We had such a great time, and we managed to surprise the girls! They thought we were going to Utah to look at houses for spring break. On the way there, we told them the truth. They were very surprised and sooooo excited! Payden was actually speechless! We spent a night with Uncle Von and Aunt Connie on the way there, and another night with them on the way back. They live in Las Vegas, so it was a nice stopping point. Then we spent 5 days in Disneyland, a day at the beach, and two days in SeaWorld. It was a fantastic trip, the weather was beautiful, we had no car troubles, no sick kids, no lost kids, (well, we lost Ava for a few minutes in SeaWorld, but I won't count that) no real problems of any kinds. Our most serious problem was actually kind of funny. We realized we forgot the umbrella stroller, so we bought one when we got there. It proved to be a popular pattern. At one ride, someone took our brand new stroller thinking it was theirs! Jason informed me that someone took ours, and I told him to go find the other one that was theirs. It looked just like ours, but with more wear and tear. After that, we put the umbrella stroller in the big stroller when we left them!
Here is our picture with Mickey, which we only had to wait about 45 minutes for. Corrine loved all the characters, and hugged them right away. She would see a character and say, "An hug"!
The bumper cars in California Adventure were fun. Payden and I also went on the rocket one that shoots you straight up really fast, then drops you faster. Payden and I also went on Tower of Terror. She was the only one brave enough to go with me on those two. I don't think I would want to repeat Tower of Terror. It was scary!
This was also in California Adventure. We went there on our last day, but I really didn't want to rearrange my pictures!
Tinker Bell was a big hit.
Corrine just about got eaten up by the princesses. One of them asked her if she could stay with her all day!
Eeyore liked Corrine as well. He hugged her and rubbed her head for a while.
The girls loved Toon Town. I like it to, so much to look at.
I had to get a fortune from Esmeralda. It remined me of the movie Big.
This was in Minnie's house. Ava and Corrine could have stayed there all day! This was a dishwasher that when you turned the knob, the dishes danced around in bubbles. Very entertaining.
I think Minnie was Corrine's favorite. We bought her a litte Minnie doll she liked her so much. She ran right up to her and hugged her legs.
Here is Ava looking at the bigger than life Buzz Lightyear before the ride. She was in awe!
One time when the girls were off with my mom, we saw Minnie. This was actually the first time we saw her. She loved Corrine; she took her hand and petted it and then caressed her head. Corrine just looked at her and grinned. So sweet!
Here is the girls in Toon Town Jail!
This is a picture of Its A Small World Jason took at night.
This was one of Ava's favorites. Its A Small World After All gets sung around here a lot now. On most of the rides, I had more fun watching the girls reactions that the actual ride. This was one of them. Ava had a face of rapture the whole time. I really wish I had a camera on the rocket on I went on with Payden, although I doubt I could have held on to it on that ride! When we reached the top of it, right when we started to shoot down, I glanced over at Payden. She had her eyes closed, and her tounge stuck straigt out so far, it was pointed at the end!
Ava loved the big Castle when we first came in. She was so funny. She went on Matterhorn, which is a really mild roller coaster, and liked it. So we took her on Space Mountain, because she also really liked Star Tours. She HATED Space Mountain. Too much for her. After that, she asked many times before she got on any ride whether it was a roller coaster or if it was dark! Michaela and Payden loved everything, and were having so much fun that they didn't really even whine about getting tired. We pretty much got to see everything. We found out that if you get to the park at 8am right when they open, you have about 1 to 2 hours to ride the rides with minimal wait times. After that, we could count on about 30-45 minutes waits for EVERYTHIHNG. We acutally waited an hour just to see the princesses!
We had such a good time we were planning our second trip before we left. We would like to go again in a couple of years when Corrine will be a little older. Can't wait!
4 comments:
What a great surprise
for the girls
and I loved seeing your photos!
It truly is a magical place.
Glad you had such a fun time.
Oh makes me want to go back! We told our kids that when Riley is tall enough to go on the "big" rides then we will go again since those are the ones that we love the most. I think she is about there!
That looked like such a fun trip. Your pictures were so fun. I thought it was really cute with the princesses eating up Corrine, although who wouldn't. Very adorable. Glad you had a wonderful time.
So much fun!!! Your pictures are great- they made me miss Disneyland even more! The Mickey hats for the family are cute- I really like your mom's. And Jason's picture of the Small World castle is so pretty. That's so great that Payden would ride the "scary" rides with you. I'm so glad you had such a fun (and safe) trip!
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