We should have been at WDW this week

[davej]

We had a Pirate Party and dressed up like pirates. I cut pirate swords out of cardboard for them to decorate with markers and stickers, then we played “keep it up” with balloons (I called them cannonballs.) We also had a “pirate battle” between Parents vs Kids where we drew an imaginary line in our yard and threw balls back and forth; the side with the most balls at the end of the time lost.

We ended up doing a modified version of this. I wore my Captain Jack costume. My kids love it! Thank you for the idea!

[davej]

Disney Parks blog also has a “paper parks” activity where you can recreate part of the parks.

Thank you for the idea. I printed the “paper parks” castle, but ultimately decided that it would be too complicated for my 5 and 3 year olds ,and I would end up spending the day doing the project myself. Looked very cool though.

[davej]

What about drawing your own park on the biggest paper you can find?

We didn’t end up doing this, but I think will be a good project for my 5 year old and me for another day when my 3 year old is occupied with something else.

[davej]

Tomorrow: DW and I are dressing up as Mickey and Minnie for breakfast and we will do “Chef Mickey’s.” DW will make Mickey pancakes.

This was the hit of the week with my kids. My wife and I woke up early, dressed as Mickey and Minnie and prepared for breakfast. DW stayed in her Minnie costume to continue to cook and serve while I had costume changes to each of the following;

(1) Genie
(2) Maui
(3) Captain Jack
(4) Beast
(5) Alladin

Before I walked in to the kitchen with a new costume, I turned on a song from the applicable movie. Then I walked into the room and DW took photos of the kids and me. They loved it!