The James Family

The James Family

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Disney Day 4

Our last full day at Disney we decided to go to Hollywood Studios.  Right away we got to meet "Jake" from the Neverland Pirates and Handy Manny with NO wait at all.  It was great...Jake was the whole reason we went to that park and we saw him in the first 20 minutes there.  We walked around and went on few rides, Cole got his face painted again and the big boys went on a Star Wars ride. On our way out of the park we saw an awesome street parade that made the day worth it.  Before that I wasn't very impressed with Hollywood Studios, mostly because the boys were too little for most of the entertainment. We then ate lunch and asked Cole how he wanted to spend the rest of his day.  He chose Magic Kingdom, we we hoped on a bus and made our way back there.

We arrived at Magic Kingdom and Cole wanted to immediately ride the "super fast roller coaster."  So we made our way there and the boys got in line...about 20 minutes later the roller coaster broke down.  I think Levi and I were WAY more disappointed than Cole.  We rode a few more rides and ate Mickey Mouse ice cream bars and watched Monsters Inc Laugh Out Load on stage.  It was really cute...Levi really enjoyed all the shows, he was the one always checking out the schedules.  We ended our night in front of Cinderellas Castle to watch the lights parade and fireworks.  Judson fell asleep during the parade and Cole lasted through the parade and long enough to "Cinderellas Castle Come Alive," and tinkerbell zip line from the top of the castle and he was OUT!!  Levi and I enjoyed the fireworks, I have never seen anything like it...amazing!!   However getting out of there with our double stroller was another thing...it was CRAZY!!



My Little Pirate was so excited!




Our Secret Agent


We participated in a Flash Mob


Judson LOVED the parade


YUMMMM Mickey Ice Cream 


Daddy loved it too

Waiting for the light parade 
We LOVED DISNEY World...and I will cherish the memories.  Its so nice to unplug from everyone and work and just enjoy each other...

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Disney Day 3

Disney Day 3

Day three at Disney World brought alot of excitement because it was Cole's 4th Birthday!  We decided that we would have "breakfast in bed," to start the day off fun!  The night before Levi and I had blown up about 40 balloons and had them all over the room when he woke up.  He gave me the funniest look and said "What are these for?" I told him for his birthday and he acted like NO BIG DEAL!!  Ohhh he is growing up too fast!!







For Cole's  Birthday we decided to celebrate at Magic Kingdom.  We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge on Disney and we were excited that we could take a boat to MK. That meant we didn't have to take kids out of the stroller and fold it up...HUGE thing for Levi and I.  When we arrived I was amazed at how beautiful everything was at MK...we were in for a treat that day.  When we first got there we did a little exploring and then caught a Mickey show in front of Cinderella's castle.


Then we were off for the day to have some BIRTHDAY fun.  We rode several rides, Cole and Judson loved them.  We road Dumbo, the Tea Cups, carousel, Aladdin magic carpets,  Buzz Light Year, but by far Cole's favorite was the "super fast roller coaster," and he moves his finger really fast to show you exactly how it went.   And of course I didn't get a picture of him on it...The Brainstormer!!  I tried to get several good pictures and put my camera up, although I wanted to capture the moment I also wanted to just relax and savor the time together!!  



My boys...LOVE them!


We ended the day a little earlier to head back to our hotel and clean up before Cole's big birthday dinner at Chef Mickey!!  We were so excited to get there and finally get some "autographs" that we came for.  Dinner was great and both boys had a fun time!  We ended the night watching the fireworks from across the water.  All in all I think Cole had a MAGICAL 4th Birthday!!  







FINALLY the one we came for!!!  


Happy 4th Cole...Love ya

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Disney Day 2


We slept in a little on Tuesday since our day was so long the day before and we had the late night.  We were still up and out of the hotel room by 930 ish, we ate breakfast at the hotel and we were off to Animal Kingdom for the day.  We had rented this AMAZING stroller from a stroller rental place in Orlando and it was a fabulous double stroller.  If I ever buy one it will be this brand!  It saved our backs and Cole's legs and was super easy to fold up.  I think we got to Animal Kingdom about 11 and we were excited to start our VACATION FUN!!

We started at Animal Kingdom with a 3D movie called "It's a Bugs Life." Judson had fallen asleep and it was a good thing.  Cole will tell you that it was VERY scary I felt awful because we didn't know it would be scary.  It was super cute until the end and a large scary grasshopper came out at you.  We feel awful every time someone asks him about Disney he says he had fun except for the scary bug show.  We then went on a safari and we loved it...we saw all the animals.  I hate it but I did not get any pictures because I was holding on to Judson who was very curious of all the animals.  After that we ate lunch, rode a few rides, played some carnival games, got Cole's face painted and waited 45 minutes to meet Goofy and Pluto.   We ended our trip to Animal Kingdom with the Nemo show that was adorable.

We got back to the hotel and all the boys took a nap for a couple hours, why I explored the hotel. I don't nap or I will wake up a bear.  We ate dinner at the hotel and then went down to the water and watched the light parade. We had a blast and we were ready for our beds!!



The boys loved this bridge in the hotel!






Adorable Pluto



















Determination!

Sweet Boy


He LOVED it





Water Lights Parade