January 2013

Rachael's picture day at school. I can't believe how old my baby girl is getting!

Trip to the beach with some friends. One of our few beach trips. My thoughts on the beach are this: A day at the beach is NOT a day at the beach. Parking is a nightmare, there is a lot of sand, which ends up in Whitney's mouth, my children love the water and like to wander into the pulling waves. If I could just spend a relaxing day there, I'd probably go more.

With the new year brought a whole new year of Disney memories. We would try to go once a week with our friends, the Conleys. Rachael and Brooklyn had dance class from 9-10, so we'd really try to get to DL right after class. On this particular day our goal was to see as many princesses as possible. It worked out AMAZINGLY. They had three out at a time, so we saw three, then hopped back in line and saw the next three. Then hopped over to see Merida. Rachael, of course, LOVED it, and walked right up to them with her autograph book. Whitney, surprisingly, loved it too! I was very surprised by how outgoing she was with all these princesses. The princesses were so cute, so in character, and so did not make us feel rushed. It was awesome.

 Ariel

 Tiana

 Snow White

 Cinderella

 Aurora

 Belle

"Rachael, go get Whitney, please."

 Seriously, Whitney was little Miss Snuggles with Merida. She popped a squat right on her lap and didn't move for five minutes.

The only princesses we didn't see this day were Jasmine and Rapunzel. (Stay tuned!)