Orlando Trip Day 1-Magic Kingdom

During the middle of January, we escaped the cold of Utah and headed to the warmth of Orlando, Florida.  My mom joined us, as well as our good friends Chris & Anneka Cindrich and their little girl Sophie.  Sophie is the same age as Jack and the two of them have been excited to go to Disney World together for quite some time now.   We had such a fantastic trip and it was so fun and helpful to have my mom with us!  Usually by the end of a vacation I am ready to get home but this time I was really sad to leave.

***PHOTO DISCLAIMER***

Somewhere along the way Jack got ahold of my little point and shoot camera and changed some settings.  I didn't notice until we downloaded pictures after the trip was over.  I'm not happy with the quality of a lot of these pictures but hey...it's better than nothing!

Henry and Annie with Grandma on the plane.

 Jack finally zonked out with about an hour and a half left in the flight.

Jack was all excited and ready to head out to see Mickey Mouse but first he had to serve his two minutes in time out for hitting.  He was not a happy camper!

 First stop for Jack...Winnie the Pooh ride.  He liked playing in the garden area while waiting in line.

Funny story about the Winnie the Pooh ride...It was Jack, my mom, and myself riding.  As we boarded, I got on first, then Jack.  My mom held back for a second to take a picture of us before getting on the ride.  As she slowly went to step onto the ride cart, the automatic door started to close.  She got one leg in and got the other leg partially trapped in the door.  Part of me was laughing but the other part of me was really nervous the ride was going to pull away and drag her along with us!  Anyway, she finally freed herself and we laughed about it the rest of the way through the ride.  I kept thinking of telling everyone how she got hurt not on some dangerous roller coaster but instead on the Winnie the Pooh ride that you don't even need a seatbelt on.  Haha!  Still makes me laugh!

Sophie and Jack waiting in line for the Dumbo ride.

 "Hey Sophie...High-Five!"  We totally conquered the Dumbo ride!"

 Enjoying our day at the Magic Kingdom.

Jack likes to give head massages when he's riding on someone's shoulders.

Our kids went on the car ride with the Cindrich's.  After the ride, Chris let us know that he too enjoyed a head massage from Jack.

 I'd like to blame these next pictures on their speed as they pulled away but in reality it was the fault of the camera operator!  This is Henry (waving) and Annie speeding away in their car...you get the idea.

 Chris & Jack....Jack was steering and liked to go "BANG, BANG" into the center island under the car.  Later on our trip I went with Jack in the car and he nearly threw me out of it with his "BANG, BANG" steering!

 The kids showing off their "driver's licenses" after the car ride.

 Fireworks at the end of the night.

 Again...another bad picture but I loved Annie's expression in this one as she watched the fireworks.

 At the end of a magical day at Magic Kingdom.