Day #2: Disneyland, Princess Lunch, & visit with family

Here’s the kids waiting for us to get the tickets bright and early in the morning!

I had special “Disneyland” shirts made beforehand from a company online. The girls had Minnie and the boys had Mickey. We got SO many comments/questions about our shirts…I guess I found a deal, yeah me!

     We had the joy of having Pa & Gramma (Todd’s parents) along with us for the trip. It sure was nice to have a few more hands, eyes & ears on the little ones! Plus us adults got to play games at night after the kiddos went to bed…fun stuff! “Thanks for putting up with us all week Pa & Gramma!!”

Who knew that meeting characters and getting their autographs would be one of the greatest joys! they still talk about meeting their faves. Pluto is Graham’s favorite

”Jedi Training” –Carson got chosen but then was too shy to go up on stage, but the boys still loved watching the whole program. If Graham were old enough we’re sure he would have gone up there…however, he would have joined the dark side because he LOVES Darth Vader and Darth Mal!

 

I love Carson’s face here, going onto the Buzz Lightyear ride. One of our favorite rides- we went on it at least 5 times! One of the greatest bonuses about having a week off while most all other schools do not…SHORT LINES, woohoo!

                                        We scheduled a lunch at Ariel’s Grotto where a large number of the princesses come to your table and talk with you, sign your book, and take photos. We did this one mainly for Lucy- she loves all and everything princess so we knew this would be a hit. We did not foresee how much our little Grahamster would love it though. He truly was so excited to meet (and more importantly hug) each of the princesses…what a ladies man! Lucy’s fave is Belle and Graham’s is Cinderella

                                                   

 

We were able to squeeze in some time to visit our So. Cal relatives. Aunt Kathrin and cousins Alisa, Fernando, and Mateo. They came and swam with us at the condo and then we went out to eat at a great Mexican place…yumm. Good food and great company!! We ended our night with more rides at Disneyland and stayed up late to watch “Fantasmic”- the fireworks/water show at Disneyland. This was one of the kids’ highlights of the trip, it seriously did live up to it’s name…FANTASMIC!