Disney with Nana & Papa

My parents and brother, Kyle, came to visit us in Jacksonville at the beginning of September. They were there for a couple of weeks but it went by really quickly. We spent four days with them at Disney and had a great time! The highlight of the trip was eating at Cinderella's Royal Table which was Halle's birthday present from Nana and Papa. It is a restaurant inside Cinderella's castle on the second floor. You get to have a picture taken with Cinderella and then while you are eating all of the other princesses come around to visit with you. Halle absolutely loved it! We also enjoyed eating at Belle's castle for lunch one day, seeing the fireworks and the electrical parade and of course, Blair continued to LOVE "It's a Small World"! It was hot while we were there but we still had a lot of fun. We visited Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Epcot. Halle also loved the Lion King show and the Nemo show at Animal Kingdom and we went on the Nemo ride at Epcot at least 4 times! Thanks Nana, Papa and Kyle for a great trip!

 On the monorail

Halle loved the tea cups

This looks like a backdrop but it is the outside of the new Belle's Castle - the "Be Our Guest" restuarant

They give you a tracker so that waiters can bring our food out right to you

Papa let Halle drive!

The Move it, Shake it parade

Nana and Papa spoiling the kids in the Emporium - Halle picked out princess dolls and Blair fell in love with a stuffed Lady Dog

On our way back for the firework show

Halle danced to the whole Lion King show!

On the safari!

There were bad storms in the afternoon while the kids were napping so while my parents stayed with them, Brandon and I took advantage of no lines at Animal Kingdom and went back in the rain to go on the ride, Dinosaur. The picture below is from our second time on the ride and we knew where the camera was so we pretended to be scared but Brandon forgot (or so he says!)

Halle watched the Mickey show with Kyle and Papa while Brandon had to go back for our tickets in the hotel room!

Look closely and you can see Halle's new cinderella doll on Papa's horse!

The Small World ride was a hit with both kids but especially Blair!

Meeting the Fairy Godmother

Thank goodness Blair learned to sleep in the stroller while we were at Disney or she would've been exhausted! She was a trooper the whole time since it was hot too.

The People Mover

Eating at Cinderella's Royal Table

Waiting for our turn to meet Cinderella

Getting to decorate her own cupcake for dessert!

Halle didn't like Buzz Light Year

 Photo evidence that Brandon maxed out his score!

The afternoon parade which Halle loved and a lot of the characters waved to her

Brandon and I got Halle a Cinderella umbrella painted with her name on it as her souvenir from all three trips we took to Disney

After eating at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney

The Nemo ride at Epcot

Meeting Duffy - Disney's newest character

Halle cooled off in the fountains..

We cooled off with ice water and ice cream!

Halle loved meeting the characters but Blair not so much...this was the closest she would get!

We also had fun exploring around Jacksonville with my family. We introduced them to Cracker Barrell and Kilwins Ice Cream which they loved. We also celebrated their 40th Anniversary and an early birthday for my Mom.