Downtown Disney...

We enjoyed some down time at Downtown Disney at the Lego store and dinner at the T-Rex cafe. Brayden loves Lego's and dinosaurs right now, so it was the perfect night for him.

Thursday we had time at the pool with Michelle and the girls. We were to busy catching up and enjoying the day to take pictures. 

Thursday night we went to dinner with everyone and found out that there was a Krispy Kreme not more than 10 minutes away. Sarah and Brayden have never been to a Krispy Kreme store, so we had to stop.

Coming hot of the line, the best way to eat them.

Happy customers!!!

Sweet goodness.

Hollywood Studios...

We spent 1-1/2 days at Hollywood Studios (Sunday morning and then again Friday with my parents, sister and nieces). We wanted to be a part of the Star Wars Weekends as much as possible.

We actually had to get to the park on Friday at 7:30 a.m., it opened at 8:00 a.m. just to get in line for the training and autographs. When Jason and I got out of bed that morning we were asking ourselves "Why are we doing this again? It's to early, " but the smile on our little guy's face when he was a part of the training was worth it. Sometimes you have to get up early to have fun.

I love Brayden's facial expressions in these pictures...

Brayden is standing next to the boy with the Dart Maul face paint.

Padawans receiving their training - Brayden is to the right of the girl in the pink shorts.

Ready to dual with the dark side.

Brayden using his force push on the Storm Troopers.

Big Fans...

James Arnold Taylor the voice of Obi-Wan on Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Ashley Eckstein the voice of Ahsoka on Star Wars: The Clone Wars

 Family Fun...

Brayden is trying his force push on the photographer. After his Jedi training he was trying to force push everyone the rest of the day.

Storm troopers were greeting us as we arrived at the park.

Three ladies and a little guy. When did these 4 grow up?

Time with PaPa & MeMe...

PaPa, can I tell you a secret?

It is always good being with my sis/Aunt Michelle...

Rocking it on the Rock 'N' Roller Coaster

Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars...

Amazing chocolate peanut butter Darth Vadar cupcake!!!

Making a double-bladed lightsaber.

Oh boy!! He is ready for action.

Wiped Out. The only time he fell asleep in the stroller was Friday afternoon.

I am wiped out after this post. To many pictures to chose from. One more day of Disney vacation to show you after this one.

Animal Kingdom...

We spent Wednesday morning at Animal Kingdom. We enjoyed Lion King, Nemo and Bug shows along with going on Safari.

Brayden got a turn to become a Superhero by becoming the Flash

Sarah got her own painting with a Henna tattoo.

Sarah took her turn going up Everest along with Jason, a roller coaster. She loved it!

Animal Kingdom wasn''t our favorite park, we found the park was a little harder to get around with everything spread out. We picked a few things to do and did enjoy the half of the day that we spent there. It's Disney World what can't you enjoy.

Magic Kingdom...

Ready for our day at Magic Kingdom, ears and all.

Tuesday was our day at the Magic Kingdom. We had only planned to go to Tomorrowland and Fantasyland and then go back Wednesday afternoon to finish with Frontierland and Adventureland, but by 3:00 p.m. we were done with the two lands we had wanted to do and decided to keep going for the last two.

(Side note - When we planned out our time at the parks we used a website called www.touringplans.com. They also have a book called "The Unofficial Guide: Walt Disney World 2012." In addition, you can get their app on your phone and it will give you the wait times for each ride, both projected and estimated, which was a huge help in helping us to do all the rides that we wanted to as well as use the Fast Passes. We would highly recommend it if you plan to go.)

Our first ride was Dumbo, which Brayden loved, and when went back on Wednesday night to ride a few more rides that was his choice.

This is the one time I got to ride with Brayden (aka Superhero) on a ride. I had to get a picture.

Next, off with Buzz Lightyear to see if we could fight off his sworn enemy Zurg (or his father??)

Because Brayden was doing so great with all the rides and he was tall enough we decided to take him on Space Mountain. I am not a roller coaster fan, doesn't set well with my stomach, but in family fun I went. Plus my baby boy was going and I wanted to experience it with him. I was nervous for Brayden when we got on because I thought the 3 people in the same car sat right next to each other, but there are seats separately you. I wasn't sure how Brayden would do sitting by himself, but Jason was right behind him and he was securely strapped in, I think. : ) I wish I could play a transcript of what went through my brain for the next 3 minutes of the ride. It went something like this - "I can't wait till this ride is over. I can't wait till this ride is over. Why did I come on it? Why did we take our 4 year old on it? Brayden is probably crying his eyes out! It's okay Brayden, Mommy loves you. When is this ride going to be over? Please not another drop. Please not another drop. Why is it so dark in here? My poor baby. He isn't going to want to ride on another ride today. PLEASSSSSSSE LET THIS RIDE BE OVER!!!!" LOL!!! Yes, it is funny, but it is the complete truth. Every one of those thoughts went through my head for 3 minutes straight. I like the idea of Space Mountain, but not riding it. When our car slowed down to a stop I thought I would hear Brayden crying, but not a sound. He got out and was completely fine. When Jason asked him if he wanted to ride it again he said "No". Nothing more to say about it and didn't have any problems riding any other rides. What was I so worried about?

This isn't an amazing photo especially with the writing in the middle, but had to add it since it shows what Brayden was doing during the ride. Covering his ears! Why didn't I think of that? It might have helped me.

Then off to drive race cars...

We had fun, a little back and forth on the wheel with our inexperienced drivers, but no whiplash for anyone. I love how all you can see is Brayden's ears from the steering wheel.

Lastly in Tomorrowland was the Laugh Floor with Monsters, Inc. We loved this show, really funny. We then headed to Fantasyland where we did Goofy's Barnstormer, Peter Pan's Flight, Mickey's Philharmagic (one of my favorite shows), It's a Small World, the Teacups and Winnie the Pooh.

We sat and waited for 20 minutes for the Main Street parade in brutal heat, but the smiles are worth it.

We didn't get many pictures the rest of the day, not sure why maybe we were getting tired. After the parade we headed to Adventureland and Frontierland and did Country Bear Jamboree, Splash Mountain, the Tikki Room, Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Our little pirate ready for action.

We came back the following night to get another family picture in front of the castle while down Main Street, shop on Main Street and get some treats from Aloha Isle, yummy!

Happy Family!!

Next Animal Kingdom and family time...