We are a Disney family. We love to go to Disneyland. We love to watch Disney films. We love Mickey, Minnie, and the crew. We love Pooh Bear and Tigger, too. (now I'm a rhymin' fool!)Daddy played a gig a few months ago in Florida, and with the proceeds from this gig, he gave to us ANNUAL PASSES to Disneyland. Which also includes California Adventure!
We had a family plan to go to Disneyland on January 4 to enjoy the last day of holiday decorations. Unfortunately, the
"sledding incident" caused us to have to rethink this plan. As it turned out, there wasn't much us girls could do for the daddy but give him sympathy and make a lot of noise (Brooke) while he tried to be as still as possible. Therefore, sympathy intact, the three of us took our noise (Brooke) to Anaheim and spent a few hours. Because we can. Because we have passes. Which include parking!
Sleeping Beauty's castle was a magical wonder...it had snow and wreath swags...so lovely!
We each picked a #1 thing that we could all do together, because there was just one momma and two children with different ideas on what's fun to do at Disneyland.
First things first, we each got a churro. Then I chose Small World, because when we went last fall, it was closed for refurbishment. I recall reading that there was some furor over this re-do because they were going to mix in typical Disney characters with the traditional Small World singing people (what the heck would you call those singing people?). I am happy to report that the ride remains in its traditional form, but it does seem to be a bit spiffier. I cannot put my finger on what they did exactly, except perhaps dust off a few of the singing people and add a few glittery elements.
Brooke also chose Small World, so that made things easy!
Kennedy chose to go to California Adventure and ride "Soaring over California". I was concerned that I would get seasick because this is one of those rides that makes it appear that you are in the plane soaring over California. But somehow this ride didn't make me motion sick at all, and it was VERY cool! Brooke was unsure about it as well, but as it turns out, it is now a family favorite. Here the girls are under a tree reminiscent of the Redwoods of Northern California. We want to go to the Redwoods for real...I think that would be cool. Maybe this summer?
Ha! Doesn't Brooke look like the older sister in this shot? That's funny! She's standing on a bench, FYI.
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We park-hopped back to Disneyland and rode Alice in Wonderland for our last hurrah.
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"But I don't want to go among mad people", Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that", the Cat said, "we're all mad here."
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I think this is an appropriate quote for a crowded day at Disneyland...we had to park on the roof of the parking structure - never before have we done that! It was crowded, but we didn't care...we must be mad, right? :)
Then we scurried home to daddy.
Update: It's been five days since the "sledding incident" and poor daddy is still in pain. He can get around, but he's not very comfortable. The good news is that nothing is broken or fractured and the pain is to be expected. Each day is slightly better than the one before, but now he's experiencing pain where there is no injury because he's favoring the injured area. Argh! Our darling friend, Shan, brought over some homeopathic pills that are supposed to heal bruises magically. We will cross our fingers! Oh, and yesterday I purchased the magical Vodka/Triple XXX Vitamin Water combo which was the ticket on the first day of the injury. Hey, whatever it takes to get him through...ya gotta start somewhere! (Big Bear inside joke.)
