More Disney

I keep trying to sit down and write about our trip and I get complete writers block. I am not sure how to explain the week without writing for a week straight. It was amazing. AMAZING! I have been to Disney but seeing Disney through each of those six kids eyes was something I have never experienced. We had our moments... our meltdowns... our arguments and frustration. Kids cried. Babies got off schedule. Tweens gave attitude. But it was amazing.

We made every single second of it work. Jack slept in the sling and nursed on rides and buses and planes. The girls rode in the stroller when they got too tired to walk. Genna basically took care of Abby all week since Abby decided Genna was her official Disney buddy. Grace hooked onto my Mom so that took care of that. I barely slept but it was worth the deprivation.

We were slated to only do three of the parks but at the last minute we decided one day at epcot was enough and went to the Animal Kingdom.

The kids loved it. I am not sure which park they would each say was their favorite but I think the consensus was the Magic Kingdom blew our proverbial socks off.

Waiting at the gates for the park to open on DAY 1!!!

 We got to watch the opening "show" and then we were off!

 Basically running, trying to keep up with my parents and the kids. They wanted to go on Pirates of the Caribbean first. 

 Ride buddies!

 When they finally feel asleep they were out!

 Waiting to go on Star Tours

We even saw Snow White on Halloween. ;D 

Halloween night

Will wrangling his friend the dinosaur  

 Jordan and Abby taking a ride on Mater

So in one week we did rides, shows, parades, fireworks, food, shopping, swimming, reveled in staying "on-site", talked, did a wonderfully small amount of line waiting and basically had the best vacation ever!

**All these are phone pics (hence the low quality). One of these days I'll find a minute to get the pics off the camera. :D

Disney, disney, disney

I thought that by the time I got home I would be ready to write. Over the course of a week I have so many pictures and stories and experiences. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find the time to get down to it. The pictures are still in the camera and the stories are still in my brain. I am guessing this is going to take a few posts. ;D

We left for Florida on Sunday morning and the excitement in our house was palpable!

(Abby caught a stomach bug the day before so when she woke up Sunday morning feeling better we all sighed a huge sigh of relief. The poor baby spent her "Disney Eve" puking and puking.)

The whirlwind of packing and planning and preparing was over and we were off to the airport. 

We made it through security (wanting to pull my hair out) and got to our gate. There was a fair amount of juggling to get all six kids on the plane but WE MADE IT!

 "Plane Buddies" were assigned early. We put a lot of thought into who would pair up the best and result in the least amount of fighting and whining. Genna got Abby.

 Will was assigned Honey and Grace but he snuck in some baby time.

 Jordan was lucky enough to sit with my Dad, Jack and I. He was super excited for his first flight!

I am so pleased to say that my kids were the rockstars of the airplane. No one fussed. Jack spent most of the time asleep. It was a VERY turbulent flight since we had to fly over Sandy but they all rocked it.

We touched down in Florida a bit after 1 and the kids were all ready to rock. We caught the Magic Express bus to our resort and the fun began!

More to come soon...