Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Escape to California

Our last Disney trip was four years ago over Leap Day.  We thought that would be a fun tradition to keep, but Leap Day is getting a bit too close to baby day for us, so we moved our trip up to January.  The girls were so excited - or "encited" as Katie kept saying. 

Even before we got to Disneyland, that first day was about the most exciting thing Katie's ever experienced.  She loved riding a bus to the airport, train at the airport, escalator, moving sidewalk and then flying in an airplane for the first time. 



I rode most everything, but the Tea Cups were past my limit.

Pluto was the first character the girls met this time.  Katie just squeezed him and didn't want to let go, it was so sweet.  Eleanor loved being in charge of the autograph book. 

Gavin was able to convince Eleanor to go on all the roller coasters with him - this was their first. 

Katie had a very clear sense of which characters were nice and which ones she didn't want anything to do with.  Tinkerbell was a huge hit, but she wouldn't even stand next to Vidia because she was a mean fairy. 

We really enjoyed the Soundsational Parade.  Thank heavens for the wheelchair we borrowed for a place to sit!
Katie never made it back to the hotel (right across the street) awake.  Both girls were too worn out to even eat dinner most every night!  This picture is about 8:00. 

1 comment:

Kristin said...

Looks like a fun trip! I love the idea of making it a leap year tradition. I think it's been four years since we went to Disney...