No trip to Disneyland would be complete without a visit with Disney's most famous princesses. We decided to splurge a bit and have breakfast with the Princesses at Ariel's Grotto in the California Adventures park. Caityn was in awe of all the princesses in their beautiful dresses. The royal announcer definitely had Sean's attention too, every time he rang his bell to announce the arrival of another princess. Luckily, we were the first to arrive, the first to be seated, the first to be served breakfast, and the first to meet and greet with each princess. That worked out well, because Sean had had enough by the time the last princess made her way to our table.
Waiting for DCA gates to open. Strike a princess pose!
Caityn and Princess Ariel (aka Little Mermaid). I was worried that she might flip out seeing LM without her mermaid costume on, but Caityn expertly explained to me that she wasn't wearing that because she wasn't in the water. Duh Mom!
Waiting for more princesses to arrive!
Daddy and Sean being silly.
Caityn and Cinderella
Caityn and Belle
Caityn and Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty)
Caityn, Snow White, and one of the dwarves
After our royal breakfast, we headed to Bugsland to ride the kiddie rides. It was totally empty, so we got on each ride right away. But they just weren't very exciting rides.
Caityn and Mommy riding the world's slowest bumper cars. I should have known...they were shaped as slugs!
Our trip to DCA ended with a totally awesome Disney's Playhouse live show with Mickey and friends, Pooh and friends, Little Einsteins, and Handy Manny. Both Caityn and Sean had their eyes glued to the stage the whole time. They loved it!! While we were waiting for that show to start, I took the kids into a gift shop to look around and Caityn fell in love with a (very expensive) Snow White dress. I wasn't about to spend $65 dress up clothes, but it's been the only thing she talks about since leaving Disneyland. She found a quarter and a penny on the piano yesterday, and told me she could buy the dress. I guess we'll have to search for a bargain dress somewhere else.
All conked out on the drive back home with Disneyland goodies in their laps. Yes, I know Sean is not yet old enough to have his carseat facing forward (he's 11 months old today!), but the alternative was possibly having to listen to him scream bloody murder for an hour and a half. Luckily, he fell asleep for the entire car ride both ways.
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4 comments:
So glad you had a great trip. Disney can be so fun and so exhausting.
Disneyland is so much fun with little ones!
I give you another year before you've had it up to here with Disney princesses. :)
That is wonderful! The things we do for our kids! Caityn will be on cloud 9 for weeks!
I got Chloe's Snow White dress at TJ Maxx for only 15! It is actually nicer than the one we saw at Disney...it was around Halloween though, so not sure if you can wait that long. My sources tell me that SW is coming out of the vault this summer/fall though, so you should be able to find one then....and, does Abel own any other shirts?! Every time I see him in a pic, he is wearing one of the Sunday Morning Rides Shirts!! Miss you guys!
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