Day 5 was our take-it-easy day.  We slept in and had a nice slow morning.

Hailey waiting for her breakfast at our hotel.

Hailey with her Minnie Mouse that she found in the gift shop and loved right away.

Posing with Goofy in the Goofy Spray Area.

Enjoying the spray area.

The Hippy Dippy Pool, shaped like a flower in the 1960s section, is the main pool at the Pop Century Resort.

Hailey posing in front of Baloo and Mowgli in the 1960s section of the resort.

Play-Doh, also in the 1960s section.

Entrance from the Hippy Dippy pool area to Classic Hall.

Hailey loved the kiddie pool.

Everything Pop had the gift shop and lots of dining choices.

After a relaxing morning at the resort and a little nap we got ready to head out to dinner.

Waiting for the bus, all dressed for dinner.  We decided to celebrate Hailey’s birthday everyday for the second half of our trip- so notice her birthday button.

My beautiful princess waiting for the bus.

We enjoyed Cinderella’s Happily Ever After dinner at 1900 Park Fare.

Hailey posing in the beautiful Grand Floridian Resort (where the restaurant was) while we waited for our table.

Us

Hailey got to meet Prince Charming first while we were enjoying our dinner.

The she was able to see Cinderella.

Hailey was so excited to get to see the stepmother and the stepsisters!  I think she was more excited about seeing them than she was Cinderella or Prince Charming.

Hailey asked the stepmother, “Why do you always yell at Cinderella?”  And the stepmother responded by saying, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I never yell at her.”

When Drizella saw that Hailey had a Cinderella dress on she told her that she looked like a little ‘Rella.  Hailey asked Drizella, “Why are you so mean to Cinderella?”  Drizella answered by saying, “I am not mean, I’m just honest and some people don’t like honesty.”

Anastasia also called Hailey a little ‘Rella.  Hailey told Anastasia that she is her favorite, which made Anastasia act a little bit more friendly.  All three were very funny though and very perfect for their roles.

Hailey was so excited that she got a cupcake for her birthday celebration.

I loved the character interaction at 1900 Park Fare but the food was probably our least favorite of the whole trip.  Not that it was bad, I guess it just wasn’t as good as we expected it to be.  I did absolutely love the Strawberry Soup- amazing!!

After dinner we went over to Epcot for a few hours.

Of course we had to ride on the Nemo ride and afterwards we had to go see Bruce and the other shark displays.  Hailey loved this one and wanted to keep sticking her hand in the shark’s mouth which resulted in various responses from Bruce.

We also enjoyed riding on the Gran Fiesta Tour in Mexico.

Then we rode on Maelstrom which Hailey did not enjoy so much.

Taking a break to play the bongos.

Waiting for Illuminations to start.

Illuminations.

Another perfect day in Disney World!  Hailey’s favorites of the day: Ride- Nemo, Character- Anastasia

A few weeks ago we went with Hailey’s UPK class to the apple farm for a field trip.  It was so much fun!!

First the kids got to feed some ducks.  Hailey loved it!!

After a hay ride Hailey got to pick some apples.

Then she made her way through the corn maze.

They finished up by having some cider and donuts.

A few days later there was a Fall Festival at Hailey’s school.  Anika was here for the weekend and they got to go together.

Hailey and Anika making a fall tree.

Getting her face painted.

They listened to Halloween story.

They raked up some leaves and then jumped in them.

Cousins

I’m taking a short break from our Disney World pictures to bring you some fall related posts.

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin farm several weeks ago and I thought it was time to get some pictures posted.

Hailey had another big growth spurt this year- she got so tall!

Here she is in 2009- looking soooo little.

Hailey and Rich

My sweet little miss

Hailey loved the bounce house and slide!

Enjoying the hay ride

Hailey pretending to be a Wendy and Rich was Captain Hook.  I had to help save Wendy

Posing with the 3 little pigs.

We had perfect weather and a wonderful day at the pumpkin farm!

After a short night we got up bright and early (thanks to another wake up call from the characters) to head to ‘Ohana for breakfast.

In order to get to the Polynesian resort we had to take a bus to Magic Kingdom and then get on the monorail to get to the Polynesian.  Hailey was busy making plans for after breakfast while we rode on the monorail.

Us at ‘Ohana

Hailey enjoying her breakfast and getting her autograph book ready for the characters.

Hailey and Pluto.

Hailey and Lilo

Stitch had a little fun with Rich before stopping to see Hailey.

Hailey and Stitch

Hailey and Mickey

Me and Hailey waiting for the monorail to take us to Magic Kingdom

Us in front of my favorite place in the world.

Hailey was soooo excited to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.  They actually spent quite a bit of time talking to her.  Hailey asked Tiana what it felt like to be a frog.  Tiana told her it was slimy but fun and she loved all the hopping.

Waiting in line for the Pirates of the Caribbean.

Hailey had been begging to go on Splash Mountain ever since she rode it at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party- so we waited in a short 10 minute line to ride on it.  But Hailey didn’t like it this time and said the drops were too big and scary.

We decided to head over to Toontown before the day got too busy.  We stopped and rode on Pooh on our way since it had a 5 minute wait.

I love Toontown and will be so sad when it’s all gone.  I’m excited to see what they do there instead but I’ll miss Toontown as it is now.

Once we got to Toontown Hailey decided she wanted to ride on Goofy’s Barnstormer.  We reminded her that she did not like it last year and that it goes fast.  But she said she was brave and wanted to try riding it again.

Hailey feeling brave as the ride started.

Obviously she decided she didn’t like it.

Then we went to check out Mickey Mouse’s house.  Since it will probably be gone the next time we go I had to take lots of pictures inside the house.

Fall decorations

Mickey’s living room

Mickey’s bedroom

Mickey’s game room

Mickey’s kitchen that Donald Duck got into and messed up

Pluto’s doghouse

Then it was time to cool off in Donald Duck’s boat

Hailey driving a car at Tomorrowland Speedway

Rich in his car.

At this point Hailey was getting pretty tired and so we let her take a nice nap in her stroller.  After her nap it was time to use our Peter Pan fast passes.  Then we rode the People Mover.

We took a picture of Mickey and Minnie on our way out of the park to head to Hollywood Studios for extra magic hours.

When we got to Hollywood Studios we ate some dinner at the ABC Commissary.

After dinner we used our fast passes for Toy Story Mania (the ones we got because the ride had broken down the day before).

We love Toy Story Mania!  Hailey was having a blast!!

Then we went to see The Voyage of the Little Mermaid and then headed off to a dance party in Playhouse Disney.  Hailey loved the dance party!

Hailey dancing with Minnie.

Dancing with Mickey… see Rich in the background also dancing with Mickey.

Handy Manny dancing with Hailey

Pluto

A pretty flower balloon that Hailey got at the dance party.

We played for a long time at the dance party.  Then we went to see The Magic of Disney Animation which was really interesting.  Then it was time to head back to our hotel.

Hailey’s favorites for today: Ride- Peter Pan, Characters- Stitch at breakfast and Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.