Disneyland Fun part 3

On day 2, we had originally planned to go the beach but because of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the beaches ended up closed in LA on Friday for the most part and I figured the water would be too rough for my kids on Saturday. We went back to Disneyland.

First ride was Space Mountain coaster because we didn't get to it the day before. The kids LOVED it and wanted to immediately ride it again. The wait time by then was over an hour and so we decided to get a fast pass for it for later in the day and come back.



We are almost up!

You ALWAYS must get a hat picture at Disneyland!



BayLea took this one...

And Breccan took this one...my camera is too heavy for him to hold evenly and so he cut part of me off. Hilarious!




Breccan's main goal the whole trip was to buy something. He finally got to.

Then we headed to California Adventures. I would like to spend more time there. We first went on Soaring Over California, which was a simulation type ride where you felt as though you were hang gliding. The ride really felt real; you felt like you'd bang your feet on trees and snow. It felt cold when we were over the snow, hot while over the desert, and smelled like the ocean while we flew over it!

Then for lunch, because we were on vacation, we had ice cream!






Then we went to a 3D movie of It's a Bug's Life. It was also amazing...it basically was teaching us little known facts about bugs...so when they talked about a bug that spit acid, the bug came out and water came flying all over us. At the end of the movie, it told the 'humans' to stay put while the beetles, cockroaches, etc. exited, and all of a sudden, all this scurrying noise began and our chairs moved. Mine felt like something was crawling under me, and Jery had something poke him.




BayLea and I then went on California Screaming, a loop-to-loop coaster. She was thrilled beyond thrilled. Breccan wasn't tall enough (dang it) and couldn't go. So he and Daddy went to play some games  while we waited in line. We'd only stood there a couple minutes when a kid came up and asked if I wanted his fast pass. I almost didn't take it and then thought I'd ask if they'd let both of us get on with the one pass, which they did!!! So our wait was about 5 minutes instead of 45 minutes!!!!

He won a Dumbo stuffed animal!













What a fun trip!

Disneyland Fun part 2

(I decided to do this in more than one post because when I was putting it together earlier today, something happened and EVERYTHING disappeared!)





I think this one is such a cute picture...maybe because there aren't any other people in it!



Although we saw lots of characters, the kids didn't really want pictures with all of them. We wanted to see Belle from Beauty and the Beast, but she never was around while we were.






Suckers...one of the highlights!





I have goofy kids...



I think this is one of my favorite pictures from this trip...only cuz it's cool!



By this time of the night we were tired and ready to go back to the hotel...with the exception of BayLea who really wanted to stay for the fireworks display! I'm so glad we did. What a cool thing! She really was lit like a firework herself!






And we got to see Tinkerbell fly, and that was so thrilling for her! Breccan by this time was exhausted...I'm not sure whether he cared at all for the fireworks.

Disneyland fun!

We took the kids on spring break for a short little Disneyland vacation...(who said vacations are relaxing??? NOT!). We had a great, although tiring time! Disneyland is an amazing feat of engineering and detail. Loved it.

We pulled BayLea out of school early (again! BAD mom!). Our plane left at 2:55 and arrived in LA just in time for rush hour! Fun fun!!!!! A 30 minute drive to the hotel turned into nearly 2 hours of fun times, stressing out about traffic, and listening to the fighting in the backseat! (We rented a van...and I'm almost ashamed to say...I might just like owning a van some day!)




At the airport in GJ waiting to leave.



Day 1


We're here! We're here! It cost us about a car payment to get into Disneyland and California Adventures for four of us for two days. Holy COW!


The jungle ride.



The roller coaster rides are a favorite of my kids!








The kids are keeping out of the "hot lava" as we stood in line.




I really wanted to ride the teacups because I remember the teacups from when I was a kid! But I had a touch of food poisoning and after standing in line and finally getting up there to ride, I knew I wasn't getting on those!



Another coaster ride...


Another memory of Disneyland for me as a kid was It's a Small World. It was still cool.




At gymnastics, there is a bulletin board called Handstands Around the World. We wanted to take one at Disneyland, but when we decided to take it, it was on a slope. She still did it, but it was hard to get completely vertical.