Joey had a very Disney 3rd Birthday! My goodness, where on earth have three years gone! We went to Disney and stayed at the Wilderness Lodge for a week to celebrate Joey's birthday and we had a great time. Disney really makes your birthday wonderful!!!!! Here is Joey giving me a wink the morning of his birthday waiting for the boat to take us to the Magic Kingdom.
I ordered us all custom t-shirts available at
Disney Shopping Online the only problem was that I ordered them a month ahead and Joey had a big growth spurt...ooppps. I even let it hang dry to try and stretch it out : ) However, on the upside the kid is now tall enough (40 inches) to ride most roller coasters at Disney!!!
On the morning of his birthday we went to the Grand Floridian for the 1900 Park Fare Character Breakfast and it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you are looking to dine with Tigger and Pooh I would always choose this breakfast!!! We saw them several times along with other great characters. Joey and Tigger giving thumbs up
So happy to see Pooh Bear
Our family
Joey was not so sure about the Mad Hatter... neither was I : ~
Then they delivered his cake to the table, boy did it look good! But we were all stuffed and decided to go to Magic Kingdom and pick it up later. The Disney bakery did a GREAT JOB!!!!!!!
We took the Monorail to the park and scored a spot in the conductors cabin up front. This is a service they provide at no charge and it is always worth asking if the space is free. They even give the kids a co-pilot badge
Joey wanted to ride Goofy's Barnstormer roller coaster about a million times, in fact we went through so many times in a row the attendant gave him a frequent flyer badge : ) He just laughs and laughs and then when we get off says "lets do it one more again"
Joey mid-ride....you can see he loves it!
Of course it would not be a trip to Disney without Joey getting his face painted....WOOF-WOOF
and the next day to match his hat
The night before his bday we went to Mickey's Backyard BBQ at Fort Wilderness for dinner. Fort Wilderness is AWESOME! The show was okay. Joey really loved the cowboy rope show and seeing the characters, but the food was average and parents were VERY PUSHY towards the characters. Next time to see characters in a nice relaxed atmosphere we will go for an actual sit-down restaurant like Chef Mickeys or Liberty Tree Tavern.
Joey made a friend named Josh visiting from England (we LOVE running into English people at Disney..they are all very polite and easy going : ) and they kept trying to jump up on the stage before the show
Josh and Joey doing the twist next to Goofy
This cowboys rope tricks made a big impression on Joey. The tricks were awesome!!
While waiting for the show to start Joey rode Cricket the pony at the Disney Stables in Fort Wilderness. It was a great deal at only $4/ride.
As I already said we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge which is absolutely gorgeous (however their Customer Service does leave something to be desired). Here is a pic of the inside of the lobby (and one impatient Bill : ) and Joey in front of one of the Totum Poles
When we checked in Mickey had left a gift basket for Joey's birthday. He loved it!
In fact he loved it so much that we went to lunch and he refused to take off his Mickey Gloves : ) We ate at the Whispering Canyon a wonderful restaurant inside W. Lodge. In fact, we ate here 3 times during our stay. The food is awesome and the atmosphere even better.
When our waitress saw it was Joey's bday she stood him up and announced it to the whole restaurant, they all sang Happy Birthday and brought him his own little cake.
We got a room with bunk beds and Joey loved them, here he is posing on the top bunk (of course, this is in our first room which was next to the elevator...which made the ceiling fan and light fixtures shake ALL NIGHT every time the elevator moved : ) 
Joey and Bill in the pool with the lodge behind them, very pretty. They also have a water slide which we all put to good use.
Joey playing in the creek that runs into the pool, very cool!
Lots of rabbits on property and Joey got this one to eat a carrot from his hand
Another good pic of the lodge and my boys
Joey opening his bday cards, the first card was from Mom and Da and sang the Mickey Mouse Club sing and Joey was singing along
An awesome 3-D Pirate card from Martha and Rick
A truck card and Toys-R-us gift card from Mimi and Grampy
Then it was time to eat the cake, yum yum!!! Mickeys ears, eyes, nose and mouth were chocolate!!!
The room all decked out when he woke up the morning of his bday
Another delivery from Mickey for Joey's bday. The
Disney Florist did a great job on the items we ordered for his bday : )
We weren't home 10 minutes when Joey had to get on the road again and try his new scooter out : ) Such a big boy now!
Disney is really TOTALLY AWESOME at making birthdays wonderful. Everyone said Happy Birthday to Joey and made his day (and week) really special. I am so overjoyed that I get to be the Mother of such a great boy and share these wonderful years with him as he grows up.
Stay tuned....up next Joey's Dinosaur 3rd Birthday Party
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