Disneyland, Day 2

Day 2 of Disneyland consisted of meeting lots of characters, going on lots of rides and dressing up for Mickey's Halloween Party! There are lots of pictures from day 2.  Enjoy!

We walked into the park and saw Pluto. 

Pluto signed their autograph books and posed for a cute picture.

Pluto and Colton

Peter Pan!

We were so lucky with catching the characters when there were literally no line.  Cinderella was AWESOME!  She spent at least 5 minutes with Kinley alone.  She talked to her, hugged her, signed her autograph book and took pictures with her. 

She asked Kinley all sorts of questions and Kinley, who is usually very outgoing, was mesmerized by Cinderella.

Big hugs!

Signing her autograph book.

Posing for pictures.

One last hug.

Colton, a little shyer, got a hug from Cinderella as well.

To pose for the picture, Cinderella had Colton pose as a prince.

Ariel!  Both kids love The Little Mermaid and were so excited to meet Ariel!

Colton has a slight crush on Ariel and loved meeting her.

Meeting Princess Jasmine.

All of the princesses were so great with both kids.  They will talk about their experiences with them for a long time.

While in line for Pirates of the Caribean, Kinley befriended the little girl in front of us.  The girl was older and took Kinley by the hand as we walked toward the ride.  She would even turn around in the ride and grab Kinley's hand and tell her not to be scared.  Too cute!

Tiana and Kinley in New Orleans Square.

Both kids saying hi.

Eric and I split up and he took Colton on Splash Mountain as Kinley and I went to see Flynn Rider and Rapunzel.  Colton sat in the very front of the ride and got soaked!

Winnie the Pooh!

Getting a hug from Pooh.

Tigger!  Eric said that Tigger was awesome and spent so much time with each kid that the workers told him to speed it up :).

Daddy got in on some Tigger action.

Eeyore!

We stayed at the Disneyland hotel.  It was not only so convenient and close but as we were walking back for naps before trick or treating, Goofy was just standing outside the door.

Just outside our hotel, getting ready to go to Mickey's Halloween Party.

I can't begin to tell you, as we walked to the park, how many people smiled as they saw Colton's costume.  We heard several, "That is awesome!" 

Each "land" has several trick or treating locations within it.  Lots and lots of candy.

Kinley and mommy watched the Halloween parade as Colton and Daddy went on the Matterhorn ride twice!

Kinley saying "hi" to the princesses as they went by.

Tea cups!  It was a long, fun day and the kids crashed upon arriving back at the hotel at 11:30 pm.

Disneyland, Day 1

We wanted to take the kids to Disneyland before the end of the year.  We normally go in October because we get a day off of work for Nevada day.  This year we decided to take a few days off of work and go in the week instead of the weekend.  What a great time we had!  We never waited more than 20 minutes in a line, usually 5-10 minutes. At four years old, Colton is tall enough to ride every ride but one and boy did he and Eric have a good time.  Kinley is tall enough to go on a lot of the younger rides this year as well.  Enjoy!

The night before leaving the kids got their suitcases and were ready to go.

As soon as we walked into California Adventure on the first day we saw Goofy walking around.  Both kids went up and give him a big hug.

Kinley only wanted to hug Goofy and not turn around for a picture.

Goofy was so cute with her.  When she didn't want to let go he just hugged her tighter!

Literally as we walked away from Goofy we spotted Chip and Dale.  Once again, Kinley immediately hugged Chip.

Colton got in on the action.

Kissing Chip's nose goodbye.

As we started walking toward Bug's Life, we ran into Mr. Incredible.

A ride in Bugs Life.

Waiting to go.

Eric took Colton on Tower of Terror.  Yes, you heard me right, Tower of Terror (and he loved it!) so Kinley and I walked around and found Jake from the Neverland Pirates.

Sofia the First.

Cars Land is AWESOME.  The kids had fun riding the tractors.

Eric took them on this ride because it goes in circles and I don't do well going in circles :).

While waiting for the Pixar parade to begin, the kids had fun dancing in the cleared street.

Colton showing off his skills.

The green Army men from Toy Story.

Woody, Jessie and Buzz.

Mater came by as well.

Back in Cars Land with Lightening McQueen.  (Sorry, couldn't get the picture to flip)

RED!

We stayed for the World of Color and both kids fell asleep.  We only brought one stroller, for Kinley, so Eric had to carry Kinley all the way back to the hotel as Colton was put in the stroller.  Good thing we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and it wasn't too far away.