The last days of DISNEY!!!

So, I didn't realize it but apparently we got our fill of taking pictures after the first few days, because I only have a few pictures from the last couple days of our trip. Our fifth day we went back for our second day at the Magic Kingdom to see Frontierland and Adventureland. Since Anderson wasn't tall enough for the big rides in Frontierland, we split up for the morning and I took Griffin to Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain while Michael and Anderson went back to some of Anderson's favorite rides in Fantasyland. Griffin and I got to ride each of the "Mountains" twice, and he absolutely LOVED them both! We all met up with the Meaghers in Adventureland where the kids got to ride Pirates of the Caribbean--the boys love pirates so this was one of their favorites. They also loved the Jungle Cruise ride--so silly but super fun! We finished our day by riding the train again, and it was another GREAT day at the Magic Kingdom! Here are the boys with Captain Hook... After going back for a nap and a swim, we came back to the Magic Kingdom that evening for dinner and to see the parade. We made a reservation at Tony's with the Meaghers so we'd have a great spot to see the parade--it would've been great, BUT--there was a tornado watch in the area so right when the parade was supposed to start someone announced that the parade was cancelled for the night! That was probably the only big bummer of our trip--we actually didn't see one parade the whole time we were there, but the boys didn't really know what they were missing. We decided it would just be something really exciting for them to see one day when we go back! We still enjoyed our dinner that evening and the fireworks show!

Here are the boys waiting for dinner...


Waiting for the parade to start (before we knew it was cancelled)... We did get some yummy ice cream cones with chocolate Mickey ears...

Riding the WDW bus back to our hotel...
We spent our last day just playing in the pool at our hotel--I didn't take any pictures there, but it really was such a great, relaxing day after such a busy week!

This Mickey boat was in the gift shop of our hotel--the boys loved looking at it all week!
You may have noticed that we didn't go to Epcot all week--we decided just to spend more of our time at the other parks this time since the boys are still so young. But, we did take the WDW boat from our hotel over to Epcot on our last evening to eat dinner and see the Illuminations Show. We were looking for a restaurant that would allow us to see the show, and God worked it out to make our last night the perfect ending to our great trip! We were seated at a table right on the edge of the lake, giving us the most perfect view of the show while we ate dinner! And, about 10 minutes before the show began the restaurant manager came over and told the boys that Mickey had gotten stuck on the monorail, and that he had asked for Griffin and Anderson to start the fireworks show!!! He brought them each these little wands and told them when to press the buttons to make the fireworks start--it was so cute to see how excited they were. It made them feel very special, and we were so thankful God made the last night of our trip such a blessing!!!

Here they are with their Mickey wands starting the show!

The next morning we flew home, back to reality. It would've been a sad day except we knew we were coming home to our sweet baby girl!! Overall, the week was one of my best weeks since becoming a parent. I know that sounds funny, but seeing our kids experience such a magical place just brought me such joy (I knew I was in bad shape when I cried during the Lion King Show at AK). For those of you that don't want to hear me say, "Disney," again for a long time, I promise there's only going to be one more post with some tips I've come up with!! DISNEY (sorry, just trying to get it in while I can :)