First Visit to Magic Kingdom - 3.4.10

The first day of entering Walt Disney World..These are the gates to the most magical place on Earth..

Wilderness Lodge is such a beautiful lodge and the flowers around the lodge make for pretty pictures..Brianna just adds a bit precious to the background..

Brianna's first boat ride from Wilderness Lodge to the front of Magic Kingdom..This is the Friendship I that runs from the back of the lodge, on the Seven Seas Lagoon & up to the dock that loads off the passengers to go in to Magic Kingdom..The first trip in to Magic Kingdom, she wanted to be Princess Jasmine..

Arriving in to Magic Kingdom, we got our "free" stroller to put our stuff in and to put her in..Then we strolled on down Main Street towards the Castle..The first place we are heading is Toontown where the Princesses are located..

The Princesses & Fairies are in a building that has 2 lines..The guests chose which line they want and how much time they want to wait in that line..For the Princesses, I think there was a 30 minute wait, which isn't a bad time to wait..

The first Princess that Brianna sees is Cinderella..Cinderella was asking Brianna all kinds of questions about her outfit, her doll, and what fun was she having..Cinderella found out that Brianna was a hugger too..

 

The second Princess we saw was Princess Belle..Brianna keeps calling her Beauty but she knows who she is talking about..Princess Belle was very impressed with Brianna and her talking about things and hugs..

The third Princess was Princess Aurora..After talking with the Princess and autographing her book, Brianna showed Aurora her painted nails and talked on and on..We had to "drag" her away from Aurora..Before she could leave the Princess, Brianna just had to give one more big hug..

As you can see, it was a bit chilly this day of searching for autographs..Here we all are waiting in the line for Princess Ariel..I think we waited in line for about an hour..What grandparents will do for their grandchild's autograph book..But actually, I think Brianna pulled the strings to Poppy's sweatshirt to make him laugh..I think she giggled more than he did...LOL

After waiting in line for over an hour, we finally got to see Princess Ariel while Brianna was able to sit next to the Princess..Ariel signed her book and Bri was telling her about meeting the other Princesses..Brianna also told Ariel how she liked her tail..

Downtown Disney - Princess Poses

Princess Aurora and Brianna...Do you think Brianna could be a Princess???  All of these wonderful Princess poses was done in front of the World of Disney at Downtown Disney..

 

Downtown Disney Visit - T-Rex Fun

Poppy and I decided that it was time to take Brianna to this awesome restaurant in Downtown Disney called T-REX..The inside is nothing but prehistoric design..

Two of my favorite people wanted a picture taken in front of the prehistoric dinosaur..Bri wanted to know if it was real or fake..We let her touch it to see for herself..If she thought this one dinosaur was big, wait until she went inside..

Outside the restaurant is this safari jeep with all the making of going on Safari on top of the jeep..We werent' going digging but we were sure gonna have some fun with meteor showers and dinosaurs making all kinds of noises..

While waiting for our name to be called, Brianna decided to climb all over this dinosaur's foot..Granted she had on the wrong shoes for climbing but she did a pretty good job of moving around all the toes and knuckles of this prehistoric dinosaur..Not sure if she even knew she was climbing all over a dinosaur's foot and not even sure if she would care..LOL

Once done climbing, she wanted to sit next to Poppy and have her picture taken..She was being such a good girl (so far) and was being a pretty princess..

Once inside the restaurant and at our table, Brianna wanted to go exploring and seeing all the different animals that were around..We ran in to this baby triceratops..She wanted to touch it to see if it was real but then backed out at the last minute..It is actually made out of rubber, or so it felt like rubber..

 

Another baby Triceratops..

While walking around the T-REX restaurant, we came across this dinosaur that has a snake-like head..and this is the baby dinosaur too..Brianna saw it and just kept on walking by looking at the walls..

On our departure of the restaurant, Brianna and Poppy found these baby Mammoths..They were so cute and their eyes moved..The restaurant is done in a very cool way and very interesting for kids of all ages..

Brianna order Dinosaur nuggets and waffle fries with a coke..She actually liked the waffle fries and the nuggets..For $6.99 she got 8 nuggets and fries with the coke..Richard and I ordered cheese steak subs which were very good..I got chips with my sub while Richard got waffle fries with his..As it turned out, I didn't like the crispy chips and he did so we exchanged our chips/fries..Brianna kept an eye on the fish tank and saw "Dory" swim around many times..I think she had a good time in there..

Last Visit to Brianna’s Cousins Home

With all the goings on around us, we are making our last trip to the niece & nephew’s house, Brianna’s cousins…Brianna’s cousins is her mom’s first cousins and then their kids are Brianna’s second cousins…The names of the cousins are Kevin & Kelli (the parents) then the kids are Bayne (the eldest daughter), Shyler (the youngest daughter) & Kevin Jr. (the only son)…They have a nice house around the area of Crestview and it is fun to go over there to eat some good cooking and play games…

 

On the way over to Kevin & Kelli’s, we were listening to The Princess & The Frog soundtrack…There are several songs on the soundtrack that are Brianna’s favorites…The first song is Goin’ Down the Bayou and then the Madam Odie song…She also likes the prince song…So while driving we were singing to Goin’ Down the Bayou while she was sipping her Caprisun…What fun we had singing the songs on our drive which was about 35 mins. from the KOA that we are staying at…

 

After arriving at the cousins’ house, Brianna saw the kids and started playing with them…Everybody went outside and she came out and was having fun with Shyler…They found a little green truck to ride down the hill on and then found a 2-wheel dolley…Brianna stood on the dolley and Shyler pushed her around the yard…They were having lots of fun…

Kevin was making burgers on the grill…He was using charcoal briquets on his propane grill which he said was versatile to use that way…But the hamburgers were the regular ground beef and the grease from the burgers was making one heck of a smoke screen…But after all the burgers were done, they were delicious along with the pasta salad, twice baked potatoes (which was the only 2 sides I had) but there was also Richard’s pickles and cole slaw…Brianna wouldn’t try any part of the hamburger or potato so we made her 2 hot dogs for her dinner…Then there was strawberry shortcake for dessert…Bri didn’t eat the spongecake with the strawberries but she did eat the strawberries which were in the strawberry glaze that Kevin put together…Yummy…Then she had a popsicle for a snack…

This is the backyard of Kevin & Kelli’s house…The have a very nice big swimming pool, a lake to go fishing in with a small boat with a small motor on it, when it’s nice out lots of red ants…They did take down some trees from out of their yard…

Before the evening was winding down and before the kids were getting ready for bed for school, we took a few last pictures for this visit of Brianna & her cousins…Brianna is hugging Bayne first…

Brianna is hugging Shyler…

Brianna is hugging Kelli and then Kevin…For Brianna to hug Kevin is a huge event…The last time we had Brianna in 2007-2008, she wouldn’t go near him…Now she will talk to him and ask him for things so this hug was very unexpected…

Then we put Brianna on the couch to watch cartoons while Richard & I were being taught a new way to play a card game called Golf…After the Golf game, Richard won, we played Pegs and Jokers and the girls won..We played as teams, boys vs girls…It was a close game but it was getting late and we had to get ready to leave…It was a great way to end an evening…

The Family’s Next Skateboarder…

Does everyone know that one day our own Brianna wants to be a skateboarder..She has no fear..only fun in her..Below is a glimpse of our Olympic skateboarder..

On her mark, get set, go!

This is the first run on the skateboard..The belly roll with no hands..

The second run was getting a great push-off of the wall..Hands are ready to stop…

 and the final winner for her third run is 10.0 run..Olympics here she comes..

Laurianna Turned 1…

Our youngest granddaughter, Laurianna, turned 1 years old on Jan. 20, 2010…Laurianna lives in Sicily with her parents, Misti & Chad…The year went by very fast and she is growing like a weed…Happy Birthday, Laurianna..

and on the cupcake is her One Candle to blow out…Whoo hoo!!!

This is the birthday card that was created to go email to Laurianna cause it takes so long for mail to get to Sicily…but I also enjoyed creating this birthday card for our granddaughter…I think it is more personal than going out and trying to find the “perfect” birthday card and I enjoyed making it..

This is the birthday girl in her Daddy’s & Mommy’s arms…On the table to the left of them is Anna’s b’day cake and all the party favors and snacks for the party…

The b’day girl and her balloons..Can you tell what the theme was???  Carebears, correct..But which Carebear???  The one and only Good Luck Carebear…Misti has always liked the Carebears…

 These are some awesome green iced cupcakes…They look very yummy..Great job, Misti..

Anna received many presents and cards from her adoring family and friends who were invited to her party…Her daddy was helping her with her cards but she must have seen one that really caught her attention cause it looks like she is actually reading this card…So cute..

Presents and more presents..This little girl got a lot of different items..I wonder what her favorite present was..

The fun part of turning 1 is that you get your own special piece of cake or your own special cupcake..There is nothing like letting a 1 yr. old go for it..Sometimes they don’t know what to do with the piece of cake that is put in front of them but there are times when they do know what to do..I think Anna knew exactly what to do with the green icing..I bet when she is done with this cupcake that it will be bath time..

Does this little green carebear need a bath?  She looks like she had lots of fun…I wonder how much icing went down her diaper…She looks so happy…

After her party and sugar rush from the cupcake, she put herself on the floor…Her daddy said it was a sugar crash…

We hope Laurianna had a great first birthday..Enjoy all your presents..We love you very much, Poppy & Mommom…xxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxoooxxxooo