Candy Wishes and Disney Dreams
March 18, 2007
So far, being two has been pretty great. Let me start from the beginning. On my birthday, I had a special party with my GA family. The best part of the party was not the family, or the presents, or the hot dogs, or the hamburgers, or the mac n cheese. All of those things were nice of course, but the best part was my Nemo Cake!! Yes, I had my very own Nemo cake for my birthday. Mommy and Daddy made it special for me (mostly Mommy but we will give Daddy some credit for making the fish eye). Isn’t that great!! Check it out.
You wouldn’t think that things could get much better, but they really, really did. The next morning, I woke up and my back yard was a life size Candy Land game. There was a peppermint forest where you could dive for candy canes. A giant gingerbread tree where you could pop the purple plums and win a price. As you followed the path, you had to cross the gum drop bridge to get to peanut acres. In peanut acres we pulled circus peanuts from a candy tree. Then we made it to the chocolate swamp to go fishing for what else, chocolate. Then there was my favorite land, lollipop forest. Lollipops as far as the eye could see(see below). I love lollipops.
Last stop in the game, was King Candy’s castle. In the castle, there were bins and bins of all kinds of candy for everyone to eat and enjoy. And of course, there was cake and cupcakes. I had my very own special lollipop cake. It was like a dream. Fifty of my closest friends walked up my driveway, through the candy cane balloon entrance to get candy bags to fill. Everyone followed the path and ended up with cake. At the end of the party, a bunch of us kids went diving in the peppermint forest lake. It was tons of fun. Memaw has tons of pictures of me opening lollipops, taking two licks, and then opening another one. I think I opened fifty lollipops that day!!! That was a 2 year old birthday wish come true.
You won’t believe but things actually got better!! A week later, we took a plane to Orlando. After a quick car ride, guess where we were??? That’s right, we were at the Disney Magic Cruise Ship in Port Canaveral, FL. It was huge!! My cousins Hannah & Lawton, Uncle Shane, Aunt Kelly, MeMaw, and Aunt Rhoda came with us. And Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and all the princesses were on board. I can’t think of anything more amazing than that. We boarded the ship and went straight to the dance party on the top deck. Hannah and I danced with all the big kids. It was so much fun.
The best thing about the cruise was the access to food all the time. By the pool, there was hot dogs and pizza for me to eat WHENEVER I wanted. If I was thirsty in the morning when I woke up, they would deliver me apple juice or milk while I laid in bed. At night, we dined on fine cuisine like steak, chicken, and yes, even some mac n cheese. You can’t beat that. During the day, we went to Mickey’s Pool to swim. They had shows on the boat too. We watched the Golden Mickey’s and a Cinderella show, to just name a few. How magical! And walking around on the boat were all the Disney characters. Now, I don’t want to brag and make you jealous but here is a quick list of the people I got to meet:
– Mickey Mouse
– Minnie Mouse
– Goofy
– Donald Duck
– Cinderella
– Belle
– Snow White
– Aura
– Chip & Dale (I called them owls)
– Pluto
I went up to each one of them and gave them a big HUG. Check out a picture of me and Belle. There are more pictures in the photo gallery.
The boat made three stops along our journey. First we stopped in St. Maarten. Mommy, Daddy, Hannah, Lawton, MeMaw, Aunt Rhoda, and I all took a fun bus ride to the French Riviera. Daddy went for the nude beach, but I went for the fun. We played in the sand and ate lunch at a cute little island restaurant. Later that day, we took a water taxi to the downtown shopping area and got some T-shirts and stuff. Dad purchased a big bottle of some clear stuff. He said it was just for him. Wonder why he won’t share with me. It was a fun day.
The next day, we stopped in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Mommy and Daddy got a day off and went snorkeling together and got to see a shipwreck. They said they had fun, but they didn’t have as much fun as I did. I went with Hannah, Lawton, Aunt Kelly, Uncle Shane, MeMaw, and Aunt Rhoda in a rocket ship to the top of tallest mountain to meet Dora. At least, that’s what I told Aunt Kelly we were doing. Dora wasn’t there, but it was still fun.
On the last day, we stopped at Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. Disney owns this island so it was tons of fun. We saw the pirate ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. We went to a beach there too and then took a hike around the island. We saw an old runway that was used for drug running before Disney took over the island. Pretty cool.
What a fabulous trip! I never wanted to go home but all things must come to an end. Thank you MeMaw for taking us on such a wonderful trip! I can’t think of a better way to start my 2nd year.
Please don’t forget to check out all the new pictures in the photo gallery. I have added pictures from the Disney Cruise, birthday party, and my new bedroom. The gallery still has the look and feel of my old site. I will be sure to change that soon. Until next time…
Love,
Brooke
One Response to “Candy Wishes and Disney Dreams”
Brookie — you have been a very busy young lady the last few months — New York, Colorado, your Birthday, and the Islands — WOW!
It looked like you had a great time in all your places.
I really like your new big girl room too! It is so beautiful and I know pink is your favorite color!
I am sorry I missed seeing you this last week, but I will be seeing you again soon. I love our phone calls! You need to get daddy to buy a webcam so we can conference!
I love you bunches
I thank God for you everyday
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Nana Cathy