Disney Cruise Part 2

I am having trouble getting all the pictures from the cruise on one post, so here is another to hopefully make it work.

Here's more pictures of all the fun.

They had amazing live shows at night.  Here is a shot of Mikey and Ellie waiting for one to start.

Here are Mikey and the kids in the crystal clear blue waters of Grand Cayman.  Cayman was such a beautiful place, a smaller island, not really commercialized and the clearest water I have ever seen!

Tommy patrolling the beach in Cayman.






Disney Cruise...Nothing But Good Times

At the end of February, the four of us packed up and headed to Miami, where we took a Disney Cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel.  All of us had a lovely time!  The cruise was packed with all sorts of fun things to do.  3 pools, food everywhere, characters to meet everywhere you turned, live shows at night, a movie theater, and a ton of other fun things.  We were busy from the moment our plane landed in Miami, to the time we got back to KC.  A wonderful time was had by all!

 Here are some (well, let's be honest, a ton) of pictures from our trip!

Checking out the planes before we took off from KCI

Checking out the ocean in Miami.

Watching a movie together that night in our hotel in Miami

Meeting our man Mickey before we got on board the ship.

Family pic with the Head Honcho

The kids hit the pool first thing on the ship.  Here is Ellie on the water slide.

Tommy in the splash pool.

Breakfast shot

Who doesn't love this buddy?

 

Our princess looking out the window from the LONG line (45 minutes) to meet and greet the princesses.

This is what a Disney Princess Meet and Greet looks like.

Meeting Princess #1...Ariel

 

She is pretty excited.

Meeting Belle from Beauty and the Beast.



Snow White giving Ellie her autograph.

Posing with Snow White.

Cinderella taught Ellie how to pose while holding her dress up.  A move you will see Ellie replicate later.

Getting Cinderella's autograph.

Talking to Princess Tiana while Tiana signs.

Final princess pose.  For those of you asking where Tommy was, he was right there as well, but didn't want to touch the princesses.  He much preferred blowing them kisses, which they loved.

This was one of my favorite parts of the trip.  They hosted a dance party with the characters in a big lobby space.  There were about 12 of them there, and you could go up to each one and dance.  Here is Ellie checking out Goofy.

She got bolder after that and insisted each character take her hands and spin her around.  Here she is with Mikey.

Reaching for Pluto's hands

Dancing with Donald.  This was one fun party! You may ask where Tommy was...he was napping, and as soon as it was over, Ellie said "That was so much fun.  I am sad that Tommy missed it" 

Handsome boy in plaid at dinner.

Blizzard Fun

We got a huge dumping of snow in late February, over a foot!  We had a lovely snow day at home, culminated by some snow fun in the front yard with neighbors and friends when it was over.  Tommy is just now enjoying being out in the snow, and Ellie is getting really fearless on a sled.  Winter Olympics, watch out!




Prepping to head out.



Going fast down the driveway

Deep snow!

He truly loved just rolling around in the snow.

A Valetine's Cupcake Date

I had a morning with Ellie all to myself on Valentine's Day, so I took her over to our local bakery where we had a cupcake date.  Ellie is getting so grown up, its hard for me to keep up with her.  This day I will always remember how pretty her eyes were, and how sweet she was while we were eating some good treats together.

Fun with Peek a Boo

We were recently at a Super Bowl party, and Tommy and his friend Miles had a blast playing peek a boo with their friend Harper.  They were thrilled at hiding and jumping out from behind a chair and saying boo.

Addding a Boy to the Burgess Family

We found out in February that we are adding a boy to our family.  Most of us were excited about this news, and very happy that he was healthy in his ultrasound scan.  Ellie, however, had her sights set on a girl and was pretty disappointed when we opened the news at home.  It was the first time I have seen her genuinely heartbroken.  She cried and cried saying sweet things like "I wanted someone to wear my princess dresses with me" and "Who will wear my old red cowboy boots now?  I thought I would give them to my sister".

To coax her out of her despair, we immediately went on a toy shopping trip to Target, where Ellie very sweetly insisted on picking out a toy for her new baby brother before she picked out her own toy.  Since then, she has perked up about having a little brother.  The countdown to July 2 is on!

Beautiful Day with My Buddy

One of my favorite things to do on a nice morning is go to our local Starbucks and enjoy a coffee outside.  We had a random 70 degree day in February, so I took one of my favorite coffee dates out for a latte and some milk.