Kinard Family Chronicles: Disney Vacation

We had a magical time making priceless memories on our Disney vacation with our three princesses! It was jam-packed with princesses and pixie dust and Doug and I are exhausted!

The Final Countdown!

The girls made a chain to help countdown the days until our trip.

Each day depicted a different Disney story.

I had fun planning their outfits!

Four tiny sunglasses. Ready for some Florida sun!

Avery was very excted to go to school on the morning we were flying out because she got to tell all of her friends that she was going to Disney World!

Packed up and ready to fly!

The girls ran into some friends for Veritas at the airport.

Our flight was delayed for HOURS! So we were even more thankful for the company (and large airport beers!)

Here we go!

I remember when I used to bring a BOOK with on flights. HA!

Grandma and Grandpa's

In the pool first thing the next morning!

Caleb loved the baby swing at the park

Three generations of Kinards.

Beginning the brainwashing early.

We have enough kids to fill up a slide!

Tree climbing in Grandma and Grandpa's front yard.

Adelynn wanted to join in too.

More fun in the pool.

Caleb loved the baby pool (even if it was pink! Who am I kidding. Most of his toys are pink!)

Disneybound!

We had one noisy car full of very excited mouseketeers!

Avery spotted the signs for Disney World for the first time.

Excited to be at our hotel, The Polynesian!

Spotting Cinderella's castle from our hotel.

Avery's first lei and Disney button.

Pure JOY!!

The pools at our resort were incredible!

Signing her name (our little lefty) in her autograph book before our first Character Dinner!

The girls loved riding the monorail!

At the Floridian (where we stayed last time).

Tiny chairs and Mickey Mouse on the tv. We must be in Disney World!

Spotting Cinderella and Prince Charming during dinner! The girls had a great time meeting Cinderella and her friends during dinner. And the nuggets at Disney are pretty amazing (I had at least 4 with each meal too!) In fact, in a few of the pictures throughout the trip I couldn't get the girls to put down the nuggets long enough to smile for a picture. There are a few chipmunk cheeks in our Disney scrapbook this year!

Meeting Cinderella (we "met" her three times during our trip!)

After-dinner sand angels.

We had spectacular views of the fireworks from Cinderella's castle from our room.

Magic Kingdom

Chocolate chip muffin for breakfast??!! Only in Disney World! Avery loved her muffin so much that she ended up getting it all over herself before we even got to the park. Mommy did damage control, but I had to strategically place her button to cover up some major chocolaty goodness.

A rare picture of just Mommy and Daddy. (courtesy of Hailey)

We headed straight to Ariel's grotto to meet Hailey's favorite princess and ride the Under the Sea ride! She was just as enthralled this time as she was four years ago!

Hailey and Ariel 2014 (ok. seriously I might cry!)

Dumbo!

Avery loved "It's a small world!"

Tootie opted to steer clear of the creepy country bear!

Best. Icecream bars. Ever.

Ready to get Bibbidi Bobbidi Beautiful!

Introducing Princess Lainey, Princess Avery and Princess Hailey!

Avery and her favorite princess, Rapunzel.

Every long line, and expensive ticket was forgotten after this moment happened.

The girls were excited to meet Princess Elena for the first time!

Dinner in Cinderella's castle.

Lulu and Sleeping Beauty, her fav!

Lulu and Aurora 2015.

Make your own cupcakes!

Daddy made a very handsome knight in Enchanted Tales with Belle!

County Bear Jamboree baby!

The cutest row on the carousel!

They loved Mickey's Philharmagic!

Waiting for the street parade.

The girls wanted to play in the pool and watch the fireworks from our room instead of going back to the park after dinner. Um, DEAL!!!

Waking up with big smiles! Ready for another day at the "happiest place on Earth!"

When you lose a tooth in Disney World the Tooth Fairy turns your tooth sparkly and gives you $20!!!

Epcot

Our favortie ride was Soarin'! We rode it twice!

Hailey loved the ride "Living with the land" and especially loved seeing the greenhouses.

My favorite part about that ride was when Avery saw a wall of small dirt balls (seedlings) and screamed out "LOOK! CIRCLE BROWNIES!!" :)

Meeting the B.M.O.C for the first time!!

Goofy was so silly. He even forgot how to spell his name when he was signing his autograph! So silly!

The girls loved how Pluto used his nose to help him sign his autograph!

Sweet treats for my sweet girls!

Turlte Talk with Crush was very funny!

Looking at the cute Mommy and baby manatee at the aquarium after the Nemo ride.

We were lucky enough to visit Epcot during the Flower and Garden festival. The park was so beautiful.

Alice loved the girls so much that she even offered to babysit them for the rest of the day!

Donald!!

Frozen Ever After!!

Face painting!

We found Caleb while we were there!

Mommy and Daddy loved Epcot because we could sample the food (and adult beverages!) from every country!

Lainey and sadness bonded over their love of the color blue.

11+ hours in Epcot = 3 very tired girls!

Animal Kingdom

Thanks goodness we had Tootie around to help us navigate.

Monkeys looking at monkeys!

These four were ~~dumb~~ brave enough to go on a water ride when it was 50 degrees out!

Clearly I'm the only smart one in the family and I opted to capture this moment from the bridge (where I remained dry, warm and happy!)

Poor Tutu. She just got SOAKED on that ride! She waddled off the raft dripping wet!

Kilimanjaro safari.

Lion King was awesome!

The girls were mesmerized!

We loved the Finding Nemo show! It was beautiful, the girls loved the music and the bubbles (and I may or may not have cried!)

DinoLand!

Avery's favorite part of the day. Finally getting her bubble wand!

We saw lots of friends at Disney! Lainey was so happy that she finally found her St. Catherine's BFF Allie! We knew she was there and Lulu was looking for her everywhere!!