We headed up and stayed in a hotel the night before we went to
Disneyland!
Thanks to my brothers hook up at hotels and Justin's expert finagling we ended up with a sweet hotel room with a kid's suite attached for an awesome deal!
(even if we did end up being tricked into a $70 breakfast buffet!)
looks
picturesque eh?
well with
cole it was...
with
ali it started more like this...
ah! He's huge! It got better inside Mickey's house though.
and by the time we got to Minnie she was all smiles.
and the inside of Minnie's house brought even more smiles...
Giant make-up she was allowed to touch, heaven for her.
Goofy's house was up next and we got to see him too.
after
Toon Town we decided to split up. My mom, Ali and I went off to wait in the 1 & 1/2 hr long princess line,
while Justin and Cole tackled the rides.
Although the wait was forever at least it was shaded. And then you turn the corner to the intimate little setting where it's just you and the princess.
Ali was all smiles in the line. She is a pretty animated kid (wonder where she gets that from) and she couldn't wait to see princesses, but when she rounded that corner all expression left her face and was replaced with a look that can only be described as "holy cow that's a real princess". She just starred...not a word. like it was sacred or something.
First up was Jasmine...not the friendliest...but none the less a real princess...
but then it was BELLE. Oh how I loved this girl. So cute with
ali, so sweet to her. Ali was in awe.
she got right down on the ground and just loved on Ali.
she told
ali she must be a princess too, because she had
sparkling shoes.
Sleeping Beauty was WAY cute with her too.
up to this point all
ali had done was nod her heard yes
to the questions. Here is where she spoke her only words "That's my mom." and that was it...so serious about it too.
don't worry, she finally got a smirk out of her.
immediately after we walked out she became her chatty self. She had just been in absolute awe...she LOVED it...it was pretty dang cute.
then we moved onto Tinkerbell...who she is currently OBSESSED with.
same thing totally chatty and excited during the 20 minute line, then dumbfounded the minute she was with Tink.
Meanwhile Cole was busy riding ride after ride after ride...and
this one got hit up 4 or 5 times.
blurry I know, but we had to document the Buzz
Lightyear ride. It was definitely his
fav. along with Pirates of the
Caribbean.
Cole can ride most adult rides, but we met back up to go on some
kiddy ones all together.
she loved this rocket ride...just look at her face!
at dinner
cole tried his hand at photography...pretty good if you ask me!
then we tried the photo at the castle...a little special but it works.
then the boys went on a few more rides while we scouted out Sleeping Beauty's castle. In all my years going to D-land I never knew you could go inside!
she LOVED it! And this picture is proof that my mom was actually there.
We met back up later for a few more rides before the park closed.
like the tea cups...or as
ali called them "the Hiccups".
as we walked down main street to leave
ali was awed by the PINK CASTLE!
she kept saying it was hers...and for one perfect day this magical place was ours.
they were asleep before we got on the freeway...dreaming of buzz, mickey, and princesses no doubt.
It's true, it's just as magical through your kids eyes.
we headed over to play at the beach on one of our last days of vacation.
I absolutely love how happy the beach makes justin and the kids...so cute to watch.
I love how she clings to him at all costs as each waves approaches.
then it was time for some sandy fun!
ali tried her hand at burying cole.
which gave dad an idea.
that he ran with...much to cole's delight.
there...done!
and ali had to throw her weight around while she had the chance.
there...done!
and ali had to throw her weight around while she had the chance.
