Our First Time

Kelli told me I had better take my kids to Disneyland before they were too old for the magic. So Daniel and I decided to take the kids this spring break. Ann stayed in San Diego with Chloë and Lula while Daniel and I took the 2 older kids and enjoyed the magic. Sam is so excited I could not even get a picture of him looking at the camera, he was trying to process everything around him!

Here is Sleepy Beauty's castle. It was amazing!
Later in the day we took the grand tour and even found Sleeping Beauty with her Prince.

Our first rides were Dumbo, PeterPan, and Casey Jr.'s railroad ride. Then we headed to It's a Small World boat tour and ended up in Toon Town. We were so lucky to see Goofy. Sam just wanted to watch, but Olivia wanted a picture!

Sam was waiting for a picture with Micky Mouse. That was very exciting!

By now the kids were getting the gist of the rides and having such a great time.

At this point we had been at Disneyland for about 5 hours. Sam and Olivia, for some reason, made a big deal about taking turns riding with Daniel and I. It was cute, they wanted to make sure they were being fair riding with each of us. Everything about the park was so nice. Daniel was commenting on the amount of details that had been thought through. Another nice thing was the short lines. The longest we ended up waiting was about 20 minutes for the submarine ride and race cars.
I am glad we came mid week. The weather was great as well.


By now we had eaten all our snacks and we were ready for some real food... well some of us were ready for real food. Olivia did not want pizza or salad so she had an apple and Cheetos. She was in heaven!

After lunch we went on the Buzz Light Year ride. Sam and Daniel loved the gun to shoot the targets. Of course, Daniel blew everyone away with his score in the hundreds of thousands.
We were still trying to rest up from our exciting morning so we went on the Jungle Cruise. For some reason Sam was scared of everything. Throughout the day if he was scared he would put his finger in his ear.

Our afternoon was spent on the Big Kid side of the park. We took the kids on Space Mountain, which they just loved. Olivia had the time of her life, wanting more fast dark rides. Sam really liked it as well. He is funny; he looks serious while on the ride, but then he says how much he LOVES the roller coasters and wants to go again.

After the fireworks show the park was basically empty. We went over to Splash Mountain and walked right onto our own log. The kids loved that ride and, since no one was around, we ran back around and did it again, and again. Then we tried the Winnie the Pooh ride. We were the only ones there as well. The worker said Sam and Liv would be alright alone, so we let them sit together in front. They were so proud of that.

We were about to leave because it was almost 11pm, but we decided to see if Peter Pan was still open. It was, so we went on that ride one last time.
It was a great way to end our first day with Sam and Liv at Disneyland...where dreams do come true!