Our California Adventure Part 1: Disneyland

So, several months ago, Carrie and Chris were visiting and the four of us started talking about taking a summer trip together.  We came up with going to Disneyland because we all love California and agreed that Disneyland would be perfect for us because it's a bit smaller.  Then, we decided  to throw in LEGOLAND, and while we're there, might as well do the San Diego Zoo!  Plus, we want a couple days of sightseeing, so our little summer trip turned into a full week in California!  We were so excited for this trip! We were all going to do two days at Disney...one at Magic Kingdom and one at California Adventure.  Chris and Carrie decided to do a 3rd day at Magic Kingdom while we took Nathan and Charlotte sightseeing in LA.  We all got to LA Friday evening and got unpacked in our hotel room and then walked to a nearby restaurant for dinner...Clancy's.  We LOVED Clancy's!  Pearce was soooooooooo excited to see Nathan and Charlotte!  Saturday morning, we got up early, got dressed, and then went downstairs to eat breakfast.  We were able to take a bus from the hotel to take us to Magic Kingdom, which was really convenient.  We really didn't have to wait too long for most of the rides, which was nice.  The first character we saw was the wicked queen from Snow White.  It was great because she was sooo in character!  She snatched Charlotte and Nathan's autograph books and when they started giggling about it, she said "What are you two silly children laughing at" which only made them giggle more!  Pearce just stood there biting his fingernails :)  The kids loved meeting Mickey and Minnie, Buzz and Woody, Flick from A Bug's Life (I think that's his name!), Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and when Pearce and Carrie had the opportunity to meet the fairest of them all, Snow White.......well, he failed miserably :)  Snow White said in her sweet voice, "Well, hello there handsome" and that was all it took for him to bury his head deep in Carrie's neck!  We went to California Adventure on our second day and we all really liked the park as well!  The Cars Land was really cute and looked just like movie.  There was one huge roller coaster there that Nathan couldn't wait to ride, but Charlotte and Pearce were too short.  So, Carrie rode it by herself and then kept Pearce and Charlotte while the rest of us rode.  It was so scary, but so fun!!!!  The best one, I think, was Tower of Terror!  I can't believe Charlotte and Nathan weren't scared!  Poor little Pearce....he had no idea what the ride was and afterwards he said he did NOT like it, LOL!!!

California Adventure!