A dream come true

Well it's official, we took a dream vacation and I will never forget it! Yesterday we got back from Disney World in Florida. It was the most amazing time ever. We were gone for 7 days and the weather surely did cooperate with us.

We stayed in a house with my parents at a gorgeous resort. It was nice to have the resort amenities, but be able to have our own kitchen and such too cook in. We mainly had breakfast and lunch at our house and then ate dinner out at night. All except for one day did we eat breakfast at home. The exception was our breakfast at the Contemporary Resort with the characters. Sophia could hardly eat because there was so much going on. It was great to have each of the characters stop by the table, but I think her favorite was Minnie. Here's the proof:

The breakfast was quite fun and they even had a little party where all of the characters came out to dance and sing.

The first park we went to was Epcot. Sophia really enjoyed going to see the Monsters Inc Show. She also adored going on the Clam Mobiles for the Finding Nemo Ride. It was a great sunny day and we were all tired after the 12 miles of walking we did over the course of the day.


Sophia's favorite character that she met that day at the park had to be Marie.


The next day we spent the entire sunny, hot, day at Magic Kingdom. We had such a great time riding on all of the rides. Our favorite as a family was probably Small World. Sophia adored the Dumbo Ride and going on Peter Pan. We saw the parade in the afternoon and Sophia got to meet Belle, Cinderella, and Aurora. That was the most amazing sight. I teared up just a bit watching her face as she met Cinderella. I knew that this would be a memory that I would cherish forever.

Sophia on the tea cup ride

Our third park day we went to Animal Kingdom. This was a new one for our whole family. We all had a great time on the safari seeing the giraffes and all of the animals. Hal and I loved going on the huge roller coaster. After finishing at the park, we went back and went in the pool.

For our final couple of days, we spent time by the pool, going down the water slide, and hanging out on the lazy river. We went also went to Down Town Disney which was really quite fun. Sophia loved it because she got to pick out her souvenir.

All in all, I can honestly say this was the best vacation ever. I would highly recommend going with young kids and I can barely wait to go back. Hal and I have already started planning our next trip back!

I took a million more pictures, but couldn't fit them all. Until our next trip.....