Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Disney World. One giant mecca of mouse ears, princess tiaras and pirate hats. Before we left, I planned to do two character dining meals. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s Disney’s way of taking more of your hard earned cash. We had a reservation for a princess dinner, on Mother’s Day mind you, in the Norwegian castle in Norway at Epcot. This was Makena’s opportunity to meet all of the princesses up close and in person. You go in, are overwhelmed and shuffled into line to meet Belle and then moved on to your table. This is where, during your meal, all of the princesses (Snow White, Jasmine, Princess Aurora, Cinderella) come around to sign autographs and take pictures with the toddler princess set.

The look on Makena’s face was priceless when she saw Cinderella. Now mind you that I am not a princess mommy. Not in the least bit. I haven’t encouraged the whole princess thing… until now. It’s the crack. I even, for half a second, considered getting myself a tiara. That’s how addictive it is.

Then we scheduled Keegan his very own Playhouse Disney breakfast at Hollywood Studios. Once again, we were shuffled inside to the madness of Disney. Inside Keegan’s face lit up as he saw the JoJo’s Circus gang and the Little Einsteins. It was crazy, but oh so good.

After two days of meeting characters, without having to wait in long character greeting lines to meet them, we decided to schedule a couple more things. The granddaddy of all character dining meals is the meal in Cinderella’s castle with all of the princesses. We scheduled a breakfast and were able to enter the park early, before the crowds. That was very nice. Then we went into the castle to be greeted by Cinderella herself. In all of her glory. Makena was, of course, dressed like Cinderella herself. And no, I did not have a tiara. Makena was handed a magic wand and Keegan was given a sword. Just the perfect toy for a 1 1/2 year old… to beat his sister with.

As the princesses made their way around, Keegan was whacking Makena with his sword. Makena had had enough of it, so smacked Keegan in the head. In the pictures above, you can see the progression. He was interrupting her with her princess time. Quite funny.

We left that meal feeling all magical and hurried throughout the park to ride the good rides before the crowds made their way around. We probably rode It’s a Small World ten times.

The Dumbo ride was also a hit, although it is a pretty long wait for a two minute ride.

This post has gotten pretty long and I still have more to share. I’ll take a break for now and promise to share more stories and pictures in my next few posts. You’ll need rehab after this. And then we’ll get back to the real world!