I wish I could just post one picture here that brings me great joy even though it was probably the most terrifying moment of my poor daughters life, but she really did have a great time at Disneyland, so it wouldn't be fair to the rest of the day (or Stella). But you're going to love it when you see it.
We should just live at the beach because my kids just sleep so well and wake up so happy!
We were off to Disneyland as early as we could and the kids were excited and a little weird.
Travis and Elliot both weren't excited about spending the day at Disneyland (party poopers), but Travis's attitude changed immediately when he found out that there was an app that told you how to schedule your rides, runners for Fast Passes, and breaks at Disneyland. He got right on that one.
I don't know why, but neither of my kids (or Elliot) was very excited about me singing "It's a Small World" the whole time we were in line. Where is their Disneyland spirit?
But they were both VERY excited about the ride.
It was all new to me and Elliot too because when we came here 7 years ago, we slept through the entire thing.
I am SO proud of Stella because she rode ALL of the rides we asked her to. She was nervous about most of them, but we tried not to make a big deal about it and kept telling her than Disneyland was made for kids (not really true). She LOVED Star Tours. Ah, I am just so proud of her! Especially after the terrible times she's had at Lagoon in years past.
She LOVED Space Mountain proclaiming that she wanted to go again immediately (line was too long), we both couldn't hit anything on the Buzz Lightyear ride, and Peter Pan was a colossal waste of time in the scorching hot sun. But she went on all of them.
We thought Dumbo was a good idea.
Malcolm and I almost fell out. I'm not even kidding.
Malcolm and I rested while everyone else went on Thunder Mountain (I may have also eaten a giant cookie ice cream sandwich . . . remind me not to do that again). After they got off, we used our fast passes to go on the ride again, so I took the kids. Not even halfway through the ride, we stopped on an incline and the lights came on. Soon enough the ride workers were coming out of the walls to help us off the ride. Of course, I'm the one stuck on a ride with 3 kids. Anyway, I thanked them for their assistance (because everyone else was being extremely rude) and we got some Fast Passes for any ride we wanted for later.
We waited for Travis and Lorraine and the kids to go on Indiana Jones while Stella made Malcolm laugh really hard.
Then we went on Indiana Jones. Stella was very nervous just walking through the maze to the ride. She was tense. But she got on the ride. After the whole thing was over, I asked, "Did you like that Stella?" She said, "I didn't open my eyes." That's ok, at least she rode it.
Ok, are you ready for the best picture of the day? I'm a horrible mother for loving this picture so much, but it just cannot do anything but make me laugh. I did not let Stella see Splash Mountain before we went on it. Didn't mention what happens at the end. She was not happy about the thought of getting wet, but I told her that if we sat in the back we wouldn't get wet. And we didn't. But that didn't change her response to the drop.
Come on! I can't even say anything else about this picture or how Stella was feeling because it's so incredibly clear.
Travis and Lorraine took our exhausted kids to the car while we took their kids on Space Mountain again and then we headed home after a very frustrating, yet hilarious, interaction with McDonalds drive-thru. Elliot even got to whip out his Spanish. I love it. :)
What a great day!
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