Aoife's Obsession with Frozen

 Aoife is completely obsessed with the movie Frozen and the character Anna - the younger sister, of course.  Santa brought this costume - which was declared the best present of the day - and she has barely taken it off since.  I have had to repair three seams already!  We secured black boots today at the PX and she is thrilled that her outfit is complete.  She insists that I braid her hair everyday and will sit completely still for the 10 minutes that it takes me to do it.  It used to be a challenge to get her to sit still for 30 seconds to brush it and throw it up in a half ponytail!  We downloaded the soundtrack to the movie and it now plays in a loop constantly - with Emmy and Aoife singing along - and sometimes Aidan too!  It's a good thing that the music is good or I would already be out of my mind!!

Disney Day 5 - Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween

 The rain and cool weather continued on Day 5 so we didn't go to the water park like we had planned.  We took it easy and I did some laundry at the hotel.  In the afternoon, we got ready for the Halloween Party - we dressed in surfer garb and went as the new Disney movie "Teen Beach Movie".  We met Mimi and Big Dan and headed over to the park for our dinner reservations at The Beast's Castle for dinner.

While we were checking in at Guest Services, Aidan decided that he was going to try to do a two footed jump over a chain between two posts and landed flat on his face on the concrete.  It was pretty scary and in front of Disney security so pretty soon we had the paramedics there.  Aidan was pretty upset and embarrassed - all he wanted was an ice pack!!  We did eventually make it to dinner - an hour late.  It was too bad because it was one of the best dining experiences at Disney!  We ended up not having dessert because we were running out of time.  It was too bad because it looked delicious!!!  At the end of dinner, we got to take pictures with the Beast - Aoife was totally psyched to do this and Emmy wouldn't even go in the room!!! 

After dinner, we went on the new Ariel ride and started trick or treating around Disney.  We also went to the Pirates of the Caribbean before Mimi and Big Dan had to leave to go back to their hotel.  We did a bunch of other rides - all the good ones: Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, the Flying Carpets!  It did rain on us for a little bit but we didn't melt! 

We made it pretty late!  Declan fell asleep during the fireworks and we watched the parade at the end of the night!  Emmy was really tired by the end of the night but everyone held it together and I think we managed to have a great time!!  There really is no place like Disney!!

Waiting to eat dinner:

 Inside the Beast's Castle:

 Pictures with The Beast - no Emmy:

 Outside the Castle:

 Ariel's Castle and ride:

 Cinderella's castle:

 Riding the Flying Carpets:

 Disney Halloween Parade:

 Dancing in the streets before the parade:

 Emmy is very tired....

Firefighters Rock

Brendan came home last night from Vegas. We drove up to the airport to pick him up because it was cold and he had left his car at work and was planning on taking the Metro to work and then driving home. It's not that far but I thought it might take a while and Aidan was so excited he could barely wait. I thought it would be easier on all of us if he was strapped in his carseat!! Brendan always comes home from business trips bearing gifts but this time he got Aidan this awesome firefighter's costume. It even has pants that have suspenders! He brought me a new Coach bag - can't complain about being alone with the kids in the bitter cold for 4 days I guess :)
But the firefighter's outfit is a total hit - he wears it around and pretends to put out fires on just about everything. He even shared the hat with Emmy - but only for a minute - wouldn't want her to get too comfortable with it!

I swear this kid knows how to pose - I didn't even have to tell him what to do!