Monk's Love Mickey: Day 2

September 14th: Magic Kingdom!!

It was predicted to rain EVERYDAY of our trip, but for some reason when we woke up Monday the sun was shining, and it was absolutely GORGEOUS!! What a perfect day to go to Magic Kingdom!!

I am 33 years old, and I still get giddy excited when I see the signs for the first time!! "Didney Word! Didney Word!"

New Magic Bands for our BIG adventure!!!

We stayed on property in January, so we took the buses every where. I was afraid parking was going to be difficult, but it actually ended up being awesome!! In fact, if we stay on property again, I will definitely still be using the parking lots! So easy!!

This picture does not do justice how excited Blakely and I were seeing the castle for the first time!! Disney World is always magical... no matter how many times you see it!

First stop... TEA CUPS!!

Katy Ellis is obviously stoked! Heehee!

Always Blakely's favorite... DUMBO!

Blakely's favorite princess: "Ara-girl!!"

Blakely and Daddy on the Barnstormer. In Blakely's words: "a little TOO scary." You can see her scared little face in this picture. Poor girl!

September in Florida means its still hot enough for a splash pad!

Blakely was TOTALLY shocked when the Elephant shot her with water!

One of our family favorites: The WDW Railroad

Enjoying some playtime at the Laughin' Place under Splash Mountain.

No Disney Trip would be complete without one of my favs! DOLE WHIP!!

Waiting in line for It's a Small World.
This trip with KE was TOTALLY different. When we came in January, she was 11 months old and did not really notice much of what was going on. This time she was so into everything! She loved the characters- giving them big hugs and kisses. She loved the rides- pointing and giving an enthusiastic commentary the whole time! So fun to see how their response changes as they grow!!

It's a Small World is the oldest, original attractions still at the park... but still one of both my girls favorites! Blakely goes bananas on this ride!! She points to everything and wants to make sure we are all seeing everything!! She says "It is so, so, so beautiful!" like 1000x per ride!! She especially loves that dolls on the flying carpets!!

Even at Disney the carousel is still a big hit!

Flying carpets!!

This is one of Blakely's favorite rides! We literally rode it 5x during our 2 days in Magic Kingdom! I think she feels like Jasmine on this ride! She also loves lining our carpet up just right, to ensure that I get spit on by the camels!

Mid-day Parade!! "Let's Celebrate!"

First day of Disney was just a little too much for this little one! Blakely on the other hand was completely jazzed and could not stop talking about everything we had just seen!!

Monk's Love Mickey: Day 1

September 13th: Cape May Café

When we headed to Orlando this fall, we really had NO PLANS...we didn't even know if we were going to go to Disney World. When we went to Disney in January, it was like a full scale military operation. Ms. AnnMarie had thought about it, planned it, booked everything, scheduled everything down to the day 6 months in advance... this time we just kind of "winged it." We had thought that maybe we would just do a chill, pool vacation.... BUT then we were SOOOOOO close to Disney! We just had to go... and I can't just do a little Disney, I have to do it all!!

Day 1: We went to a character breakfast at Cape May Café. This gave me a full day to get our tickets, fast passes and reservations organized. It was super fun booking everything last minute! I was totally surprised; I had no idea! Tons of stuff that I couldn't get into before was available, because there were so many last minute cancelations. So. Much. Fun. EEEEE!!!

My cuties ready for "Didney World!!!"

 

"Raise your hand if you want to see Minnie Mouse!!!"

Character meals are so, totally WORTH it!! We always go to the last seating so that you aren't rushed out, and you get to take your time with the characters!

Blakely loves Minnie Mouse SO MUCH!!

I think I love Disney as much as my girl!!

Big hug for Goofy!!!

Snuggles with Donald!!

I am OBSESSEED with Mickey waffles!! They are as delicious as they are cute!!

As much as Blakely loves Goofy...

...Katy Ellis loves him more!! Goofy is definitely Katy Ellis favorite!!

 

The ride down had been a torrential down pour!! And the weather for the rest of the week was predicting rain EVERY DAY!! Yikes! So we made a family decision... We like rain and puddles!! Let it rain!!

The girls love them some puddles!

 

Beach Club Resort had an adorable 1930-1940's beach theme! Super adorable!

My goofy girl!!

Always my favorite princess!!

 

All week, Katy Ellis would climb in the "big beds," put her head on the pillow and say "nigh nigh." Love this precious pea!!

 

In the evenings, we would take bike rides around the beautiful marsh and lake around the resort.... the MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS!!! Gorgeous!!

You know what they say "Red sky at night, sailors delight." I am taking this sunset as a sign that we are going to have some good weather for Magic Kingdom tomorrow!! Yeah!!