More Birthday Fun!!

Birthday Hat Fun!!

After having a wonderful girls weekend, I came home and we had birthday fun as a family. Doug and I had wanted to go to Disney with the girls and spend the night (they love that) so we used my birthday as an excuse to go (plus we wanted to go before school started). So Tuesday (Aug. 4th) we headed to the Magic Kingdom. We knew it would be crowded and it was. The kids weren't too keen on the lines (we usually don't go when it's going to be super crowded), but we did ok. Riley and Kamryn both wanted to see Tinkerbell and her friends so that is where we went first. Well, we were in line for a LONG time (Doug actually took the girls somewhere else and came back) but we finally got in. Both girls loved it. They got to see Tinkerbell, Silvermist and Fawn. We hadn't been there since they opened the meet and greet area...it was really cool.

The girls and Tinkerbell

We left the park around 3:00 and went to check into the hotel. We had thought about staying somewhere nicer, but settled for All Star Sports. The kids don't really care as long as they know we're on property and since you only sleep there, we went for the economy option. We spruced up a bit and then headed to Doug's restaurant (Boma) for dinner. like many of our friends, we LOVE to eat at Boma and even though Doug works there, we don't do it nearly enough. We also took some time to go and check out the animals (a favorite pastime of the girls).

What do you see?

The Magic Kingdom was calling our names again, so we returned. It was still crowded, but we got to do some of our favorite rides...Buzz Lightyear, Big Thunder Mountain, Carousel, etc. Riley was sad because Space Mountain is down for rehab and Pirates was broken. Oh well, we still had fun. We even manged to take them to the Hall of Presidents so we could see all the changes (I don't think I've been in there since the added George W so we got to see two new figures). We tried to leave before fireworks and stuff but did get caught in Spectromagic crowds. We stopped and watched for awhile, but it's hard to hold both kids up so they can see.

Yes, that is my (Lori's) score for Buzz Lightyear...Doug thinks I cheated somehow

After making it back to the room we hit the sack. Wednesday morning we were up early and went to Blizzard Beach. We had these tickets we were going to use, but found out when we got there that we couldn't. The girls were sad but handled it well (we actually left and were heading somewhere else). So well in fact that Doug had us return and we bought annual passes. They weren't that much more than buying regular tickets for all of us and we knew we would use them. We had so much fun at the park. We usually do, but it was even better this time because Kamryn would ride everything. The only things she didn't go on were those that she wasn't tall enough for anyway. It made the day much more fun because we could all stay together. I think our favorite is still the family raft ride! Once the afternoon showers came in it was time to head home.

I'm so lucky that I have such a wonderful family! I love my husband and kids and really enjoy spending time with them. I'm glad we could have such a great time!!