mickey and Minnie at first.

Livi still isn't so sure. She never really warmed up to them. She didn't cry though, just pinched James to death! LOL

Katie came around and sat with Minnie. Yay, Katie! Not all Big Heads are scary!

After that we went over to get in line with the Princesses, we didn't have to wait long at all! The girls LOVED the princesses of course. Livi really liked Belle, which suprised me.

After that we decided to hit some rides. I didn't take many pictures on the rides. Here is one I took of Livi on Pooh's Grand Adventure, she loved it!

We made it around to Frontierland just in time to catch a parade. Juli loved the parade. She was waving to everyone in it!

Livi only waved to princesses and only from a distance in the safety of Daddy's arms.

At the end of the day, Juli told me, "Mommy - that was the best birthday EVER!!"

My princesses.