For Christmas this past year, my parents gifted us a two day trip to Disneyland - one day at California Adventure, one day at Disneyland. We had taken Matthew to California Adventure for the first time on his 5th birthday (remember that here.) So while California Adventure was a only a first for Kaylie this time around, Disneyland park itself was a first for both kids! We were all so anxious to go, the countdown began in January for our early February trip to the Happiest Place On Earth. Day one, at California Adventure, was a lot of fun - although it literally rained on our parade - the Pixar parade as well as a few of the other things we were looking forward to were rained out, but overall it was worth it and loads of fun :)
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Found parking, loaded up, and headed our for CA Adventure, Adventure :)
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Bug's Life Land, first ride of the day!
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Downtown Radiator Springs is probably our favorite part of CA Adventure, it is really neat!
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Kaylie didn't want to pose for the pic, lol, but really loved Toy Story Mania!
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I know, you don't have to say it, we're trendsetters. Next rainy season you'll be seeing these all over town ;-D
Sure did help keep us dry though!
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Up until this trip, the kids had been really into Phineas & Ferb! They've watched all three seasons on Netflix multiple times - they were so excited to get to meet them! If the rain hadn't stopped it from happening, they were looking forward to the Phineas & Ferb dance party :)
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Day 2 - Disneyland!!! Our first ride was the train that went around the park. Why you might ask? Because the ride goes through a scene of Dinosaurs, of course! It was a fun start to the day :) Then off we went to explore the rest of the park!
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Me and my girl, waiting for Buzz Lightyear :)
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The kids loved meeting their friends from movies! First up was Tinkerbell!
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Next was Tinkerbell's friend, Fauna, she was very nice!
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Rockets with Grandma & Grandpa!
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Trying their hand at pulling the sword from the stone - Kaylie's turn!
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As buff as Matthew is, he just couldn't quite pull it from the stone this time :-/
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For whatever reason, Kaylie was VERY excited to meet Princess Tiana! Probably because she was the first princess we saw. Nothing against Tiana, we've just never seen the Princess and the Frog before! She was very nice, Matthew and Kaylie both loved her :)
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What an amazing trip to Disneyland - love our family, so blessed :)
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More princess meetings, such fun memories!
Aurora/Sleeping Beauty!
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Next up Ariel (with legs!)
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And finally, Cinderella. She was a lot of fun, very sweet, talked to Matthew about being a true prince :)
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Grandma and Kaylie enjoying some tea in Minnie's backyard :)
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And finally, waiting for Mickey's Soundsational Parade, what a lot of fun :) Not pictured is the fireworks spectacular that ended our evening - really incredible and a perfect end to our first visit to Disneyland.
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Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for such an amazing trip to Disneyland - they are memories the kids (and we) will have for a lifetime. Wish we could go more often....but then again, it really is magical when it's only now and again :) Until next time!
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