Alrighty, so here is the final chapter in our California adventures- Disney! We didn't have time and couldn't afford to take the girls to Disneyland but I just felt that their first trip to Cali just wouldn't be complete without at least a little Disney magic!
On Sunday night we headed to downtown Disney for dinner and to see the Disneyland fireworks.
On Sunday night we headed to downtown Disney for dinner and to see the Disneyland fireworks.
While we at Downtown Disney- we introduced the girls to pin trading! They LOVED it. There aren't as many employees with pins Downtown as in the parks, but we found a few. One of them was busy when we came up to trade with him, but the girls waited patiently for a chance to look at his lanyard- which really paid off! Apparently, Mickey wasn't far away and saw how grown up and patient the girls were being, so he told the guy in his "special Disney ear piece" to let the girls take any pin they wanted without having to trade one of theirs! Lucky girls!
The girls had a great time, but it had been a loooooong weekend for them and they crashed hardcore on the way back to the hotel. Meoldy woke up about 5 minutes before we got there, screaming and crying because she needed to go potty but her brain was so tired that she couldn't make the words come out of her mouth. :( I felt so bad for her! Both girls slept super hard that night- which was good because the next morning we headed to Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel for a character breakfast!!
We immediately spotted a photo op in the lobby, with the goofy statue!
We got there a little bit early, so we popped into one of the souvenir shops, where Jessica bought Mel and Beth some Minnie Mouse ears! (You know a Disney experience isn't complete without ears!)
What else was awesome about the Disney portion of our trip? We met up with Aunt Amy and Aunt Lara!
They are so awesome! They were in Cali for Disneyland and were nice enough to bring us out some delightful Dole Pineapple Whip on Sunday night after fireworks and meet us for breakfast on Monday morning!
After what seemed like forever, it was finally our turn! The first thing they do is take you in to meet Mickey and get a family picture taken! This was the moment of truth- we weren't really sure how Melody was going to react to the characters... she doesn't have a very good track record with people in costume- including Santa- but she did great! Both girls loved it from the get-go!
Then it was time for breakfast!
The girls loved the bendy straws that came with their orange juice
And they gobbled up the kid friendly food...
... like the waffles shaped like Mickey! How cool is that?!
The buffet had something for absolutely everyone. Seriously, they had fruit, veggies, egg scrambles, potatoes, breakfast pizza, pastries, cereal, bagels, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles-- any breakfast food you could think of was there- and it was pretty delicious too!
Here's a pic of one of my plates- YUM!
All the characters were on the other side of the restaurant when we first sat down, which was kinda good because it gave us a chance to eat a little bit.
The first character that made it our way was Minnie Mouse!
TWO people at our table had birthdays within a couple weeks of a trip- Aunt Amy and Jessica both got special birthday pins, were serenaded a Disney style birthday song, and got a yummy Mickey shaped birthday cake!
The girls started getting a little impatient for the next character to come around, so we made another trip up front to see Mickey. He gave them a big hug and swayed with them to the music while I took their picture.
After that Melody and I took some silly pictures while we waited for Auntie Tarin's most favorite character...
....STITCH!
Stitch was a little stinker! He liked to cover people's faces to make it harder to take pictures of them.
Silly Stitch!
The girls started getting a little impatient for the next character to come around, so we made another trip up front to see Mickey. He gave them a big hug and swayed with them to the music while I took their picture.
After that Melody and I took some silly pictures while we waited for Auntie Tarin's most favorite character...
....STITCH!
Stitch was a little stinker! He liked to cover people's faces to make it harder to take pictures of them.
Stitch is the only character that I wanted pictures with. He is my all time fave good guy!
He tried covering my face too...
but I got a good one with him!
But then he started picking my nose! And then he ate it! Ewwwwww!
That really made the girls laugh though.
Pluto was the next character to visit us- and that was Aunt Amy's favorite! When they first announced that he was coming up she was super excited- so of course we had to stay for her to get a pic!
We all had a lot of fun- Thanks Nana and Grandpa for providing the cash for this super memorable breakfast. It was a blast for every single person there.
Before we hit the road and headed back to AZ, Melody and Bethany wanted one more pic with Goofy.
Notice Mel's little foot pop? Amy thought it was so cute, she couldn't resist getting her picture taken that way too!
Notice Mel's little foot pop? Amy thought it was so cute, she couldn't resist getting her picture taken that way too!
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