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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Disney Cruise - Miami Arrival and Day 1 on the Disney Magic


DISNEY CRUISE 2018

We have been planning for over 8 months for our Disney Cruise!  Last summer, I booked the cruise for my family and my sister and her two sons...we chose to cruise out of Miami to Key West, Nassau, Bahamas and Disney's private island called Castaway Cay.  To say it was amazing is not enough to describe how magical this vacation was for our family!  Here are some photos and highlights from the trip...I will post more later as well!

Day 1:  Arrive in Miami and stay at the Marriot Stanton South Beach...we swam in the pool and the ocean.  Hotel was very nice and a lovely one-night stay before our cruise!


The hotel lobby..


Miami beach...so much fun to swim with cousins!

Right around the corner is a restaurant called "The Big Pink"and trust me, you want to go there to enjoy all of the food - from pancakes to an amazing southwest salad, they have everything and it is VERY GOOD!

Day 2:  Board the Disney Magic at the Miami Port
We were so excited to be on the ship!  I got these adorable shirts for the kids on Etsy..it was Mickey with his Cruise hat on!


First thing we did was go to Lumiere's for a sit-down lunch to wait for our room to be ready...it was a great choice and Will got to enjoy his first Mickey ice cream bar!

Then, we went to sign the kids in at the kids club...the Oceaneer Lab and the Oceaneer Club.  It was a wonderful space for the kids to play!



The kids got to "steer" the boat.






Toy Story area complete with a slide!




Then, it was time for the Adventures Away deck party...lots of singing and dancing and a send-off with Mickey to get the cruise started!



Each child got their own pom-pom and the screen had the characters on it that were dancing on the stage!






We got to meet Goofy right away!  Characters come out for 15 minutes at different intervals throughout the day.  We got to meet all of the characters and got all of the autographs!


Our first dinner was at Animator's Palate... my nephew J is our artist so it was fitting for him to eat here!


We enjoyed our desserts!


 We celebrated Sissy's birthday that night...it was a chocolate candle, but she was determined to blow it out!

Each night ended with a cool towel made by our housekeeper - she was amazing!

And that was just Day 1...more to come over the next week!

Saturday, April 14, 2018

April Preschool Lesson Plans!

A really quick two weeks worth of preschool lesson plans...lots we are doing from last year,  but still fun for spring!

Click on the Lesson Plans and Enjoy!