Disneyland Day 4

Four days was pushing it.  I think three would've been just fine for our kids at this age, but it was really nice to be able to hit up the rides the kids loved (Little Mermaid, Toy Story Midway Mania, and It's a Small World) again.  We also went to Mickey's Magical Map show, then went and rested at the hotel before the Soundsational Parade.  The parade was phenomenal and I'm so glad we went at night when everything was lit up.  Mikayla was giddy absolutely the whole time.  She was jumping up and down in excitement and we were having to pull her out of the street the whole time.  Totally unlike her!  It was the most excited she was about anything that week.  It made waiting forever to get a spot for the parade worth it!

Our very serious wishing well wisher.  She wanted her fairy princess dream to come true VERY badly.

Lunch break by the dog park.  Lovely.  I was alone with the kids while Dustin went on some rides and it was a shady spot with no people.  We were sold!

The kids finally got to go pick out their treasure for the trip.  Mikayla chose an Elsa doll and Maylee got a Mater that says "She likes me for my body"-pretty fitting.  Maylee was pretty smitten with Mikayla's Elsa doll and didn't know that's what was in all the boxes at the store.  Dustin ended up going back and getting Maylee an Anna doll (what did I say about them having a great Dad?!).  Daxton scored a Mater out of the deal and I cannot even believe how much the girls have played together after having "sister" dolls.  It was worth the cost!

Sleeping Beauty! (With dinner on the run)

We had to wake Sleeping Beauty to meet Snow White.  She was not happy about it, but afterward all she could talk about was Snow White's sparkly gold shoes.  Mikayla had worn her Snow White dress for two days straight and takes it off right before we go back to Disneyland and see Snow White.  Oh well.

Totally exhausted before the parade.

We did it!  We survived our first "real" family vacation and 4 days at Disneyland with 3 kids 4 and under.  We had a blast, but are so exhausted!  Thank goodness for my parent's help, otherwise there is no way we would've survived!

On the way home from the parade Mikayla told us that she thought Disneyland was THIS big (arms outstretched), but it was even bigger!  She said she dreamed and dreamed about how many people there would be, but when she got there, there were even more people and she couldn't see anything.  Then she said that Disneyland was "amazing and heavenly".  I think that pretty much sums it all up!

Disneyland Day 3

Mikayla was freaking out because she didn't have anything fancy to wear and we were planning on going to a fancy place for lunch.  We were going to have a dress for her to wear for lunch to take in the stroller and just decided to let her wear it all day.  Then, there was the drama that came because princesses DO NOT wear tennis shoes and we were making her wear them...

We hit up Cars Land first thing and Maylee was in heaven with Mater's Junkyard Jamboree! "Baby tractors!"

Every princess needs a Grandad.

I was so proud of Mikayla for going on the Radiator Springs Racers ride.  She did not like it one bit and is happy to inform you of that fact, but she did it.  Major success in the braveness department on that one.

All refreshed and ready for our surprise lunch at Ariel's Grotto to meet the princesses!  For some reason she puckers up her lips like this (above) and keeps them like that whenever she has lipstick on.  Silly girl! We'd heard princesses were really hard to find unless you did the princess lunch so we decided that would be a good use for our Disneyland jar.  Our only wish was that we had done it sooner in the week before all the kids were exhausted, but I think it was still a success.

Somehow Nana and Grandad convinced Maylee to put on her princess dress...then she promptly fell asleep just in time to meet Ariel.

I love Mikayla's face in the picture above.

This man was so cute with Daxton and took good care of him!

Maylee wouldn't smile or look for any of the pictures, but Cinderella was determined and got a smile out of her!

All the bathrooms had these shorter sinks for the kids.  It was the greatest thing in the world to our kids.  We were constantly being told "you gotta go check out this bathroom-it has down low sinks!"

Maylee was cranky so I took off her Merida dress and once she was half naked she was a totally new person.  She wouldn't get dressed for anything!  It's a wonder I ever get clothes on that girl.

We were spoiled yet again and my parents took the kids back to the hotel while Dustin and I went on some rides.  It was so fun having date nights at Disneyland-something we never dreamed we would get to do.  My parents are the bestest!

Cars Land was pretty incredible at night.