Day One: Magic Kingdom

 Finally!!  It was here!  Time to make the magic happen!  The above photo trips me out.  So typical of both boys.  Too cool.

 I was not sure what the boys would think when we walked in.  I think they were tired from the night before (read: first hotel room) and overwhelmed.  They were absolutely thrilled and excited though!

 We made our way to Fantasyland first and rode some classic rides as well as some new ones.  It's amazing how much is the same and improved at the same time.  The boys enjoyed all the rides and then we started to make our way to lunch and stopped at the parade where tons of characters were dancing in the street.  See Sutton amazed??

 Our first meal was at the Crystal Palace which is a Winnie the Pooh themed character buffet.  Now, my kids have a vague idea about Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, etc., but oh my word, they were THRILLED to meet them.  Sutton could not hug them enough.  And Moses was just flat out excited.  Disney does a great job at these meals with rotating the characters through to the different tables.  Also, the food was great.  I'm currently doing a weight loss challenge and I had no problem finding healthy things.

 We continued on to Frontierland and enjoyed a few more rides and activities before we began to make our way back to the entrance.  But first.....

 We met Mickey Mouse!!  With the Disney and Touring Plans app we could see that there was no wait to meet Mickey.  Nowadays, the characters are in specific locations so you can plan to meet most of them.  When I was little, I only saw the mouse from a distance.

 This was way better!!!  Also, you got plenty of time with him!  PS, the next day they introduced "talking Micky."  Oh well!

 As you can see, we needed a nap after the morning of fun.  We had checked in that morning, but our room was not ready.  When we arrived at the hotel for "rest time" it still was not available.  We knew this could be the case, and lucked out because Sutton slept for nearly three hours in the stroller.  Praise!

The real magic happened later that night.  We took the boys to the Buzz Lightyear ride and when we walked out, there was Buzz!!!  If you don't know, Sutton is OBSESSED with Buzz.  Seriously, it's insane.  We stood in line to meet him and Sutton stood behind the rope yelling, "Hi Buzz!!!" over and over again.  Stop.it.  Sooo sweet.  They were both excited to see this guy.  It was the best way to wrap up day one!

Disney: The Drive

At first, I really wanted to fly to Orlando for our trip.  After looking at the cost of flights, that dream was dead in the water.  So, we moved on to plan b, driving.  The thought of it gave me nightmares.  I spent a lot of time collecting items for the boys for our trip.  Crafts, portable dvd players, special ear phones, toys, books, stickers, and snacks.  Ready or not, here we go.

 After a Bojangles breakfast of champions, we left for Disney before dawn.  We were pumped!  Those DVD players came out before we even left the neighborhood.  The head phones came with stickers to decorate them with (special kiddie low sound head phones).  That gave me the idea to let them put other stickers on the players.  Best.activity.ever.  Sutton actually took a quick morning catnap!

 Honestly, the trip was a breeze.  It was tight quarters in the way back where mom and I were, but it was doable.  We had extra storage up top, but my double stroller took up a lot of space.  Stopping to actually sit down and eat lunch was a great idea.  No wonder Cracker Barrel is always bumping.

I was SO proud of these two.  They never once asked when we would get there or complained.  No emergency potty breaks or meltdowns.  We made it to Orlando around 5pm, plenty of time to eat and get to bed so we could get to Mickey in the morning!