A Very Disneyland Christmas!

It took me about 4 days to unpack our suitcases, but now it's finally time to tell you about our AMAZING trip to California which included 2 days at Disneyland!!!

Off we go!!!

Until I started choosing pictures I didn't realize how many characters we got to meet!  It wasn't our #1 goal (as you will see, Xander isn't a big fan of characters), but somehow in the middle of all the riding we saw a whole bunch of folks.

Snow White

Sleeping Beauty (Aurora)

Jasmine and Cinderella

MICKEY!!!!

Minnie Mouse

Tea Cups

Tractor in Carsland

Lyla and Gpa Max on the Mickey Ferris Wheel

Pluto!

It was a wonderfully, exhausting way to start our Christmas trip to California.  We learned that Lyla is fearless!  Her first ride was Tower of Terror in California Adventure!  Even though she was scared during the ride, and held onto Kevin's arm for dear life, she LOVED.  She would try anything we put her in line for, the faster the better, for her.  But at the end of it all she said her favorite ride was It's a Small World, which speaks very loudy that her girlie side is dominant! :)

Macey was very brave this time around, according to Disneyland she is 40" exactly, which allowed her to get on some of the bigger rides.  She loved Radiator Springs Racers, but about halfway through Thunder Mountain Railroad she decided she'd had enough.  I was greeted by a bawling little girl who clung to me for a bit while she recovered.  I was so proud of her for trying.

Xander, well, he was a bit scared.  We forced him (yes, I'm that Mom) on some of the rides he had been on last time (when he was 2), only because we knew he could.  He isn't quite 40", which was fine because he had no interest on going on anything too fast.  Characters aren't his thing, rides aren't his thing, but because it's Disneyland, he had a great time anyway!

We landed in LAX, stayed two nights there, used all of our energy on 2 days at Disneyland, and then headed to Bakersfield for Steinert Christmas...