Mickey and Minnie and Goofy, Oh My!

Yes, we made it back from DisneyWorld AND suvived the holidays, I know I have a lot of catching up to do, so we'll start with DisneyWorld. It was...magical! Seriously, I had never been there, so I had some pretty high expectations, but it managed to live up to them all! We bought 5 day passes, the idea was that we would buy passes for every day we were there and then we wouldn't feel the need to go ALL day long, maybe do a couple half days. But there is just so much to do that we ended up at the parks every day from breakfast till after dark. It was exhausting but totally fun! Here are some of my favorite pictures to share:

The family at Magic Kingdom. We were thrilled that the guy who took the picture cut off the top of the castle, nice!

Breakfast at the Playhouse Disney hangout. Don't those kids look thrilled to be there!? The only reservations we could get at the character dining was 8am before the park even opened, so everyone was still tired from the day before and Ellie was a little sick (stomach bug, which of course she passed on to me later that week!)

Chris and Caleb braved Splash Mountain even though it was super cold that day. The weather was really good for the most part, but that one day we were totally unprepared and had to buy gloves for everybody, BRRRR.

Caleb shakin his thang at the Mexican market in Epcot

Ellie having cuddle time with Chip'n'Dale. This was so stinkin' cute. I took her in to see some of the characters at Epcot (for the second time, she insisted!) and when she got to Chip'n'Dale she just snuggled up on them and wouldn't let go, it was so sweet!

Caleb and Mulan. We did a princess breakfast, mostly for Ellie, but Caleb thought Mulan was bearable (maybe even a little cool) because Chris told him that she was a warrior. So they chatted a while and he agreed to take a picture.

Me, Ellie and Snow White. I swear Ellie was having fun, I don't know why she looks so grouchy in half the pictures!

Our favorite part of Animal Kingdom was the safari, it was really fun, they drive you all over "Africa" like you're on a real Safari, complete with broken bridges and poachers that we had to "track down"

Chris and Ellie in our Safari Jeep

This is what Caleb thought of Animal Kingdom:

"It stinks here" a direct quote that we heard multiple times that day!

He didn't want anything to do with the smelly goats or any of the animal for that matter, he only cared about the rides!

Cinderella's Castle...Good night!