If you follow me on Facebook, you probably realized we are on vacation right now.

Last week we were at Disney World for a few days.  When we first made our Disney plans, I had originally planned on surprising my daughter with dining with the princesses.  At almost $200 for the four of us, I quickly changed my plans — especially when I found out we could see the two she REALLY wanted to see for FREE.  (And FREE is better than $200 any day!)

Our second day at Magic Kingdom I got a couple Fast Passes right away to see Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Rapunzel over at Towne Square Theater.

Then my princess and I headed over to ride her favorite ride a second time — the new Under the Sea ride.  I surprised her afterwards by heading to Ariel’s Grotto.  “I wonder what’s in here,” I said, after I saw the wait time was just 15 minutes.

And 15 minutes later….…she was meeting Ariel and showing her her new charm necklace — full of Disney princesses.

Then we ate lunch and headed back to meet the other princesses.  (Definitely do the Fast Pass here — the original line we stood in said an hour and NEVER moved; then I realized we could Fast Pass it.  We waited only 20 minutes that way.)

Of course, my little boy didn’t want to see princesses.  For him, Lightning McQueen is the ONLY Disney character worth seeing.

Thankfully I was able to grant his wish by staying at the Art of Animation Resort — where they have a pool that is surrounded by the Cars characters.  The Art of Animation Resort is actually made up of 10 different hotels…  The Cars pool was the one furthest from us, so I brought his umbrella stroller…  We zoomed over to see Lightning McQueen at least 4 times during our stay, and took pics EVERY time.

Currently we are at the beach (MY dream come true).

Today we took a break from the sun and sand to see a few animals at the Jungle Gardens, where my daughter had one more wish fulfilled….Yes, that is my preschooler with “Tiny”, a Royal Ball Python around her neck.  I’m not sure, but I think she was almost more excited to hold the snake than she was to see the princesses…

This week, I am thankful for each dream we’ve had come true this trip.

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Happy Thursday!

If you have been a reader of my blog for long, or if you follow on Facebook, then you know I love Thankful Thursday posts.  There is just something about looking at the positives from the week instead of all the negatives.

This week I am extremely thankful that my husband agreed to my wish to share the magic of Disney World with our kids this summer.

Going along with that, I am thankful that not only will my daughter’s princess dreams come true, but that as I was flipping through a magazine this week I came across and ad for a hotel in Disney that has all the Cars movie characters.   That means not only will our daughter get to eat with the princesses on our Disney trip, but we can head on over to the hotel (we are already booked at a cheaper one) and our son can see all his favorite Disney characters — FREE.  I can’t tell you how excited I was to discover that.    (Originally I thought those characters would only be available at the Hollywood Studios park, and with just 2 days to visit the parks, we weren’t planning to go there.)

I am also thankful this week for the free yoga class at the library.  (Libraries rock!)  My husband saw the sign about it a month ago, and I was excited because unlike the classes at our YMCA, it was at a time I could get there and back before the kids’ bedtime.

I really didn’t think I was going to make it this week because of the amount of tears and drama that erupted 10 minutes before I needed to be out the door, but my husband assured me they’d all be fine, and I grabbed my shoes and seldom used yoga mat and headed out the door.  It was nice to have that hour to myself, and I look forward to next week.  (Hopefully there will be a lot less drama involved before hand.)

Now it’s my favorite part…

Take a moment to think of what you’re thankful for this week and share it in the comments!

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