Another Day Off

Greg's foot has been bothering him, and Natalie is fighting a terrible cold, so we decided to take another day to rest up. We took Mike & Travis to the golf course again, Greg to Urgent Care to get his foot x-rayed, and then the girls hit the mall. While waiting for the boys we did some shopping & went to lunch.



Merilyn was pooped after our day of taking it easy!

Wednesday at Disneyland

We were up and at Disney early today... in fact we had to wait for the gates to open! We wanted to get to the Peter Pan ride right away because the lines are always 45 minutes or more waiting time.


From there we headed to Toon Town, but discovered that it wasn't open yet for the general public so we went to check out the Princess "Faire". After standing in line for 30 minutes.... we learned that it was going to be another hour and 10 minutes!! Holy Cow! So, back to Toon Town we went to chat with Minnie Mouse and check out all of the rides there.


I think we covered all the rides we could on the Disney side... Splash Mountain, {I got soaked} Space Mountain, {I didn't love that one... ugh!!} Matterhorn for Ali & Daddy, and of course the teacups and Alice and Wonderland for the little girls.

We spent the afternoon on the California side. We were just in time to see part of the High School Musical special. Ali loved it!


We were also in time to watch the Tower of Terror close down! Trav was very bummed about that! But, he got to ride his roller coaster and shooter-up-in-the-air ride. At the end of the day, Casey and Trav got to spend their Disney Birthday gift cards and we rode the tram for the last time. It was a good day.

Tuesday

It was so nice to sleep in! {Thank you, Trav!} We dropped Trav & Mike to play golf, & the rest of us went to check out the mall. We had lunch, did some shopping {for shorts for poor Meri!} & went back to get the boys from the golf course. Greg barbecued burgers & we watched “Dancing with the Stars.” A very low key day.

Heading to the mall...

Monday - Happy Birthday Travis!

We got to start a bit later today & went to Goofy’s Kitchen for a Character Breakfast. We loved this! It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet {the food is great!} at the Disneyland Hotel & several of the characters come around to your table so you can get their pictures & say hi. The girls were excited as each one made their appearance. Merilyn was beside herself as the characters came to the table. {To think I was worried she wouldn’t want to get close to them!} In fact, she got to bake a cake with Goofy, & when it was over she was so ticked off she needed a few minutes in time out to cool off.




It was another full day of rides & lots of walking. The difference today was that the sun was out & it was beautiful! We all wore short sleeves, sunglasses, and suntan lotion.


We celebrated Trav’s & Casey’s birthdays at the Rainforest Cafe with a wonderful dinner & their special volcano cake. It’s a good thing I’m doing so much walking & stroller pushing, because I’m eating a lot of fabulous food!


It cooled off quite a bit tonight so we bundled up & headed back to the park for more rides & the fireworks display. So cool!


We pretty much all crashed when we got home we were so tired from two very full days. I’m looking forward to taking a break from Disney and taking it easy!

Sunday - Happy Birthday Casey!

Today was rainy!! The first stop was to get rain ponchos for the girls & then on to the new {to us} Nemo ride. From there we hit all of the old favorites... Small World, Dumbo, the carousel, Snow White... it wasn’t very crowded because of the rain, which was nice! And, being Oregonians, the rain didn’t bother us!! It did get pretty cold & windy, however, & that wasn’t fun. Even the High School Musical special got canceled because of the weather! Now, that was disappointing.
It cleared off at times during the day & warmed up for a minute or two. KC & I joked about how often we took off our coats & then put them back on. The girls had a ball & that is all that mattered!

Disney, Here we come!

We left as soon as I could get away from school on Friday and started the drive down to California. We drove straight down & {with a couple of quick stops} we got to our condo Saturday afternoon. The girls are so excited! The weather forecast says "rain"... but we're hoping it'll pass through quickly.

Teeth 3 and 4 by Alison

Tooth #3 February 19 - I was chewing on some popcorn and it hurt! Then I pulled it out.

Tooth #4 March 7 - I was in my bed wiggling my tooth. And, I pulled it out!