Disney World, day 1

...The next day, we met up with my sister-in-law Janine, niece- Sophie and nephew- Spencer. They flew in from Virginia to spend a few days in Disney World with us. It would not have been the same with out Janine and those little people.

Everybody on the ferry over to the Park.

These faces pretty much sum up how everyone felt about the Christmas break lines and crowds...

The parade that they have EVERYDAY (I think maybe a couple of times a day...) was so so fun to watch! It's amazing how much effort the entire staff puts into making DW so magical for little people...Ok and big people too:) They had practically every character come by dancing and singing and on floats. Nothing was half-assed either! They put on the same EXACT parade every time.

You could not get Sophie and Spencer's attention away from it all! Janine thought it might be a little boring and long for them, but it they were in awe the entire time. My favorite part was when S & S waved to every character that waved at them and Spencer said, "HI, _________(Beast, Woody, Cinderella, ect.)!!!!!" When he didn't know the name of the dancing gingerbread men, he said,"Hi Candy!!" So adorable.

Spencer's favorite D character is Buzz Lightyear right now, so we had to go on his ride (which at 12pm was about 2 hours long...). He even waved and said, "HI BUZZ!!" to the robot Buzz. I still can't get over how magical S & S made everything for us!- I swear Ryan and I almost screamed when we saw Mary Poppins... well, maybe just Ryan;)

Poor Cari injured her knee pretty badly our first night, when running to each ride at Universal Studios, and so she was in a wheelchair both days at DW:( The upside of her injury was that she was our "fast pass" to the front of almost every line! AND she was a cozy chair when he kiddos needed a break from walking. Go Cari!