Family Disneyland Trip

We had one day left on our 3 day military passes and with Henry is turning 3 this week, we wanted to visit before we would have to buy him a ticket. We finally made that happen on Saturday. We hit the park right as it opened and stayed for about twelve hours. I was so exhausted by the time we left, but we had a blast! It had been two years since the kids had last been there and neither of them really remembered it. The highlights of the trip included Cars Land, especially Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, Toon Town's Gadget's Go-Coaster, and the Aladdin show. Lillie also got to go on Splash Mountain and Soarin Over California, which she loved! The excitement and joy on their faces the whole day made it SOO worth it. We enjoyed going without our kids the other week, but it was equally as awesome with them. They could have gone till the closing of the park, but Eric and I could not. Lillie even asked if we could move down to Anaheim so that we could go every day. I wish, Baby, I wish.

Henry was in heaven walking around Cars Land and enjoyed his time hanging out with his pal, Lightning McQueen. He loves Lightning!

Lillie loved Soarin' even though she was a little nervous before it began.  She wanted to hold my hand the whole time, which was nice.  I loved hearing her little shrieks of joy during the ride.

Visited Mickey and got one terrible picture out of it.  Thanks, photographer, for making us stand right under the red light.  Very flattering.  Ugh.  Henry loved hugging and talking to Mickey though.

Lillie and Eric got soaked in Splash Mountain, but dried quickly in the warm sunny weather.

Waiting in line at the Jungle Cruise.  We felt like Saturdays weren't nearly as bad as we thought it would be.  We avoided the busy rides and didn't wait longer than ten minutes for a ride.  I think that's the key to keeping kids happy all day long.  No body likes waiting in lines and pretty much no ride is worth waiting forever for.

The Mater ride in action.  Eric said it was like being pulled behind a boat on an inner tube.  Lots of fun!

I think the ice cream bars were as good as any other part of the day for these two.

Couldn't make it through the day at the Happiest Place on Earth without a fit or two.  Lillie had to spend some time in Time Out.

List of Rides/Things we Did: Luigi Flying Tires, Soarin' over California, Redwood Creek Trails, Train at Disneyland, Gadget Go Coaster, Mickey's House, It's a Small World, Splash Mountain, Winnie the Pooh, Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, Aladdin Show, Turtle Talk with Crush, Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, Monster's Inc., Flik's Flying Ride, Play Parade, Little Mermaid, and probably a bit more that I can't remember