Disney Day 3- Cinderella's Castle

The day started off early for us.  Since we didn't live on Disney property and i didn't know how long it was going to take to get to the Castle, knowing that we had to take the Monorail or the Ferry Boat for our reservations for 8:20, we headed out at 6:45 in the morning.  I wasn't about to miss this breakfast!

We got parked and were on the Ferry Boat heading over to the Castle and we arrived at 7:30.  We were the first ones there and Addison was Princess for the Day!  She was given a sticker and an announcement was made for all to hear.  Up until this point Addie had been somewhat excited to see Cinderella.... she acted very shy and didn't smile at all when she met Cinderella... oh well, you win some and lose some.  I am chalking it up to being early in the morning...we'll just go with that!

So after moving around the barrier, we met Cinderella.  She was so sweet and knelt down to be at Addison's level and did her best to make Addie smile, but it was ok.  Addie got a special picture with just her and Cinderella and then we had the family photo of Cinderella.

I've never seen Jeremy smile so good in a pic!!!

After meeting Cinderella, we were escorted up a fancy small elevator.  This whole experience was wonderful except the lady running the elevator... she was a bit rude, but I was so excited to see what was going to happen next that I didn't care at all.

Once we arrived to the floor, we were escorted to our table.  Ordered either the cold plate or hot plate or some special castle food...hot plate was the way to go for the options.  We had tons of food and wasn't bad at all.  For the 4 of us, souvenirs, tax, tip, and pictures, (addie was free), it was only $244, thanks Grammie and Gramps!  I am putting this in the blog for when we go back for when I have a granddaughter to see how much the price changes! 

Once seated, Snow White was the first Princess we met, followed by Beauty, Ariel and then Belle.  All the Princesses were so nice and so sweet and took their time with all the kids.  I would definitely go back and do this experience again!

Following meeting the Princesses, she also celebrated  her birthday!!!!

After the breakfast, we went on the carrousel.  Gramps, me and Addie!  She loves it of course because she is riding the horse!

next up was It's a Small world with Grammie.

Then we stood in line for Dumbo and almost through when Addie had to go potty...here comes daddy through the line and we didn't go back because it ended up being about a 35 minute wait.  Oh well... we learn as we go on these trips.

Next up was driving the cars.  Addie LOVED it!  Daddy and Grammie went in a car together and it was hilarious.  Since I was in charge of the peddle for our car... Addie was in charge of steering..holy crapola my neck went back and forth on this ride.  It was so fun though!  I was going slower so Grammie and daddy would catch up and they ended up passing us.    Gramps took a nap while we waited the 30 minutes in line to do the ride.

We ended up going on a train ride to main station for our reservations at Tony's Town squire.  I loved the food, but not the prices.  I would probably skip planning a good size lunch considering we just got done having breakfast.  So that was bad planning on my part.  I loved the restaurant. It was super fancy.

After Tony's we went back to the villa for Addie to take a nap. 

Disney Day 2

Today the parents had the timeshare talk which lasted 3 hours.... all to save $2,000... so I guess it was worth it. Just had to give up 3 hours of time in the morning.  Since we did a park yesterday, we had this as a relaxing day so it didn't matter to us.

After my parents got back, it was lunch time and we headed out to Downtown Disney and also remembered the 1 year anniversary of my Dzie Dzie passing.  We will miss him very much as he was the best grandparent ever!  He spoiled me with tons of love and attention.  Attended all the school events that he could and always had the best smile whenever I saw him.  He loved Addie so much and she loved her Dzie Dzie.  I'm posting a pic in the blog of him to remember him too!

After we had lunch at Downtown Disney we headed back to the villa to watch the NCAA tourney as the Notre Dame fighting Irish were playing. 

One of my college  friends, Brooke, was at the Contemporary Resort so we jotted over there really quick for our kids to meet up.  It was so cute to see our little ones play for a bit.

It was going to be a short night because we had reservations for Cinderella's Castle in the morning!!!!

Disney

Well it's been awhile so trying to catch up on the blog.  This year we did a family trip to Disney... all 11 of us and we survived!  The plane ride was fine going there except for the last few minutes.... Addie decided to scream because she had to wear her seat belt.  However, with it on, she couldn't see completely out the window and that caused her to freak out.  All in all, we were fine, it was just a few minutes at the end.  Once we landed and got our luggage and vehicles, it was off to the villa for check-in!

Once we got to Westgate Vacation Villas in Fl.  we had to wait for check-in.  My in laws have had a time-share there for years so my parents went down with us and listen to the 3 hour high intensity talk all to say no, but it saved us $2,000 so my parents did it! 

We got a room on the first floor of the villa and it was a corner villa!!!  Full Kitchen, washer, dryer, 2 bedrooms (king  and then 2 doubles), 2 baths, living room... about 1,000 square feet.  You just can't resist. 

Our first day at Disney we went to Animal Kingdom and made reservations to get into the park early with Tuskers House!  We celebrated Addie's 3rd Birthday, as well as my nephew Harrison.  We met Donald, Mickey, Daisy and Goofy!

Addie enjoyed the Safari ride where the animals were close.  The giraffes crossed right in front of us and the cattle were almost run over since they were right along side the road and didn't want to move.

She loved Exploration trail and an Ine Cream Mickey ears before we left the park.

When went back to the villa and Addie slept on my mom the whole time and Jeremy and  I went back to ride Mt. Everest.  We got front row but I was too chicken and the aunt and nephew behind us switched seats with us... Jeremy rode with teh nephew and I rode with the aunt.  It was pretty cool and I shouldn't have switched seats.  

Star Student

Addie was the Star Student in April at her school.  The following is what was sent home:

One of our star students in 2012 was Addison Miller.  Addison was born on April 20th and just turned 3 years old.  She moved into the Tadpole room from the Duckling room.  Addison lives with her Mommy- Sami and her Daddy- Jeremy.  Addison has blue eyes and blonde hair.  She doesn't wear glasses or have any freckles.  Addison's favorite sport is catch and she is right handed.  She likes singing "ABC's" and "Soft Kitty" (from the show "Big Bang theory).  her favorite book is "The Night Before Christmas" and her favorite color is purple.  Addison loves macaroni and cheese, strawberries, popsicles, pickles and black olives.  Addison and her family have three pets named Riley, Russeau and Bob Barker.  Addison wishes she had a pet horse or cow.  When Addison grows up she wants to be a farmer, a doctor, a teacher, an accountant, a pianist and a veterinarian.  Boy, she is going to be really busy when she grows up.  Addison is a Walt Disney fan.  She enjoys visiting Walt Disney World with her family (including grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins).  Some of her favorite things at  WDW are Cinderella's Castle and Mickey Mouse.  We are blessed that Addison moved up from the Duckling room and joined us for the rest of this year.  She is a joy to be with and is a great friend to everyone!