Danny and His Girls: DISNEYLAND

We are loving this yearly Disneyland tradition we've had going the last couple of years with my family. This year Danny and Kyle both had to stay home to work so we decided to just go to one park for one day. We had five adults for five children, four of which were four and under, so it was a perfect plan.

We drove down on Sunday and spent that evening exploring Downtown Disney. It was fun to buy our souvenirs beforehand so we didn't worry about it while walking out of the park the next day like usual. My little girls got their own Minnie Mouse ears this trip. Joyce wanted to match with me and Lydia chose the pink, princess ears. Lucy bought a charm necklace and Ariel charm. She thinks it will be fun to add a charm on each trip to Disneyland.

The next morning we arrived early and were there when the park opened. We headed straight to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad which has been under construction for the last several years we've been there. It was Ruby and Lucy's first Disneyland rollercoaster-and they HATED it. Ruby screamed in compete terror and wept the whole time while Lucy just shut her eyes and looked miserable. It will be a couple more years until we can enjoy that ride again.

We were on and off that ride pretty quickly so we headed straight for Princess Fantasy Faire to meet a few of our favorite ladies.

Lydia was especially excited to meet Cinderella and Joyce was especially excited to see Aurora. Everyone got a big kick out of Lydia because she made this "I'm freaking excited" face all day long. Her posing was also pretty incredible.

Then we headed to Fantasyland to ride the carousel, Dumbo and the tea cups.

All day we took turns going on "adult" rides while the kids rode Buzz Lightyear, took lunch breaks etc. I was able to go on my favorite ride, Space Mountain, twice! I'm doing my special space mountain dance in these pics;)

While I was riding space mountain one time the girls met Iridessa and Tinker Bell!

I actually got out of the space mountain line the first time just in case Lucy was picked for Jedi Training Academy. I was so glad I did because after years of trying-she was finally picked! She was thrilled. She fought Darth Mall (sp?!) and it was awesome and terrifying. I'm pretty sure my little girls thought she was going to die.

These not-into-rollercoatser-girls were much braver for Star Tours and loved it.

Best part of the day? THE PARADE obviously. We camped out an hour early and got our favorite spot.

Lydia did this face the whole time. Did it get us a lot of positive attention from characters? YES.

Our enthusiasm also got us attention from the crowd! A super nice lady sitting across from us thought Lyd was so cute and that we were obviously having SO much fun, that she took some pictures for me. She came over at the end of the parade and got my number so she could text me the pics! Wasn't that kind?! I love these shots:)