DisneyWorld: Day 4

Thursday was our 4th day in Florida. As I can recall, it was probably 60 degrees that morning then got to be like 83 degrees later that day. I gave Leah a choice this day on either going to see the ocean or going to Magic Kingdom again. All before this trip, Leah kept talking about building sandcastles and finding seashells. So for sure I thought she'd choose the beach (was kind of hoping she would) but she wanted to go and see the castle again. So I just went along with it since this was her special trip.

So that morning, we went off in search of finding Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. We got lucky again and were like the 3rd people in line so only had to wait 10 minutes. Leah was so excited to see this princess as she's one of her top 3 favorites. I couldn't keep track of all the hugs she gave her and the prince. They even commented on the beautiful flower in her hair. Leah loved that. We also met Lady Tremain (Cinderella's stepmother) and the Fairy Godmother. Another special princess we had to meet was Jasmine and Aladdin. Genie made a surprise visit, which we heard is pretty rare! I'd have to say Leah warmed up to Jasmine the most out of all the princesses. Again, she probably gave them 3 or more hugs! Then Leah got daring and decided to ride on the Magic Carpet Ride located near the princess. The wait was kind of long this time but well worth seeing Leah's reaction and bravery. She was full of laughs as the ride went around and up and down. We even got spit on by one of the camels (pretend, of course).

 After all of that fun, we needed a break from all of the crowds so went back to our hotel. Since it was such a beautiful day, we went to the pool. Leah and Ellie played for awhile then they had to go to their dinner reservation. Leah and I stayed behind at the pool. Being the little social bee she is, she met a little girl named Olivia. They really hit it off at the kiddie pool and played for quite some time. Olivia was 3 and followed Leah everyone and copied her every move. Found out she was from Arkansas and had a cute accent! We also played in the sand for awhile. Figured she better get her fill before coming back to cold Minnesota! It was cute seeing Leah's first time in a hammock. She was full of giggles!

 That evening, we had a quick supper back at the Magic Kingdom at a sandwich cafe. We wanted to make sure not to miss their night lights parade! Leah wore her little princess again. Why not, we're at Magic Kingdom? We found a great spot for the parade. The family we sat by were from Massachusetts. Leah was a little leary of the boy next to her, which was dressed up like a pirate with a skeleton face. His sister was about Leah's age and explained to her it was just make-up and pretend. He even did a pirate sword salute to her! Pretty cute! I'd have to say this seemed to be one of Leah's favorites on our trip. She's a huge parade lover and was really into it. We saw all kinds of characters including- Snow White and 7 Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice, and tons of others. Afterwards, we were supposed to meet up with Ellie but she got tired and they headed back. Leah and I wanted to do a few night rides before saying goodbye to the castle. So we rode Cinderella's Carousel and Dumbo. Then Leah seemed tired so we headed out. We took a few more pictures of the purple lit castle and said "See you in a few years" and headed back to get some sleep.