Isaac meets "The Mouse"

well...sorta...at least he would've if he wasn't sleeping...

I don’t know who was more excited about going to Disney, Isaac or Me! Okay, I do know—I was.

It was a blast! Saturday, we went with the Shaws to Animal Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom and even though the first hour we were there was a little misty, after that the weather was great.

It was Isaac and his buddy Jacob’s first time and they were perfect! We rode the Kilimanjaro Safari early in the morning and all of the animals were out feeding—and not the animatronic ones…Then we saw the Broadway musical, ‘Finding Nemo’…The whole 30 minutes were awesome…The songs, costumes, special effects…at one point, bubbles coated the entire audience. The Magic Kingdom had more guests but was just as beautiful…Thankfully, the filming of the Christmas parade was postponed due to clouds so we didn’t have to compete with extra people, film crews and detours.
Disney has limited characters around the park for you to get pictures with but if you “tour” Mickey’s house in toontown, they take you in a room to have a more personal visit. Normally, there’s around five families in a “private” room at a time but they must have been getting a break after us because it was just us and the Shaws with Mickey and Minnie. We waited about 25 mins in line to see them (something I never realized I’d do…then babies came along!) and once we get to our meeting room—Isaac had fallen asleep on daddy. Figures. =) We spent about 10 mins with them though; they were so sweet and patient. Jacob LOVED them!
Minnie's house

sitting in Minnie's chair in her "florida room" (cause for some reason floridians have to have a florida room)







To see more about our Disney day, visit the Shaw’s at www.shaw-faily.blogspot.com.

We also saw characters during the parade—Isaac never cried; He wasn’t afraid of them but certainly liked observing them from a distant, rather than up close. There were about 5 that came up to see him! Alice even talked to him from her float!

“I like your hat!”




Decorated for Christmas



Matt proposed to me up behind that middle window =)


It was a day of firsts…
Disney employees gave Isaac and Jacob their “Its my first visit to Disney” button, Isaac tried funnel cake for the first time—obviously loved it—“What a sweet mess!” and we got him an ornament to remember his first day and Disney AND his first Christmas!