Day 6 started bright and early again.  We had an early breakfast reservation at Akershus and Hailey decided that she wanted to dress up in her Ariel dress.

Posing at our hotel before we left for the day.

Us with an empty Epcot behind us.

There was no one around but us.

Empty Epcot

Akershus, where we had a princess breakfast

Belle and Hailey

Hailey and Sleeping Beauty

Hailey with Cinderella

Hailey and Snow White

And lastly Hailey got to see her favorite princess- Ariel.  Hailey has a necklace that sounds like Ariel singing, so she was wearing it and pushing the button for Ariel to hear.

Celebrating Hailey’s birthday again.

Hailey got to meet Marie

And then the Queen of Hearts… she was pretty funny.  She made Hailey kiss her hand.

When a cast member yelled at the Queen of Hearts for making Hailey kiss her hand, the Queen had a little tantrum and was stomping her feet.

Hailey waiting to go on Soarin’ for the first time.

Hailey on the ride… she loved it!!  There were a couple of times she said it made her feel “bizzy” but she liked it enough to want to go on it again.

Next we went on the Livin’ With the Land boat ride- see the Hidden Mickey I found?

Afterwards we went to see the Circle of Life… I always manage a little nap during that show, then we went on Soarin’ again.

We spent a long time doing all the activities in Innoventions West- here is Hailey while we played a game called The Great Piggy Bank Adventure

Afterwards we went to a comedy show at Slap Stick Studios- Hailey got to be a part of the show.

There were 2 teams and they had to see who could use all of their blocks and have their tower remain standing.  The blocks had velcro on them, so if positioned the right way they stuck together.  Hailey’s team won!

Then there was a game for the dads- Rich was thrilled to be picked to be a part of the show… hahahaha

They had to see who could put diapers on the most babies and then give them a bottle…

…then stick the babies to their aprons.  Rich and the other dad tied.  It was lots of fun to watch!

Hailey had been asking all morning about meeting Mulan and it was finally time to go meet her.  Hailey was thrilled!

Then she got to give the Beast a big hug.

Hailey with Beauty and the Beast.

Then Hailey took a little nap.

When she woke up it was her turn to meet Pluto and Mickey.

We stopped by Club Cool to sample soda from around the world.

You get to try all of these sodas for free.  I got a good picture of Rich tasting the Beverly but he said I couldn’t post it.

Then it was time for dinner at Le Cellier!  I was so excited that we were able to get a reservation here.  The food was amazing!!

We celebrated Hailey’s birthday, again

Our beautiful princess

Hailey loves the Sea with Nemo and Friends- so we had to ride that and then we were off to Animal Kingdom for Extra Magic Hours.

We went to see It’s Tough to Be a Bug- one of our favorite attractions when we arrived at Animal Kingdom.  Then Rich insisted that we go on the Dinosaur ride.  I thought it was too scary for Hailey but he wanted her to try it.

While we were waiting in line I saw this sign and I love it!  It’s definitely how I feel when I’m in Disney World and one of the reasons I love to go there.

Us on Dinosaur… Hailey did not like it, she was terrified.

So we had to end our evening by going on It’s Tough to Be a Bug again.

Hailey’s favorites for the day: Ride- Soarin’, Characters- Ariel, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast.

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

This week was watch week at Hailey’s dance class.  Every couple of months we get to go in and watch her practice and it’s always fun.  There have been some definite improvements from last year.  The girls are all so cute!

When we asked Hailey what she wanted to be for Halloween back in September she said she wanted to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast.  Well we could not find a Belle dress anywhere and when she saw an Ariel dress she decided that was who she really wanted to be since Ariel is her favorite princess.  She had talked about being Ariel ever since.  Then during the week before Halloween Hailey went to the doctor for bronchitis and an ear infection.  While we were waiting (for an hour!) for her prescription to be filled we were hanging out in the toy section- and what did we see?  A Belle dress.  So Hailey just had to have it.

All dressed up as Belle for the Halloween parade at UPK.

Hailey at her school

The parade

Hailey posing with her pumpkin that she made at school.

Posing with her big pumpkin.

Ewwwww- cleaning out the inside.

Ariel’s face on the pumpkin

The next day we went to Trunk or Treat at our church and Hailey was Belle again.

Here is the Belle hairdo that I did- which I think turned out cute.

My pretty princess

At trunk or treat

On Halloween day- Happy Halloween!

And Hailey decided that she did in fact still want to be Ariel for the official trick or treating.

In this picture she told me she was “definitely super mad” at me because the real Ariel does not wear 2 shirts and 2 sweaters and 3 pairs of tights under her dress.

Posing with the scarecrows

Now a happy princess

Let the trick or treating begin!