Such a cute pic of your dad with DS! He looks SO happy on the train.
Love all the parade pics and the pics of you and DS on Dumbo
The ghostbusters costumes are so cool!
The videos of Paxton are adorable, the quacking one is so funny!
The coldstone cake looks delicious!
Great pics of Illuminations & Wishes. Again, SO COOL that you had that the kind of view from your room!
I definitely think DS had a fantasic bday
He definitely loves the train!
DH loves all things Ghostbusters, so I'm sure at that moment he was contemplating a change in costumes.
But I think ours were pretty good too!
It was so great having a fireworks view again! Now that we have DS, we don't spend nearly as many late nights at the parks, so we were really able to appreciate it this time.
AWWW DS DID look awfully excited on that train. It's amazing how what seems to be the simplest things (Train, carousel) prove to be the big winners with kids. Walt sure knew what he was doing.
Oh I think the new parade is going to be AMAZING from the floats I've seen. I for one can't wait.
OMG I adore the second photo with Peter and Wendy and Alice and Hatter. Too awesome with the faces.
AHHHH even just a few
MNSSHP photos makes me wanna go back SO BAD!!
WOW, how amazing to be able to view TWO sets of fireworks from your room. What a great end to a fantastic day!!
Ain't that the truth?? Train and Carousel, easily 2 of his favorites. He still talks about the carousel even now!
I think the new parade will be pretty amazing too, and I can't wait to see it all come together! I'm sure some people who have seen it over many trips are tired of Celebrate a Dream Come True, but I feel like we had just discovered it, so I can't help being a little sad that it is going away. But if they replace it with something bigger & better, well, who can be mad about that??
DH has been editing our MNSSHP pictures almost every night while we are sitting in bed catching up on TV shows on the DVR, and I seriously want to go back to one right this very minute!
Definitely a nice way to cap off the day, with 2 fireworks shows and 0 people swarming around us.
Sounds like such an amazing day, start to finish!
I totally understand your feelings on Celebrate a Dream Come True. That parade, and especially the song, will always hold a special place in my heart but I'm convinced that Festival of Fantasy will be even more magical! From the pictures I've seen, the floats look so detailed and beautiful!
It really was!
I think the new parade is going to be amazing, and I can't wait to see it! Hopefully we can make a quick trip in May happen to see it in person!
Drizella is too hilarious! Honestly, if I could be any face character in the parks, I'd have to pick her, even over the princesses. She's such a riot and being her would be SO MUCH FUN.
I just started following one of her friends on Instagram, and I was killing myself to see if it was her from the parade or not!
Either of the Tremaine sisters would, I think, be a really fun gig.
I had no idea that the stationary Dumbo outside of the ride existed! That's definitely something I'll have to look for next time I'm there. Such a great photo opportunity!
This picture is too cute! He looks so excited!
I want to say if you enter under the arch and go straight back between the 2 Dumbos, that's where you'll find the stationary Dumbo.
I don't remember what he was looking at in that photo, but it definitely looks like he is saying, "Oooooooooohh" at something!
This also completely melts my heart. Y'all are such an adorable family! Every aspect of this picture just made me smile when I saw it. Not to mention, that cake also looks delicious!
How cool that you could see TWO fireworks shows from your room! One right after another! And syncing the Illuminations music with the show--that's some serious skill.
I can't believe this was only your first Disney Day! It already seems like you've done so much!
Aww, thank you.
And the cake was every bit as delicious as it looks!!
I know, I feel like I have been updating forever and I haven't even started our second Disney day yet! We really jam-packed our time and did so much. Plus DH had a new lens to play with, so he took a ton of photos.
Oh my gosh, you can tell from the pictures how much DS loves trains! I bet you can't wait until he's big enough for Big Thunder.
It looks like you guys had AMAZING spots for Celebrate a Dream Come True! SO many great pictures, especially that one of my queen Belle
Your husband's shirt is AWESOME!
Haha, I love the quacking video!!
That cake looks great, and the kisses picture is precious.
Those fireworks views are just incredible! To be able to see two fireworks shows from your balcony is unreal.
I absolutely CANNOT wait to take him on Big Thunder! We are trying to make a weekend trip happen in May, and I'm hoping he'll grow another inch and can ride. It's all he's been talking about! So last night we had a discussion about eating his vegetables and getting a good night's sleep to help him grow so he can be big enough.
I think that is going to be our go-to spot for the afternoon parade from now on. We have always managed to get a front-row spot there just minutes before the start of the parade, and always have lots of character interaction!
The fireworks view was put to good use this trip.
I am positive that we cannot go to WDW without our boys getting on a train. Paxton was all smiles! Nothing like a happy boy! Thomas is still on a high here too!
Your husband always has the best photos and I really love the parade ones. I totally forgot they were getting a new parade! Glad I saw it last time!
Looks like you had another very successful birthday for him!
Love hallowishes! You guys had like a perfect view!
I don't foresee a train-less trip for a LONG time coming, especially not once he can ride Big Thunder! He was ecstatic to get a brand new Thomas track for Christmas, and now all 3 he has connect together to make one big track.
Thanks for the photos compliment! He will love to read that. We are glad we saw it one last time too, since I really hadn't put it in the plans for any day. It just kind of worked out that our train ride ended right before the start of the parade.
It was a GREAT 3rd birthday!
Ah I love your "pre-haircut photo" haha
That's how MOST of our photos turn out!!
Aww, Paxton looks so handsome with his new Do!! What a fun birthday tradition!
He used to be such a ham for photos, and now it's a struggle!!
Kids are kids, I have learned to choose my battles. He was in desperate need of a cut, and Disney is the ONLY place where I have ever just put him in the chair without much direction given, and it comes out perfect every time. Too bad we can't plan a trip every couple of months when he needs a cut.
We only saw bits & pieces of Dream Along with Mickey.... next time we'll have to make sure that we watch the whole show.
Your DH got some FANTASTIC parade pics!! I felt like I was there! I'm sad that we didn't have a chance to see Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade on our trip especially now that's it done. But I'm really excited for the new Festival of Fantasy Parade... some of the new floats look awesome!
The show is really great, if you can find time to fit it in!
I am looking forward to the new parade. It seems like at least for this, Disney is replacing something great with something even better!!
A train ride, Dumbo ride and a PhilharMagic show... sounds like a perfect 3 year-old birthday to me!!
And yes I totally agree, the pixie dust in the air definitely helps with skipped naps!
Wow, what a great first Disney day! Can't wait to hear about the rest.
I have to imagine he really enjoyed himself on his birthday this year.
It's kind of fun to have a day where DH and I aren't stressing about what we are going to do with DS while each of us takes the time to ride a Mountain or something DS can't ride. We just let him lead the way and do all the things HE wants to do!
I love all of Paxton pictures. He looks so happy while riding on the train.
I can't say I blame him for running away from the Queen of Hearts. She is a little creepy.
That cake looks super yummy!
What a great day in the MK. Paxton did really have an awesome b-day!
Fun Update!
The train was definitely a highlight for him! He absolutely loves it. We have a photo of the WDW Railroad parked at the station from his birthday morning in 2012 hanging in his room, and he loves looking at it all the time.
Queen of Hearts is frightening!! His reaction was so funny, because he kind of ran away, but he was also laughing.
I'd say Paxton's 3rd birthday was another success! I think 3's such a great age, because they now know how to vocalize their favorites and can show excitement much more clearly. I used to work with 2 and 3 year olds, and I can only imagine how much fun that age really is in Disney.
It's good you were able to see the parade one last time. I'm sure it makes you happy you decided to stay and watch.
Pretty nice view of the fireworks, especially when you factor in the convience of watching them from your hotel balcony.
It's been fun every time with him, but there was something even more fun this time of him being very specific about what made him happy/scared/excited, etc. The fun was definitely amped up this year!
Nothing can beat not having to fight thousands of people on Main Street after Wishes!
Cute cute cute!! I love the update. Paxton sure is lucky to spend his birthday at disney every year!! What a fun day he had - love the pics from the train ride, and so nice you were able to have a little party at your room with a yummy cake to top it off. He is doing so well with no naps. All the kids at daycare (6 kids including Aria, through age 5) take daily naps from 1-3 so I'm amazed he can go 3 days in a row without it! at 3! That's awesome.
Anyway...yeah, I forgot ALL about the parade leaving and we totally skipped it in December. There have been some pics released of the new parade though and it looks amazing! Can't wait to see it. We aren't huge parade people but, like you said, Aria loves them which makes us love them!
Looking forward to more! BTW, I re-read your DL TR w/ Paxton at 19m. So nice to get some perspective on what Aria will enjoy!!
He has definitely been lucky! And I hope he will not hold it against us that we won't be spending his birthday in MK again this year. It was definitely a fun streak for the last 3 years!
He is just getting to the point where most days, a nap is not essential to the happiness of our days. So if we have something planned that is an all day affair, I don't have to stress about getting him home for naptime. But on a regular day, he still takes one. At daycare it's from 12-2 and at home we usually do 1-3 or 3:30. It's nice that he will still take one, but also nice that if it just doesn't work for that day, it's not the end of the world.
Watching Paxton watch the parades is my favorite part! I actually have like 20 photos just of him watching, so I had to whittle that down to just a couple to post. lol I'm looking forward to the new parade though, since it seems to highlight a lot of our favorites!
I saw your comment on my DL TR this morning.
That was definitely a fun age to do DL too!!!
Thanks!
But I am pretty excited to see what they have come up with for this new parade.
