Mouse is in the House

Big Man LOVES Mickey Mouse Playhouse. In fact, often the first thing he says in the morning (after "OPEN" - imploring someone to open the door of his room that has a door knob thingy that denies him exit) is "I want Mickey Mouse" usually when Handy Manny is on.

Anyway, here he is showing the love.

Love for the Mouse

We had a blast at Disney without the kids! We only ended up with a few hours at the Magic Kingdom on Friday (I hit a traffic jam on the way back from working), but we made the highlights - Buzz Lightyear, Stitch's Escape, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Snow White and of course, Wishes - the fireworks show. We also made our own custom Mickey ears. Mine were pink with fake fur on the edge - silver ears with rhinestones all around the edges, Minnie on each ear, and an "Its my birthday" sticker with a crown on top. Kathy's was similar.

We each got a "its my birthday" badge when we got our free admission - which caused every single "cast member" (employee) to say "Happy Birthday Megan" all day long. What fun!

On Saturday we had a blast at Disney Hollywood Studios. We woke up early for Extra Magical Hours and managed to ride 2x on the Rock n Roller Coaster - oh my Gosh- amazing - 0 to 60mph in like 2 seconds. AWESOME! We also got on Toy Story Mania - SOOOOOOO FUN. You get to shoot at carnival style shooting targets and play against your riding partner. It was really fun. We also saw the High School Musical 3 show, the parade, rode the Great Movie Ride, saw the Magic of Animation, Muppets 3d (welcome to my paaahhhk), etc. We didn't do Tower of Terror, as I am just not into falling rides.

I highly recommend the Disney free on your birthday gig. It was really great, such a blast!

On My Way to Mickey

So I am off to a work gig in Orlando, FL. The best part is my GF Kathy is coming with me so we can go to Disney World and celebrate our birthdays!!! We go down tonight and hit an awesome Orlando restaurant. Then tomorrow I have to give 2 seminars. I am done by 3:30 and then we HIT THE PARKS!!! We go Friday for Kathy's bday and Saturday for mine. Fly out Saturday night.

We are staying at Port Orleans, French Quarter, and I am interested to see how it is. We plan to hit Magic Kingdom Friday and Disney Hollywood Studios Saturday.

Wasn't going to tell the kids, but I did. Promised to bring back fun stuff. Will definitely be stopping by Once Upon a Toy to get the My Little Pony stuff for the girls. Big Man will probably get some kind of Mickey toy. B specifically asked for cotton candy.

Can't wait to ride the roller coasters and such over and over again! YAYYYY!

Disney - part 2?

So I have to take a work trip in January to Orlando. I was moaning to my friend about the fact that I was going on January 16th - the day BEFORE my birthday in the year that Disney is giving away free admission on your birthday. She looks at me and points out that Jan 16 is HER birthday. So now we are looking into both going. I will have to work some on the 16th, but if we stay over til the 17th we could both go and only pay for one day. Hmmm.... Disney sans kids - sounds like fun!!

Wouldn't It Be Nice

So I am driving to work with B. It is just the two of us in the car. As we get on the highway, right before the bridge, we hit our regular traffic.

B says "Mom, I wish God had created fastpasses for cars. Then we could just speed past all this traffic."

I say "me too, baby"

She proceeded to flesh it all out the whole way to work.

Disney in Pics

(exhale) That was FUN!

Wow. We had such a blast at Disney. It was totally exhausting but also totally fun. We only made it to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios - but it was GREAT! The girls were so into everything- they loved the rides, they loved meeting the characters, everything. Highlights:

1) Girls being called "PRINCESS" everywhere we went after having their Bippity Boppity Dos
2) B "screaming like a little girl" on Thunder Mountain - 5-6x
3) The girls faces when the met the Princesses
4) K's look of pure joy when she came off Space Mountain

It was such a great trip - and I will get into more detail (with pictures) soon. Thanks for all the great tips!

Disney Day One

So DH and the kids arrived today, and we met in the lobby of the Polynesian. Kids were ecstatic. Room wasn't ready (and I was still in a suit), so we grabbed some lunch. About 45 min later, we had our room, got our stuff, changed and headed towards the Magic Kingdom. Managed to give the girls their first ride on the Monorail in the front car - bad idea, now they expect it every time! Saw Pluto just as we got in, and the girls loved using their autograph books. Took the train around the park to Frontier land and just had time to ride Splash Mountain. K loved it - B was not happy with getting wet and the big 50-ft drop at the end. But later has said it was really fun. Then we went back to 1900 Park Fair for dinner with Cinderella and Friends. It was a HUGE hit. They loved the food - the characters - everything about it. HIGHLY recommend this one. I have to say, each of the characters took their time at our table - esp. Prince Charming. He looked through their autograph books at all the pictures - insisting on finding "his page" himself. It was very sweet and the girls loved it. They stayed up til 9pm (when we thought the fireworks were) and saw the Electric Light Parade, but still no fireworks. They went to sleep with the promise we would try and wake them at 10pm for fireworks.

Unfortunately I have to go all the way back to my meeting to work tomorrow (it was a $50 cab ride!) for about an hour, but that is life. Hopefully I make it back in time for our lunch at the Crystal Palace with Pooh.