Last week, we took the girls back to Disney World to celebrate, re-charge, and build more memories with just the four of us. We've been to Disney before, but this time there wasn't much time for planning or thinking through decisions like dinner and park plans. Rather, we decided to focus on a few select activities and then have little agenda. It worked out great.
Ellie loves LOVES loves the Princesses. All of them. And, we sure got a lot of them. From Cinderella to Rapunzel to Merida to Ariel to Snow White, we took pictures, ate meals, and received autographs from the Princesses at all the parks.
With Ellie growing up fast, the experience at Disney has changed a little bit (she desperately wants to walk around and not get pushed in the stroller), but much stays the same (everything...I mean EVERYTHING seems magical to her - and us!). Sadie is close to transforming from infant to toddler. She's standing up - with support - and blabbering a bit. But...she's still confined to our arms, Nat's carrier, or the stroller. You can see the sense of awe when you look at the pictures at the end of our time with Winnie the Pooh. You'll see that she came alive when the characters were around - and hopefully some of this will be lodged in the shared memory bank in the back of her brain.
We certainly had some magic moments and we're excited to think about getting back to the 'Happiest Place on Earth' with the rest of Ellie and Sadie's cousins next year. I love what Disney does to me - as a father and husband - and what it does to my family - by bringing us closer together through shared memories.
You can see past pictures from our trips to Disney here.
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