We caught the bus and headed back into Disneyland. We let Elise pick the first several rides. Her line-up of choice: Peter Pan, Storybook Land Canal Boats, Dumbo, Casey Jr. Train, Mr. Toads

Wild Ride and Alice In Wonderland--basically all of Fantasyland.

Well we did all the rides in Fantasyland the gang headed over to Matterhorn. While they rode that a few times I took Elise over to Pixie Hollow. It's a new addition to Disneyland and Elise was quite anxious to go but the lines had been quite long the last few days. The line wasn't so bad so she and I got in line. It took a while but we were able to see and get autographs from Fawn, Tinkerbell and Terrance. It was a very cute little area and I know she enjoyed it quite a bit.

After Pixie Hollow we were off to Nemo's Submarine Ride. Perhaps it's growing up in the Pacific Northwest and all but this ride does nothing for me. I don't know why, it's just a "been there, done that--all my life" type of feeling. Everyone else enjoys it and I'm happy for that so I go along. Fresh off the submarine, it was time for our reservation at Breakfast with Minnie and Friends. We LOVE coming here whenever we're at Disneyland. It's a delicious breakfast buffet, complete with Mickey Mouse waffles, and characters come to your table to take pics and sign autographs. It's not cheap but well worth the money for both the food and no hassle/lines when visiting with characters. Throughout the morning and all day long, Elise got "Happy Birthday" wishes from so many "cast members". The characters at the breakfast are: Minnie, Captain Hook, Pocahontas, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Brear Fox, Max (Goofy's son), Chip and Dale.

With our bellies beyond full it was time to walk for a bit. We stopped on Main Street at the silhouette shop. Rosemary had silhouettes done of her children when they were young, at the same place, and I've always admired them. We stopped in and asked how much they were. We were happy to hear they were affordable and decided to get both Elise and Brady done together. The lady that did the silhouettes was amazing! As she gabbed with us all she looked at Elise and Brady's profiles and clipped away. She was done in 10 minutes! With both! And they look just like the two. I am still in awe when I see them. She clipped two of each and they were put on a paper. The frames were affordable too so we bought two. One is in our front living room and the other in our bedroom. One day, we'll pass these on to each of them as a remembrance.

After a train ride around the park, Elise and I broke away from the rest of our group to shop with that birthday money burning a hole in her pocket. She knew exactly what she wanted---more pins for her lanyard. She had spotted some adorable Haunted Mansion pins and wanted all 4 of them. She already had one so we set out to find the other 3. It took many shops to locate them. I was suprised she was so dead-set on getting them considering all the fun things she saw in other shops before we found them. It took almost all of the birthday money to get them but they are her pride and joy, as is all the special pins she found on this trip.

When Elise had made her purchases we met up with our group again and headed over to the Mad Party Tea Cups. Brady was throwing a bit of a fit, saying he peed his pants when he really hadn't (I'm guessing he just didn't want to go on the ride but wouldn't say so). Off to Buzz Lightyear from there and then off to Downtown Disney. We walked through World of Disney and got a few birthday presents for other members of our family with birthdays coming up. Then went to the Lego store. Brady and Elise adored this place and it was hard to get them out. Elise bought a bucket of various Legos that she got to choose and fill with.