Disneyland Day 1

We survived the long road trip and headed over to Disneyland with a few of our favorite people. Uncle J, Aunt Cory, and the DeTars were all their for the first day at Disney. And of course with a big group I thought we needed matching t shirts for our trip. I am not sure everyone was so  excited about our "vintage" mickey shirts.

We quickly headed into the park right when it opened and headed to our favorite area Fantasy Land. We headed on to the Peter Pan ride for Jackson's first ride. It is my FAVORITE ride and it received a applause when it was done. The kids were troopers and rode all the rides in Fantasy Land before we headed over to the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster ride. We knew this would be a hit with Jackson's infatuation with Buzz.
After, beating the Evil Emperor Zurg we talked the twins into riding Space Mountain. Emmeline was a huge fan and we probably ended Caden's dreams of becoming an astronaut after riding on the ride. He was less than thrilled with it.

In line for Space Mountain!

In an effort to get Caden to fall back in love with space we headed over to Star Tours. It became a new favorite. The boy would have stayed on that ride all day. Our favorite line from the day came from Caden when he got off the ride. With his chest all puffed up he said, " I am so good at EVERYTHING." Wow - talk about an ego boost.

Ready to ride Star Tours


After a long day at the park it was time to meet up with some good friends for dinner. The Medinas were joining us the next day at Disneyland and they arrived just in time for dinner. We met up at the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney. And we were spoiled. We lucked out and got a private room! It was just what we needed. A room with a huge table, glass walls so we could view the large television and a television in the room. There was plenty of room for the kids to run around while the adults relaxed with a few adult beverages. After dinner it was off to bed so we could wake up early and have breakfast with the characters!