Day 3, Magic Kingdom, Cinderella's Royal Table, Raymonds, O'Hannah's

Elli in line for the limbo. She was so sleepy and grouchy during this late dinner that she would start one of the kids activites and run back to our table crying. She did however make it through the limbo and parade. Poor girl was asleep after being in the car for about 1 minute:)

We ended our day with dinner at O'Hannah's at the Polynesian resort. Absolutely delicious and very fun. We all got out to hula:) After chowing down on dessert of pineapple unside down cake, ice cream and bananas foster, of which I ate the most, we decided to try to walk to our car which was supposedly closer than taking the monrail. We found it and took a sleepy girl back!

Finally we get on Dumbo. Heather and Gary rode with her so Brent and I would not have to ride anything else that went in circles:) Special time for them too.

The move it shake it party was fun for us, but not so much for Elli. She was scared of Mr. Incredible who was shakin his tail feathers right near us. We tried to get her out there to dance, but she was terrified:)

I cried all through the parade as well. Elli was waving to the princesses and calling their names. Finally Ariel rode by and Elli was waving like crazy and calling to her. Ariel looked at her and blew her a kiss. Elli was on cloud nine and I was bawling:) She totally believes they are real and that they are her friends.

Another coaster. We all rode the Big Thunder Mountain. Great fun.

Elli and Lily rode the Barnstormer together. Later we rode it together and she giggled and said it was more fun to ride with Lily.

Elli chose a purple page for the fairies to sign. Videa was happy about that:)

How could we not get a picture with Tinker Belle? This is the only place to meet her. Elli was shy in here. Didn't quite know what to think:)

We waited for about 45 min to see the fairies. We didn't wait that long for anything else:) We walked through the shrinking process and spent time with three fairies.

Then, the third surprise, we met up with the Raymonds!!!!! Look at the pure joy:) What absolute fun to surprise them this way.

The step sisters and step mother were hilarious!!! They asked Elli if she was a dancer to which she replied yes. Then they started singing and asked her to dance. She ran away crying:) So, Heather and I convinced her to come back up and get her picture. She would only do it with us.

After riding the carousel we saw Mary Poppins. Elli just couldn't believe that so many people came here:)

Seeing Belle again was fun for Elli. She loves all the princesses.

Ariel asked Elli to be her special helper. She walked around with Ariel to help her teach the girls how to make a wish. Watching Elli be in total awe of this experience made me cry!! Then, she made a wish, closed her eyes really tightly and looked in wonder as the lights went down and twinkled across the ceiling. So sweet. Later, we saw Elli trying to make a wish. She was looking up at the ceiling and nothing was happening. Wouldn't you know though that right after that, they did another wishing song:) (Now we did spend time reminding Elli that we do not wish on stars, but ask Jesus for what we need and want. Disney will try to make an atheist out of you so remember to speak truth often:)

Elli LOVES Ariel. She was so excited to see her. She followed her all around the room with her eyes until it was our time to visit with her.

This is a sweet picture.

Snow White is asking Elli about her little friends again. I love how they play their parts so well.

We couldn't resist a picture like this. Look how sweet Elli is. She loved meeting Cinderella and being in the castle.

So this may seem cheesy, but there really is something magical about the Magic Kingdom. I know it is more so because I was seeing it through Elli's eyes and excitement, but we loved it! Her little smile says it all.