We headed to Tulsa to catch our flight into LA and en route learned that it was delayed. So we hit up our new favorite pizza joint before spending a long time at the airport. We facetimed with Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve to pass the time and had some iPad time. We took off a little before midnight. Kids were troopers!!
Zzzzzz!
The kids thought we were spending the night in a hotel in LA then driving to San Diego to spend the week with Grandma Pauline and Papa John. We prayed that the kids slept on the drive from the airport to the hotel because we had to drive right by Disneyland. Well they stirred a little bit at every stoplight but didn't put anything. They didn't even put it together when we got to the hotel and they saw the hotel gift shop with all the Mickey and Minnie stuff! Although while we were walking to our room Ashley piped up and announced with certain that she's been to this hotel before. How does she remember that?? We have been there a few times before Disney trips but seriously!!!!! So we all got to bed around 2:30am (4:30am Arkansas time) and slept until about 7:30am when we woke up the kids to get ready to head out. Trevor kept asking where his clothes were and could he wear a swimsuit so we told him his clothes were in one of the dresser drawers. He got out his shirt and was like 'why am I wearing a Mickey shirt'?
And then he figured it out and it was pure excitement! #bestsurpriseever
So we quickly got ready and headed out for the park!
First stop was our character dining breakfast!!! It's kinda become a tradition that we start our day here so we fill up on yummy food (ask Brian about the banana caramel topping on his waffle) as well as see characters!
Then we headed out to explore! The weather was forecast to be super hot and they weren't kidding!!!
Luckily Brian took a cue from Oma and brought an umbrella for shade!!
We switched Ashley into an Elsa and Anna tutu (thank you Stella!) to see the princesses!
We love the Ariel ride! Plus it's nice and cool in there!
So the morning was super hot but yet the park was pretty crowded. By mid-afternoon the park cleared out and get this, the weather turned cooler! It's like we had the park to ourselves. We didn't wait more than 20 minutes for any ride - even the popular ones! Toe Matar is still Mommy's favorite!
Our favorite spot to take pics!
We lucked out and got an awesome spot to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade that Disneyland recently brought back. Ashley almost made it to see it! Zzzzzz
The music, the floats -it was just like it was many, many years ago. So glad that we made this happen. Wonderful memories for all of us!
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