For about the last six months, Alissa has been saying, "I want to go to Disneyland again." We told her that Disneyland is expensive so we have to save up money before we can go. On the way to daycare one day, Alissa said, "Why do you and daddy work?" I replied, "well, we work to make money so we can pay for our house, and our food, and our bills". Alissa thought about it for a minute and then said, "Oh, so mommy and daddy work so we can go to Disneyland!" What a bright little three year old. Alissa finally got her wish and we drove to California on August 11, 2012. Grandma and Grandpa S. met us at the hotel that evening.
Sunday, August 12, 2012 - Mommy, Daddy, and Alissa woke up early so we could use our Magic Morning and go to Disneyland one hour before it opened for everyone else. Of course, you can't enter Disneyland without getting a family picture inside the front gate. After our family picture, we immediately purchased an autograph book for Alissa so she could obtain autographs and pictures from her favorite characters.
When Alissa held out her hand, Tinkerbell
landed in it. What a nice surprise!
Aunt Jill gave Alissa this adorable Minnie Mouse Tank Top,
so of course we had to visit Minnie Mouse while wearing our red polka dots.
and... you can't visit Minnie without also visiting Mickey!
Alissa loved the Toon Town Rollercoaster so much that she rode it about four times. Grandma and Grandpa S. went a few times with Mommy and Alissa. Then mommy captured this wonderful picture of Alissa and Daddy on the Rollercoaster.
Fairy Godmother took a liking to Alissa and shortly after this picture was taken, she grabbed grandma S. by the hand and escorted her, with the rest of us following, to the Sleeping Beauty Castle. Just outside the castle, we obtained more pictures with Fairy Godmother and even met Cinderella.
On Monday, August 13, 2012, we woke up early, got ready, and went to the California Adventure Theme Park. These pictures were taken with mommy and daddy in the hotel room.
We Visited the new "Cars Land" and rode two rides,
one with Mater and one in Luigi's Tire Shop
We also saw Mater and Lightning McQueen roaming around Radiator Springs.
Woody and Jessie,
and Buzz Lightyear...
Alissa also enjoyed the rides in "Bugs Land"
Dancing with Max, Goofy's son...
meeting Tigger,
seeing Minnie Mouse for the second time,
and talking to Winnie the Pooh...
We also got a picture in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle!
From day one in Disneyland, Alissa begged us to purchase this Snow White dress for her. Snow White is Alissa's favorite princess since Aunt N. got her a Snow White doll for Christmas. Since today was our last chance to purchase the dress, we got it for Alissa. We also received a 20% discount on the dress. Luckily, we learned during our first day in Disneyland that each time you purchased food in one of the parks, you received a 20% discount coupon that could be used in the mornings, before 12:30 p.m., up to three days after your food purchase. Therefore, we purchased all our souvenirs before 12:30 p.m.
Alissa wore her dress the rest of the day
This is a picture of Alissa watching the Disneyland parade
When Snow White saw Alissa, she blew her a kiss...
Alissa was a very happy princess, indeed!!!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - We originally planned to drive home today, but did not feel ready to leave. Since mommy and daddy had taken the entire week off work, we decided there was no need to rush the drive home. So, we started off the morning by shopping in Downtown Disney and using a few more of our 20% discount coupons. Alissa even got some Duplo's with Snow White and Winnie the Pooh.
Next, Daddy decided to take mommy and Alissa to Seal Beach.
We played in the water, body surfed, and played in the sand.
Alissa and mommy built this Sand Castle
Alissa had a wonderful time at the beach.
On Wednesday evening, we started our Journey home. We stopped at Buffalo Bill's and spent the night. We slept extremely well. After breakfast at McDonalds in the morning, we allowed Alissa to ride one ride, and then we headed home the rest of the way. We arrived home Thursday night (August 16) around 9:00 p.m.
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