Weekend Recap ~ Labor day at Disney - Part One

 Happy Monday....errr Tuesday!  I hope everyone had a nice relaxing Labor Day Weekend!  We sure did!  We stayed out at Disney on Saturday night and Sunday night, with Andrew's parents and brother, Matt.  The resort we stayed at was the Pop Century.  On Saturday morning, we woke up, got the kids dressed and fed and packed!  Kaitlyn was so excited we were staying at a hotel!  We got to our resort and went to check in. 

 

Kaitlyn and I hanging out in the kids area

Disney really knows how to do it right!  We had a bit of a wait at check in, but Kaitlyn was fine jumping from ottoman to ottoman and watching cartoons in the kids room.  We also got to test out the new magic bands from Disney!  And if you haven't heard about these, OMG they are soooo awesome!  They are your room key, your park ticket, even your fast pass!  And of course true to Disney fashion, if you check in early, you can get personalized bands, and then you can add some bling to them as well.  It was so nice not having to keep track of our room key, or worry about having my credit card or any money on me.  Just as long as I had my band on my wrist, I was good to go! 

 

My Magic Band! LOVE!



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I'm so thinking the pink one!!!!

 

We had a short walk from the lobby to our room, we were staying in the seventies building.

Remember the rotary phones?

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the room...bad Suzanne!  We dropped all of our stuff at our room and headed to the food court.  They have a pretty nice food court, with many different options.  Andrew and I both got the pizza bread, and Kaitlyn got a mac-n-cheese.  After eating lunch, we went back to the room and went swimming.  Luckily, Zack went down for his long nap for the day, so I got to go swimming with Kaitlyn and Andrew.  Andrew's parents stayed in the room and watched some college football.

 

We went in the "hippy dippy" pool. Again, no pictures!  We got back to the room, and Kaitlyn was pretty tired. She didn't have her nap yet and it was already almost 5!  She wanted to take a nap, so we let her sleep some before dinner.  Once she was up, it was time for dinner.  We decided to head over to the Animation Resort for dinner.  The Pop is connected to it, so we could walk over there.  It was a nice walk, the weather wasn't too bad, and Kaitlyn got to see some turtles on the way, and we checked out the big blue pool and the Nemo themed buildings.  We also had the dining plan for this trip, so I got to order an entre, a drink and a desert.  I don't remember what I had for dinner, but I do know I got a humongous cupcake, it was pretty good. 

 

After dinner, we decided to walk around the resort and check out the other buildings. 

First up was the Lion King themed buildings.

 



Zazu!

They had a cool play area of caves for the kids - It was with the hyenas, the elephant graveyard!  We watch the Lion King a lot, so Kaitlyn really enjoyed seeing all of the characters.  We also saw Simba - all grown up, Scar and then the scene of Little Simba, Timon & Pumba walking across the log.

 

Up next was the Little Mermaid!  I was super excited because Kaitlyn is in love with the Little Mermaid right now, plus her birthday party is going to be Under the Sea themed, so we were all excited!

 

Prince Eric (well his statue)

A "snarflak" You can see the rooms behind there

Family photo with Ariel and Flounder!

Love all of these colors!

Ursula!

And across is King Triton!

Don't forget Sebastian!

Dinglehopper! Kaitlyn thinks she's funny and will twirl her hair with her fork at dinner.....



Kaitlyn usually is scared of the villians in every movie, but for some reason she likes Ursula! She wanted her picture with her.

Kaitlyn really enjoyed pointing to all of the characters and calling out their names!  We definitely will want to stay here in the near future.  Even though we didn't head into the parks on the first day, it was still fun!  And I think Kaitlyn thought we were in the parks anyway! 

 

We walked back to our resort and put the kids to bed, they were both beat!   We snuck out for an evening dip in the pool.  It was very nice to get some quality one on one time!  And a perfect ending to our first day!  Up next, day two - do we get into the parks or not??

My Magic Band! LOVE!

Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend! Saturday we took an impromptu trip to Disney. We went with my in laws and  brother in law. Epcot was the park we went to.

We got there around 930.  The in laws got there before us, so they got fast passes for Soarin and they waited in line. Once we got into the park, we headed to The Land.  We couldn't bring any strollers in, including Zack's, which was a bummer since he was sleeping. But I got to really test out my Ergo, so that was nice. 

 

Me and my boy in the Ergo

Once we got to The Land, we had about an hour to kill before our fast passes were ready.  We met up with the family and found a place to sit that was out of the way. I fed Zackary while Andrew went and got us some snacks. Finally, it was time for Soarin!



Fast pass for Soarin

It's been a while since we were on Soarin.  Love that ride! 

Can't you smell the oranges and the pine?

After Soarin, we met back up with the in laws and the kiddos. Zack slept the whole time, and Kaitlyn ate a whole thing of Pez, so she was bouncing of the walls. We then went on Living with the Land, a boat ride.  This was Kaitlyn's first time on it. She didn't like the dark parts, but she enjoyed seeing all of the plants and vegetables.

We had lunch at the Electric Umbrella and then headed to the Character Spot so Kaitlyn could get her Mickey and Minnie fix. Pluto was also there, so she got to meet him too!



Super Excited for Mickey and Minnie!

It was getting late in the day, so we decided to head out of the park.  Spaceship Earth had only a 10 minute wait, so we went on that too! Again, Kaitlyn didn't like some of the dark parts. Zackary also started to get fussy, so I fed him for a bit, gotta love the dark rides!! And air condition too!

After the ride, we headed home.  Kaitlyn passed out pretty quickly in the car, she had a long day! 

And mommy and daddy got some ice cream!

Tuckered Out

Shhh...don't wake up the kids!

Sunday we went to church where Zack is going to be baptized next weekend. After church, we went to lunch with the pastor and his family at Smokey Bones.  We ended the weekend with dinner and swimming at grandmas pool. Great way to beat the heat!

How was your weekend?

 

Happy Anniversary!

Today is the Hubs and I's 6 year Anniversary!  Unfortunately I am on a plane to New York right now and can't celebrate on this day!  But don't worry, we celebrated together yesterday, just the two of us while the Kaity Kat was at school!  Will post those pictures later!

But for now, here are some photos to reminisce about.  We had the best time at our wedding (doesn't everyone?)  It was a beautiful cloudless day, filled with loved ones and happiness all day!

Rehearsal Dinner - Dessert Party at EPCOT watching Illuminations Fireworks

My Dad walking me down the aisle

We did it!  Right after the ceremony

Getting our groove on during dinner - Disney's Boardwalk Ballroom

These two special Mouses made a guest appearance

Getting low!

Too much alcohol = crazy dude dancing

Cake time!

Magic Kingdom Photo Shoot

Main Street!

Love!

We got surprised with the Presidential Suite on the Boardwalk, I tried to show where it is

Another view of our room!

Andrew being silly on the bed

Bed was so tall we needed some steps!

Getting ready to leave the presidential suite - Sadly we only had it for one night, but it was AH-MAZING!

 

Happy Anniversary Andrew!  I love you so much, here's to many, many more years together!  It's been an unbelievable adventure so far, can't wait to continue my journey with you!