Disney Character Breakfast

Last year a friend of mine started a tradition to have 'Back to School' breakfasts' the week before school started, to get our kids back in the habit of getting up early and getting ready for school. We had 5 families sign up, with about 24 kids all together, and started breakfast every morning at a different house. It was a lot of fun, and the kids absolutely love it. (Of course some mornings, I think they played together more than they ate, but at least they were up and at-em.)

But I wanted to make a special post about a family in our neighborhood that went above and beyond the call of duty. Heather Pack and her family put together a Disney Character breakfast to cap off our week long activity. (All 5 of her kids, except for Johnny age 10, are in Jr High or High School, so they didn't join us during the previous week...although we would have gladly taken them in.)

On Monday morning, at 8:00am we had a fantastic breakfast at the Packs' home. Complete with Mickey Mouse pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit and juice. Yummy...yummy...but of course the highlights were the Disney Characters that served the kids their breakfast. (Heather even made sure the actors weren't people that the kids would recognize.) There was Alice in Wonderland, Snow White (who apparantly worked at Disneyland and has had great practice), Prince Charming, and Cinderella.

The kids were able to wear costumes if they wanted. Jace was 'all over' dressing up as Capt' Jake Sparrow...he looked so cute. Hannah had on a Cinderella dress before she realized that Rachel wasn't dressing up, and then wouldn't have anything to do with it after that....;-( sigh. Zack just wore his Indiana Jones hat, and Brady thought about wearing a basketball jersey to be a character from High School Musical, but all of our are blue, so that didn't really pan out. But dressed up or not, the kids LOVED LOVED LOVED it. We even pointed out, as moms, of their GREAT table manners, since it was such a different experience. (I of course grilled my kids on good behavior before we went, and told them that if we were to attend a character breakfast in Disneyland...it would have cost about $30 a person...so they knew it was a special opportunity.) In talking with Heather, who has attended a character breakfast, it was a lot more fun than the original. (She said the food was better at Disneyland...but the characters were more of a treat here.)
I'm just in awe of how generous the Packs' were...and we couldn't thank them enough...what a great way to end our tradition!


Capt' Jace Sparrow

All the Holmes' Kids on top of the castle


Zack was trying to hide underneath his Indiana Jones hat from my camera...he must have been smitten by Alice in Wonderland

Jace also would only mummer an answer to Cinderella...but look at that cute little grin peeking out.


Cinderella talking to Brady


All the Holmes' Kids with the Disney Characters


Heather Pack with all the Disney Characters