November 25, 2012

Disney World 2013 :: Day 2 :: Animal Kingdom & Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

We were up bright and early for our first full day at Disney.  Our day started at Animal Kingdom, on the Safari...
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Can you tell it's early?
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Maybe, now you can.
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We saw loads of animals....
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And I must share that *somehow* Emma managed to soak both her leggings and underwear on our first trip to the restroom.  So, we were the ones with "tee-tee" soaked leggings air drying on our stroller.  
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Do you have the visual yet?  She was a trooper and wore her wet panties with her skirt.  And, I was the unprepared mom who had a change of clothes for our dude, but not our dudette.  Catastrophe.  check.  Moving on.  Absolutely.
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In route, we ran into Huey, Dewey, and Louie...
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All the while, making our way to...
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Carson had tears and didn't quite understand how to "wait his turn."  I mean, he could see Minnie, so why couldn't he just take off running into her arms.
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Disney World Lesson #2...wait your turn.  even. if. you. are two.  A change of clothes for all of your children is Lesson #1 :)
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After waiting not long at all....
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There she was...
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So fun!
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And Carson was so proud of his autograph :)
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It only took one time and now he understood to wait his turn...
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They were both in love.
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As we left Mickey, Carson ran back and gave Mickey a kiss on the nose.  It. was. just. like. the. commercial.  Magical.  I didn't get the photo, but that image is forever in my bank of memories.
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Next  up...
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I think they could've stayed here all day...
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And they are still talking about digging up dinosaur bones...
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Please notice our lack of leggings :)
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We rode the dinos, which were just like dumbo, but prehistoric...
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On a whim, we spotted Pluto, which is the. biggest. deal. ever. for our little guy.
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Pluto is Carson's favorite...hands down.
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Looking back at these photos is making me want to go again...
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Everything at Disney is just sheer perfection.
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We got two for one on this one and got to meet Goofy too.
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But Pluto had our heart.
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We finished up with the Nemo musical, which was magnificent.  Naps were next on our list...
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We all slept and then snuggled up for our first trip to the Magic Kingdom.
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We were headed here...
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I love Main Street.
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I think if I could live there, I would.
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And the castle is just plain magical.
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This was Miss E's first glimpse...
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And our first family shot...
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Simply amazing...
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We watched the Very merry Christmas Parade and fireworks show.
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The toy soldiers were some of my favorites...
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And of course, the kids were in love with Santa...
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The park was open til midnight that night, and we shut that place down.  We hit Tomorrowland first...
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Memms loved racing the cars...
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The second round of fireworks started...
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And, we still had two very happy kiddos.
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Later on, it was snack time...cookies and hot chocolate with a view of the castle's fireworks :)
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We squeezed in "It's a Small World."
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And called it a night.  I thing it was well after 1 am before we all made it to bed :)
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