We just got back from a fabulous trip to Disney World with Jeff's family! It was SO much fun! The girls loved every minute of it and they did really well for being so wiped out by the end of the days! It was brutally hot, but we took in lots of water with us and little clip on fans - that helped. We've got a ton of pictures and funny stories, so get ready! I hope I can remember everything I wanted to share. I kept thinking I should have brought a notebook and pen with me to write down some of the precious things the girls said that I didn't want forget. Jeff and I tried to think of as much as we could on our way back home today.
They also loved playing at this table with My Little Pony toys and accessories. I think Annlee and Maryella could have stayed there for hours!
They also had fun playing in a Dinosaur dig area and Annlee decided that she wants to be a paleontologist when she grows up.
In the same store where this Dino dig was, there was a huge dinosaur that moved and roared when you first walked in. It was so funny because the girls were casually walking in and then it was like they hit a brick wall and wouldn't go another inch when they saw the dinosaur. It took some work, but we finally got them all in the store!
We ate lunch at McDonald's where Kaylin loved the lights on the table - they looked like cups.
We took lots of pictures with the character statues that were around the stores.
Kaylin felt she was pretty clever for putting bunny ears on Donald.
Before we left, Kaylin found where a big Stitch head on top of a building would spit water occasionally. The girls had to stand there until they got spit on. It shocked Maryella at first because she didn't know it was coming.
We arrived on Sunday afternoon in Tampa and celebrated several birthdays over at Aunt Sandi's house. Aunt Sandi and Uncle Ray gave Maryella a Tinker Belle doll that she got so excited about. She decided pretty quickly that she would be taking that in to show Tinker Belle at Disney World.
The next morning, we got up and got things ready and drove over to Disney with Jeff's parents, his sister Heather and her baby, Elijah, who is 2 months younger than Elianna, and Jeff's brother Bobby. Heather's husband, Rafael came late Wednesday night to join us. We were staying in a house about 16 miles from Disney. That didn't sound too bad at first, but ended up being about 30-40 minutes away. That's a tough drive when you're beyond tired after a full day at Disney!
We had a pool at the house and we played in that for a little while on Monday evening before dinner.
Elianna then decided that a Disney vacation would be a good time to start rolling over from her back to her tummy. Jeff missed that first several times, but finally was able to see her do it a day or two later. She has even started getting her knees up under her once she rolls over. She looks so funny with her little hiney sticking up in the air!
Tuesday, we got up and went to Downtown Disney for the morning. The girls had $25 each to spend on whatever they wanted - but that was for the whole trip. They wanted to spend everything in the first 5 minutes, but limited themselves to 1 thing each. Maryella bought an Ariel playset (like little Polly Pocket dolls) that she has played with every minute she could since then. Kaylin picked out a Tinker Belle wallet and Annlee chose a Cinderella change purse. They were both really excited to have a place to put their own money, but were a bit disappointed that I wouldn't let them carry it around themselves.
In Downtown Disney we played at the Lego store and the girls raced Lego cars that they made.
They also loved playing at this table with My Little Pony toys and accessories. I think Annlee and Maryella could have stayed there for hours! They also had fun playing in a Dinosaur dig area and Annlee decided that she wants to be a paleontologist when she grows up. In the same store where this Dino dig was, there was a huge dinosaur that moved and roared when you first walked in. It was so funny because the girls were casually walking in and then it was like they hit a brick wall and wouldn't go another inch when they saw the dinosaur. It took some work, but we finally got them all in the store! We ate lunch at McDonald's where Kaylin loved the lights on the table - they looked like cups. We took lots of pictures with the character statues that were around the stores. Kaylin felt she was pretty clever for putting bunny ears on Donald. Before we left, Kaylin found where a big Stitch head on top of a building would spit water occasionally. The girls had to stand there until they got spit on. It shocked Maryella at first because she didn't know it was coming.We went back to the house that night and swam again, ate, and then called it a night. The next day would be full and exciting one!
The girls loved seeing Cinderella's castle as we came in on the monorail. As we entered Main Street, we saw Pinochio and Mary Poppins among many other characters signing autographs and taking pictures with everyone. Those were the only 2 we waited in line to see. Kaylin was a bit intimidated by the characters that you couldn't see their faces, so we weren't thinking we would try to see too many of those. But as the trip went on, she got a little braver all the time - and just wait until you see what she did on our last day! 
After getting a few autographs, we wanted to go see the Princesses and Fairies, but made several stops on the way. As we were walking past the Fairytale Garden, Belle was just about to start telling her story so we swung in to listen. She tells the story of Beauty and the Beast and gets members of the audience to come up on stage and help. Much our surprise, she picked Jeff to be the beast! That was so funny!
We continued making our way to the back of the park to see our "must see" characters, but passed the Tea Cup ride that had virtually no line. How can you pass that up? Jeff and Bobby took Annlee and Maryella on the ride and both girls had a blast!
By the time the show was over, it was almost time for the parade to start, so we waited for that. Jeff got the girls some Mickey ice cream to eat while we waited.
After the parade, we finally made our way back to the car and the house (after a few pictures on the way out, of course!). 
When we got back to the house, the girls rested while the adults got dinner ready and saved up energy to go back to the park that evening. However, the weather had other plans. It started raining and then storming. Lightening hit the house and knocked out the cable and several lights throughout the house. It was pretty scary. The girls had just gotten up from their naps and they were pretty scared. Once everything calmed down and we had eaten dinner, we started debating about whether or not to go back to the Magic Kingdom. It was still raining, but I couldn't stand not to at least try to go back. Besides, we were supposed to go pick up those parasols! So while everyone else opted to stay back at the house, we loaded up our girls and headed back to the park. On our way, we noticed on our GPS that there was a tornado warning in the county that Disney was in, so we decided to go back to the house. But on the way, we stopped at Target to get a new fan because the lightening strike had made our ceiling fan quit working. While we were in Target, the rain stopped and the tornado warning expired, so we turned around yet again and headed back to Disney. By that time, we had missed the night parade, but made it in time to pick up the parasols and see the fireworks. Crazy me, though. I forgot the camera in the car, so I have no pictures of that night. We had lots of fun though. The girls loved seeing Tinkerbelle flying out of the castle during the firework show.
