Day 4: Magic Kingdom

Thursday morning, we got another early start at Magic Kingdom with lots on our to-do list before noon, when we planned to all go back to the hotel to bid Nana and Grandpa farewell and welcome our friends who were flying in from VA that day.

As soon as we walked in, we ran into Mary Poppins...


and Snow White!


Stopping on Main Street for a family photo


We hit Adventureland first and rode Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride and the Jungle Cruise, then checked out the Swiss Family Tree House. We were all excited to meet some of our best-known characters, Captain Hook (SJ's smart...she's not turning her back on him!) and Mr. Smee...


and Peter Pan!!! (SJ was equally fascinated with him!)


Another castle view on our way to...


the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party, which was lots of fun as you would expect from the name.


SJ was happy to be released from the stroller for a while!


She joined AG and LL as they danced in the street with Donald Duck to "Shake a Tailfeather"!


After the street party we hung around for the Dream Along with Mickey show and the girls enjoyed seeing the characters sing and dance on stage...


especially the princesses and princes!


When we got back to the rooms, we quickly met up with our friends, and the girls were so excited to see A, one of their oldest friends! She is is almost exactly 9 months younger than AG and 9 months older than LL, and they both had a great time with her and her brother W, who'd just turned 2 the day before! (Included in this picture are the newest additions to our family, baby Simba and baby Minnie. Thanks, Nana and Grandpa!)


We were sad to say goodbye to Grandpa and Nana and knew we had our work cut out for us after having been spoiled by all their help with the girls over the previous 4 days! After resting for a few hours, we headed back to the park with our friends and went to another street party, Tomorrowland, and stayed late for the fireworks and night parade. What a busy and fun day!