The land of Disney

We took a road trip to Disneyland with some of our best friends, the McIntyres, and we had a blast! We already want to go back. Ada had a blast "living" next door to her bff/boyfriend Ashton for a week and playing at Disneyland all day with him. The babies were so good sitting in their strollers and napping when we couldn't take them on rides. It was nice to go with friends because we could all go on the big rides w/o the kids. Steele's mom was there too, so she was nice to sit with the kids a lot while we ran off to play.

Dumbo was one of Ada's favorite rides, along with It's A Small World and Alice in Wonderland


The McIntyres (minus Jackson)


Best friends


Ada was in heaven in Toontown. Not only did she get to meet all of her favorite characters, she got to go to their houses! Minnie, of course, was her favorite.


She didn't want to leave Minnie's House


Minnie's wishing well


Loving Mickey


Every kid's dream


Kate was terrified of Pluto


Waiting for the parade


Dancin' in the parade


Cars


Peek-a-boo! Or is it, "I can't take this anymore!"?


A for Ada


Waiting for the Nemo ride


Kate's new socks and Ada's Minnie ears


So cute


All the excitement wore the kid out



We also went to an Angels game...



...and Venice Beach


Back to Disneyland


Ada was happy to see Belle because she wore her Belle dress that day


Ariel


Jasmine. Too bad for Tyler she was wearing some kind of muumuu


Kate was finally happy after being mad all day on Mother's Day


Back to Toontown


Goofy is her second favorite


More Pluto


Gotta have the castle


On out way out. We already miss it!

The highlights:

*It's A Small World. We went on this ride the most. It was probably Ada's favorite.
*Practically walking on to Indiana Jones
*Playhouse Disney Live on Stage. What could be better than Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (and three other shows), bubbles falling from the ceiling, and Minnie's birthday? For Ada, nothing.
*Taking Ada on the Matterhorn (twice). She was scared, but handled it well. I couldn't help but laugh the entire time, thinking about scaring my little sister on this ride many years ago.
*Two days of relatively short lines. We worked the Fast Passes and hardly had to wait for anything.

The lowlights:

*The shuttle system from the hotel to the park. It was crappy. It made for some pretty ticked-off husbands.
*Steele being targeted by the workers at the Roger Rabbit ride. They almost stopped the ride in the middle to tell him to take his baby off his lap and sit him on the seat.
*Being kicked off the Finding Nemo ride because Kate wasn't wearing socks
*Waiting in a long line for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, only to have it break down when we finally got on
*The weather. It was super hot on the days when the park wasn't crowded, and nice and cool on the weekend when we avoided the park and went to the beach. Doh!

Overall, an AWESOME trip. It was so worth taking Ada, even though she probably won't remember it when she's older. We want to go back before she starts school. Loved it.