Part III: Disneyland, Day 1!

On Sunday, we were really excited to tell Liam that we were going to Disneyland, however, we were prepared that the reaction maybe wouldn't be what you see on the Disneyland commercials, as we weren't even sure he knew what Disneyland was.  The only reason we hadn't told him is because Liam is notorious for asking "When are we going to be there?" 1000x a day. :)  We told him right before we got on the shuttle and he was excited, but I don't think he knew what he was excited about. However, he definitely made up for it with his enthusiasm during the rest of the trip!  The kid never once stopped running until the night of our last day of Disneyland.

Here's our little family before getting on the shuttle. I had a hard time finding an authentic Minnie shirt for Addy(meaning red and not pink), so I whipped her up a little onesie dress with a Minnie Mouse made out of rosettes.  It turned out so cute and it was nice and cool because it got up to like 89*.  Addy looks more excited than Liam!



We were all so excited to finally be there!



Liam immediately spotted this astro ride, so we went for it.  You have the option to move your little rocket up and down, but Liam only wanted it as high as it could go the entire time. Everytime I pushed it down, he'd push it back up!  Everytime he finished a ride he'd exclaim, "That was SO fun! Let's go again!"



We were a little discombobulated the first day, just trying to get a feel for what we wanted to do. We rode the materhorn, went to toon town, rode Space Mountain (which Liam said was way too scary--I tried to tell Daddy that, but he insisted), got the kids Mickey hats, saw Mickey and Minnie and just scoped the place out. Because it was weekend, it was a little crowded and it was hot, but we had a good time.  We caught the Micky Band in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle and enjoyed a little break. 

Nursing as always!



Liam got his autograph book and had fun asking for autographs, but he was really more into the rides. If the line was long to see a character, he didn't have patience for it and just wanted to go find a ride.

Peter Pan was his first autograph. He was so cool and funny!  It was a lot of fun meeting him.


Wes and Liam waited in line at Mickey's House in toon town and explored a bit while waiting to meet Mickey. The lines were pretty long and Liam didn't care to meet Minnie, so us girls waited for Minnie and the boys, Mickey.

I thought it was pretty cool that Mickey was wearing his sorcerer outfit!

Here we are waiting to meet Minnie. Her house was soo cute with an adorable picket fence and shutters and just the cutest little details.

Addy loved Minnie!  She looked her all over and kept touching her.  I love Minnie! So fun!

I had to get a photo by her knitting needles. You can see we were at the height of the heat that day-- rosy cheeks!

The kitchen was adorable!  The dishwasher had dishes and bubbles swirling around and the oven had a cake rising up. 

Picture with Minnie's Mail box for Aunt Linda!

And another picture for Aunt Linda of Nana and Liam in front of the toon town post office.

It is seriously amazing how many different Mickey Mouse ears there are. You hardly saw the same ones twice! You could even create your own.  Liam chose an adorable sorcerer Mickey (which is fitting because that's what Micky was wearing) and Addy got a pink Disney princess set of ears. 

We were all pretty exhausted so we headed back early and ate at Joe's Crab Shack (yum!)  Wes and I went back to California Adventure and rode some fun rides (he convinced me to go on the Hollywood Tower of Terror) and it was a blast while Nana watched the kids. Thanks, Nana, for letting us have a little date!  Day one was definitely as success, but Day 2 was even better... To be continued...