SNOW.... A LOT OF SNOW...

It's very unusal this winter, we already have so much snow on the ground, school got cancelled twice. But kids are LOVING it.

 They had so much fun playing with neighbors. It's like a snow party.

 And in the weekend, it's even more fun when Nori is around.

Disney World

Nori had always said we need to wait for Kiharu to be at least 3 yrs old before visiting Disney, so that she can enjoy and remember some of the trip. It's really worth the wait, and Nori was right. This trip was just perfect for the Yoshi & Kiharu's ages.

 

I have to admit, I have never spend that much energy and time on planning a trip like this one. Because we were given a new tools to use in Disney, so I even planned our daily schedule, park routing.... it sure made our visit much more enjoyable and less time in waiting in lines.

 

One of the fun thing for kids were to get autographs from different characters. Our first visit- Donald Duck.

 We had watched few shows, like Lion King... but Kiharu was hesitate to watch other show that would be dark.

 I love this moment of Kiharu's facial expression.

 We had not used the stroller for so long, but I'm glad I listened to my friend's advice, it was a MUST to bring (for both of them)

 Before the trip, Kiharu had made it clear that her goal is to meet Pooh-san, so we made a special arrangement to meet Pooh & his friends. However........I think when she first saw Pooh, she was shocked , or confused?  maybe the actual Pooh size was so different than her little stuff animal. She refused to take photo with Pooh... (no matter how many times we tried)

 Kiharu had definitely fell in love with princesses during this trip, Cinderella is her favorite.

 I still remember clearly the first time I visited "It's a small world" with my parents in Tokyo Disney.

 Yoshi was very interest with Pirates.... he volunteered on stage as a student of pirate school. He had a great time.

 LEGOLAND was another highlight of our trip, it's a bit further away from Disney World. But totally worth the trip.

 When I asked Yoshi, who did you had the most fun in meeting- "Chima" (a Lego character)

 We went back into Disneyworld on the last day, finally Kiharu was able to conquer her fear and took (many) photos with Pooh. The below photo was the moment when she introduced her "little" Pooh to "Big" Pooh...

We have been back for 2 days, but we are all still in the Disney zone....Kiharu still wears her pink Minnie Mouse hat in the house. It was such a wonderful perfect trip for us. Looking forward to our visit again someday....