Life as a Leach

Photo Dump Alert!!! Minnie was dressed up as Elsa! This picture does not do the decorations justice.  Everything was beautifully decorated for Christmas!  I highly recommend going in the beginning of December.  It wasn't crowded and it was gorgeous! Goofing off at Tinkerbell's house Main Street Another Memory Maker Magic Shot.  I love their expressions! This was our best family photo--I just wish it had been in front of a prettier backdrop than The Mine Train!

Caleb's treat for the day at our second day at Magic Kingdom?? \ A cookie the size of his face!   After this, we put stipulations on what the treat could be!  This monster was nibbled away at even after we got home.  It stayed fresh in a Lock and Lock container, of course. :)

One of the "extras" from Make a Wish and Give Kids the World was the Memory Maker package.  This was awesome!!  I got over 700 professional pictures taken, in addition to all of the pictures I took myself.   In addition to getting all of the ride pictures, we could get pictures taken by any of the professional photographers who walk around.  They are at all of the big photo op places too, so we took full advantage of them--especially when it involved the castle! When you view your pictures, they often have characters photobombing your pictures.  I thought this one was cute, especially since she was Elsa! We really wanted to get one of the ice castle with Abby dressed as Elsa, but they turned it off for the fireworks just as we stepped up to get our picture taken. But our photographer did  catch these two super cool fireworks pictures, which I think is pretty darn cool! We finally did get pictures in front of the ice cast...

Photo booths were included in our photo package, so we took advantage of them!  One of the booths was in the gift shop next to Space Mountain, so most of these were taken while we were waiting for Caleb and whoever he was with to finish the ride!

I have always loved Cinderella's Castle!

At the Magic Kingdom, Huck Finn's Island is a really neat place to explore.  Caleb absolutely loved it!   It's not the least bit handicapped accessible with lots of tree roots, rocks, and uneven ground, so Abby had a really hard time getting around.  Matt and Abby ended up staying on the front porch and played checkers while Caleb and I explored. The rope bridges were pretty neat and made for good pictures There were a bunch of little cabins you could go through,and some had cannons and shot guns!  You could "shoot" the guns, which of course, Caleb loved.  If you asked me, he got a little too excited over shooting the poor folks on Mine Train though!  It was kind of sniperish! There were lots of caves as well, and some of them had jewels in them.  Caleb was a little nervous to go down in them at first, but he got braver as we went on.  One of the caves was very dark and super tight...my clausterphobia showed a bit in...

The Magic Kingdom.  There's just something so...well, magical  about it!   This park is lots of fun for the little ones, and Abby could ride just about every ride.  There are at least four rides that are basically The Magic Carpets with a different theme, and she loved every one of them! We all drove on the Speedway.  Caleb was so excited that he was old enough to drive on his own...but not tall enough to reach the pedals.  Boo!  I rode with him.  Let's just say that I am not  looking forward to teaching him to drive!  I'm pretty sure I got whiplash.  The funny thing about this ride was when our gas pedal got stuck and I couldn't fix it.  We just kept on going and the crew members couldn't stop us either!  We went around again and I managed to get the gas pedal unstuck by the time we got back.  It was hysterical! Dumbo is one of the many go-up-in-the-air-and-bounce-up-and-down-a-little rides, but th...