DISNEYLAND

We were recently at Downtown Disney and Olivia thought she was going to see Mickey and Minnie - she only went to the Disney store. Our official trip to Disneyland was a highly anticipated event!!! Luckily, Angela, my good friend from MBA school works as a marketing guru for Disney and she was able to get us in to the park. Thanks Ang!!!

Here we are on the tram, ready to go have lots of fun. The perks of living in So Cal is the beautiful 75 degree weather in mid-February!

We were so lucky to see Minnie as soon as we entered the park. We were a little worried that Olivia might freak out, but she didn't. She was so excited that she touched Minnie. She kept walking around saying that Minnie kissed her nose. But I've looked at this video a few times and I didn't see it happen :) Olivia obviously has a very active imagination.

Daddy and Olivia in Main Street.

Here they are in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.

Olivia and mommy by some pretty tulips.

Here she is in Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Olivia has sippy cups with the Disney Princesses on it and she knows the princess' names by heart. Her favorite is Princess Cinderella whom she calls Princess Ella. We didn't see any of the princesses that day though :(

There's a new shop called Bibbidy Bobbidy something...anyway, kids 3 and up get a fairy godmother and they get princess-ified; hair, makeup, nailpolish. It's pretty cool and I can't wait to do this with Olivia next year. Here we are in the shop trying on a princess minnie headband. This may be my favorite shot of Olivia at Disneyland.

OK, so I took Olivia on her very first ride....Snow White's SCARY Adventure. DUH, the name of the ride pretty much says it all. She was brave, but I may have traumatized her. It was a dark and spooky ride. No wonder there was NO line!!!

Daddy took her on the carousel ride and she was happy.

Meanwhile, Camille was a great trooper - fast asleep amid all the noise.

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was right next door so Daddy and Olivia braved that one. Olivia enjoyed the buggy while Daddy stood in line.

Apparently, it was another scary ride... Look at her spaced out eyes! "Get me outta here!"

We waited by the Mad Hatter shop while Daddy stood in the Dumbo line. Thanks daddy!!

And they're off. Olivia kept saying, "big elphant." She's so little that you can't see her in there. I wonder if she was able to see out!

"Big teeth mommy!"

Here we are at ToonTown.

I should've taken a video of her trying to lift this up. It was hilarious.

Adventureland. Olivia really enjoyed the Safari Ride! But then we took her on Pirates of the Carribean - not exactly fun for a 2 year old. Vincent said that she had a death grip on him the entire time. Camille was very content nursing the entire ride!

We went to Frontierland to try to see the Bear Critters show but apparently that closed down a while ago. Olivia really enjoyed the Winnie the Pooh ride though.

So much so that she went on it twice!

We took the train back to Main Street and ran into Minnie again! Although it's a blurry picture,, i like it because I'm actually in it too - can you spot me? You can see that Olivia was so excited but Camille was not as thrilled.

On the way out we saw Mickey and Goofy!

We had a blast and can't wait to go back soon!