Mommy's Magical Birthday

All I wanted for my birthday this year was to give the kids something extra fun to do! We surprised the kids with a trip to Disney. They opened up new Mickey shirts Saturday morning. Thomas turned to us and asked, "Are we going to Disney????" They were so excited to go and I have never seen them get ready to leave the house so fast!



We first went to Animal Kingdom. We were amazed by the Tree of Life at the center of the park. It was so huge and full of amazing detail. A worker said that there are 325 animals carved on the tree. We rode the safari ride first. We couldn't believe that there wasn't a barrier between the animals and the safari jeep. We saw so many animals grazing and enjoying the sunshine. After the safari ride we went to the Finding Nemo Musical show. It ended up being Thomas' favorite part of the day. It was so neat and the puppets were just like the animals in the movie. We walked around the park and ate lunch there. Then we headed over to The Magic Kingdom.

Thomas thought it was so funny that the duck wanted his cookie. I love this picture!

Nathan spied another duck in the bushes.

Family photo while we waited for the Nemo show to start.

Birthday Ears.

The Magic Kingdom was celebrating it's 40th birthday. We got there just in time for the special birthday parade. I felt bad that Nathan was napping during the parade and missed seeing some of his favorite Disney characters. We then went on the Buzz Lightyear ride and then got a snack. We went on some more rides before it was time to grab some dinner and get a spot for the electrical parade. Oh, and of course visit the souvenior shop.

Having Mickey lollipops on the Ferry over to The Magic Kingdom.

Another of my favorite pictures!

Nathan napping during the parade.

Splashing a little while we waited for our Fast Pass to be ready to use.





The park was decorate so pretty for Fall.

Woody Ears.

We also conquered potty training while visiting a theme park. Nathan did super! He was dry all day with his big boy underpants and even went #2 in the potty! So...it was a magical day indeed, since that was the first time that ever happened. I have to say that seeing the excitement in the boys' eyes was the greatest gift of all. They had a blast and it was lots of fun being a kid with them.  

At 3am Thomas woke me up and whispered, "Did we really go to Disney?". I smiled and said, "Yes, it wasn't a dream." It melted my heart knowing that his day was so wonderful it could have been a dream!