This was a place we didn't think we would go until the kids were at least 3 & 5 or close to that. We thought they were too young now, they wouldn't remember it or enjoy it, etc. But when we realized we were only an hour and a half away, and with how into Minnie Mouse and the Disney princesses Leah is, we decided we had to go!!!
Even though we made the decision a few days before our trip, we kept it a secret from everyone, especially Miss Leah to make it that much more exciting! That morning, luckily the kids woke up early so we didn't have to wake them. We quickly got ready, ate breakfast, and headed up to Anaheim!
Leah didn't ask where we were going that morning which was good. When we got close to Disneyland, there are pictures and posters all over the place with Mickey and characters on them. Leah would say "Look, Mickey!" "Hey there's Mickey again!" "That girl has Minnie ears on!" Haha it was so funny. Then we managed to get all the way into the park without her asking where we were. But I think she probably knew. Once we were inside we told her we were at Disneyland and she started jumping up and down clapping and saying "YAY!" First thing she asked was "Can we go see Snow White first?" :-) We got her reaction on video and it is the cutest thing ever! Of course I took a million pics, but here are some of my favorites -
This visit to Disneyland was dedicated to Leah, so we did all of the things that she wanted. We spent 90% of the day in Fantasy Land and Toon Town, riding the kiddie rides and stalking the princesses and Minnie Mouse :-) This was also Dustin's first ever visit to Disney so it was exciting for him as well.
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This was my first time on the Dumbo ride too! |
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Tinkerbell! |
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It's a Small World was Leah's favorite ride |
Dustin and I decided that we should each get to ride one adult ride while the other person stayed with the kids. Dustin went on the Indiana Jones ride, and I went on Splash Mountain! Next time we go we will have to go with other people so that Dustin and I can go on rides together (hint hint Grammy and Auntie :-)
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Mickey! |
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Carter was very unsure of Pluto until he started tickling him with his nose, it was so cute!! |
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Minnie! |
Leah loved the rides. She and Dustin even rode a pretty fast little roller coaster in Toon Town. Little daredevil! :-)
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Train ride |
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Daisy |
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Sleeping Beauty |
We tried to go on all of the rides that all four of us could ride together. That included It's a Small World and Peter Pan's Flight. Carter wasn't too thrilled with the rides :-)
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Snow White is Leah's favorite princess! She was the hardest one to find at the park ugh! |
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Carter was such a trooper! Just hung out and went with the flow! |
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Watching the parade - sooooo excited |
We are so glad we decided to take a day of our trip and take Leah to Disneyland. It was a wonderful day and completely worth it. She loved it so much and I think she will remember some parts of it. We wish we would have had more than one day, but we will definitely be going back!
Love all of the pictures, especially her face as she's watching the parade! Leah looks like she was absolutely in heaven. :)
ReplyDeleteAwww I'm so glad the kids had a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky little girl! You totally made her day. Great pics!
ReplyDeleteAw I love it. We swore we wouldnt do it when the boys were so young either, but they had a ball when we surprised them in March.
ReplyDeleteWow - so so fun! And you got so many great pics with all the characters!
ReplyDeleteAwww I love this post and seeing how happy you all were to be at the happiest place on earth!! We love Disneyland so much so this post was especially great because it brought back so many memories and visions of us there 6 months ago. I am so glad you decided to go, you were so close anyway!!! No doubt at all how much fun Leah would have had :)
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