Our Morning with Mickey Mouse
The girls, Little A, daddy and I all went down to Kansas City Union Station to see Mickey Mouse yesterday morning. Let me say one thing, it is always wise to bring a jacket with you in the morning if going to Kansas City. Thankfully I made all of us bring jackets, however it was still cold. Brrr. The place is huge, I never knew really how big it was until I stood in front of it. Look at that picture of the outside of Union Station. WOW! But inside and outside the architecture is marvelous.Isn't it pretty?
Once inside I had to quickly call the PR lady that contacted me as I had never been inside and 
the place looked huge. Of course it turned out I was right around the corner, had I walked around I would've immediately found it. We arrived around 9: 15-9:30am, they let us go inside a bit before 10 to have some fun at the stations, there were only about 3 families at this point, one being my own. Course the girls spotted two Marines for Toys for Tots and asked if they could get a picture with them before going inside. They said yes, there is the girls but the pic is a bit blurry.
the place looked huge. Of course it turned out I was right around the corner, had I walked around I would've immediately found it. We arrived around 9: 15-9:30am, they let us go inside a bit before 10 to have some fun at the stations, there were only about 3 families at this point, one being my own. Course the girls spotted two Marines for Toys for Tots and asked if they could get a picture with them before going inside. They said yes, there is the girls but the pic is a bit blurry. 
Once inside there were four stations, each child is given a passport that they need to get stamped at each one. At the end they go back to the front, show that they hit each station and are given a conductor's hat. The stations were: Storytime, train play, coloring pages and finally looking at the artwork. The girls seemed to enjoy the coloring pages and the story, Little A loved playing with the various trains that they had on display. I'll write another post once I find out the names of those trains. One went around on a track, another was the type you push the level down and let go and it zooms, the third was a train that created its own tracks. (like I said, I'll post a new post in regards to all those)
When they got to the coloring pages one guy (who I was later told was the Disney Photographer) kept taking their pictures, he did try taking some of Little A smiling but he wouldn't cooperate. Typical of the males in the family, they learned it from daddy that was a Marine. But he was able to get a picture of Little A holding up his artwork. Over at the art exhibit they asked if they could film our three watching one of the toy trains go round the track, to which we said yes. (this is a surprise as we normally never do, but I thought it was a great thing) Once again he would not smile, course I'm not sure I would if the camera was looking at me. I think he's a bit photo shy, unless mommy is behind the camera. Oh but they may actually appear on youtube for this, I'll update when I know a bit more.
That's when Mickey Mouse came in, it was around 10:10 am when he walked through the doors and all the kids yelled. I got a few pics but where I was wasn't the best place for pictur
es as there was a big bar in the way. But I got some of Mickey Mouse getting a letter from the Mayor and then dancing the "Hot Dog Dance" with all the kids and even with the Radio Disney ladies. The kids got a kick out of it, as did I, but must admit I had forgot how to do the dance. We left shortly after this so I'm not sure if the kids would've won any of the prizes, but I do know they enjoyed the stations, seeing Mickey Mouse and giving the Toys for Tots. I want to thank Disney, Mickey Mouse and Norma (the pr person) for inviting us to this event. It'll definitely be something to remember. 
