Disneyland (take 3)

Starting off the morning with a big breakfast to get us through the day...Yay! Ella FINALLY (on the last day) decided to wear one of her dress ups!



This day we made reservations at "Ariel's Garoto" for lunch. A restraunt where some of the Disney Princesses come out and greet you while you eat lunch. It was really pricey, I'm not going to lie, but Joseph's and my meals were amazing! The girls...we basically paid $50 for jumbo mac 'n cheese that we ended up tossing in the trash after they were too excited to eat. (nice) But Oh the experience...it brought me to tears seeing how happy my girls were.


Anxiously going down the staircase to meet Ariel.





After a little convincing Ella decided that this was her last chance to meet the princesses. She ran to her and just held on tight. It was so sweet. As you might have noticed...Ariel is Carly's favorite. (look closely and you can see the beloved doll in Carly's hand)

















Our appetizer....pretty yummy.



Cinderella came out first.




It was so cute, she saw Ella in her Cinderella costume and asked her to come talk with her. Ella just ran over and hugged her. No prodding needed. She just held her tight for a little bit. It was so sweet.









Just the happiest little girl after just meeting Cinderella. This smile was worth the pricey (non-eaten) meal.





























Our yummy dessert spread. And yes, that IS a pure white chocolate sea shell! The girls also each got their very own brownie with a candle and were sung to for their birthdays.




Yes, Joseph and I were still there too. Loving every minute of it. (Photo courtesy of Ella)


Just about to leave the restraunt. These girls were on cloud 9. Ella kept saying, "I'm so proud of myself for being brave and meeting the princesses! This is the best day EVER, mom!"






These two pictures were while waiting in line at the Toy Story 3 ride for 45 minutes and then didn't get to ride b/c it broke down when we were next! But heard it's a good one! (Don't worry, you don't need to tell me how beautiful I am here...I already know. Love'n the drenched drowned rat look)








In Pixie Hollow. This one is cool because as you're walking into it, all the flowers start to get taller and taller till they are bigger than you. We told the girls we were shrinking so we could fit into Pixie Hollow. Not sure if they bought it. This was about the time it started raining HARD.



Poor Tink was out there freezing!



We ran for cover in the animation studio. It was AWESOME! There is so much to do there and the girls had a lot of fun.

We met Mickey there! (Check out my jeans! My shoes are SOAKED and so are my pants from the cuffs all the way to my hips! This is just from walking in the rain WITH a poncho!)



And we saw Woody (and one of his green army men) there too. Ella wasn't having it...she just hid her face. Silly shy girl!




The last day we were at Disney we wanted to get a lot done since the past two days we had spent all at Fairytale Land. We rode some rides...for those that have asked... I think our favorite was the Peter Pan ride (Pretty awesome.) and if you didn't do anything else the whole time MAKE IT to the Broadway showing of Aladdin there. It seriously was amazing! We probably only went on like 10 rides. Ella wanted to go on all of the roller coasters. More power to her...I wasn't about to. But then nobody went because it was raining too much and it would've just been pelting her in the face. We went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride...it was fun. Scary for me and Carly b/c of the drop offs, you get wet and Ella was a little freaked out by the pirates. They loved the Dumbo ride and Mr. Toad's wild adventure. Snow White's scary adventure was scary/fun. The girls were a little timid but still liked it. They also loved "It's a Small World" But who couldn't love that? It's fun to see all the different countries. Pinochio ride was fun for them too. Unfortunately we didn't get to ride the famous tea cups because they were full of water. DON'T take little kiddos on the Mickey Mouse "ferris wheel" ride in Cal. Adventure. Ella and Joseph loved it, Carly and I were screaming to get off. It's not just a ferris wheel, it tips and slides all over the place. Mix that with freezing cold and lots of wet wet rain and it = not fun for me. I had this thick cable knit sweater on that was completely drenched! Can you see Carly hiding the whole time under my poncho? lol I had water dripping (from the cars above us) down my poncho and INto my shirt! Soooo Cold!

We ended up having an AWESOME time...sans the rain. Hope the pictures weren't too boring. We can't wait to go back...when it's warm. :)