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And now back to our regularly scheduled blogging...

We all woke up bright and early Thursday morning...the guys couldn't wait to get to the golf tournament and the girls were excited to get to the Magic Kingdom!

We hoped on the monorail and enjoyed the short ride to the Magic Kingdom.

I was excited that Cinderella's Castle was open so that we were able to walk through it. It's been years since I've looked at the beautiful glass mosaics on the walls.

After our stroll through the castle, we were able to hop onto Cinderella's Golden Carousel. We only had to wait in line about 2 minutes, which was about all we (or should I say Sara) could stand.

Both of the girls loved it. At one point Emma took off her hat and waved it about her head, cowboy style, while yelling "yee haw!"

We had a 10 minute wait for Dumbo but Goldfish and playing with Mommy's sunglasses made the wait go by a little faster.

Then it was back to Winnie the Pooh's playground!

Sara continued to be quite curious about all the honey pots!

After some playtime, we visited Minnie's house. Here is a picture of Emma in Minnie's sewing room. Who knew Minnie was such a seamstress!

The girls took a minute to sit in Minnie's sun room. It was so cute!

We were about to get on the train when a castmember asked us if we would like to meet Mary Poppins. We followed her and had a wonderful time meeting Mary. She told Emma that she had blue eyes just like her friend Jane (the little girl from the movie). Mary also asked Emma if she would hold Polly (her umbrella...at least I think that's what she called it).
Sara yelled at Mary Poppins and gave her a dirty look. Oh well.

Sara did enjoy her time at the ToonTown playground. She collected some acorns and hid them in a tree.

We left the Magic Kingdom and traveled back to the Polynesian. After some lunch and a nap, the guys joined us for a trip to EPCOT.

This was the Food and Wine Festival's last weekend and they brought out the big name culinary celebrities. Here I am with Todd English. He owns a bunch of restaurants, and has been on Iron Chef America and Top Chef. I've also seen him recently carving a turkey with Martha Stewart!

We dined at the Biergarten Restaurant in the Germany Pavillion later that afternoon. Sara loved the pretzel bread (big surprise) and the white sausages.

Emma loved all the yummy German desserts that her Grandpa kept slipping her. Her favorites were the Bavarian Cheesecake and vanilla pudding with chocolate shavings (shown here).

One of the highlights of the evening was listening to the Oktoberfest Musikanten perform in their traditional lederhosen.

Here the girls perform their version of the "chicken dance."

Our next blog will include our trip to Playhouse Disney Live Onstage and our meeting with Mickey Mouse!