Mickey's Very Merry Christmas!

This year we traveled to Orlando for a visit to the Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party! (Thank you, Mimi!) The last time we went, PJ was 1, and slept through most of it. I knew this time would be different since he is (almost) 4.
We arrived on Friday late afternoon to meet Ryan, Stephanie, Mimi, Savannah, Brady, Layci, and Landyn at the Polynesian Resort where we were all staying. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

 You could see the castle from the balcony of our room!!!!

 Once we got all settled in, we took the monorail over to the Magic Kingdom.

 The way they light everything up at Christmas is AMAZING!!!

 PJ and Layci- (PJ is checking out the snow on Main Street)

 My sweet girl's first trip to Disney and she LOVED it!

Me and Steph in front of the castle!

We headed straight for some rides that all the kids could go on. Our first was the Haunted House, which I didn't get any pictures on!

We also rode Peter Pan and It's a Small World. Check out Addisyn's face... Love it!

 Beautiful Layci!

 PJ and Daddy sat in the front of the boat with Savannah and her friend Ashley.

 Next we took all the kids on the carousel-

 Then it was time to find something to eat in Tomorrowland.

 We tried to get to get a family photo with the castle in the background, but this guys got in our way!

The kids got to sit outside and watch the firework show after they ate dinner.

Ryan took Brady and Savannah on Space Mountain, and look who we found!

PJ was so excited, but refused to get close to him!

After they were all finished, we walked toward the go-carts. 

 Addisyn stared at the cards going around and around...

 So Daddy decided he would take her!

I couldn't get a good picture of it, but she fell sound asleep on Daddy before they finished! It was SO CUTE! 

We bundled her up and got her in the stroller where she slept the rest of the night!

Unfortunately we missed the parade, and we were only able to catch Santa (which is really who they all wanted to see anyway.) We were still pretty disappointed that we missed it.

Next, it was off to Frontierville, where we enjoyed turkey legs and churros.

It was getting super late, so we started to make our way towards the exit although none of us wanted to leave yet! We stopped at one of the stores to get a few Christmas ornaments.

Here is another beautiful picture of the castle:

Ryan and Landyn:

 LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!!!

We got back on the monorail and headed back to the resort. Everyone was exhausted!

The next morning, I woke up to a loud thump. followed by James screaming and Addisyn screaming... I jumped out of bed, only to find my sweet girl like this...

She was walking around carrying her cereal and tripped. She wouldn't let the cereal go, and didn't put her hands out, so she landed face first into the door jam. It was obvious she needed stitches, so off my mom and I took her to Florida Hospital's Urgent Care. We were there for about 4 hours, and Addisyn got 3 stitches. :-( Definitely never going to forget her first trip to Disney!

After we got back, we all loaded back up on the monorail and headed to the Grand Floridian to check out their Christmas decorations. The gingerbread house is made of REAL gingerbread! It smelled so GOOD! 

We got back in our cars and drove to downtown Disney to walk around the marketplace. We had fun walking, shopping, playing, and eating!

 My brother-in-law Joe, who lives in Orlando, met us there, too.

 All the kids got their faces painted-

 That night my mom made reservations at our resort to see the Spirit of Aloha dinner show. The kids had a blast and the food was delicious. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it.
We all packed up the next day and hung out at the beach at the resort before heading home! Take a look at the view!!!

Thank you for such an awesome trip, Mom! It is memories like these, and time with our family, that means so much!!!