Epcot- Day 3

Katie was such a trooper for the trip.  In this picture she was enjoying being out of the stroller and being able to practice walking.

Lily enjoying watching the fountains.  She was really excited about it until Papa held her up and she got sprayed (below).  :)

We loved seeing Mickey and friends!

Katie was okay with Mickey...

but she did NOT like Goofy.  I think it's funny we are all looking at Katie instead of the camera.

Minnie mouse was okay too.

Silly girls pretending to be asleep.

Future firefighters???

They had this little piggy bank game that you played (about saving money) and Claire just LOVED the little pig.  She wasn't happy when we had to give it back at the end of the game.  :)

Meeting a princess.  Notice how I just always call them princess.  I can't ever keep them all straight.  :)

The traditional picture with the big globe.

Ollie really wanted his picture with this guy.  I think we were in Norway.

Nothing like a giant troll to climb on or bubbles to pop (below).

Playing with the music toys in the imagination station.

We really enjoyed Epcot. It's very different than the Magic Kingdom. There is not as many rides but there is more to see and explore. The countries are really fun to walk around and see all the different things. We didn't explore the countries too much. Little hands in stores and small crowded places... I'll just leave that to your imagination. :)

New Smyrna Beach -Day 2

The second day we went to New Smyrna Beach. It was about 1 1/2 hours away and totally worth the drive. Our little kiddos love water. Add some sand and you have happy kids!

Tasting the sand- needs to be done every so often because you just might forget what it tastes like.

Katie discovered that wet sand is really hard to walk in!

Our castes were really more like hills.  :)  We made the hills as big as we could and then watched the water erode the hills.

Grandma helping Claire in the water.  Claire was super brave and wanted to go in really deep.  She just loved the waves crashing on her.

Lily was helping to build the hill "castles".  She would run several yards away and get sand and then bring it back.  :)

Three cute girls!

Papa taking a break after some hard playing

Claire lost her legs and became a Mermaid.

Ollie was very brave and went way out in the water too. 

There's nothing like the beach!!

Disney World

I have tons and tons of pictures of our Disney World vacation. Lots of them were taken by an awesome 8 year old. :) Here's a few of my favorites from the first day and the airplane ride there. In case you didn't already know...  my Mom met us there which was tons of fun!  She was a HUGE help.  :)

The kids knew that we were going to go "sometime" but they didn't know when.  When I checked them out early from school there was much jumping up and down and running with excitement.  Another surprise was Grandma Beck waiting for us at the Orlando airport.

Katie's first airplane ride.  She did great!  Thanks to big brother for holding her so Mom could take their picture.

We went on a ride that Katie couldn't go on.  We found her exploring the water.

Ollie driving without hands...  When he got off the ride he came and told me that he did great driving and he's "almost ready to get his drivers license".  He's 8.  I just laughed and said, "Good luck with that buddy".

To infinity and beyond!

Dancing at the street party.  I love how you can see Lily's excitement and Claire's happiness.

We met lots of princesses.  Claire was in heaven.  Lily and Katie were indifferent.  Ollie was a good sport.

Ollie was much more interested in pulling out the sword than seeing princesses.  :)

Grandma and Katie

Lily watching the electric parade on Papa's shoulder.

It was fun to all have matching shirts and the kids are still young enough that it's cool to dress alike.  We loved our day at Magic Kingdom!   We took home some very happy and tired kiddos.