The kids and I took a trip to California to visit my Mom and Uncle Randy in January. Aunt Kerilyn was there the first week, so the kids were spoiled. Kerilyn and Grandma took us all out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory the first night and it was delicious. The next morning we headed to Disneyland. We had a great time. The kids loved every minute of it.
This is the Tram ride from the parking lot to the park. Sherman and Eliza kept calling it a train and had a great time.
We were lucky when we arrived to find Mickey Mouse himself coming out onto Main Street. We were the 2nd guests to greet him. Sherman and Eliza were a bit nervous about seeing these first characters, but they eventually warmed up to many of them.
Sherman was very excited to see Goofy. Eliza was not so sure about him.
Here we are on the car ride. Sherman wanted to go with Grandma Gibbs every time. You can barely see him peeking over the dash of the car. I think this was ultimately his favorite ride.
Eliza rode with Aunt Kerilyn and I in the same car. It was a very windy and swervy drive with her in charge of the steering wheel.
We also met up with several characters in Toon Town. Eliza loves Minnie Mouse, but would not go near her.
Here is Sherman, waiting for his first ride on Goofy's Go-coaster in Toon Town. Last year he was just a tad too short and was very disappointed that he couldn't go. But, he was definitely tall enough this year and loved every minute of it. I took him on the first ride and Aunt Kerilyn went with him the second time.
Eliza visited Minnie Mouse's house while Sherman went on the Go-coaster. Here she is sitting in Minnie's chair.
You can see Kerilyn in this first picture, but Sherman was a bit too short.
If you look really close at this picture when it is enlarged you can see Sherman.
And here they are returning from an awesome ride on Goofy's Go-coaster!
Wow - that was fun!
Eliza's favorite ride was the Winnie the Pooh ride. We were also able to meet up with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore for pictures (The picture with Eeyore was too blurry to post). Eliza did a lot better with these characters and was quite excited to see them.
Waiting in line to see Tigger, they kept hugging each other - isn't that cute!?
Overall we had a great first couple of days in California. More of our trip to come in a later post....
