Okay...I've been dreading writing this installment because I have ZERO notes on this day! It was a LONG day, too. So, I am going by pictures and my memory. At least the pictures will speak the truth!
We had breakfast ADRs for Chef Mickey's. I'm thinking they weren't real early, like 10:00ish. So, we didn't have to get up too early. Here we are on the monorail.
WAIT! Miss Cammie shoutout- Hey! I mentioned the cattle car smell of the monorail and Henry said "That's the electric motor. They all smell like that." Now you know!! Mystery solved!! I was so happy when he told me that, just so I could tell you!
Anyway, here's Tessa and Lyddy Rose excited to eat breakfast with Mickey!
Here's Teresa excited to eat breakfast with Mickey!
Here's Casey. Guess what she's doing? Oh yeah, she's excited to eat breakfast with Mickey!
I've never actually been inside the Contemporary, besides on the monorail. So, I was pretty excited to be there!
We made poor Teresa lead the way again. If I would have known about her "leader anxiety" I never would have done that. I would have wandered aimlessly about, all alone, just to save her the anxiety. I'm just that kind of sister.
We waited in line for a bit until they let us in.
Look at Arminda! That's right, she's excited to eat with Mickey!
We dressed the girls and Mom (okay, she dressed herself) in their matching Mickey shirts, made by yours truly. Teresa, Corey, and Brian wore their matching Mickey themed outfits and Sawyer was wearing a Mickey shirt. I think Barbara's shirt had a little Mickey on it. David and Corey wore their name shirts, and Dad wore plaid. I felt a little left out, so I borrowed Tessa's Mickey hair thingy. Henry, remembering my "covert matching Epcot clothing operation", picked out his own non-Disney clothing.
Here's the girls with their matching outfits. I really wanted to get a good picture of them all together, but just as I went to take the picture, they called us to the table.
As we walked to our table, we passed some DEE-licious looking desserts!! I couldn't wait to fill up my plate with those babies!
The next thing I noticed was that there were lots of birds flying around. Not such a good thing in a restaurant. I kept thinking my food was going to get pooped on. Then, I kept thinking what if I got up to see a character and a bird pooped on my food and I didn't notice and then I ate bird poop. This is how my mind works, people!
I was looking forward to the whole napkin spinning thing I'd heard so much about. I was glad my family was with me and had told me about this, otherwise I would not have known what to do. I didn't hear anyone say to spin our napkins, I just saw everybody else doing it.
Sawyer wasn't having it. I suppose he felt it was uncouth.
But, everyone (besides the Disney-hater) got their napkin spinning groove on.
Tessa takes her napkin spinning very seriously. It's all in the wrist, Tessa. Thatta girl!
As soon as those napkins stopped spinning, we met our first character. I look over and there he is sitting with David. That's David on the left
Goofy spent quite a while goofing around with David, it was really cute! David was so tickled by it! I guess wearing that big 'ol hot hat every day was all worth it!
He stuck around to get pictures and autographs with the rest of us.
LYDIA!! Don't you love how David makes his way into most of the pictures?
Mickey came to our table next and he was there and gone pretty quickly. I hardly remember seeing him. Look at Sawyer being all brave and touching him!
I like this picture because I look like the tallest one there. I AM 5'4", you know!
As we were rubbing elbows with Mickey, a white flash caught my eye. I turned to see who it was and Donald Duck planted a kiss on my cheek!! Oh YES HE DID!!! It was instant love, I tell yah!
Donald was the BEST! He pointed to himself on Corey's shirt.
Not one to be left out, David pointed to Donald on his own shirt.
I'm thinking Tessa was pretty excited because Donald just kissed her on the head!! We talked later about who Donald loves the best. I still think it was me, he did kiss me first after all. Besides, it would not be my last encounter with Donald.
All right, so he kissed Arminda too. But, still...I was first.
Okay, so he took a picture with JUST Teresa. But, but, but, still....
Here's Lydia talking about how Donald kissed her. WHAT-EVER!!
Minnie practically whizzed on by us. I noticed her when she was a few tables behind us. In every picture we have of Donald, she is in the background taking pictures with the same cute little girl. So, she stayed at that table of 3 for the same amount of time as we had Donald at our table of fifteen.
Let me just interject here, folks. We are a party of FIFTEEN!! Most are a party of FOUR. Doesn't it stand to reason that we should get almost 4x the amount of time with each character? We paid for fifteen people to get to interact with the characters. Do not glare at our big, happy, party. Do not comment on how much extra time we're getting with the characters. The characters that stayed the longest probably spent only twice the amount of time with us as everyone else. So, no, we were not getting "extra" time. Yes, this is directed at you, "Miss Lady Who Sat Behind Us Who Kept Glaring And Commenting Just Loud Enough For Me To Hear You".
Next: We're All Excited To Eat With Mickey Continued
The rest of the time we spend lazing around, doing not much of anything! So, it will be back to our old routine next year! 
(yes, I did crop DH out of the picture)
The kids are sooo cute, and you and Henry seem like such a cool couple. I wish I knew you in real life!
Looks like you are a fellow survivor of the 80's.
My favorite was a stonewashed black denim skirt with 3 tiers of denim ruffles. A girl once told me I looked like I was going to a wedding. I took that as a compliment! 
You're right. I do need an avatar. The hunt begins! 
