Princesses, rides and a day at the beach

We just got back from a quick trip to Disneyland! It was extremely fun, but extremely short. We had so much fun this time. (Not that we didn't have fun before) We bought Aly a princess dress to wear while we were there. If you are taking a kid to Disneyland, especially a girl, I would highly recommend buying them a dress (or something for a boy....Woody...Buzz?) to wear. Aly got so much extra attention this time. I thought there were more girls wearing them, but there aren't that many. The cast members were constantly saying things like, "Hi princess" or "Your carriage awaits" (When we got on one of the rides.)

Anyway, we flew in on Thursday and just took it easy that day. We went to Downtown Disney and went swimming. It was very relaxing and we needed relaxing because although our flight was only an hour and a half, Brianna did not do well on it. I forgot to bring a bottle so that was part of the reason, but most of it is that she really doesn't like being held and of course we had to hold her the whole time. She is too much of a busy body to sit still for that long. So needless to say, she was NOT happy!

Then on Friday and Saturday, we went to Disneyland. Here is Aly excited to be there! When we took this picture, we were in line for Monsters Inc. and that is her favorite ride, so she was ALL smiles!Here is Brianna with Cody's "stunna's" on. She loves having sunglasses on. It is so funny when you put them on her, she doesn't smile, she has this serious look on her face. It's almost like she is saying "Dude! Waz up?!" Here is Aly in the "A" outside California Adventure.So we bought Aly an autograph book to take with her this time. I don't know if she really understood what it was all about, but hopefully one day she will like it. Brianna was so amused by the characters. She would just stare at them! Even the princesses!

Here is Goofy!

And Sully!

Aly got to see Cinderella twice, which is good because she LOVES Cinderella.

Ariel.

Jasmine

Pocahontas

Snow White

(NOTE: The only reason I am in some of these pictures is because we wanted Brianna to be in them too and since she won't walk or stand by herself, I had to take her up there! LOL)

Tinkerbell

There is a princess show, where they show little girls and boys how to be princesses and princes. So they teach them to bow and curtsy and how to dance. Aly had so much fun. This picture is at that show and she is with Lady Elise. Lady Elise clung to Aly through the whole show. She would really only pay attention to her. It was so cute and Aly had fun. Ever since that show, every time she waves, it is always like a princess! LOL
Here are my little princesses! (Neither of them would smile)

Not only did we see lots of characters, we got to go on lots of rides. Here is Brianna on Small World.

They also had a Princess Tiana (Princess and the Frog) show. Aly got to go up and dance with them and play with a tambourine. (Good thing she had her princess dancing lessons! LOL)

Then we saw Mickey! Brianna LOVED him!! She was totally fascinated by his nose. She kept grabbing it and playing with it. It was so cute.

Family photo! Notice I have to hold Brianna's hand back so she doesn't grab Mickey's nose while we are taking the picture.

Here is Aly in front of the princess castle.

Sunday was our last day there. We had a late flight out so we rented a car and went to the beach for the day. Joe wasn't paying attention when they asked what car he wanted and all he heard was a Nissan or a Toyota. So he told them he wanted the Nissan. When we got out to it, this is what we saw!!

HAHAHAHAHA! It was a Nissan Cube. Basically it looks like a box on wheels!! LOL It was so funny! So we drove this around all day. (Joe actually started liking it!) It was a pretty nice car, just funny looking!


We walked down the pier and had lunch at a diner at the end of the pier. It was fun and relaxing.

On the flight home, I remembered a bottle for Brianna, but she still didn't like the fact that we had to hold her the whole time, so she was still fussy! And of course we sat right behind some people that live across the street from my mom, so I hope they don't hate us now!! Sorry guys!

It was a great vacation, but too short! Thank you to my family for inviting us to come along! We had so much fun!