Walt Disney World Magic

Twirling her dress around her finger

Twirling and swishing in her dress

Last Day, Last Park...Toasted

Lily, Abuelita, and I spent 5 incredible days at Walt Disney World! This just happened to coincide with Lily's 3rd official Gotcha Day anniversary! What a joy it was to see it through Lily's eyes! Overall I think she could have done without most of the rides and the shows. But she loved the characters!!!!! We saw so many of them through our character breakfasts and our time in the parks. We got our picture taken with... Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Tigger, Pooh, Tiana and Naveen, Belle, Aurora, Cinderella and her Fairy God Mother, Snow White, Mulan, Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Ariel, Jasmine and Aladdin, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and her fairy friend Rosetta, Lilo and Stitch, Chip and Dale and Mary Poppins. It was so fun to watch her meet them! She twirled her hair and her dress, twirled her finger inside her dress, smiled, and hugged them. For many of them, she even got their autograph! She was so excited that she found Mickey's white rabbit for him, when Stitch told her he had a crush on Cinderella and when she bounced with Tigger. Truly a priceless experience.

Our favorite Lilyism of the trip happened at Animal Kingdom on the last day....we were standing by a "display" of flamingos and each had identification number tags wrapped around their leg. Lily exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, are they for sale?" Love it....through the eyes of a child!

Before Sept. escapes me...

Just a quick note before Sept. escapes me. Lily has completed several weeks of kindergarten. Even though she tells us she doesn't want to go, she does appear to like it. From what we can see she appears to be doing well. She comes home almost every other day with a prize from the prize box because she had earned 10 "sticks" for doing "positive" things. I will be eager to hear how she is doing at the parent-teacher conference in Oct.

A funny from Lily last week. Olav and I were talking about infant dedication vs. infant baptism. Lily overheard bits and pieces of the conversation. Later she told Daddy, "I know why they don't baptize infants, it's because they won't get water in their eyes." I love how her little brain works!

Anyway, next weekend we are off to Walt Disney World! Oh, how I hope it is an excellent time!