Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Disney August 2016 Day 8

We were exhausted by this point. haha It was our 7th day in the parks. We limped through MK and AK for our last day. haha
Cheshire Cat

Alice and the Mad Hatter
Alice remembered her from this breakfast last year. :)

Showing them how she had dressed as all the other Alice characters this week, (White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, Alice, Mad Hatter and of course, ending with Cheshire Cat)/


Alice gave Annie sugar! haha

Out of order, but here's the Mad Hatter excited to see Annie in his costume!

One last teacup ride!





Aurora 





Riding the Haunted Mansion- Annie LOVES it! 

Our first time on Big Thunder Mountain


Annie wanted to ride the Magic Carpets again. When we got there we found out that they too have a wheelchair car so Annie didn't need to transfer. Very cool!



Our last ride on Small World
In years past, Annie would kick her foot along with the cancan girls in France. I didn't remind her of this- I want her to do things that she wants to do, not just me telling her, ya know? This day, (after riding this ride a few times this trip), Annie pointed to the girls and said "that's my favorite part!" Then she started kicking her foot and dancing along. :) *oh my heart*

We love this ride so much!


Our names on the sign again! :)

Our last time- #8- of riding Mine Train! Our favorite!
snuggles for Daddy



Meeting Woody and Jessie







We crawled to Animal Kingdom. haha 
Red Safari Minnie
My mom's 50th, my 30th and my niece's first birthday are all within 2 weeks of each other. We celebrated our birthdays together in July. The theme was UP. I made each of us Wilderness Explorer merit sashes with badges. Because of this trip, I made one for Annie too. She has a badge for her birthday, gotcha day and adoption day and things like Disney, Star Wars, her stuffed elephant Dumbo, horses (she rides),etc. 
We really enjoyed visiting with this CM. :) 





See the silver pin on the top of her sash? It was a gift from Russel! :)

Mini Safari Minnie with Safari Mickey and Minnie



It is ok, Minnie, I have trouble handling all of Annie's cuteness too! :)

We couldn't muster the energy to do anything else! We were beat! I was willing to try, but Paul made me an offer I couldn't refuse:
We became Annual Passholders! Knowing this, we gave into our exhaustion and left AK early. haha We knew we'd be returning soon to enjoy AK again. :)

Every year I say Annie was spoiled by Disney and I would never expect the next year to be better- we are just grateful. Then we go on our trip and the CMs spoil us beyond belief. This was our best trip yet! If you are a CM (either mentioned in this blog or even if you just came in contact with Annie on this trip)- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I always say that y'all are just as special to us as the characters themselves. Y'all are a big part of what makes Disney, Disney! THANK YOU! Y'all are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!