Disneyland Flashback!

Two years ago around this time, we were just coming home from Disneyland.  I know of a lot of people going in the next month and I'm super-jealous. I so wish we could go again!  Actually not, because I think that at this age, Bear wouldn't be much fun. Maybe we can save our pennies and go next year!?!

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Funny Disneyland-related story

I was walking down the hall at work yesterday and on of my buddies from a different department said "I saw you at Disneyland two weeks ago!". I work with a lot of "Disney Geeks" and they have season passes, so I should have checked to see if any of them were going to be there, so I wasn't suprised.

Me: "Why didn't you come and say hi?"
Him: "I just thought I saw you from far away- you were with a kid having a tantrum..."
Me: "Was it a little blond girl with curly hair and a Cinderella dress?"
Him: "Yep, it was at night- we were going through security and heard this crazy screaming fit. Of course we all looked and there you were with the kid in the stroller. I thought, isn't that Mak?"

It's nice to know that Birdy's most spectacular (and longest) screaming hissy fits she had at Disneyland wasn't just witnessed by about 50 total strangers!

Even more Disney Pics

I just had some extra cute pics I wanted to share!

Disneyland- Then and Now

More Disney Magic!

Things we forgot (a.k.a. Don't let the forgetful preggo person pack!)
- The bag with shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant.
- Ponchos
- Peanut butter
- Sunglasses

EJ's favorite rides
- Thunder Mountain
- Autopia
- Small World
- Teacup Ride (a.k.a. "The Mad, Mad, teacups!)
- Micky Roller Coaster
- Goofy's Backyard- "It's hilarous"
- Donald Duck's House
- Storybook boats

Birdy's Favorites

- Any slide we could find

- The bunny one (toon town driving)

- Haunted Mansion ("It's my scary place- but it's scary-fun")

- Pirates

- Mickey Mouse Roller Coaster ("It was so fast and EJ screamed and screamed")

- Toontown and anywhere she could run around

Favorite Characters we met:

- Goofy

- Donald Duck since he signed "#1"

- Ariel

- Tiana

- Belle

- Cinderella

- Stich

- Alice in Wonderland

Character Buddies!

We got to meet a LOT of characters. The girls loved filling their book with autographs and it was a morning ritual to review who we saw and each signature ("Donald signed #1- that is so funny, Mom!"). Birdy was especially cute- she'd rush up to give each one a huge hug and chattered away at them!

Princess-Tastic!

We got to see 7 different princesses at Disneyland (including Jasmine- our camera battery ran out when we were meeting her!) We were so excited to meet Princess Tiana. When we were in New Orleans square, we got to dance and sing with her, but not talk to her, so it was extra special for EJ to ask her questions!

We learned Ariel's favorite food is maple doughnuts, Cinderella secretly loves the color pink (shh! Don't tell Fairy Godmother), Belle loves roses, and Tiana's favorite thing to cook is her Daddy's gumbo!

Priceless

On Day 2, we woke up to ominous-looking grey clouds. We were (stupidly) confident in the weather reports we'd seen a few days earlier that said the only chance of rain on our trip would come Thursday and it was only small. Live and learn!

The rain started shortly after we got to the park and POURED for a couple of hours. Fortunately, we were at the Princess Faire, which is covered and takes a while. We missed the worst of it. We were then lucky to have a rain break for a couple of hours before it started up again.
And boy- when it started again, it was steady, cold and wet. It did clear out the park very effectively and we walked on a bunch of rides. Soon it started to feel like water tourture with all the cold rain dripping into our faces, so we decided to head to California Adventure and hit every indoor show we could. It was a good opportunity to get dry and still have fun!

The girls were such troopers about the rain. Birdy seemed to actually be having fun with it- jumping in puddles and refusing to put her poncho hood on. EJ was less enthusiastic, but she still had lots of fun. After about 6, the rain stopped for good and we headed back to Disneyland where the place was very quiet. We walked on Peter Pan 3 times (just because we could!).

So to summarize:

Hotel and Disneyland tickets- ~$750. Ponchos purchased in the park -$36. Enjoying the day in spite of the downpour? Priceless!