Back to the Magic Kingdom...Cinderella's Royal Table! {Disney Day 2}

...but really I should title it "WARNING:  PICTURE OVERLOAD!!" {consider yourself warned!}

I have to give a quick shout out to Allison and her cuties Hadley & Hampton who I had the chance to meet while at Disney!!  Allison is a sweet blog reader and I'm so glad that in the middle of the Disney craziness we stumbled upon each other on our family's first day there and she came up to say hi!!  So fun!  Hi, Allison! :)

We started our second day bright and early and headed back to the Magic Kingdom.  Grace insisted on wearing her Princess Ariel costume and we were headed to breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table so why not??!

Hudson loooooved these giant Toy Story decorations!

My girly girl!!!

I just can't help myself ;)

Back at the castle!!!!!!!
{I was almost as excited as the little pumpkin...there's just something so magical about seeing your little girl all excited and speechless when meeting the princesses for the first time!!}

Such a sweet moment...

Right away we were greeted in the foyer by Cinderella and the littles had their official Royal photograph taken with her...they were awestruck and a little shy, but boy, by the time we finished breakfast they were little pros when it came to posing with the princesses!!

Then we rode in the littles' favorite elevator to our table and soon after Princess Aurora stopped by for a little visit...

Grace was given her magic wand and Hudson his sword...

Then breakfast was served. The food at Cinderella's Royal Table was dELish!!!

When the official music came on we made our Wishing Star wishes...

...and sealed them with a kiss for good luck ;)

And then the moment she had been waiting for............................. Oh, she was so cute, all nervous and giddy and speechless... her favorite princess, Ariel!

Hudson wasn't so sure, so he took his sword for good measure ;)

Princess Jasmine stopped by...

...and then Grace's second favorite: Snow White!
She was super sweet and soooo friendly. Love her!

Hudson liked her too...

...but he liked this knight even better!

After breakfast we headed back to the Castle Couture store to let the little pumpkin pick out some charms for her charm bracelet...
{Helpful tidbit...bring your own bracelet! We brought her James Avery one - thanks, Aunt Segi! - and were so glad we did. The ones there that fit her were either hot pink or turquoise and not very sturdy}

Meet Princess Grace...
{Another helpful tidbit...bring your own comfy "princess" shoes!!  These sparkly ones were from Target and I probably could have sold 20 pairs while I was there!}

Fun picture spot!

love, Love, LOVE Cinderella's wicked stepmother and the stepsisters!!!!

They were SO funny and they stayed in character the whole time!!

I even had to get in there for a quick pic!

A quick change of clothes for the princess and a little break with the mid-day parade...

Then we were off to ride some "boy" rides for Hudson :)

We went to our hotel early so we could take a break before the special festivities that night. When we got to our hotel...Mickey Mail! Mickey Mail that day was a super silly game...the littles had 2 minutes to put on all the bandaids in their box all over themselves. Oh my, the giggles!! Sometimes it's the little things, I tell ya!

And then we headed back to the Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party...

That's where we met up with Grace's buddy Julien from school and his family, dear friends of ours - woo hoo!!  Soooo fun that both of our families were able to go to Disney at the same time!!

We had a blast and of course, we had to ride the teacups again before we could call it a night!!

We had dinner at The Crystal Palace {so pretty at night}, where we were able to meet Winnie the Pooh and friends...
{Helpful tidibit: yummy buffet with lots of child-friendly options and a super fun mini character parade all through the restaurant for the kids to join in...the littles loved this restaurant/meal.}

Then we were off to watch the super fun Christmas parade followed by hot cocoa and cookies!

The castle at Christmas...magical!!!

What a looooong day, but boy, was it fun!!