One FInal Disney Adventure

So before we left California, my sister Sarah was nice enough to arrange for us to go to Disneyland for free....well the tickets atleast but that is SO expensive now a days! Anyway, we were fighting the weather that day and kept our fingers crossed for the entire morning hoping that it wouldn't rain on us. We lucked out and it only got cold towards the end of our day. Avery is getting the age were she recognizes characters and gets "somewhat" excited when she sees them. From a distance, the characaters are wonderful and she loves them. Once she is more less than 6 feet away from them, they are not as neat. Me being the mean Mommy that I am, I stood in line and made her meet the characters...I know, I am so mean. Being that it was kind of crappy that day, the lines to meet the characters were really short which was great cause it didn't give her much time to think about being afraid of them.


Despite the look on her face, Minney Mouse is one of her favorites!


We walked thru Mickey's house in Toon Town and met Mickey at the very end...she wanted NOTHING to do with him.


While in Toon Town, we played with all the hands on toys and houses. I think my Mom has a few pictures of me doing the same thing in the jail.



After playing in Toon Town, it was time to ride some rides. Avery is obsessed with driving so I knew that Autopia would be a BIG hit with her. After waiting in the longest line we had to wait in (which was only about 10 minutes) it was time to finally drive. Auntie Kelly was nice enough to let Avery drive and she LOVED it!


Disneyland just recently brought back the Michael Jackson 3D show, Captain Eo. I LOVED this as a kid and the thing I remembered the most was the Queen's finger nails...really long and scary looking. Avery was getting cranky so I thougt maybe the show would calm her down. She thought the glasses were funny and kept playing with them. She didn't wear them inside but ended up falling asleep in there due to the bouncing around it does. Never thought I would say this but, thank you Michael Jackson for making my daughter fall asleep!

After a quick bite to eat at our favorite place, Pizza Port ( I worked a LONG time ago and since then got everyone hooked on it) we made our way thru the rest of the park. Sarah used to work with the animals at Disneyland and wanted to go check out the Petting Zoo. I wasn't sure how Avery would do but she did really well. She ended up practically laying on the animals...such a goober.

Sarah used to drive the trolleys down Main Street as well and I couldn't honestly remember ever riding the trolley down Main Street in all the years I have been going. So we went for a ride...

After a long day and lots of money spent on food, treats and prizes, it was time to leave. We had a wonderful time and was a great way to spend quality time with family. I know Avery had a great time and we can't wait to come back to California and go again!