Disneyland! We Made it!

Buzz Lightyear was Ben's favorite ride!  Luckily the line was never longer than 10 minutes, so we went on it probably 5 times, I lost track!

This ride I had never gone on before.  It was the Nemo submarine.  It did not look impressive, but like everything Disney, it was way better than I would have ever thought!  Eliza was cute and kept saying fish in her cute little voice.

The parent swap pass was the best finding!  The rides that Eliza couldn't go on, Mike and I each got a turn taking Ben and Hailey.  So, Ben and Hailey got to ride everything twice without waiting in line.  Eliza was such a cutie and had fun hanging out when she wasn't riding.

While Ben and Hailey were riding the Matterhorn, Eliza found the lake with ducks, and had a great time quacking at them.  Ducks and birds are her favorite, she was trying to get in the water with them!  I was so impressed that Hailey rode the Matterhorn twice even though she was a little bit afraid.

My kids loved Small World!

We went to Ariel's Grotto for a lunch with the princesses.  This was Hailey's special lunch!  The lunch was actually really good, with 3 courses including really great desserts.  Instead of waiting in lines for the princesses we got to sit and eat lunch while they all came around and took pictures, signed Hailey's book and said hello.  They all loved Eliza, but she was not such a big fan of all the princesses.  Hailey was so excited to meet all of them, especially Cinderella her favorite. 

Ben posing with Lightning and Mater.  He was so excited to be able to pose with someone cool that wasn't a princess.

Tarzan's tree house and ouside the Enchanted Tiki room.  The Tiki room was one of my favorite places.  I went to Disneyland when I was 1 and 20 years old, and we didn't go to the Tiki room.  Eliza loved all the birds!  She was squealing with delight and pointing the whole show.  Everyone was watching her the whole time instead of the birds.  Two cute ladies who didn't speak any English kept pointing to her and just smiling trying to tell me how cute she was.  An added bonus were the delicious pineapple floats, yum!

Arghh!  Pirates!  We rode on Pirates of the Caribbean every day we were there, my kids loved it.  Ben loved pointing out why everything was fake, Hailey loved the music, and Eliza loved everything about it.  I thought she would be scared, but no she just became our good little pirate and said arghh the whole ride, and waved at the pirates.  We did take the kids on the haunted mansion ride after pirates, and that did scare them!  What wonderful parents Mike and I are.

Although it was a bit of a crazy drive to get to California, it was a perfect first day!  The weather was my absolute favorite, mid 60's and sunny.  It was not hot at all waiting in line, but sunny and beautiful!  My kids had no idea exactly what Disneyland was and were so excited.  They loved all the rides and getting to see characters.  I love that there were so many rides that Eliza could go on.  She loved any ride we took her on.  Ben and Hailey just wanted to keep going and going, luckily this was only day 1 and we had a lot of more fun to come! 

Walking down main street Eliza started clapping her hands, she was so excited and loved everything!  Eliza loved small world, and sang her way through it.  Hailey was in heaven eating with the princesses.  Hailey and Ben were brave and went on the Matterhorn twice even though it was a little scary.  The Kids all loved buzz lightyear, and the submarine.  Hailey was very brave on space mountain twice and on big thunder roller coaster.  Eliza loved dumbo and the rocket ships.