meet & greet...

one of the highlights of the trip was all the characters we got to meet, hug, and have sign our autograph book. of course the princesses were at the top of olivia's list, but we managed to squeeze in a few that were fun for jack!!

lightening mc queen and mater, CARS
ariel, the little mermaid
our first princess to meet and it just happens to be olivia's most favorite of them all!! :)
cinderella
belle, beauty and the beast
princess aurora, sleeping beauty
mickey and minnie
princess jasmine and aladdin
pluto
donald duck
goofy
pooh
eeyore
tigger
daisy & donald
olivia looked everyday for daisy and finally found her on our last day.:)
princess tiana and naveen, princess and the frog

it was so much fun to experience these "meet and greets" through the eyes of my sweet 4 year old. of course she asked so many questions, like are they they REAL ones? why don't some of them talk? do you think they will remember seeing me watch their movie? to which we responded, "what do you think?" but she wanted to believe they were real and LOVED every minute she interacted with each of them!! :)

we saw...

all our friends from playhouse disney...

mickey and the gang from the mickey mouse clubhouse

handy manny and the tools- a favorite at our house

little einsteins

my friends tigger and pooh, and darby

we loved this show! the puppets were so cute and moved all over the stage. jack's favorite part was the shower of bubbles, after the manny and tools fixed the bubble machine.

the little mermaid show...
olivia LOVED seeing a real ariel sing on the stage. mark loved the special effects and lighting.

the beauty and the beast stage show...

this was the entire movie, squished into a 25 minute stage show. so great!! jack loved the beast, and BIG surprise, olivia LOVED belle and her beautiful dress. ;)

a muppet 3-D movie...

"it's tough being a bug" 4-D movie...

the lion king stage show...
the music from the lion king show was great!! jack roars every time he hears it and olivia is still talking about how much she loved the costumes and performers.

besides ALL than, we also got to see a show on the steps of cinderella's castle, nemo the musical, a parade through the streets of the magic kingdom, fireworks "around the world" (epcot) and at cinderella's castle (magic kingdom).

mickey, minnie, cars, and princesses...

we just got back from our first family vacation to DISNEY WORLD!!! it was soooo much fun! can't possibly show & tell all about our trip in one post. so i will start with this...

(not a great pic, but i had to include mickey and minnie!)

check back soon for more "juicy details" on our trip. we are so thankful for some great quality time together and tons of smiles!!