Disneyland on a rainy Friday night

I finally brought the camera!

Standing in line waiting to ride Nemo.

Playing around in Toon Town.

We went to see the spectacular Fireworks on Friday night. It was worth it! I know we all enjoyed it, even in the drizzle. Suggestion: take the monorail to downtown Disney to exit the park and then walk to the parking structure instead of riding the tram. I think we arrived home about 30 minutes faster by doing this. Thanks to good feet :)

1st time for everything

Well I can actually say that I managed to survive 6 hours at Disneyland with the 4 children. There is not many things that I feel can keep them all happy for long periods of time. Lee (sad and depressed) had to return to work on Monday after a very long (7 weeeeeeeeeks) break from school. But school was out and Disney was begging for us to come in. I tried to keep the trip focused on things we have never done or something that each child wanted to see or do (including me).

Started off with a musical dance street show from High School Musical 3 in California Adventure. Then we got soaked on some exhilarating water ride that none of us have been on before. I wonder why? Ponchos, trash bags, etc. highly advised. Perry and Libby rode California Screamin'...loved it. The kids had not been on Toy Story - Perry thought it was better than Buzz. We all had a first time riding the Zephyr ---oooohhh, don't need a second time, a little boring for all of us. Libby and Perry also had a first on Monsters Inc. and then we headed over to Indiana Jones - since Brooke was denied our last trip (height requirement). I pinkie swore that I would get her on the ride. After 3 people measured, she passed and hated the ride. She gave it a big thumbs down. Gotta love kids! Sage's favorite was Thunder Mountain.

On some of our long walks we ate cotton candy and then while waiting in line we ate a sucker. Gotta keep the sugar high going to walk all over several lands. Longest wait was catching the tram back to the car! Back at home for dinner and bedtime. Still haven't visited Pixie Hollow, but I know it will still be there next time :) Have you ever looked inside the windows along main street? The kids were enjoying some that depict different Disney stories.

Disneyland on a Friday night

Sorry...no pictures, I was traveling light.

We did it! We made it to Disneyland with our new passes for the first time in 2010. Thanks again to our grandparents. We ate dinner before we left on the journey. So our backpack was filled with drinks, Cheetos and candy for the crew of 6. I thought it went very smoothly. It was not that crowded and our kids made it until almost 11 (when they close). Next time we plan to see the fireworks up closer instead of over by Autotopia. They have some kind of amazing show that includes the castle, fire and whatever else they have put together. Disney does everything so well. We have plans to go several more times this month, including Lee and myself going (without kids) and eating at the Blue Bayou. This Friday, Brooke will go with a few of her friends to celebrate a belated birthday. I will be sure to take some photos.

Wasn't sure if there was still a family activity that all 6 of us could do anymore, but Disneyland still has it going on. Everyone was happy. Backpack of goodies sure helped while waiting in line. Brooke had her siblings guess the color of skittle she was holding behind her back, if you guessed it correctly, she gave it to them to eat. If they didn't guess correctly, she quickly ate it herself. You can quickly figure out who was eating the majority if the skittles - but the other kids were glad to have any at all (since the skittles belonged to Brooke).