Priceless....

Disney....

Those 6 letters contain so much! Excitement, magic, awe, you name it- Disney makes it happen! We were able to take Ava down to experience her first taste of Disney and she had the absolute best time. We started by going to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party. Adam and I had been a few years back and really enjoyed it, so we thought we would go again and bring Ava. I wanted to make sure she was able to meet Mickey and Minnie- so we went to their houses first.

I was a little concerned at how Ava would react to the characters. Seeing and loving them on the tv screen is a little bit different than seeing them life size! She did great! She wouldn't let them hold her- but she would touch them and wave to them and even blow them a kiss....priceless!

After meeting Minnie and Mickey we rode the tea cup ride. I remember riding this as a child with my dad and having so much fun. Adam, Ava, my dad and I all boarded 1 cup...let me just say- 2 grown men each 6'4" have no business fitting into 1 cup, let alone adding another woman and a toddler! We were tight- not so much on the seating- but our legs couldn' t move a millimeter! Ava didn't know what to think watching everything going around and around. After the teacup experience we headed toward It's a Small World. The nice thing about the Christmas party is that there are only a certain number of tickets they sell each night so the park isn't nearly as crowded as it would be during the day- which means wait times are minimal- thank goodness! Ava loved its a small world- I think we could have stayed on that ride the entire night and she would have had the time of her life! Ava would like to pass along to a note to Belle- "You must ride this ride!" Priceless.....During the Christmas party it "snows" on Main Street. The "Snow" is actually soap suds, but it really does look like snow falling. Ava tried to catch the snow. If you look closely in the picture above you can see little white specs - that's the snow! There are 2 parades that march down through Main St. at the party and the last one started at 11:30. I just knew Ava would have fallen asleep by this point and we would either choose to wake her up or let her sleep through it- but she wanted to see it all and take it all in. She would wave and point to all of the characters and sometimes would even clap. Priceless.....

Being able to spend the weekend as a family watching Ava enjoy Disney's magic and thinking how blessed we are to be able to do this....Priceless!