We're Back!

As much fun as we had in Disney World it's great to be home. Our trip got off to a rocky start as our flight was delayed by 2.5 hours and we didn't arrive at our hotel until more than 2 hours past the girls' bedtime. Natalie was all but begging to go to bed when we got there and Alyssa had simply barrelled through the wall of exhaustion and was running around like a maniac. Add that to the two hours during the night when Natalie was screaming from the pain of an ear that needed to "pop" and you can imagine how we all felt Tuesday morning. I do have to give a shout out to the hotel. The Manager on duty opened the hotel shop at 4am to bring us some Tylenol to hopefully relieve some of the pain. Everyone was so willing to help and we are beyond appreciative.

Anyhoo, the first item on our agenda once everyone finally woke up and ate was to head to the Magic Kingdom. We had a 12:15 reservation to have lunch at Cinderella's castle and boy did the girls love it. They had their picture taken with Cinderella and Natalie even went back to give her a hug. At lunch the girls also met Jasmine, Snow White, Belle and Sleeping Beauty. Natalie was wearing her Sleeping Beauty gown and was just so happy to meet her.

Among other things they got to pretend to be deep sea divers...

Meet Jojo and Goliath (for all of you with preschoolers)...

Meet June from the Little Einsteins (looks kind of scary, don't you think?)...

And even get out of the stroller long enough to have a picture in front of Cinderella's Castle...

This is Minnie's house. Don't you wish your house looked as cute as this?

One thing the girls really loved was the pool. We don't have one and they love to be in the water but what made this particular pool so great was that it was between two and three feet deep and the bottom was covered in sand. It also had a "beach" that ran half the length of the pool through the middle of the pool. If we spent every day there they wouldn't have given the parks a second thought.

All in all it was a great vacation and we can't wait to take the girls back in a few years. Now Scott and I just need a vacation to recuperate from this one.