tree triming

Since we were in Disney during our traditional decorate the tree time we did it when we got home from nonny and poppy's house after Thanksgiving. The kids are always excited to see their ornaments given to them over the years and did a great job hanging them on the tree.


Ephram...the baby of the family...got to put the angel on top and was really excited about it this year! This angel was on my tree growing up...my Aunt Linda gave it to my mom as a gift and mom gave it to me and Brian for our first Christmas as a married couple.

Mickey Puggle

Ephram was SO excited about showing his Puggle teachers his Mickey Ears! He had such a great time at Disney World and still talks about the fireworks at the king (Magic Kingdom). He also talks about Pluto, Cinderella's castle, and Mickey Mouse! Oh...and Nemo. His vocabulary made him so much fun there! He would constantly say, "ooo...gook at dat!" or "what's that noisy?" but my FAVORITE was (in a sing song voice) "there's the monorail!"

His loved dumbo, the people mover (especially when it got dark) which he rode when the other kids were on Space Mountain and LOVED, pooh ride, buzz lightyear, and all the characters. Actually, he loved it all! He was so much fun!

Since we stayed at the Contemporary we rode the monorail to get to wherever we needed to go...VERY convenient!

sleeping prince

It was like clockwork. Ephram would nap wherever he was between 1:30 and 2:00 no matter where he was. He fell asleep during parades, The Lion King Show, the Laugh Tank at MK, and The Little Mermaid Show, The Muppets, and just riding around. He would only sleep around an hour but then was good to go until bedtime...such a trooper! We weren't worried about naps while in Disney but were so happy he did so well!

character pics

woody and jesse were the first characters we met
at Magic Kingdom...day 1! ephram wasn't so sure about
them but by the second day he was ALL about the characters.

this was pretty cool for braden! he LOVES the cars movies!
kinsey wanted in on it too:). this was at hollywood studios.

while we were at Animal Kingdom we ran into these guys together with no waiting! ephram loved doing 'nosies' with them all:)

we saw all these guys at Magic Kingdom! we had to wait for buzz but it was WELL worth braden's smile:)! ephram would squeal and scream each characters name whenever he would see one. he spotted buzz from the people mover and couldn't wait to get off and see him.

kinsey and ephram saw chip and dale while we were all on Space Mountain but we all saw them again (with no waiting) another day.

ephram met all these guys with brian and i while the others were at their class in epcot

mulan, beauty AND the beast, jasmine AND aladdin, aurora, snow white..they girls hit the JACKPOT in epcot!! braden was excited to see aladdin too:)!

ephram had seen pluto so many times...as did kinsey with snow white but they wanted to see them again when we went to magic kingdom for 'early hours' on day. the others were riding space mountain while kinsey and ephram met them. they hadn't seen daisy yet (who cailey wanted to see...but wanted space mountain more:), or pinocchio.

awesomeness

We found the PERFECT shirt for Braden and he LOVES it...totally awesome!