More Fall Fun

November 1st, 2010 Melanie Posted in Family, Hailey 1 Comment »

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 :-)

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Pumpkin Farm

October 31st, 2010 Melanie Posted in Family, Hailey, Rich 1 Comment »

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!

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Disney Vacation Pictures- Day 4

October 29th, 2010 Melanie Posted in Disney World, Family, Hailey, Me, Rich, Vacation 2 Comments »

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.

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Disney Vacation Pictures- Day 3

October 27th, 2010 Melanie Posted in Disney World, Family, Hailey, Me, Rich, Vacation 2 Comments »

Since we got back so late from Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party on day 2 we slept in a little bit on our 3rd day. After a slow start we had breakfast at our resort.

Hailey playing with her fan instead of eating a very healthy chocolate muffin.

The food court at Pop Century.

It was still relatively early when we arrived at Hollywood Studios, so it wasn’t too crowded.

First up- we went to see Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

When we came out of the Little Mermaid show we were able to meet up with some characters:

Hailey and Annie

Leo, Hailey and Annie

Then we went to see Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage- which Hailey obviously loved!  My only complaint is that we were in the front row and it was really hard to see.  Last year we were in the very back and it was really hard to see back there too.  I think the seating should be set up a little bit differently, but she still loved the show.

After the show we went to see the Disney Animation Studio.  We had never been in there before and the characters were lots of fun!

Hailey and Lotso

Hailey with Mr. and Mrs. Incredible

When we went back outside Hailey was able to meet Quincy and June.

Then we had a delicious lunch at Catalina Eddie’s.  Rich wasn’t too sure about eating here because it was outside but I thought the food was fantastic!

After lunch we went to see Beauty and the Beast.  Hailey really enjoyed it!

We had gotten Fast Passes to go on Toy Story Mania when we arrived first thing in the morning, but they couldn’t be used until 6:05pm.  So Rich wanted to check and see how long the wait would be so we wouldn’t have to stay at Hollywood Studios until 6pm.  We like going to Hollywood Studios but it is our least favorite park and we are usually done by mid-afternoon so we were almost ready to leave but still had about 4 hours until we could use our fast passes.  So we headed back to that area of the park.  The wait was still really long though so we decided to hang out until we could use our fast passes.

Hailey met up with a Green Army Man.

And she got to see Handy Manny.

After that we rode on the Great Movie Ride.  Then we walked around with Hailey in her stroller until she fell asleep.  She took a nice long nap while Rich and I sat in the Animation Studios and did some people watching.  After her nap we went to Muppet Vision- 3D.  It was so much fun!  Hailey never really got into the 3D things last year because she wouldn’t leave her glasses on.  This time she loved it!  She was reaching out trying to grab everything and even asked me, “When can I really touch them?”

Finally it was almost time use our fast passes, so we decided to hang out until 6:05.

Hailey posing in front of Toy Story Mania.

At 6pm everyone in line started leaving the ride- the ride had broken!  They told people to come back in about an hour.  There was no way we wanted to wait around for another hour.  We went to guest relations and gave them our names and they told us to come back the next day and they would give us a new fast pass to use.

We headed off to Magic Kingdom for Extra Magic Hours.

Hailey loved riding on Dumbo!

We ate some dinner at Pinocchio Village Haus and enjoyed the fireworks.

Of course she had to make an attempt at getting the sword out of the stone.

We also went on Snow White’s Scary adventure and saw Mickey’s PhilharMagic 3D show.  Hailey was reaching for everything and enjoyed the show so much!

Hailey riding on Prince Charming Regal Carousel

The crowds were nice and low and we were able to get a lot done during extra magic hours!  We were tired though and knew we had an early start coming on day 4, so we went back to our resort.

The castle on our way out

Main St.

Goodnight Magic Kingdom

Hailey’s favorites of the day: Ride- Carousel.  Character- all the Little Einsteins.

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