Disneyland, Part Two!

Our second day, we went to California Adventure park, and all the new Cars land stuff was so cool!



Here are all the boys standing awkwardly in front of Mater:



This is the new Carthay Circle Theater restaurant, which we did not eat at because it is super expensive. But it was beautiful with the fountain and the bougainvillea trees in front.



Another new guy we had never met before is Dug from UP.





Possibly my new favorite ride was Luigi's flying tires, which I rode with my best buddy Ethan. He loves me, I can tell by his face.





Another awkward picture in front of Red.



I found this cool display of costumes from my for-the-time-being favorite show, Once Upon A Time.





Family shot!

Disneyland Picture Overload!!!

We decided to take a quick trip to Disneyland before Eric starts his new job and doesn't have any more time off. So we tacked on a few days to our already planned trip to Vegas, and flew to California.

Before we even went into the park, the boys were SOOO excited to be there.





We spent the first half day in downtown Disney. Then on our first real day, we went to the Disneyland Park.



It was not crowded at all, and we loved not being packed in or rushed.





We met Merida, who the boys call "Brave," and she showed them how to shoot a bow. They will still tell you all the right steps if you ask them.





In Tomorrowland, Will and Luke both virtually got to be Ironman...



...and we met Thor.



Here is a super awful picture of me and the boys in front of the castle. I really need a haircut.



Luke and Dylan were little best buds in the park, and held hands in a lot of the lines.





We sent the boys with their Aunt and Uncle on the teacups ride, because neither Eric or I like to be dizzy. Thanks guys!



And we sat and watched the show in the Golden Horseshoe, with a giant ice cream sunday, which I have always wanted from there.

Paradise Pier Hotel

For this trip, we splurged and got a room at the Paradise Pier Hotel which was expensive, but so cute. Here are pictures of the room, the hall, and the lobby.

Lego Woody in the Lego Store in Downtown Disney.

On Thursday before we left, we hung out in Downtown Disney since our passes were already expired. It's always fun to look in those shops.

The Last Disneyland (for a while)

Our Disneyland Annual Passes just expired, so we had to make one last trip before they did. I know this post has tons of pictures, but I couldn't resist since we won't be going back for a while. We flew out early on Wednesday, and back Thursday afternoon. We only had one day in the park so we had to do a lot to make it worth it.

Riding the monorail into the park

Waiting to fly on Dumbo

This is always one of the favorite rides.

The boys also loved playing with the goats in Frontierland.

Peter Pan came right up to us and started talking to Wills, who was too shy to talk back. Peter Pan is his favorite movie but he's such a dork when he meets characters in the park.

We played in Toontown for a while. Wills loved the musical fountain.

And here he is with Eric in the last car of Gadget's Go-coaster. You can just barely see his ears.

In Donald's boat with me

Out of all the regular characters out in the plaza, Wills wanted to meet Pluto but of course wouldn't actually talk to him.

Lutie was making goofy faces while we waited for the boys to come back from the bathroom. Luke was asleep for a lot of this, we didn't forget him.

We played forever in the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. We had never been in here before and it was pretty fun.

The one new character I met this time was Kenai from Brother Bear.

The boys took a nap together in the stroller. Since we can't afford a Phil and Ted they were in the regular stroller...

...and they woke up like this.

Wills loved Autopia, another first for him.

Goodbye Disneyland, we will miss you!