Our Disney Trip

Yes, it was in November. And I am posting about it in January. Started this post awhile ago and never finished! With the holidays, 2 blogs, 2 FB accounts, and lots of holiday guests, trips and activities, it was just too much to keep up with. Gonna try to be better about it this year.

The 3 of us at Animal Kingdom.

Writing "Minnie" in Thai at a great little Thai stall they had in the Asia section of Animal Kingdom. They wrote her name in Thai, too. Gonna frame this for her room!

Sweet Thai lady made Ruby a fish (pla) out of bamboo.

Ruby smiles with our new friend.

Lil bug having fun seeing the animals

Loving the tall bamboo

Loving the tigers

Me and my sweet pea!

This water fountain proved to be a HUGE source of amusement. She laughed and played her for a good while.

In awe watching the fireworks at Epcot on our 1st night. Pretty much her face the whole time.  Priceless!

Hard to get good pics at night on my camera, but this was the Cinderella carriage with 6 white horses. Stunning! Rubes was equally smitten. The whole "Mickey's Christmas Party" parade was amazing. Crowded. Insane. But amazing.

Waiting her turn at the Bippity Boppity Boutique. This place was just magic.

With her "fairy godmother"

Getting her make up done.

All done!

My lil princess. This was her favorite day of the trip by far. So magical. 

On the merry go round. So fun for her to feel like a princess for the day!

Gorgeous mosaic mural on the wall of the castle.

Love this picture. Rubes and another princess admiring the wall at the gift shop. The Aurora set came home with us and will under the tree from Santa this year. 

Meeting Cinderella

Little rhinestone Mickey bow they put in the back of her hair. Cute detail!

Meeting her fav - Aurora!

5 star kid meal at the castle

The Little Mermaid was gorgeous and oh so sweet.

Dessert came with a cup of marshmallows, a cup of choc chips, and a cup of sprinkles. 

She didn't waste one single crumb!

Her face in 'It's a Small World'. "Look at the dollies, Mommy!!!"

I believe this is Siam - as in Thailand

Princess Tiana and Prince Neeven. Some of the best characters in the park. Really great and so in character!

Ruby just loved them and they spent a lot of time with her. Really sweet!

Fort Wilderness Lodge. Quite a hike to get there but a fun dinner at Whispering Canyon and a beautiful resort!

Hollywood Studios. This wasn't actually just a prop shot. This was an actual crew shooting promo shots for the park that let us take one with them. In fact, they invited us to be in the promo piece on the main street where they'd be filming later, but we totally forgot! Were having too much fun, I guess. :-)

Character bfast at Hollywood and Vine was so worth it. She loved seeing Handy Manny, June (from Little Einsteins) and Jake from the Neverland Pirates.

Love this. Pure joy.

She's a BIG fan of Jake.

Toy Story army man.

Was beside herself about meeting Buzz. They were great. The 2 Buzz rides were her favorite in the park. Also Soaring. We all loved that one!

3D glasses 

Fun play area

Meeting Belle at Akershus dinner in Norway.

Aurora again

Rubes had a crush on our waiter. She flirted with him all through dinner. Too cute.

Another amazing dessert.

Holding hand with her 1st friend, Lily. We rode the Alladin Magic Carpet ride together. 

Two cuties met this week for the 1st time since they were babies in Thailand. It was so amazing to see them together! Not sure if they remembered...hard to say. But they sure did have fun together!

Fun day going on rides with the Moeller's. Such a great family!

Meeting Alladin & Jasmine

Dancing by the big tree at the Grand Floridian

Water slide at our pool

Daddy catching her on the slide. After a few times she did it herself!

Playing Bingo with Daddy poolside

Our little Rapunzel. I gave her a side braid with lots of clips and flowers and she was all giddy.

Meeting Mulan!

Love this shot. Says it all.

Got to see friends Ellie and Lily one last time b4 we all headed home.

A new friend Ruby met in line at the Soarin' ride. (Our fav ride in the park) So cute. The girls jumped and danced and played together for the whole hour long wait in line!

Sleepy lil traveler on the way home.

Such a trooper. Had a great, great time, but was happy to be going back to her home.

Working on the Disney photo album today. I put it off until after the holidays, but now it's got to be finished b4 the deadline tomorrow or my photos get dumped from the Disney site. Half way done and down to the wire. Glad I have some time to finish it today!