Magic Kingdom - Day 2

Today Mickey sent us back to Magic Kingdom.  We decided to give the boys some 1-on-1 time so mom and dad spent the morning with Carter while Parker went with Grandma and Grandpa.  Mom, dad and Carter started out the day in Adventureland with the Jungle Cruise....

and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Dad then took Carter on his first real Roller Coaster... Thunder Mountain (they are in the last row).

Dad wanted to take a turn on Space Mountain so mom and Carter hunted down some Cotton Candy and checked out the Laugh Floor.

We met up with dad for a turn on the Buzz Lightyear ride.

To finish out the morning, we took the People Mover around Tommorrowland...

And Carter drove on the Astro Glider to get a few of the entire park and some fun pictures...

Parker had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa, getting in another trip on the Mad Hatter Tea Cups (Mom and Dad won't ride it, Grandma and Grandpa wanted to ride it over and over again and the boys happily obliged).

After lunch, we swapped boys and Mom, Dad and Parker headed out while Carter spent the afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa.  Parker asked to go meet the Princesses so we started with Tinkerbell.

And then hit up the carousel...

Before taking him to see Cinderella and Princess Aurora.

He was incredibly excited!

Cinderella

Princess Aurora

And we even saw Princess Minnie on our way out.  

With Parker, well into nap time we decided to take a train ride to see if he would take a nap.  He didn't even nod off so we stopped on Main Street to do a little shopping.

And Parker asked to see Mickey very nicely, so we obliged.  It was Magician Mickey after all and he is the only Mickey at Disney that talks.

After some more time on the train and a long stroller ride we finally got the little guy to nod off. We let him nap for a little over and hour while mom and dad enjoyed a homemade ice cream cookie sandwich and a rest.

Parker was still a little sleepy when we woke him up to go ride the race cars.

But he seemed to have fun.

We checked out the street parade after our race and then headed over to Adventureland to check out a few more rides including Aladdin's Magic Carpets.  Mickey left the boys some wrist bands that morning and Parker had a blast showing them off all day.

We let him drive the carpets which he enjoyed.

Then we took another spin on Pirates of the Caribbean where Parker entertained the queue.

After a quick trip to the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse...

We picked up Carter and did a little dancing before heading to dinner!

Epcot

We started our morning bright and early before the park opened with a Princess breakfast.

The boys were greeted with Belle when they arrived and were both smitten.

They also got to meet Snow White...

And Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty).

Before joining in a Princess Parade around the restaurant.

They held hands the whole time

After breakfast, Parker started his favorite activity of the whole day... duck spotting.

We then headed out to check out some rides.  We started with Soarin and did a ride swap with Parker (Carter is now tall enough for most all rides).  While dad rode mom took the boys on the Land ride.  Parker loved finding food he knew... bananas were a big hit.  And mom thought this sand snowman was pretty funny.

While we were still waiting for dad, mom and the boys went to the Character Spot.  Parker was pretty excited to see some characters in outfits he recognized.

Mickey

Goofy

Giving Minnie a Kiss

Let me take a moment to comment on how much fun Parker had on this trip.  He smiled and giggled constantly.  He was amazed at everything he saw and everytime we asked if he liked Disney, he woudl respond "YES!".  He basically had a giant grin on 24/7.

Back to our trip... the boys were very into Nemo after the musical so we made sure to check out the Nemo ride and the aquarium.

After a few more rides, we decided to let the boys rest in the stroller while we checked out the World Showcase and snacked our way through lunch.

Moracco

Japan

Watching the drum show in Japan

Watching the Fife and Drum show

Carter joining in the show in Italy

Parker preferred to watch from the sidelines

Dad of course participated

Trains in Germany

Drums in Africa

Delivering Coca-Cola in Africa like a good Atlantan!

Mexico

A better sized Mexican hat

We also met a few characters including Carter's latest obsession... Duffy.  Carter has a small stuffed Duffy at home that he sleeps with every night.

And Mexican Donald.

Giving Donald a hello high-five

And a good-bye fist bump

The boys also played the Phineus and Ferb adventure game and saved Norway from a bike thief.

Then we hit up one last ride before dinner... Test Track.  Carter and mom went first and this was the car he designed (he was very proud of his flowers decals).  

Complete with flower decals

Then Carter and dad took a ride.

Meanwhile Parker checked out some cars (two times each!).

Before we headed back to the Land for dinner at the Garden Grill.

The restaurant rotates around the Land ride and features farmer Mickey and several friends.

Chip

Pluto

Dale

Farmer Mickey

After a long day it was time to head home...

Definitely a long but really fun day!