My, oh my. We had a magical time at Disneyland last week! We left on Tuesday morning and made it there by about 2. The kids did great on the drive, Janae included. ;) We checked into our hotel, and all hades broke loose. In the first 15 minutes:
Sadie number 2'd in her pants
Charlotte broke a coffee pot...
and splashed her hand around in the toilet water.
Don't ask me how that all went down. It was kind of a blur, since it all happened within 2 minutes. Anyways, we cleaned up, persevered, and headed into the park! We headed straight for Fantasyland and went on some of Sadie's favorite rides, the teacups, and the Dumbo ride. (we would revisit these rides every. day. of. the. trip.) After that we decided to camp out for a spot along the Christmas parade route-we heard it was good. And it was! Probably the best parade I've seen! They had so many characters that you don't see often-like the Princes! Janae and I were so excited to see the Princes alongside their Princesses...and so was Sadie. She loved seeing the Beast. They also had the Stepmother and sisters from Cinderella...they were a hoot!
After the parade and fireworks (also awesome!)...it snowed! Disneyland-engineered snow, of course...but it was pretty darn magical. The girls loved it. The castle was gorgeously lit up at night.
The next morning we headed into California Adventure in the morning for the Little Mermaid ride! Bug's Land was hit up as well. The lines were insanely short, we really loved going this time of year-less crowds, plus cooler weather and the Christmas atmosphere? Sold. Sadie really loved going on her rides, it was adorable. She even went on the Matterhorn! (she did tell me it was "a little cweepy Mom")
Janae took the girls back to the hotel for some R&R, and Rory and I set out to do all the "big kid" rides in Disneyland-ie, Space Mountain, Star Tours, Matterhorn, Indiana Jones, etc. After we did all that (in like an hour) we pigged out on churros and chocolate and settled down to rest our feet. Then I spotted a celebrity!
Curtis Stone, the chef. He walked right past us while we were sitting in front of the castle. Then we spotted him again while he was getting coffee, and we totally
sneakily took pictures of him on Rory's cell phone. Yes, I am aware we are gigantic stalkerish nerds. (and no, the pictures didn't turn out...frowny face) It was exciting...my first celebrity sighting!
That night we went to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner (which Charlotte loved! All the animals. :)...then headed back into the park for some more snow-we were addicted! The girls did really good at night, sleeping. We went to bed right when they did, which meant more sleep! yesss.
On Thursday we hit up both parks again, basically catching any rides Janae wanted to go on, and hitting up Sadie's favorites. The teacups were top of the list-she would scream "Faster Daddy FASTER!" whenever she went on them. They would get going pretty fast...Charlotte and I had to start taking another tea cup! Too fast for us. I took the girls on the Pooh Bear ride while Rory and Janae went on the Haunted Mansion, then we met at the little bakery by the Pooh ride and got some goodies! yummm. I got a caramel and chocolate covered pretzel stick. I just love those darn Disneyland goodies.
That night, of course we hit up the snow...and the Matterhorn while the fireworks went off-that was fun! The next morning we went into the park for a few hours for a few more rides, then went to Cafe Rio for lunch before starting the drive home.
It was a fabulous trip! (Besides Sadie asking Why? or What are you doing? every 2 minutes driving home)
