Our Weekend--and Florida Fun!

We are here in good old sunny Lake Buena Vista, Florida! We had a busy Saturday! My cousin Meagan got married in Boston so we were able to attend her ring ceremony and reception and then we flew out from Logan at 8:30pm.

***Wedding photos to be inserted later***

It was cute--Anneli thought my cousin Meagan was beautiful "Princess Meagan".

She was so beautiful in her wedding gown! I'm sure every little girl dreams of their wedding day when they can be a real "Princess" for the day!

DAY 1
Our flight (on Jet Blue) finally arrived here at about midnight, after a brief thunder and lightning storm delayed us. We finally got our car about 1am and everyone was asleep in our Villa by 3am. Of course we were up early--8am--I know it's not too early, but for falling asleep at 3am it was early! Then we headed off to Disney's Animal Kingdom. The kids had a great time! Their favorite thing was the Kilimanjaro Safari. Anneli loved seeing the Elephants! She kept singing some Diego Safari song! I was happy--I got my picture taken with Jiminy Cricket. He's one of my favorite characters from my favorite movie Pinnochio. It was fun! While there we had our pictures taken with a few of the Winnie the Pooh charaters. Neither of the kids wanted anything to do with it, but I forced them both. Christopher thought it was "for babies" and Anneli thought they were scary. I forced them both and they ended up having a fabulous time! I'm not a mean mother---really, I'm not! That night we went to Downtown Disney and shopped at the massive Disney store there, it's always been one of my favorite stores! No, we didn't go to Ghirardelli's--none of us are really chocolate fans--plus the website says it's currently closed for renovations--I didn't even notice! Of course we had to go to the LEGO store and buy a toy for the boys. After a super long day, the two kids feel fast asleep in the car!

***Animal Kingdom Slide Show to insert later***

DAY 2
This morning we got up and ate breakfast at the Villa and got dressed. Anneli dressed up in her Sleeping Beauty gown and crown. What a sweet little Princess!

***Insert Princess Anneli picture later***

Christopher looked rather handsome in his new Mickey Mouse Polo shirt and kaki shorts. What a handsome Prince Charming!

***Insert Prince Christopher picture later***

Today we went to Epcot Center--my favorite Disney Park! I love wandering around the World in a matter of hours. Anneli was a happy Princess because she was going to Norway in Epcot to meet Sleeping Beauty, her favorite Princess! Christopher, as you can imagine wasn't too anxious to go though. When we got to the park we rushed off to The Seas with Nemo and Friends--it's a new exhibit since Shaun, Chris and I had came last. We waited about 20 minutes for an interactive show with Crush the turtle from Finding Nemo called Turtle Talk with Crush. Chris wanted to leave, but he later confirmed that the wait was "so worth it, dude". Crush chose Christopher as the little human boy to as questions to. He was soooo excited and a little nervous! I even had a conversation with the turtle! Super cool I must say!

After a few rides and exhibits, it was time for lunch. We had reservations for a Disney Princess and Friends lunch at the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall in Norway. It was Anneli's highlight of the day and perhaps the whole trip! She got to meet the Princesses! She met, got autographs and pictures with Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. She was super excited, she could hardly eat her Pizza. Christopher also ended up having a great time and got his picture taken with all the Princesses too! She got lots of hugs from Sleeping Beauty, her favorite Princess! It was well worth it to see her little face light up each time a Princess said hello to her.

Christopher's highlight of the day was the Test Track. We waited 2.5 hours for the ride! He was so excited because he was tall enough to ride! Super fun!!

After that we went to Old Town, walked around a bit, got some candy and a soda and called it a night and went back to the Villa with two crazy laughing children! It's so much fun to see them having so much fun together! :)