a little Thanksgiving magic

D and I returned on Saturday from our week-long trip to Disney World. It's pretty much taken us the last two days to recover! We planned the trip with D's sister and brother-in-law. They made it a surprise to our nephews (5 and 7), only telling them the night before and the boys only knew we were there when the spotted us in the airport. Apparently they had been having "uncle D sitings" their entire trip, so finally seeing us was not too much of a surprise.

I have to say that the kids were real troopers. We dragged them all over the parks -- early mornings, late nights, no naps, etc. -- and only a few tears shed all week. All in all the weather was good all but one day. It was pouring rain when we were at the Animal Kingdom. Ponchos and rain coats did little to help, but it was also the perfect day to go on the water ride since we were all wet anyway. The upside were the walk-on wait times on the rides... even Everest, which is normally well over an hour. Everyone had left early that day, but D and I stayed a couple more hours and got to see it all.

The first night we got lucky when we just happened to arrive at the Magic Kingdom as a show was starting in front of Cinderella's castle. Here is a shot of the holiday lights on the castle. I want to live there.



On another topic, I have been searching for a somewhat ornate sideboard on Craig's List. I think I finally found it. I have been toying with whether or not I should get it as its more than I would like to spend. The buyer has made an offer at a lower price and I think I am going to offer even less. It needs a little work, but its just what I have been looking for. The fact that it's been posted for 3 weeks, and didn't sell while we were out of town, I am starting to think it was meant to be.
What do you think of it?