Our Christmas present was finally here! We were going to Disneyland! The night before I literally was a kid on Christmas Eve and couldn't sleep.
That morning we had to wake up Nora which was probably the only time I saw her upset. That girl loves her sleep... she is totally Kevin's child. Her being upset was shortly lived and turned into joy as the bus from the parking lot arrived. She kept saying "bus, bus, bus!" And she had no clue that wasn't even the funnest ride, but that we were headed to Disneyland!
We started the day in California Adventures. We went on rides and of course ate and ate. About mid day we all decided to separate for about an hour before meeting up for dinner. I stayed with my mom and we decide to do the mini tour of the sourdough company. We mostly did it for the free sample of bread, but that tiny piece of bread didn't satisfy us so we got a bread bowl to split. Oh were we in heaven! I could live off bread!
We meet up with everyone and went on the new Carsland ride. Way fun! And after that we went to dinner.
We had some time after dinner so we went back to Carsland and the shops and that's where we got Nora her "1st visit" pin. This was Nora's first visit at Disneyland/California Adventures and when she got her "1st visit" pin she was so proud of it! She held onto that pin like it was her pride and joy. She was one happy girl!
After looking at the shops we went to the California Adventures light show which was AMAZING!
Then we headed over to Disneyland to watch the parade on Main Street. It was magical how it all worked out. Just as we were walking up Michael and I got benches in the perfect spot to watch the parade. The parade was FANTASTIC! Nora was so tired, but that didn't stop her from waving to all the characters as they went by. She was just adorable.
The next day Jenny, Michael and I went to the park opening. Parking opening is always so magical where they pick a family to open the park. I always tear up it's so magical. The first thing we did was race to space mountain, my favorite ride! We were one of the first to get on the ride... Only way to ride that ride. After that the line gets too long. Then we did a few more rides before the rest of the family came. One ride was the teacups. We did them twice, which I thought they would get me sick, but looking back they were the favorite ride from the day. We ended up going four times that day!
Shortly after the teacups we went back up to the front and met my mom, Bailey, Kevin and Nora. We took some family pictures because yes we had matching shirts and yes Jenny and Michael made them and yes they were adorable!! Then we took the train to it's a small world and toontown.
In toontown Nora met Mickey for the first time and it was so cute. The first thing she did was showed Mickey her Olaf shirt. So adorable!
Disneyland isn't complete without all the food. We had churros, corn on the cob, bread bowls, corn dogs, marshmallows on a stick and my favorite frozen lemonade! Listing all that food just makes me hungry!
After all the eating and shopping the teacups was a must again to recreate the first Disney trip. We even got the teal teacup, but you can't see it in the picture. And I believe we got the facial expressions down to a tee!
Disneyland was truly so special because I got the see Disney through Nora's eyes. It was so fun seeing her light up at everything... Pure happiness!
"Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy" -Walt Disney
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