This year we spent 5 wonderful days in the Happiest Place on Earth. Disneyland is one of our most favorite times of the year and this year was no exception. The girls were so super excited to go to Disneyland this year, Tatum knows we go around her birthday and talks all year about when we will go, it is so great to finally get there and get started with the fun!! The parks were only open 10-8 while we were there so it was nice to not have super long days. Each day we bounced back and forth between parks and were out of there before the fireworks. Thought Tatum might want to see them this year but we were wrong. Camdyn watched them with us one night from outside the entrance and she seemed fine with them. Maybe next year we will see how they go!!
Our first day at the park was Sunday November 25th. The first thing that Tatum wanted to do was go to Cars Land. She had been so incredibly excited to see Cars Land and we couldn't wait to take her. As soon as we got in Matt, Adam and Lindsey went to get in line for fast passes to Radiator Springs. So Grampa, Gramma and I took the girls over to Monsters Inc. When we got to the ride they were just opening up and having a screaming contest for the screamer of the day. Guess who won?!? Tatum Ann screamed her best scream and won the title!! She was so excited. She got a certificate and with that certificate she got to go to the front of the line for that ride for the rest of the day. We are proud of our little screamer :)
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Screamer of the Day!!
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| Sully!!!! |
After Monsters Inc we headed over to Cars Land. We did Mater's ride first,Tatum loved it, Camdyn hated it. Then we did Luigi's Flying tires, which is quite possibly the most boring ride ever.
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| Cars Land |
Then it was off to the Pier where we saw Donald. Tatum was excited, Camdyn was good until he got to close!!
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| Tatum and Donald Duck |
Next up Toy Story Midway Mania!! We did so many other rides in California Adventure and loved it. While the big kids rode California Screamin, Grampa and I took the girls around the pier. Last year when I tried to take Tatum on Jumpin Jellyfish she was just a tad too short so they gave me a card and told me to bring her back with the card when she was tall enough and she would be able to go to the front of the line. Being the Mom that I am, of course I kept the card for a year and we brought it back and rode the ride. She was definitely tall enough this year and we were glad we got to the front of the line as it was a pretty long one. Tatum was a bit scared at first but loved being able to see everything!! Then we took the girls over to ride Ariel and it was definitely a favorite of both the girls especially Camdyn. The rest of the afternoon was so much fun riding all of the rides. We ended the day in Disneyland and ran into Sleeping Beauty!!
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| California Adventure |
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| Fun!! |
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| Tatum and Sleeping Beauty |
Monday morning our girls got dressed in their Princess dresses that Aunt Becky had made for them. Tatum as Snow White and Camdyn as Rapunzel. They were the absolute most adorable Princesses ever!! We started the day off with a few rides and then headed over to Pixie Hollow to see Tinkerbell and Periwinkle. Tatum loved posing like a fairy. Camdyn of course didn't want anything to do with them and preferred to wave from a distance. All Tatum wanted to do that day was see Snow White. Disney Magic must of been in the air because as soon as we got to the front of the Princess line there was a princess switch and there was Snow White!! It was so fun hearing Tatum talk to the Princesses!! Camdyn is not a fan of characters/Princesses so Daddy took her on the carousel 7 times in a row. Yes he is an amazing Daddy!! Tatum got to see Mickey while Camdyn was snoozing. That night Tatum got to hang out with the big kids and do a few rides and Toy Story Mania while I took Camdyn to see the Pixar Parade. She just wanted to watch the parade and not have the characters notice her. But she loved clapping along and recognizing who was in the parade.
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Snow White and Rapunzel |
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| Character Time!! |
Tuesday was another fun day at the park. We started the day off in Fantasy Land then headed to New Orleans Square and had a great time. The big kids did Splash Mountain while the Grandparents took the girls down to Pooh's Corner. We did so many rides and loved all of them.
That afternoon we had so much fun at the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in California Adventure. We had not been into this part of the park ever before and we were so surprised at how awesome it was. There was so much to climb and rope nets to walk across. The girls had a blast on the slides and going through caves. Tatum even got to 'rock climb' with Grampa!!
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| Redwood Creek Challenge Trail |
That day we took the girls to see the Disney Junior show at California Adventure. It was The Best!! We barely made it into the show. The time on the program differed from the time on the building, but they let us in last minute and we are so glad. The girls absolutely loved every second of the show and jammed out the entire time. It was so much fun watching them enjoy it so much. Man I love those sweet girls. After Disney Junior, Grampa, Gramma and Papa took the girls over to see the Pixar Parade while us big kids went to ride Tower of Terror. It was fun to go on a big kid ride and be silly.
Downtown Disney put up an ice rink to promote the new Tinkerbell movie and Tatum just could not wait to lace up her skates and give it a try. Tatum, Nic and I got to the ice first and then Aunt Emma and Aunt Lindsey joined us later. Let me just say that helping Tatum ice skate was quite possible the hardest thing ever. My back was killing me by the end of the night. We only fell once though and I put her on my lap when we fell so she didn't get hurt. Tatum thought it was awesome and wanted to then do it every day!! Camdyn was too young and had to watch, she was not happy about this fact and wasn't shy to let everyone know. Can't wait until both girls are old enough and we can take Camdyn and Daddy too :)
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| Ready to Ice Skate |
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| Ice Skating Fun!! |
Wednesday Matt's cousin Katie was able to come spend the day with us and we are so glad we got to see her!! We started the day with a little bit of Tea with Alice and the Mad Hatter. Alice was sitting on the bench and Tatum went up to her so I took Cam close and she was fine. But then the the Mad Hatter snuck up behind her and grabbed her binky and oh man did Camdyn freak out. I have never seen Camdyn be so scared ever. It was awful but cute at the same time!! Then we did some shopping and then of course Buzz and the Rockets.
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| Alice, Tatum, the Mad Hatter |
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| Katie & Tatum ~ Camdyn & Aunt Emma |
Then we headed to see the Aladdin show at California Adventure. The girls loved the show and really enjoyed the music. The only time they jumped was when the Genie originally came out. After the show we ran into Goofy, just love Disneyland Magic!! That afternoon we went over to Toon Town and saw Minnie Mouse, her house is just so much fun. We rode Gadgets Go Coaster with Tatum, Camdyn got to go to Donald's House and then headed to the parade. Since we didn't sit and wait for a spot on the parade route for an hour like everyone else seemed to do, we were pretty far back watching it. But we just put the girls up on our shoulders and they were happy and could see. While Santa was going by at the end Tatum yelled really loud what she wanted him to bring her for Christmas. Camdyn did too, just not quite sure what she asked for ;)
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| Goofy!! |
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| Minnie!! |
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| Toon Town |
Thursday was our last day at Disney and we decided that would be the day we would celebrate Tatum's birthday. She was so proud to walk around with her Birthday button all day.
Thursday was an amazing day, it was the first day that the girls did not have a major melt down. Camdyn had a small one but Tatum did not cry or whine all day!! It was great. We started the day with Small World and then headed over to Mickey's house. We had a great time playing with the gadgets there and then meeting Mickey!! We rode Autopia and then so many rides in between. Then it was time for a ride around the park on the Disneyland Railroad.
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| Sisters |
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| Mickey Mouse |
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| Loving Disney |
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| Matt rocked at Buzz, getting over 1 million a couple of times!! |
We ended the night with the Pixar Parade in California Adventure. This was by far the girls most favorite thing. They danced and jumped and high fived. I think Tatum high fived every single character/performer in the parade and she even got to dance with several of them. Camdyn even got into the action and wasn't scared to let the performers high five her!!
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| Pixar Play Parade |
We are so lucky that we are able to take a fun family trip each year. We really do love seeing how much our girls love being at Disneyland. Even though the happiness is also accompanied by melt downs it is still amazing!! Love love love family time at Disneyland!!
