Disney on Ice!

Grace and I had a fun mama + me date to see Disney on Ice! Hudson's preschool went to the show as a field trip so us girls snuck away and went to the later show to talk all things princess.

I was so happy {this} cute dress my friend Sara made Grace still fit!!!

So ready for the show to start!! 
{and yes, we gave in to the overpriced magic wand!}

These smiles made it all worthwhile!

Her favorites...Little Mermaid and Belle...

My favorite...the lantern release from Tangled/Rapunzel...so beautiful!

Funniest...Maximus, the horse! hahahahaha!!!

Grace picked out King Triton's sword for Hudson and begged me to let her wake him up when we got home so she could give it to him. Sometimes it pays to say "yes"...

I had such a fun time with you on our girly date, Grace!!

Epcot...our last day! {Disney 2013 Part VIII}

We spent our last day at Epcot. Kind of nice to wind down after all the big crowds at Magic Kingdom! The littles loved taking the ferry boat from our resort to the park.

My friend Sara made the cute dress for Grace out of a vintage pillowcase I found on etsy...

Checking out the diver demo...the little pumpkin loved that it was a GIRL diver - ha!

Sharks! :O

Classic Epcot!

Fun in Mexico!

Wishing well!

Germany! Oooh, the salted caramels!!  Yummmm!

Beautiful gardens!

Japan is always a favorite.  They have some fun merchandise in their shop.  Caved and got this bag this time!!

Grace picked out this book so I could make her and Hudson fun lunches this year!

One final {gorgeous} ferry ride back to our hotel...

A rainbow!!! TWO rainbows!  Just for Noonie! She loooooves rainbows!!

The Boardwalk looks so pretty as you're coming in...

Looooove this!!

Hudson was not into pictures as we were coming back to our hotel, but the little pumpkin was all smiles! Good-bye, Epcot!

Later in our room, Hudson perked up at the thought of Mickey Mail!!

A little tickle fest always does the heart good...

Silly and funny and cute all at the same time!!

One last snooze and it was time to come home...

In the morning, that sneaky Mickey left the littles a little extra Mickey Mail to jump start their day!

Good-bye, Disney! Until next time!

My airplane buddy :)

We had such a fun time!!
THANK YOU Noonie for going with us...what a sweet treat!!

giggles + new discoveries {Disney 2013 Part VII}

The littles' makeover day was our last day at the Magic Kingdom so we wanted to make the most of it.

We decided to explore the parts of the new Fantasyland that we didn't get to see in November. First up, Enchanted Tales with Belle...such a sweet little story time show!

Our very own Belle!

The little pumpkin was over the moon happy to meet Belle, her chosen princess for the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique makeover this year...

This is probably my favorite picture of Grace from the entire trip...and it was taken here at the Belle show. I love that it captures just how excited she was...and that there's still a little part of her that says "baby". Disney truly is magical!

Next up, Winnie the Pooh! The waiting area for this one was the littles' favorite. Very interactive and so cute!

We ended this super fun day just exactly where we started our Magic Kingdom days...the spinning teacups!!! The littles are cRAzY about the teacups!! But seriously, check out Hudson's eyebrows from his Jake transformation... hahahahahaha!

These sweet memories are what it's all about! We celebrated life! And of course, Noonie kicking cancer's butt!

And apparently Mickey shops for his special delivery Mickey Mail at Target! Geez, Mickey, get rid of the evidence, silly mouse??! he he he