Disney Day 5: Magic Kindgom

On Thursday we headed back to the Magic Kingdom. There is just too much to do in one day! It turned out to be a gorgeous, but HOT day. We arrived around 2:30 so we could get a spot for the parade. Of course the parade is during the hottest part of a hot day, but we couldn't leave without seeing it.
Brooke had a nice little set up. She was pushed around with a fan blowing on her while she slept in the shade. We had many people make comments about how great the fan was. Unfortunately it was so hot that she would still get warm and sweaty on her back. I don't think it was too bad because she took several naps this way.

Cooling off and getting ready to head back out. One nice thing about Disney is that they have childcare areas set up where you can take kids to cool off, change diapers, and rooms to nurse babies. There is only one per park, and some are nicer than the others (Animal Kingdom wins the super nice award), but everyone was able to cool of and there were play areas the girls could use while I was feeding Brooke. It worked out great for all of us.

All over the parks there are photographers that will take your picture. They have their fancy cameras, but they will also take a picture using your camera. After they snap a few shots with their fancy cameras they scan a PhotoPass card. We were given one on our first day there. Then you can come home, look at your pictures, and pay crazy prices to order some. You can even order all pictures on a CD with a copyright release. Guess how much? Nope. Nope. Higher than that. $150. Yes. One-hundred-and-fifty dollars for a CD. I know you are paying for them to do their job and take pictures, but seriously. They make enough money as it is. Unfortunately there are a few pictures on there that we didn't get that I would really like. What to do...

We finally gave in and waited in line to see Tinkerbell and her friends. The line was finally down to 60 minutes. Yes, you read that right, and we waited in it. In the last part of the line they usher you into an area where you are sprinkled with pixie dust in order to shrink down to the size of the fairies. It was a neat little lighting effect and as you can see Macy thought it was really cool.

I have no pictures of the girls meeting Tinkerbell. I do have video, though. Our camera batteries died right after this picture. Thanks to our camera that always shows full battery power and then goes ka-put. My mom called me right after we met Iridessa (a fairy) because Brooke was uncontrollable. Marc stayed with the girls while I went to take care of little one. Those expensive pictures - a couple of them are of cute ones of the girls with Tinkerbell and Terrence. What to do...

The carousel was another big hit with the girls.

The castle at night. It changes to many different colors.

We stayed until the fireworks show. I had promised Kayla we would see it thinking it would be around 9:00. No, it was at 10:00. That would be 2 hours after bedtime, but how many times will we be in Disney? Plus, I couldn't break a promise to my little girl! When we left she told me it was magical and her favorite part of the whole trip. Of course her opinion changes daily now.

Brooke slept through the entire fireworks show in my arms snuggled up in the baby wrap (thank goodness it had cooled down some). We let Macy lay down in her carseat so we didn't have to hold her. She was TIRED. To prove my point we took a picture of her snuggling with the fan. We tried to take it away. You would have thought she was loving on her rabbit. Needless to say they crashed after we got back to our room and took a quick shower.

We had such a wonderful vacation. It's the first time we have taken a vacation that required so much work. It was worth it, but we truly do need a vacation after a vacation. The girls really enjoyed themselves and we made so many wonderful memories. Next time we go a whole new world (no Aladdin pun intended for those who know the movie) of things to do will open up as the girls will be older. It was Marc's first time to Disney as well so I know he will be excited next time when he can do something other than "It's a Small World" and "Dumbo". In all seriousness Marc and I are so thankful that we were able to enjoy this special time with our girls.