Disneyland

We celebrated Leah's 5th Birthday at Disneyland this year. We left home on Sunday, Dec. 6th & returned on Thursday, Dec. 10th. The night we arrived at the hotel, it snowed back home. Power was out at our house for 2 1/2 days-some areas- 5 days! We still currently have no phone & trees and tree branches are down everywhere on our property and all over the county.


Monday was our first day at Disneyland & it rained most of the day, but that did not stop us from having fun. The added bonus to the rain was the crowds were nowhere to be seen and our longest line was a 20 minute wait for Peter Pan's flight. Oh...I guess Leah & I did wait for Autopia for 20-25 minutes too. Because of the rain we had no parade or fireworks that evening and after dinner with some friends, we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.


Tuesday was sunny and beautiful and we went to a breakfast buffet with Lilo & Stitch. We met a few other Disney characters and Leah enjoyed an early birthday cupcake and was given a Disney Birthday card that she had the characters sign. Then it was off to Disneyland where we spent the rest of the day. The crowds were a bit larger than Tuesday, but nothing like it could have been. Our longest wait was to meet Tinkerbell-25 minutes. The kids enjoyed some cotton candy and we watched the wonderful parade and saw the fireworks that evening. It even snowed on us - Disney style! The park closed at 6pm & Leah fell asleep in the stroller on the way to the hotel!

Wednesday morning-Leah's 5th birthday, we had breakfast at our hotel and then went to visit California Adventure Park. It was another beautiful sunny day and we perused this theme park and caught a couple of shows and a few rides. Afterward, we took Leah shopping at The World of Disney where I think she spent well over and hour checking out all the goods & deciding what she wanted to spend her gift cards on. Nolan was asleep in the stroller during our shopping trip. We headed back to the hotel for a two hour rest. We then got dressed for Leah's special Princess Dinner where she met several of her favorite princesses and had them sign her birthday card. We finished the night with Leah & Daddy riding Soaring over California.

Thursday we headed home & arrived to some snow in the yard that the kids played in while we unloaded the car. It was a great trip and you can view a slideshow of pictures on the side bar.

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