Magic Kingdom...where dreams come true (Day 1)

We drove about 6 hours on Monday, and then stopped for the night (in hindsight we should have let the kids fall asleep and keep driving).  That meant 3 long hours of driving in the morning, and we were so anxious to get there that we went straight to Magic Kingdom.  Both kids were tall enough to do more rides than last time. Gage was REALLY excited that he was tall enough to drive on the Speedway in Tomorrowland.  Can you tell from his face that he was happy?  He drove Mommy all over the place, and finally smashed into Daddy & Savannah's car, which was just ahead of us.

 They turned around, and I managed to snap a great shot of them peeking between the seats of their go-cart.

 We all love the Buzz Lightyear ride too, where you get to shoot lasers at targets that are all over the ride.  The ride was fun...but when we walked outside, guess who was there?.....

 BUZZ LIGHTYEAR himself!!! Whoo hooo!!  The line to see him wasn't too bad, so we queued up, but then...Buzz waved and went away.  They told us that he would be back in a few minutes because he just needed to have his batteries changed. Daddy could not tolerate the thought of standing in line waiting, so we sent him off on some errands to keep him busy. They were both really excited to meet Buzz :-) 

 And the big event of the day, was that Gage was big enough to ride Goofy's Barnstormers Rollercoaster!  Last year, this was Savannah's favorite ride. She and Daddy rode it about 100 times last year.  Gage went on his first ride and promptly pronounced "That was AWESOME" as he pumped his fist into the air. Savannah still loves the Barnstormer, but this year, she was tall enough for some of the big rollercoasters, and let me just say...she is a junky!!