DISNEYLAND! Part 1

I was just a teensy bit excited about DISNEYLAND this year!

Not gonna lie, I hardly slept the Wednesday night before we left.

I jumped out of bed at 5am Thursday, we loaded up our car and headed out!

We thought leaving Mikenna in pajamas would be a good idea and she would just sleep on the drive...

Negative.

(Seriously... I thought all kids slept in the car?!)

She did great though, no complaining, no tears... not bad for a 2 year old on a 7+ hour drive!

We arrived late that afternoon and got settled in, went to dinner with everyone (lots of family joined us), and decided to get to bed early that night so we could rest for the park in the morning.

Well, we woke up that morning to a grumpy girl.

Have I mentioned Mikenna is my child?

She takes a while to warm up to EVERYTHING, and until she does, she is very serious.

I think she was a bit overwhelmed with everything at the park... the people, the noise, the rides.

She asked to ride some rides though and even though we couldn't tell if she liked them or not, her first words once we got off were, "Go do it again now?"

She loved the Dumbo ride and LOVED the Casey Jr. train.

We spent the rest of the morning riding a few rides with Grammy and Aitachi.

THEN... we found Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore.

As soon as she saw those characters, Mikenna was a happy, HAPPY girl!

 She couldn't get enough of Tigger.

That excitement on her face when she got to hug the characters made the WHOLE trip worth it.

That was all she needed to make her happy for the rest of the day.

We spent a few more hours at the park spending some time with Grammy, riding rides, eating treats, and meeting more characters.

After a few more hours of fun my tired girl was more than ready for a nap.


We headed back to the room for a late afternoon nap before dinner with everyone that evening.
After an awesome nap and a yummy dinner at Rainforest Cafe, we headed to California Adventure with Aitachi.
We were dying to take Kenna on the Monsters, Inc. ride (her favorite movie) and the Little Mermaid ride (her favorite princess).
She loved the rides and we found so much more she was able to do at CA Adventure, it was awesome!
We made it back to Dinseyland just in time for the fireworks on Main Street.

And what are fireworks without a little sugar, right?

It was a looooooooong day, we all slept pretty darn well that night!