Thanksgiving 2013

Blake and Caden were so excited to have BOTH sets of grandparents at our house for Thanksgiving this year.

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2013!

 Fun times at the parade this year.  Thought it was going to be freezing, but turned out to be not that bad.  The kids even took off their coats at one point!

Santa!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Concert

Gobble Gobble

Disney Art

Missed Our Baby Girl

When we were leaving the hotel Caden told the receptionist "we going on an airplane to go see our baby girl!"  The boys couldn't wait to see Emerson and give her all the goodies we bought for her. 

Hollywood Studios

This is the only picture I took at Hollywood Studios.  I had my hands full.  John was working all day and Caden was coming down with a cold.  

Character Lunch

Since we booked our trip so late there were slim pickings when it came to the character dining options.  We were able to make some reservations at the Animal Kingdom for lunch.  We thought the food was great.  

"HI MICKEY!!!"

My favorite moment of the trip was when we went to meet some of the characters.  When Caden walked in the room,  his face lit up.  He yelled and waved "Hi MICKEY!"  He then cut the line, ducked under the rope, and gave Mickey a hug.  Even though Mickey was busy taking pictures with another family, he was very nice and hugged back. 

Minnie Mouse followed us out the door.  She pulled Caden back and wanted a kiss on her nose!!! 

Animal Kingdom

My favorite Christmas tree was at the entrance to Animal Kingdom.

Front row on the safari ride!

When it was over, Caden started whining he didn't want to get off and that he wanted to see more animals.  When we were walking away the driver called him  back to make him an honorary safari guide.  

EPCOT

We all LOVED EPCOT!  

I prepped Caden before we went and showed him the movie  "Finding Nemo".

Magic Kingdom

I have this picture of Blake and I in this exact spot on his first trip to Disney when he was 5 months old.  

This lady was getting a kick out of Caden.  She asked him how old he was and he told her "seven"

On a mission...

The boys loved all the parades.

We rode the "new" Dumbo ride.  The park seemed very crowded.  Remarkably we hardly waited for anything!

Who's more excited to give Stich a high five?? 

Buzz Light Year.  Caden was pretty brave on everything!

Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride

His new thing on fast rides is to put his hands up in the air.  Cracks me up.

It was so neat to see everything already decorated for Christmas!!