DISNEYLAND day TWO...

The second day of our trip we went to Disneyland!! It was Friday and the park was open from 8am-12am... so needless to say we were ready for a FULL DAY of FUN!! We had a GREAT night sleep because everyone was tired from the previous day so we  woke up and headed to have our Continental Breakfast!!

 We got to the gates early and they let us in to wait on Main Street U.S.A. until the park opens at 8am. Can you tell we were excited to get going... look at the kids below...

 We hit up Fantasyland first and got a TON of rides in... first we did Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Snow White's Scary Adventure then we hit up DUMBO the flying Elephant... Hailey was scared to go on it at first but the second I let her control the elephant she was in heaven! We rode this one TWICE!!

 Then we went on King Authors Carousel, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (which neither kid enjoyed) then waited for a while for Peter Pan's Flight... Landon LOVED this... it was worth the wait!

Then we headed over to Casey Jr.'s Circus Train where we saw... AMANDA!! She is the awesome cousin that got us into the park for FREEEEEE..... (minus us paying for Hailey's ticket) She was the conductor and it was SO fun! The kids wanted to be in the cage area so I jumped in with them...

Then we decided to head over to the Mad Tea Party cups... Hailey really liked this one...

 Then we hit up the Alice In Wonderland Caterpillar ride and then the Storybook Canal Boats... The beginning of this ride was horrifying for Hailey. She took one look at the whale's mouth we were to enter and told us that it was not a good idea. LUCKILY as I was forcing her to go, a nice ride helper gave Hailey a "Magic Flashlight" so she would be safe on the trip. Once we got through the whale she calmed down and said "Oh Mommy, that was not bad!" I just giggled and enjoyed the ride. At the end of the ride the same ride helper gave Hailey a button because she was SO brave! It made her day!!

 We headed towards the back of Fantasyland and noticed there was a line for seeing the Princess's. Mom, Myself and Hailey waited about an hour in that line while Matt and Landon rode on the train then rode some other things... Half way through our wait they switched out the princess's so we missed Aurora Belle and Cinderella.... but we did get to meet...

Tiana!! FUNNY STORY... so we walked around the side to get into where the Princess's were and the first thing we saw was a yellow-green dress... I KID YOU NOT... my mom says to the kids "LOOK It is BELLE!" and I laugh and say "MOM, she is black... take another guess..." and we all laugh and get our picture with Princess Tiana from the movie The Princess and The Frog. THEN...

 ARIEL!! Landon walked right up to her and gave her a hug before Hailey was even over there... it was ADORABLE! The got to hold her shell necklace that held her voice. She was very sweet to the kids. I think Landon liked her the best. THEN...

 JASMINE!! She was a TALKER! She had Hailey telling her who everyone was; and when Hailey asked her where Aladdin and Abu were she was quick with her responses. It was a VERY neat experience meeting the Princess's. We were surprised how into it Landon was. We got our Family Picture on the Royal Castle seat...

 We decided to finish up the rides so we got in line for It's a Small World... It had been decorated for Christmas and it was BEAUTIFUL! The kids were in shock looking at everything! And that had just about finished our Fantasyland Area so we headed over to Mickey's Toontown Attractions...

 We waited WAY to long in line for Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin... but had fun chatting in line. Then we played in the Jailhouse and the Toon Car; then hit up Goofy's Bounce House. We had to hit up Chip n' Dale's Treehouse only because they were my favorite characters as a kid. We all enjoyed that.

 Then Grandma rested while the rest of us headed to Gadget's Go Coaster... this was the ONLY roller coaster that we made Hailey go on. It was about 30 seconds long and after we got off she told me she never wanted to go on that again...

While Matt was riding other rides with Landon and we were waiting to see the Princess's he picked up some Fast Passes to Star Wars. So we headed over to the Tomorrowland Attractions. The kids were not able to ride this one so we took turns. My mom and Matt went first and I took the kids potty and got them in line for the Astro Orbiter. They got out in time so Mom and I switched places and she got to ride this with them. We did not have the camera out at this time. We decided it was time to get some food in our bellies so we left the park and went to lunch. We took the Disneyland Railroad back to the front gate and got in the car and hit up TACO BELL.We rested our feet and just had a nice break... We went back to the hotel to get ready for colder weather and then we were BACK for more... Matt ran to get fast passes for Indiana Jones ride and we headed for Autopia. We let the kids drive and we had alot of fun. Then we went to the Nemo Submarine Adventure. The kids really enjoyed seeing Nemo...

 After that we were able to meet up with AMANDA, she got off work and came back to hang. It was fun talking with her about her job and family and future wedding... we hit up Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blaster. MAN Landon was in HEAVEN!!...

 Then we went over to Adventureland to get on the Indiana Jones Adventure. Again we took turns and while Matt and Amanda went first mom and I took the kids into Tarzan's Treehouse. The kids liked that so much they went again when Mom and I went on Indiana Jones. I had NEVER been on this ride before and I loved it!! We hit up the Jungle Cruise; the cruise director was FUNNY!! I wish we would have gone during the day so the kids could see better... we were hungry AGAIN by this time so we headed for the MONORAIL which Landon had been pointing out since we first got there...

We took the monorail  into Downtown Disney where we ate at The Rainforest Cafe. We had reservations so we got to shop a little before our reservation time. We traded more pins and Mom got some cute little coins for her Primary Kids. The food at the Rainforest Cafe was SO good... I think everyone enjoyed it except for the sleeping Hailey and cranky Landon...

 After dinner Mom took the kids back to the hotel to rest and Matt, Amanda and I went back to the park to enjoy some ADULT rides. (THANKS MOM) We went on the Matterhorn Bobsleds which I had never gone on before either. Then we went on the Haunted Mansion which was "Jack the Pumpkin Kinged OUT".  Our last ride we got in was Big Thunder Mountain... it was GREAT to end on that one!! We got a beautiful pictures of the castle at night; shopped on Main Street U.S.A, then headed back to the hotel.

We gave Amanda a ride home so we got to see the outside of her apartment which was neat. We sure are lucky she offered for family to come and enjoy Disneyland with her!! It was a WONDERFULLY MAGICAL time and we all slept in the next day and woke up just in time to get breakfast and check out! We missed a few rides here and there and we hope to go back before too long to enjoy them while we can... On our drive home we shopped a little at some outlets in LA and made it home to sleep in our own beds... it was a WONDERFUL little Vacation!!