Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Happiest Place on Earth...

was just that! We had an absolutely perfect first family vacation! Capturing the magic of this wonderful time with our kids was amazing. Gracen loved every single second of “going at Cinderella’s Castle”! Her expressions throughout the day were priceless and nearly brought me to tears more times than I could count. While Pavin will remember nothing this time around, we just enjoyed cuddling him and sharing some great memories with our boy at our side.

We started our adventure at the Magic Kingdom, where we were able to at least see all of the princesses and meet some in person. The Little Mermaid was unbelievable! She talked with Gracen for over 5 minutes in full character. It was beyond sweet. The parades and shows were terrific. We of course covered the classics like Small World, Dumbo and the Swiss Family Tree House as well.

By far, the highlight of the day was a “ball at the palace”…dinner at the Royal Table at Cinderella’s Castle. It was fabulous! Gracen was in heaven, meeting Cinderella, snapping photos and getting her to sign a special autograph book. All of the little princesses received magic wands and enjoyed a private show with the Fairy Godmother and the mice. We were fortunate enough to be seated in the center stained glass window with a full view of Fantasyland below. Dinner itself was incredible…3 courses, complete with chocolate crowns on top of all of the yummy deserts. Perfect! Perfect! Perfect!

The next day we headed over to Sea World. There were some really neat exhibits and activities. Both Gracen and even little Pavin LOVED the Shamu show! They were both exhausted however, from the previous day’s adventures and crashed mid-day.

After a rest at the hotel, we were ready to go again and headed out to Downtown Disney for dinner. Following another late night, both kiddos (and Mommy and Daddy) were ready to crash. We headed home yesterday with smiles on our faces and tons of lifelong memories. We already can’t wait to go back!


Enjoy the slideshow below for more photos of the fun...

2 comments:

Kim Reed said...

How wonderful!!! What a fun trip! I love your pictures and I think that Gracen is the prettiest princess of them all!

heather black said...

How awesome is that? Gracen looked like she was in heaven!