Disney 2014: Day 4

We spent most of our third day in the parks at Epcot, and then went to Hollywood Studios for a little while in the afternoon, before enjoying some pool time that night.

I love Julia in this one!

One of the first rides we went on was "Living on the Land," a mellow educational ride about the innovations possible in agriculture. Julia LOVED it and was asking to go on it again when we finished, which we all thought was really cute and pretty unusual for a four-year-old to be so taken with that ride of all rides. That's my little nerd! Love it.

Umm... Julia loved meeting Chip and Dale, and they seemed to love meeting her. Julia and Dale hugged for such a long time... we were all laughing so hard as Chip started to get impatient for his hug. It was seriously forever.

Chip finally got a hug from Julia. 

We had lunch in Norway with the Disney princesses. Lunch featured an awesome European appetizer buffet, followed by some delicious entrees and dessert. Getting to spend some time with the princesses was such a dream for Julia! 

Belle's dress was probably too big for her to mingle... so we met her in a photo area at the front of the restaurant. Look at Julia in this one... haha!

These ladies were so sweet and really seemed to love their jobs bringing joy to kids.

I don't think Julia even knew who Mary Poppins was... but that didn't stop her on her quest to get another autograph! A while after we'd returned home, Julia told me that we have to go back to Disney World because she hadn't gotten Mulan or Pocohontas' autographs ;-)

Racing each other…

Jessica: “I’m going to cut you off!”

Julia: “You can’t cut me off! I have bones in myself!”
We then proceeded to explain the concept of cutting people off.

Later, we were in a line to see Aladdin and Jasmine

Julia: “Can we cut these people off?”

Also while waiting in line to see Aladdin and Jasmine…

Julia: "I WON'T HUG ALADDIN. I'll hug Jasmine and have her sign my book. But not Aladdin."

Julia stuck to her guns. No hug for Aladdin... just Jasmine ;-)

Julia did deign to hold Aladdin's hand, though.

At the Disney Junior show! Julia was excited to see Sofia.

Pool fun back at the hotel that night.

Disney 2014: Day 3

We spent the third day at Disney World in Animal Kingdom. We had a fantastic day, riding rides and seeing the sites. There were a couple events that dampened my day: 1) Our first ride of the day, Kali River Rapids, was the bomb. But, we got soaked, so we were literally damp (I couldn't help myself... sorry!) 2) I dropped our camcorder (in its case) on the ground and it stopped working. It wasn't a big deal in the scheme of things, but I hate that feeling, you know? Overall, though, it was yet another magical day!

Soaked after the first ride of the day!

Pure joy.

I will never forget how magical this trip was for Julia. 

We totally feasted on this trip.

Julia spent a ton of time in the ridiculously awesome kiddie pool at the hotel that night.

Julia made friends with some other little girls, and together, they enjoyed getting splashed by the Mad Hatter's Hat, as it filled up with water, and tipped over onto them.

Late night, post pool food.