Disneyland in my Backyard Recreated

My sister Amy has been a bit down lately and one of the reasons was that

she was going to be in Disneyland for her birthday and now she wasn't

My sister Emilee had a brilliant idea to recreate Disneyland for her here.

We threw it together in 1 1/2 days. And it was a surprise.

Her husband Jason brought her over to my house

and instead of surprise we yelled

"Welcome to Disneyland"

with the music from Fantasmic going on in the background.

We dressed up as characters from Disneyland.

Here is everyone in Toon Town

Amy taking her pictures with the characters.

Sofia as Mickey

Noah as a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribean

Spencer as Jack Sparrow

Kristin as the Princesses

and Jeanne as Nemo

Emilee was Minnie Mouse

Audrey was Goofy

and I was a Disneyland worker

She had to get her picture with Mickey.

Amy had to go on a ride if she was at Disneyland.

So she sat on our Garden cart and I pulled her and Mickey as fast as I could across the lawn

It was a big hit and a bit bumpy.

We were all laughing

Next was the parade. We all lined up and the music started

We waved and danced and laughed at all the spectators.

We had to do two parades since it was so much fun

and people kept falling off the float, The garden cart again

Em made these signs that we hung up all over.

The food was fantastic.

My mom made rolls shaped like Mickey Mouse and we had sloppy joes

We had fruit, apples and carmel and salad and chips

We ate out on the deck and it was getting a bit chilly

but it was fun and we said that we were eating

on a pirate ship.

Amy's best friend called while we were eating.

They known each other since they were born

and she told her that she was on a pirate ship eating dinner

with Jack Sparrow in Disneyland Salt Lake in Laurie's backyard.

Her response was "Sounds like an English Party"

After dinner we had Jedi Academy and

Dancing.

We danced to songs from Enchanted and other tunes from childhood

Like Footloose, the Beatles, The Beach Boys etc

Amy then got to dance with her prince "her husband Jason"

to the song from Beauty and the Beast her favorite

Em made these awesome Mickey Mouse cookies for dessert

They were super delicious and fun

I could not find my birthday candles so we used a tapered candle in an Apple

Allie told her mom not to eat it because it was a Poison Apple

We sang Happy Birthday as terrible as we could

That is how you sing it at our house

Which has caused some embarrasing times for us as parents with Noah at friends house

We played Magic Kingdom

and just talked and laughed.

It was a rousing success. So much fun and I am sure she had a great birthday.