Danny and I decided that we should go to Disney one more time before the girls start elementary school. It will really be hard to take winter vacations once they are in "real" school. We don't want to have "truent" children. tee hee!!!! So, we invited ourselves on Emily and David's vacation. We had a great time. The kids had a great time. Disney is beautiful this time of the year. This vacation we made reservations at the Bibbidi Bobiddi Boutique in Cinderella's Castle at MK. The girls loved the attention. They got their hair, nails and makeup done. I brought dresses from home. Emma wore Belle's christmas dress and Hannah wore Aurora's christmas dress. They looked adorable. We then headed over to Epcot. I made reservations for them to have lunch with the Princesses. They got to see Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel and Jasmine. They loved it. This was the first time Emma met Jasmine so she was very excited. Another highlight for this particular day, we were chosen as Disney's First Family for the day. We were on our way to BB Boutique and headed toward the monorail when were stopped. They gave the girls several souveniers and we rode in the front monorail car with the driver. It was very exciting. This was also the coldest day so far. I also was lucky enough to get reservations for Chef Mickey's. The girls loved it. Hannah smooched up all the characters. I think they liked it....They came by our table several times!!!! This trip was special too because the girls were tall enough to ride the "big Kid" rides....and they did!!!! I was shocked. Several of the rides they did more than once. Hannah even cried because she wanted to ride Aerosmith's rockin' rollercoaster. Still a couple of inches short. She thought Emma and Grant were going to ride....NOT!!!!!! Well, we had a great time. Hopefully next time we go, the Evans' will make the trip,too! It would be fun for the kids. Pics to come later.
This year we went a new route with birthday parties. I had Emma's 5th birthday at Windrose's meeting house and the lady who did the party for me.....did everything!!! It was great. I was able to enjoy the party for once and not be running crazy trying to keep things running smoothly. Emma invited Kayla and Grant and all her friends from Pre-K and..Sydney and Addison our neighbors. The day started out with a trip to the salon to have Emma's hair done up like a "Princess". Ahn, my hairdresser, had the best time. She has a teenage daughter and so this brought back lots of memories. At the party, Candice helped them pick out a princess dress and get it on. She then did their makeup and nails. These little girls were adorable. Once of the rooms was set up for them to do a craft. Their craft was to make picture frames. At the end of the night, Candice took pics of them and she put them in their pic frames. It was a nice gift to take home. There was a princess coronation. The girls were the "Ladies in waiting"...the princess' court and Emma was crowned Princess. She loved all the attention. They had a tea party after this. Tea sandwiches and pink lemonade. Then petit fours to top it off. It was grand. Thinking the party was almost over...guess who shows up? Snow White!!!! The girls went crazy. Snow White danced with them. They played games and then she read them a princess story. How awesome is that!!! What a grand 5th birthday Emma had. It's going to be tough to outdo that one next year.
