The magic of it all!

We finally took Sam to Magic Kingdom.  She had a blast!  We had heard the week after Thanksgiving was less crowded and decorated for Christmas.  We had bought 3 day passes when we were going to Animal Kingdom, so we thought a Tuesday would be good.  The weather was great, warm most of the day and cool as we were leaving.  But it did seem a bit crowded.  Nick was a great sport, running around to get fast passes.  Mom was a huge help.  She rode a lot of the rides with Sam (and me and Zoey sometimes).  I rode Space Mountain by myself.  We took Sam on a lot of rides, but she did not like some of the dark ones.  She loved tea cups, small world, the shows we went to and the princesses.  And her favorite was driving the cars in Tomorrowland with Daddy!

First picture at MK.

First ride of the day.  She asked to do it again as soon as it was done.

Zoey was the perfect baby, even with only 2 cat naps she was all smiles all day.  Except for when she was overwhelmed by stimulation and did not know where too look.  Neurons firing!

It was neat how they had stuff to do while in line.

In the dumbo for taking pictures.  We did the ride, too.

It's a small world was one of Sam's favorites.  It was too perfect since we have been having playdates with country themes.  I could point out which country it was and ask if she remembered certain things about it.
This video is dark, but it was too cute how she started tapping out the beat.

You know I love Ireland.

And pandas!

Sam loves princesses.  She walked right up for a chat.  We went to the theater for meeting during the parade, perfect timing!

More chatting.  They do such a great job of making the kids feel special.  Sam even hugged them, but the Belle shot is way too cleavage to post!

 Zoey got to join for a quick photo.

Oooh, sparkles!

Chatting with her new BFF Cinderella.

A little mouse love.

Just to prove Nick was here!

A neat view of the castle from the train station.

Sam's absolute favorite princess is Ariel.  What a line, but well worth it.  A hug for Ariel.

Some chatting.

And a quick addition of Zoey.

One really cool thing we saw, I want to mention.  Many people have books for autographs.  One kid had a photo frame mat.  So she could put in a photo from the day.  I so want to steal that idea for next time.

We had to leave by 7 for the transition to the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, but it worked perfectly because we were all so tired and Zoey fell asleep.  Both girls conked out on the ride home.

On our way out, they lit the castle for the party.  So pretty!