Our last day of Disney was a sad one. We got up that morning & packed up what I hadn't packed the night before. Our plan was to spend a little over 1/2 the day at Disney then start the trip home. We knew it was going to be a long day, but we wanted one last visit to the park before heading home.
Madeleine has really gotten into journaling lately. She is constantly writing stories and making lists! I really encouraged her to write about the things we were doing on our vacation, with the hope that she'll enjoy reading them later on. 
Charlotte checking out the pool view one last time!
This is Charlotte's new trick -- when you ask her something she doesn't know, she'll raise her hands together like this. I think it's pretty cute!
Waiting on the ferry! They'd had such a fun week!
Our plan on the last day was to let the kids just do whatever they wanted to do before we left. We'd promised them they could each pick out something to take home as a souvenir, so that was also on our agenda.
Soon after arriving, who should we run into, but BuzzLightyear! He's Harrison's favorite right now & he was just a little more than excited to meet him! He ran right up to him to give him a big ol' hug!!
Buzz signed (actually stamped -- can you imagine trying to write with those big plastic hands?!) their books and we left to find Minnie & Mickey, who we'd yet to see up close. We timed it just right and were able to get right into see them with almost no waiting! yay!
We headed back toward Fantasyland and Madeleine stopped to play in some sprinklers and cool off. 
About this time, Madeleine also chose her souvenir. She chose a charm bracelet & picked out 4 charms for it. They had over 100 charms to choose from & she and I had such a fun time looking at all of them! It's something that she can add to when we (hopefully) visit again. (hint, hint, Matt!!) 
After Fantasyland, we went to Frontierland to get Harrison's souvenir and found Donald Duck on the way. Again, great timing & we didn't have to wait! 
Harrison knew from the moment we said they could pick out something that he wanted a Lotso Bear. The ones in the stores here are nice & clean & happy, but the ones at Disneyworld were dirty & mean looking -- just like in Toy Story 3. This was exactly what Harrison wanted!
Charlotte even got in on the fun and ate over 1/2 of mine. 
We wrote & mail some postcards while enjoying our ice cream. I let Madeleine write them & write whatever she wanted. I had to take a picture of this -- I loved it. It says: I hope you guys are having fun because we are having a big time. How cute is that! 
One last trip down Main Street. 
I think Madeleine had been around some princesses this week -- check out that pose! 
Finally we were on the road. I'm not sure I want to remember the trip home. The kids were awesome but the road was long! Going home is never as fun as going there. It certainly helped that Madeleine can read -- I think she read 3 books during the trip and a good portion of Charlotte's Web! Good for her! 
Here we are: Almost home! 
It was the most wonderful week. I know there is a lot of Disney that we didn't see this time, but our main purpose in this vacation was not to be crazy busy. Instead it was to spend some fun time together as a family. This has been a really rough semester for all of us (another post for another time) and we just needed a break from our life & some time together, just the 5 of us. And, this trip turned out to be just what we needed. It was such fun! And since we'd decided that we were going to go slow and enjoy being together, it took so much of the stress away. We went with the flow & did what the kids wanted and enjoyed. And as a result we had such a great time that we're already planning another trip! 
2 comments:
How awesome! I am so impressed that you were able to take things so slow and really enjoy them. When we go one of these days, I'm definitely going to get your advice on what to see and do!
Thanks for posting about Disney! It was a fun read!
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