We took Declan to Disney World's Magic Kingdom, it was so fun to see his face light up! It was so much fun! He is a little young to understand the concept of waiting in lines, so that was a bit of a challenge, but I wanted to go while we still had just one :-) It's such an incredible place for kids, I wish we lived closer and could go often. A three hour drive is still a little much for a kid that doesn't nap in the car.
We drove up on a Tuesday and arrived at 3pm. We stayed in the Lake Buena Vista area just a few blocks from Downtown Disney. Our Concierge suggested we go to the T-Rex restaurant to eat. It was so cool. It's a prehistoric atmosphere and the dinosaurs were animatronic, Declan loved seeing them move around.
Checking out the baby woolly mammoths
the fish with a man face
After we ate we walked around the Lego Store.
One of Declan's favorite- Buzz Lightyear!
Petting the Lego dogs, he even tried to ride one
Then we decided to go to Magic Kingdom and spend the evening there.
Declan and Donal's first time seeing Cinderella's castle
Since it was night time, we decided to do pirates of the Carribbean- which he loved, then the haunted house- scared him a little, and then we jumped on the people mover.
our lil pirate
Then we caught the fireworks show.
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After the fireworks, we were near space mountain. And since Donal had never been, I told him to do the roller coaster ride and Declan and I would ride the people mover again. But on our way to the people mover, a concert started on stage. It was a concert with Chip and Dale, Goofy and Pluto. Declan had the time of his life. Donal met us shortly after as the lines for rides were short. Declan danced for almost an hour. I thought he was gonna get scouted for the mickey mouse club, as he has great dance moves and a lot of eyes were on him. The concert ended with snow!
We arrived back at the park the next day at noon. We caught a parade as we were coming in. Then went over to the Buzz Lightyear Spin ride. Declan loved it and so did we, it was pretty cool! Then off to Fantasy Land. We rode the Carousel, twice! Declan did not want to get off, we had to peel him away.
Then we went on It's a Small World, Declan enjoyed going through all the different countries by boat. Donal's favorite one was Ireland! Then it was off to the Bear's Jamboree! A cute stage show with redneck bears jamming out. On our way out we caught another parade. I could barely contain Declan he wanted to run up to the characters, he was so excited, after about 10 minutes he relaxed and sat back and enjoyed the parade.
Our next stop was the Disney World Railroad that takes you around the park, when we happened upon Winnie the Pooh and Tigger! The line was short so we decided to wait. Well Declan could not wait his turn, he was crying and so eager to meet them. But it was so worth the wait. Pooh bear got down on one knee for him and Declan gave them big hugs and kisses- it was the most adorable thing!
Today we went strawberry picking in West Delray. The farm had many different vegetables. We toured the farm on a tractor/hay ride, the kids had a blast. We saw tomatoes, corn, cabbage, and broccoli plants along with a couple of good old Florida Alligators! The kids all went strawberry picking/eating, we had lots if fun and ended the day with a picnic lunch and fresh squeezed lemonade.
Declan started an eight week swim session with his three closest buddies! They have been having a lot of laughs, lots of kicks and lots of splashes! Check out Declan swim...
Over winter break I had several of my teacher friends and kids over along with our BFFs Callie and Coleman. There were eight kids, they had a blast and played so nicely together. We usually do girls night every month, but it was so nice to get all the kids together.
Elizabeth, Loralai, Laura, Chase, Rosely, Gisele, Jakub, Annie, Macy, Laney, Cindy, Trina, Declan, Valerie and Adrian (Callie and Coleman not pictured :-( )
Adrien and Jakub playing with car ramp, Declan riding his tricycle
A little late on the blog but a few pictures to remember Declan's 2nd Christmas. Declan had lots of gifts to open thanks to friends and family. I decided about 4 days out to let him open a gift each day. I thought it would be nice to let him enjoy and have time to spend on each present. This worked out great, he still had several to open Christmas morning and even then it was tough getting him to open 5 that morning. He would get distracted and didn't get the excitement of opening gifts yet, next year will surely be different. We had a wonderful day! Played all morning, Skyped Ireland, napped and then went to grammy's for dinner.
