DISNEY!!!!

I met Kathryn for lunch one day, and lamented that I hadn't had the chance to take Evelyn to Disney yet...and she was that perfect age for the magic to work all it's wonders.  Fabulous Kathryn's response?  "Well let's go then.  How does November look for you?"

It was a girls weekend and it was PERFECT.  Chloe, Ev, Kathyrn and me took Magic Kingdom by storm with Magic Bands and full-on Princess spirit.

We're Here !!!!

We met so many wonderful princesses...Ev was floating on air !

All the planning and complex itinerary stuff had us a little stymied, but we had a great Disney planner who laid it all out and all we had to do was show up in the right places at the right times.  We really felt charmed -- everywhere we went it was like we ended up in the perfect spot for a parade or a performance or an intercept with a fun character.  And we saw SO. MANY. PRINCESSES. The planner gave the girls each an autograph book and they filled the pages with their favorite characters.

Perfect, charmed moment after perfect moment.

It was so pretty everywhere, decorated for Christmas.  And there was a fun holiday parade in the evening as a bonus, with all of Magic Kingdom lit up in twinkle lights (we pulled an all-dayer-into-the-nighter --- whew, we were exhausted).  There was a show in front of the Castle that we somehow, inadvertently, got a perfect front-row vantage point for, and Elsa made it SNOW.  Yes.  It was incredible.  Ev was dumbfounded and beyond fascinated -- she was glowing with joy.  I cried. It was beautiful.

Watching Elsa in front of Cinderella's Castle - True Happiness

Ev impressed Mary Poppins with her ladylike manners