Meeting the Characters

To see the indescribable joy and pure delight in our boys' eyes as they met, in person, their favorite Disney characters was by far the highlight at Disneyland for us all!

~ This post is simply dedicated to featuring the special moments with our character meetings. ~

The very thought of these truly magical moments deeply touches my heart and brings a smile to my face!

For our Little Prince, it was ALL about Tigger and Pooh ("Pooh" being his first word several months ago):

I'm pretty sure there have never been more hugs or kisses to Pooh than our little one gave out (several times, daily!)...let's just say that the Disney workers got to know our little one very well there last week!

 :)  (He even developed a honing device to know when we were getting close to Pooh's neck of the woods and would began to squeal in delight at the thought of seeing him again.)

And of course, there was still lots of love left for Sulley:

Word got out to Goofy about our little one dishing out love and so Goofy set out to find our Little Prince while he was partaking in a snack.  :)

Now, on to P...it was so fun to see his adorable smile, from ear to ear, that never left his face last week!

Boys and Cousins with Jake

  

However, P saved his BIGGEST smile for his fav, Handy Manny:

We were all pleasantly surprised to see this storm trooper wondering around outside of Space Mountain, huggable he was not, but my boys and sweetheart thought he was pretty awesome!

Let's not forget one of my favs, Tinker Bell: 

For T, it was Mc Queen, Mater, Woody and Buzz:

So fun to spend the week with our good friends, including T's best friend!

And one more...

Mickey Mouse:

The fam!  Including all 6 grandsons!  (We missed you, Uncle Josh!)

On the drive down to Disneyland, T began drawing pictures to give to all the characters.  He started with Mickey.  We were so busy last week that we forgot about all the pictures.  All except this one.  This was one of the most touching parenting moments I have experienced up to now.  Mickey seemed surprised that T wanted to give him something then gave him 2 HUGE hugs to express his delight.  (I wish we had taken a picture of his wonderful drawing before he gave it away!)  

THIS moment beautifully captured the wonderful magic of Disney!