He picked out his little boy to sleep with tonight.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Disney the Iris Way
Iris did not remember Disney very well at all from two years ago. So, to her, this was like a totally new experience. She was ALL about meeting the characters!! She just loved the whole "Disney Experience" ... the happy atmosphere, everyone talking to her and calling her "princess", having us take lots of pictures of her hammy self....and the totally fun rides. She just ABSORBED it all. The rides, the shows, the CHARACTERS, the meals.....she soaked each one in, and then skipped to the next one.
Here she is in happy anticipation on the ferry ride over to the Magic Kingdom...
She loved the Peter Pan ride...
She was just ALWAYS excited to meet a character, and she loves Ariel anyway...
The MOST important thing the first day, was to meet Pooh, since she was in her honey bee costume!
She was SO playful with the characters!!!
Hugging Pinnochio...
She got so tired, even her antennas began to droop :)
Day 2, when we went to Downtown Disney she was STUNNED....
when she saw this sculpture made of legos in the water!!!
She had just seen Sleeping Beauty for the first time, before we left home. So, she was so excited about meeting Aurora that she hugged her statue!
Day 3 at the Animal Kingdom, she was wanting to meet the characters again....here she is with King Louis from the Jungle Book (I am, by far, not including all of this child's character pics!)...
And for comparison sake, here she is with King Louis two years ago!
She LOVES Minnie.
She was very excited about Kali River, but you can also see the concern in her face before the ride began...
But it ended up being wonderful, of course!
There was one ride which she ended up being too short to ride, so she and I went off and waited in line...
for a different ride...
On day 4 when we went to Epcot, she HAD to wear this special outfit (which she spent most of her money on). She bought it ESPECIALLY to wear to have her picture made with Minnie.. again!
Here she is jumping around the bouncing water, while the adults decide where to go next.
FINALLY got to meet Aurora!! We were the 2nd people in line. This is in the garden in France...
Here are Sherry and Iris waiting to get into Monsters Inc, they're listening to Roz on the TV, right before we got to go inside....and right before Iris got to be "Boo" for the 2nd time! She was very excited about being "Boo", but also "a little shy". She told Papa she would kinda like to be a nurse or a rock star, but she's probably to shy to be a rock star :)
The big surprise of the trip, was that after she saw Lucy be brave enough to ride Thunder Mountain and come out alive, she decided to do it too. Here's how it turned out!!
Thunder Mountain turned out to be her very favorite ride. "This is all I want to ride, the rest of the day!"
But....we eventually whisked her away to Tomorrowland, where she was the only one of my kids to want to ride the Astro Orbiter, which flies in circles WAY above the rest of the park...
It was our last ride...and a perfect ending!
Here she is in happy anticipation on the ferry ride over to the Magic Kingdom...
She loved the Peter Pan ride...
She was just ALWAYS excited to meet a character, and she loves Ariel anyway...
The MOST important thing the first day, was to meet Pooh, since she was in her honey bee costume!
She was SO playful with the characters!!!
Hugging Pinnochio...
She got so tired, even her antennas began to droop :)
Day 2, when we went to Downtown Disney she was STUNNED....
when she saw this sculpture made of legos in the water!!!
She had just seen Sleeping Beauty for the first time, before we left home. So, she was so excited about meeting Aurora that she hugged her statue!
Day 3 at the Animal Kingdom, she was wanting to meet the characters again....here she is with King Louis from the Jungle Book (I am, by far, not including all of this child's character pics!)...
And for comparison sake, here she is with King Louis two years ago!
She LOVES Minnie.
She was very excited about Kali River, but you can also see the concern in her face before the ride began...
But it ended up being wonderful, of course!
There was one ride which she ended up being too short to ride, so she and I went off and waited in line...
for a different ride...
On day 4 when we went to Epcot, she HAD to wear this special outfit (which she spent most of her money on). She bought it ESPECIALLY to wear to have her picture made with Minnie.. again!
Here she is jumping around the bouncing water, while the adults decide where to go next.
FINALLY got to meet Aurora!! We were the 2nd people in line. This is in the garden in France...
Here are Sherry and Iris waiting to get into Monsters Inc, they're listening to Roz on the TV, right before we got to go inside....and right before Iris got to be "Boo" for the 2nd time! She was very excited about being "Boo", but also "a little shy". She told Papa she would kinda like to be a nurse or a rock star, but she's probably to shy to be a rock star :)
The big surprise of the trip, was that after she saw Lucy be brave enough to ride Thunder Mountain and come out alive, she decided to do it too. Here's how it turned out!!
Thunder Mountain turned out to be her very favorite ride. "This is all I want to ride, the rest of the day!"
But....we eventually whisked her away to Tomorrowland, where she was the only one of my kids to want to ride the Astro Orbiter, which flies in circles WAY above the rest of the park...
It was our last ride...and a perfect ending!
Disney the Clyde Way
Clyde took Disney by storm! With his mad ninja skillz, it didn't stand a chance.
He rode the most thrilling rides he could, as many times as possible and climbed everything in sight. He went full throttle until his head struck the pillow, then he even slept with gusto.
And yes, he did keep his ninja mask on from opening untill CLOSING. (he pushed it down a little to eat)
The first day I missed alot of picture opportunities with the Clyde-miester, cause I was waiting in character lines with the girls. Stephen took him on the Haunted Mansion (which he loves) and the Speed Way and on each coaster multiple times.
Downtown Disney, of course, has no rides. But he quickly became the trading pin KING. Here he is at the pin stand....see that wall in the back ground, they had like 10 walls covered in pins to buy. And of course you can trade them too.
The boy ended up with so many he couldn't wear them all. I'm pretty sure his lanyard weighed as much as he did. And many of his pins have moving parts...he was very skilled at trading up! Like this gator ...the mouth opens to reveal Captain Hook! He's very proud of these pins.
His souvenirs are a little over the top, too!
When we went to Animal Kingdom, he was so excited that he couldn't stay seated during the Safari.
Here's Papa holding him down. Notice how his mouth looks like it's saying "ssshhhhh!" to Clyde :)
Clyde pretty much adores any ride with the word Mount or Mountain in it.....so Everest is pretty much the bomb!
"Mom, why are you taking pictures ON EVEREST?!"
Here he is in front of the mountain he conquered....3 times!
At the end of the day, when we were waiting on others in our party, Clyde and Iris started playing hide and seek. Here he is "disguised" as a rock. Stephen and I were sure this would not work. We were wrong...it took her a while to find him. Yeah....I know. :)
Day 4 at Epcot. Since he had already conquered Soarin (a hang-gliding ride) once that day, he opted out of the second time and decided to accompany his sister on Finding Nemo..... and then act Clyde-esque for some pictures.
He was also a very good sport when we took time out for little sister to meet characters!
When we went to Hollywood Studios, he actually was determined not to ride Star Wars, because he thought it wouldn't be exciting enough!! I doubted the wisdom in this decision and decided to veto it... I was right. He loved it and wanted to ride it again.
See....my trading pin king?
He rode Thunder Mountain MANY times. Here was, probably, his favorite time....in the VERY front, with the MEN!
Thunder Mountain again....
You can't SEE the Rockin Roller Coaster, since it's inside and dark....BUT he conquered it, too! And it was CRAZY!
But he didn't love it as much as Space Mountain! Something about that crazy fast rollercoaster in the dark, having no idea which way it's going to whip you next just can't be beat in his book. I lost count how many times he rode it. It is his ULTIMATE favorite!!
He requested that I take a picture of him holding the castle in his hand.
And carrying it on his back ;)
Here we are with our VERY necessary Micky balloon.
And with his Micky balloon from 2 years ago, for comparison....
And THAT, dear people, is how you do Disney, Clyde style!
He rode the most thrilling rides he could, as many times as possible and climbed everything in sight. He went full throttle until his head struck the pillow, then he even slept with gusto.
And yes, he did keep his ninja mask on from opening untill CLOSING. (he pushed it down a little to eat)
The first day I missed alot of picture opportunities with the Clyde-miester, cause I was waiting in character lines with the girls. Stephen took him on the Haunted Mansion (which he loves) and the Speed Way and on each coaster multiple times.
Downtown Disney, of course, has no rides. But he quickly became the trading pin KING. Here he is at the pin stand....see that wall in the back ground, they had like 10 walls covered in pins to buy. And of course you can trade them too.
The boy ended up with so many he couldn't wear them all. I'm pretty sure his lanyard weighed as much as he did. And many of his pins have moving parts...he was very skilled at trading up! Like this gator ...the mouth opens to reveal Captain Hook! He's very proud of these pins.
His souvenirs are a little over the top, too!
When we went to Animal Kingdom, he was so excited that he couldn't stay seated during the Safari.
Here's Papa holding him down. Notice how his mouth looks like it's saying "ssshhhhh!" to Clyde :)
Clyde pretty much adores any ride with the word Mount or Mountain in it.....so Everest is pretty much the bomb!
"Mom, why are you taking pictures ON EVEREST?!"
Here he is in front of the mountain he conquered....3 times!
At the end of the day, when we were waiting on others in our party, Clyde and Iris started playing hide and seek. Here he is "disguised" as a rock. Stephen and I were sure this would not work. We were wrong...it took her a while to find him. Yeah....I know. :)
Day 4 at Epcot. Since he had already conquered Soarin (a hang-gliding ride) once that day, he opted out of the second time and decided to accompany his sister on Finding Nemo..... and then act Clyde-esque for some pictures.
He was also a very good sport when we took time out for little sister to meet characters!
When we went to Hollywood Studios, he actually was determined not to ride Star Wars, because he thought it wouldn't be exciting enough!! I doubted the wisdom in this decision and decided to veto it... I was right. He loved it and wanted to ride it again.
See....my trading pin king?
He rode Thunder Mountain MANY times. Here was, probably, his favorite time....in the VERY front, with the MEN!
Thunder Mountain again....
You can't SEE the Rockin Roller Coaster, since it's inside and dark....BUT he conquered it, too! And it was CRAZY!
But he didn't love it as much as Space Mountain! Something about that crazy fast rollercoaster in the dark, having no idea which way it's going to whip you next just can't be beat in his book. I lost count how many times he rode it. It is his ULTIMATE favorite!!
He requested that I take a picture of him holding the castle in his hand.
And carrying it on his back ;)
Here we are with our VERY necessary Micky balloon.
And with his Micky balloon from 2 years ago, for comparison....
And THAT, dear people, is how you do Disney, Clyde style!
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