A Few of Our Favorites Things at Disney World

We did two days in the Disney World parks.  The first day we went to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, and the second day we went back to Hollywood Studios and spent the entire day there.
These are a few of our favorite things...

Nolan's absolute favorite thing was the Jedi Training Academy.

Upon arriving at Disney's Hollywood Studios the second day the first thing we did was head directly to the "Jedi Training Academy" to sign my Nolan up for this awesome Star Wars experience.  A friend had told me that classes filled up extremely fast, we got in just under the wire!  Phew!

Nolan said it was the best day of his life!  Here is the video of him fighting the dark side (second kid up)

Nolan's other favorites, Star Tours ride and the Lego store...

We all went on the Star Tours ride, it was very very cool (although I am a wimp and got a really "carsick")

Lego store at Downtown Disney

Buzz made out of Legos

Buzz, Woody and the rocket entirely made out of legos

If you ask my younger little guy, Sean, what was his favorite thing at Disney, he would tell you EVERYTHING!  He is four and was the perfect age to get that magical reaction when he saw Mickey & Minnie for the first time.  When hard pressed for details, he will tell you his favorite things were the pool at the hotel, the Dumbo Ride, Goofy's rollercoaster, Buzz Lightyear ride (at Magic Kingdom) and of course, meeting Buzz!

and meeting Buzz and Woody together...

Buzz & Woody Meet & Greet 

At Disney's Hollywood Studios we all loved the Toy Story Mania and the 3-D Muppet Show!

Mike and my favorite thing was the Tune-in Lounge in the 50's inspired Diner. 

Nana's favorite was the American Idol Experience - She is a big Idol fan!

This was my favorite thing...I love this picture.

Nana, Nolan & Sean

Some very sweet family memories were created on this trip.

I received two complimentary Disney World Park Hopper passes to facilitate this post.

E.T. Phone Home...the obsession continues

This winter, New England has been unbelievably warm.  My Nolan loves to be outside.  Sean is much more of the indoorsy type.  This picture was from last week.  The weather was amazing.  Nolan was out in the backyard right after breakfast.  I keep peeking out at him.  He was "fixing" his old bike.

Next thing he is begging Sean to come outside to see a "surprise."  "Mom don't look yet."  I thought, oh God!  

"OK Mom you can look now..."

A few weeks before Halloween Nolan watched the ET movie and became obsessed.  It started with him attaching a basket to the front of his little bike.  Then he pleaded for a red sweatshirt.  (That I found on Hanes.com for $8)  He put Yoda (from his Star Wars obsession) in the basket, as it was the closest thing he could find that looked like ET.

So there was no question--he was going to be Elliot for Halloween.  His uncle (my brother) fueled his obsession by crafting a paper mache ET head!  Yes my entire family is completely nuts creative.

That was all fine and good for Halloween but ET stayed on his bike for weeks after...getting some strange looks at the park from other little kids who had no idea who ET was.

Most of the parents got a good laugh out of it...or maybe they were laughing at me for allowing him to ride around the park with ET wrapped in a towel strapped to his bike!  That's normal right?  I would tell myself, just like all his other obsessions favorite things--The Wiggles, Pirates, the Wiggles again, Star Wars, Harry Potter...this too shall pass...and God knows what will be next!

When the new Muppet movie came along, poor ET was put on a shelve in the playroom and forgotten. But for some reason ET has reared his funny big head again.  Nolan had asked me to download music from ET the day before...but he also asked for music from Star Wars, Spongebob, Victorious and the chicken dance, so I wasn't thinking that ET was coming back in full force.

Not only did he stick his bike in a tree and dress Sean up like Elliot, he had the music playing for the full effect...

The next Steven Spielberg?
Although Sean will tell you, he can be a bit difficult to work with.

This week's PRICELESS moment

I was putting the boys to bed last night and I was quietly singing "You are My Sunshine."  My Nolan said "Mum, could you not sing that, because every time you sing that, I feel like I'm gonna have a tear in my eye."

In Nolan's Words

Nolan (my 5 yr old):  "Mom you know what kind of car I'm gonna get"
Me:  "What Nolan?"
Nolan:  "A convertible"
Me:  "cool"
Nolan:  "How old do you have to be to drive?"
Me:  "16"
Nolan:  "Well when I'm 16 I'm going to get a convertible...and Mum you know what Me and Sean (my 3 yr old) are gonna do?"
Me:  "What Nolan?"
Nolan:  "Hide candy in the truck"  "I'll take Sean for rides and I'll let him sit in front"
Me:  "That will be so nice"
Nolan:  "But Mum, I will always be driving...we'll go to the arcade all the time...we are gonna have a lot of fun in that cah" (he's got a little Boston accent)