We had an amazing time taking Ashley for her first trip to Disneyland! We didn't tell her until a couple days before and she was super excited. . .I think we all were super excited! We made some amazing memories and she did great trecking across the park and waiting in the lines for the rides! She tried as much as we expected and stay cleared of certain rides, so we'll work up to those over the years!
We drove over on Mother's Day (Sunday), checked in, found a great restaurant for dinner and then walked around Downtown Disney. Downtown Disney was new to Kev and I too, so sad that's it's been so many years since we've both been to Disneyland. We walked all the stores and enjoyed some yummy treats and we ended our evening watching the fireworks from the park! Ash thought it was so cool, and we realized that was the closest she had ever been to fireworks!
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| Driving over |
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View from our room - all rooms had a window to interior of hotel.
Very open and Ash loved it! |
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| Making herself at home! |
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| We checked into our room and these were waiting for me for Mother's Day! |
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| Cutest thing was Ashley thought Mickey Mouse sent them to mommy! |
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| Walked across the street for a yummy dinner! |
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| My beautiful Mommy Day necklace from my angel! |
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I am beyond blessed.
She is the reason I get to be called "Mommy" |
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| After dinner we drove down to show her the park and as you can see she was speechless! |
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| This is why we love surprises for her and trips that she is old enough to appreciate! :) |
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| Kev and I wanted to check out all the new stuff at Downtown Disney! |
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| In love with all the shops around Downtown Disney! |
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First up-close encounter with fireworks! :) She loved them! :)
She is holding "Simba" her new friend we got her while walking Downtown Disney - she didn't put him down the whole trip (nor since we've gotten home!) |
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| Disneyland Fireworks! |
Day 1
Monday was day 1 and we tackled Disneyland this day! We picked the best time of year and the best days of the week, because we waited 45min to meet the TinkerBell Fairies, and 20 min. was our longest wait for any rides the whole time we were there! :) We rode a lot of rides and had a blast munchin' along the way! We went back to the hotel in the afternoon and all took a nap, grabbed dinner and went back to grab awesome seats for the Disney Parade that evening!
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| Oh' yea, she is looking at Disneyland park map planning our route! Haha |
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| Our pretty girl and her new "Mickey Name necklace" we got her! |
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| On the hotel shuttle to Disneyland - they even had Disney movies for us to watch on our quick drive over! |
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| Walking in from shuttle! |
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| Oh' the anticipation from all of us! :) |
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| The famous Disney park picture |
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| She is wearing her new Mickey ears, necklace and holding "Simba" all from our walk last night at Downtown Disney! :) |
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| Dumbo ride! |
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| Of course we rode the ORANGE Dumbo! |
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| Waiting to meet the TinkerBell fairies |
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| "Iridessa" light fairy |
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| "Rosetta" the garden fairy |
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| First face painting. She asked for it and sat good-as-gold for it! :) |
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| Caterpillar with her favorite colors! |
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| Oh' so very proud of her face! :) |
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| "It's a small world" ride |
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| Mickey Mouse |
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We went back to Tinker Forest
to meet TinkerBell |
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| Waiting patiently for night-time parade |
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We rode some fun rides at night after the parade - this is
Pooh's honeypots |
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| I love this view - my two loves! :) |
Day 2
Day 2 we enjoyed California Adventures (which was also new to Kev and I) so we were all anxious to hit up the Bugs Life rides! We had an absolute blast on this side of the park, it seemed a little more age appropriate and had a lot of the things she was into at this time! We had a blast seeing a few shows and Ash loved the 3D Muppets show we saw; she laughed hysterically!
We did another nap afternoon and went back after dinner, for the World of Color show. . .this was Ashley's favorite part of the whole trip! This kiddo loves, water, fire, colors and music, so this was a dream come true for her! :)
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| Riding "Bugs Life" caterpillar ride |
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| Bumper Car fun! |
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| Signing fun |
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| Daddy got to ride a "big boy" roller-coaster, and Ash was so proud to cheer/clap for him! :) |
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| Of course we had to ride the Little Mermaid Carousel |
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| Famous Mickey Ferris Wheel |
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| I was soooo scared, but Ash never knew and Daddy had her standing up looking around! I love that she doesn't have my fear of heights! :) |
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| This was the box we were in on ferris wheel - a non swinging one for mommy! The inside circle of ferris wheel swings! |
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| Headed back to hotel for nap before our busy night! :) |
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| Eating dinner at Bucca di Peppo |
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| Ferris Wheel at night |
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We got her balloons just before we went back to hotel on final night,
so they'd last to get them home! |
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| Her new blanket - she sleeps with it every night! |
