In January, Mark and I planned a trip to Disneyland for our family and kept it a secret from the kids. When spring break began I took the kids to visit Chris, Shae, and Lucy. Mark flew down on April 8 to join us. The kids were told it was because I didn't want to drive back home alone. On Sunday morning while the kids were eating breakfast Mark said, "Guess what!? We are not going home today!" Tyler's eyes got big with anticipation. Mark continues, "We are going to Disneyland!!" Now you would expect jumping and screaming from excitement right?!?!?! Well, the complete opposite happened. Tyler and Maleina just stared at us and maybe a few tears fell because of fear from the roller coasters. After a lot of convincing and encouragement from us and Chris and Shae (thank you) we were able to get the kids excited. Then I got the picture of the excitement I was expecting at first.
We had a wonderful time at the two parks. Monday night we ate dinner at Goofy's Kitchen which is a character dining experience. We had Minnie Mouse, Tweedle Dee or Dum, Mad Hatter, Aladdin, Jasmin all come to our table to visit with the kids. During our four days we also saw Goofy, Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Pinnochio, Geppedo, Chip & Dale, Donald Duck, Tinkerbell, Rapunzel & Flynn Rider, Snow White, and Aurora.
Tyler didn't ride Indiana Jones until our last day after a lot of pushing and it turned out to be his favorite ride. He loved anything to do with pirates and had a blast watching the shows Fantasmic, Fireworks, and his favorite World of Color.
Maleina was a little daredevil and rode any roller coaster that she was tall enough to go on. The first coaster she rode was in Toon Towne and she even got to ride in the front car. She laughed through the entire ride and the first words out of her mouth when it was over were, "let's do it again!" She also loved dressing up as the Disney princesses Rapunzel and Ariel. (Mom loved styling her hair like a princess also!)
