Disneyland

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Rusty and Mom on the Mark Twain Boat

Main Street

Here is where I talk about how wonderful Disneyland was to us.  With Rusty anxious with crowds and stairs, they took all 10 of us with him on different rides that he needed assistance.  Did you know that Autopia has an elevator lift that Rusty and Chris went down while the rest of us went down the stairs and met them?  It was wonderful to stay all together.  And they didn't make us attempt to get him up the stairs at the Aladdin production.  It helped us make our trip a Rusty stress free trip.  Those are just two examples.  Rusty had a great time.  Saturday morning he wasn't too happy (and the day before, after he met Pooh), but Mickey Mouse made it all better.  Seriously, he did.   After that Rusty gave Minnie a great big hug.

I also have to say, I am, at this point, afraid of getting in the car when Madi is driving it.  I was Madi's Autopia partner and was jarred abruptly.  Darryl and Mom where laughing as they saw the whole thing from behind.  Let's just say, we didn't make it the whole way with Madi steering.  And Chris is going to be with Madi the first time she gets behind the steering wheel in our car.

Are the guys going to ever get off Indiana Jones so we can go in the Jungle?

Disney's Celebrate! Street Party...

Disneyland's Fantasyland

I would have to say we spent most of our time in Fantasyland while visiting Disneyland...

After everyone got off Dumbo, Alice said she wanted to get back on.  Thankfully the next ride was the carousel.  

As Chris was off getting fast passes, on the first day, the rest of us went on It's A Small World.  It was different then 5 years ago.  They've added many Disney characters like Jasmin and Aladdin, Flounder, Woody and Jessie, Tinker Bell, Little Mermaid, etc.  They girls loved it so much we rode it as our last ride of Disneyland around 11:45PM on Saturday.  Chris wasn't excited to go on it, but did it for the girls.  I believe the repetitive music put me to sleep.

Uncle Rusty and Madi waiting for the rest of the group.

Out of four main fairies to join Tinker Bell on Friday, it was Emma's favorite fairy, Silver Mist.  What a special birthday she had.

Madi's favorite fairy is, of course, Tinker Bell.

Emma bought suckers for Madi, Alice and herself to eat during the parade.  Emma remembers eating a sucker given to her from a little girl sitting next to her during the parade five years ago and wanted to experience it again with Madi and Alice.  It kept them busy while we waiting in line to see the princesses as well.

I would have to say Snow White is Alice's favorite.  She wanted to visit her again on Saturday.

There were four cameras taking pictures of this moment and every one of these princesses are looking at a different camera.  Cute.

The girls enjoyed the fall decorations.

First thing on Saturday, Grandpa and the girls headed to Fantasyland.

I had to take the picture of this store's sign as the Mickey Ears say Alice on them.  Emma was the one that noticed it.  Alice's Minnie Mouse hat (like Emma's) was bought here.  And Emma got her Minnie hat at Mad Hatter when she was the same age as Alice (3 yrs.).  Madi and I bought it for her while Emma was on Dumbo with Chris.  Another fact from 7 years ago (in January), Emma was so distracted from being at Disneyland she peed her pants on Dumbo.  I discovered her wet paints as we were taking pictures in the Dumbo by the Dumbo ride.  Sorry to whoever sat down after her.  

Disneyland Toontown

As you can see, we had fun in Toontown...

Disneyland Birthday

During our fall break we headed to Disneyland.  My dad treated us to a Disneyland vacation.  Thank you Dad!  We had a great time!

My Emma Lane is 10 years old.  Her birthday was Wednesday, but we celebrated it on Friday.  She loved having a Tinker Bell Birthday at Disneyland.  The cupcakes were made by Daddy and Madi.  They didn't look as pretty as they did at home, but the frosting and sprinkles covered that all up.

To top off her Birthday, Emma got to meet her favorite Fairy, Silver Mist.

Many more Disneyland pictures to come....

The Pumpkin Patch

Last year was our first year that we didn't travel to a pumpkin patch.  I decided that we didn't need pumpkins and we could save money.  The girls were sad.  This year we decided to plant pumpkin seeds.  It was cheep and the girls enjoyed watching the pumpkins grow.  We were blessed with four pumpkins.  How fitting.  And each a different size that could easily represent each of us.  

Friday we decided to take a trip to our pumpkin patch and pick our pumpkins.  There was no hay ride or apples to eat, but we grew them and we got to pick them.  The girls had just as much fun. 

Emma discovered that the pumpkin plants are scratchy and that they each needed gloves to pick their pumpkin.

Crazy Hair

Last Tuesday the girls had crazy hair night at AWANA.  We had fun mismatching hair pretties and having pigtails everywhere...