DisneyLand -Part 4, Family Pictures, Getting Stuck, and Hoarding Popcorn

Our last day....always bitter sweet. David and I knew we had a couple more surprises for our girls, but for the moment we were going to enjoy this last day of Disney-sized fun!

Finally a family picture!  Here we are at the beginning of Cars Land.  We had to have this shot! We had known about this area being built the first time we came and it was so cool to experience it!

So, Chiara begged to go on Screaming CA roller coaster one more time....my parents and I took the other three on the Ariel ride (Leah and Emma's favorite!)  for the 5th time...I think that is right, but my mom went on the most of any the adults! Such a good Nanny! We waited and had a snack since our ride was short.  Then I got a text from David, " Ride has stopped" Huh?

See the blue coaster car?  That is where they were.  They could not get the ride started so everyone had to get out. Chiara said she was not scared....ummmm, her mother was and I was not even up there!  They were not the highest group, but they were high.  

Another shot.  Chiara was not upset about any of this, however she was upset that it stopped right before it was to take their picture.  They were in the front seats of the first car.  Next time....we did get two fast passes out of it.  We used one to get SOAKED on the Grissly Bear Run and one we blessed a family of 6 with! Awesome.

One more time on King Triton's Carousel.

Mayah....love her face here!

Emma does not want off...she is reaching for Nanny who was not on with her this ride. I had to move back just to get a shot of her face.  Girl loves her Nanny.

Cute couple. Married 35 years.  David and I are happy to share these memories with them.  My mom really loves Disney and doing all this with the girls.  I know we wear them out too, but you wouldn't know it!

We stayed late to see the new fireworks show.  Here we are meeting Suzy and Pearla from Cinderella!   As I type this Emma is on my lap and waving at the screen.  Hilariously cute.

Love DisneyLand at night

"Cheese!"

Chip and Dale

Ahhhh, the popcorn.  Nanny was so generous that she bought the 3 older girls some popcorn before the fireworks.  Emma saw this and expressed her dislike for being excluded.  Now, she had only had a little popcorn once before, so I am pretty sure she was wanting to be like the big girls.  Oh yes, a defining trip for this little one.
What is this picture saying?  Get the hell away from my popcorn!  I know, Emma really should watch her language.  She was as territorial as I have ever seen a toddler.  Don't look at it. Don't talk about it. And don't try to sneak a piece.  (I did and I thought she was going to kill me with her laser eyes!)

Oh sure, look all cute now...you thought I would just post these and say you are a little angel Emma Lynne.  Think again number four.

Here are some pictures my mom captured that are certainly worth sharing!

Grampy and Emma having some down time at the hotel. 

Family picture with the Mickey Pumpkin!

This is another from the popcorn hoarding....hilarious face!

Coming up....Two Surprises in One Day!

DisneyLand - Part 3, Cars, Meeting Peter Pan, and Scaring Nanny

Our second day at DisneyLand we made a b-line for CarsLand! The line was long, but it was certainly worth the wait! Mayah was a bit scared of the 'race' portion, but enjoyed it otherwise. 

Here are the 2 oldest waiting in line for Radiator Springs. The line had some cool things to look at and get you ready to hit Route 66!

My Dad, Chiara, and I - front
Annoying guy videoing his family in the car next to us, David, and Mayah - back

We had not seen this sign since we went to CarsLand first thing, but when David, my Dad, and Chiara were on Tower of Terror and Mom and Mayah were on Soaring Over CA, the little ones and I heard an announcement!  I waited in the blazing sun for a while.....but it was WORTH IT!

Got lots of shots, but this was one of the better ones to see the Endeavor.  Such an awesome American moment that I am so happy all my girls were part of!

We went over to Disneyland and met up with Minnie.

Leah requested Dumbo. I sat with Mayah. Most boring Dumbo flight ever.  We learned this trip that Mayah is afraid of heights.  I think Mayah learned it too.  We stayed low, not so bad on Dumbo, but wait until you see what happens when you stay low on the rocket ships!

Poor Emma....we wore this kid OUT!  It was hot and she was tired.  Love that lower lip.

Mickey.  Emma was excited to see him, but kept her distance.

After leaving Toon Town we saw they were sectioning off for a parade.  We had not seen this one and wanted to get shade and a good view.  We asked a cast member where a good place to sit would be and to our surprise she blessed us with VIP seating tickets!  WOW!  We were able to go right to the roped off section at the beginning of the parade.  Awesome.  We met Sarah (above). She chatted it up with the girls....lots of talk of Peter Pan...hmmmmmm

Leah was hot and her legs were tired.  Nothing Nanny's snack mix can't fix!

This was Emma the ENTIRE parade!!!!  It was so cute.  

When the cast from Peter Pan came out Sarah came back over to Leah.  I must have snapped 20-30 pictures....

Peter Pan came over to Leah!!!!  He was pointing to Tinkerbelle and talking to Leah....

Here he is yelling to Tink to say hi to Leah because it is her birthday!!!  Tears of joy streaming down my face as I snap these pictures!  What a special moment to make her birthday extra special!

And of course...Tink waved back!!!

Then Sarah took us all over to the Peter Pan ride and we got right on!!! Blessings and joy. 

Like I said, on Dumbo low is not so bad, however the rocket ships tilt out if you stay low and the higher you are the less you feel that.  Well, Mayah stayed LOW.  Nanny's face on this is worth the entire trip for me.  Hilarious!

Our first trip David was on this with our, then, four year old Chiara.  Here he is with soon to be 4, Leah.  Love it.  She loved the ride and I think David enjoys it too!

One more day at Disney to come!

Disney-Part 2 (Continued)

Apparently, I had too many pictures for blogger on the first part of this post. If you want to read that just click here. 

 

Nanny and Leah getting whipped around! 

While Emma slept in the stroller Leah was dancing with DJ-the car and his crew.  So cute!  Nanny took these pictures for me.

The big girls met Red.

On the tire 'bumper car' type ride. Chiara is surely enjoying it!

We watched the Pixar Parade and this was the beginning of the wave. Emma was waving at everyone in the parade and enjoying every second of it.  It was such a cool moment.  Being only 15 months old you never know how much they will understand or participate.  This was certainly the beginning of her being just one of the girls!

Disneyland 2012 Part 2, Princesses and Upside down fun

I love going to Disneyland! Just about every person you see is happy-especially my sweet girls! Our first day was originally going to be a stop at CarsLand (in California Adventure side), but Leah (the birthday girl) decided there must be a carousel ride to start her celebration.  Nanny was thrilled!  So, we made our way into DisneyLand and headed to City Hall.

Leah got a phone call from Goofy and her Birthday pin. Little things, big joy.

As soon as we headed out of City Hall we saw him. DONALD.  We had not seen him in either of our prior two trips and the girls were so excited to meet him, get his autograph and picture.  Before leaving Donald, Chiara turned to him and said, "I have been waiting 3 years to meet you!"  Made Donald's day.  He grabbed her and gave her a duck kiss!  CUTE!

This picture just about sums up Emma's feelings towards the characters (except the princesses). It says- I want to see you, but stay back.

We happened to get off the carousel to learn that Rapunzel's line would be opening.  Woo Hoo!  A must see on this trip.  They were hilarious.  Just like you would imagine Rapunzel and Flynn together.

After seeing Rapunzel we let out another surprise within the surprise.  I had packed dress up and crowns from Nanny and we were headed to Ariel's Grotto for lunch!  Emma was already in a mood so we did not change her, but as you will see she went well with Ariel.

We had not dressed up when we came for Mayah's 4th Birthday celebration, so this just added to the fun!

All four. 

Cinderella came by to say hello. I love that Leah wore her crown from Nanny and her crown from the grotto! The entire time!

One of the attendants came by and asked Leah if he could sing her a birthday song.  With a big smile she said yes.  Here is how it went, "This is your birthday song!  It isn't very long!"  Hilarious.

Belle...she was so sweet that she came around later to say hi to Emma.

So sweet.

By the time Aurora came over Emma was out of her seat and being one of the big girls.  

Love.

Snow White. 

Since we were outside we could watch Goofy's Fountain Show.  Cool.  There were only a few other groups outside.  My three princesses with some others who came to watch.

After lunch Chiara asked if she could do on "Screaming California".  She was not tall enough for this a couple years ago and could not wait to try it out.  I think she is nuts, but I also love that she and her Dad can do things like this!  Makes it special.  I had not watched this ride before since David went on by himself.  They SHOOT you out from the start!  It is crazy and Chiara LOVED it!!!!  She went on another time immediately after getting off and then again our last day....more about that in Part 4!

Here they are upside down!  

Look at her face!  Total Joy!!!!!

We headed over to CarsLand to hang out for a bit.  The wait for Radiator Springs was long so we decided to do some other rides and wait for the big one the next morning. Here I am with Chiara and Mayah on Mater's Tractor Ride!

Nanny went on with Leah. 

This post is continued here.