The McEwans: Disneyland Visit #2

Even though our planned-months-ago trip was pretty much rained out this weekend we STILL managed to have some fun :-) The girls loved Disneyland a lot more this time but were also scared by more things than they were before! When we first got there it was raining pretty hard so we decided to eat at the Rainforest Cafe to kill some time. As we were being seated the hostess said "Are the gorillas ok?" I just nodded because I had no idea what she meant....Yaaaaaa cue huge animatronic (sp?) gorillas going off every 10 minutes. It was an interesting lunch to say the least hehe. It was still raining like crazy so we went to our rooms for naps. We then had a nice dinner at the Storytellers Cafe and then donned our ponchos and headed into the park :-) We managed to do a few rides before the girls were ready to crash--they LOVED Pirates of the Caribbean this time! On the way back to our room Lu entertained everyone we passed by yelling "Yayyyyyy" and throwing her arms up in the air (she thinks the stroller is a ride lol). In the morning we got up super early to get into the park an hour early and managed to get a number of rides done rain-free. This time we avoided Pinocchio (the girls hateddddd it last time) and tried out Peter Pan for the first time (which they loved) and Dumbo. Of course we had to do Astro Blasters a few times since the girls love that one so much. We met a lovely group of young girls all at Disneyland for their first time and they wanted to know where the girls first-time pins were....I laughed and said "Oh these girls?? They're veterans!" People might think we're crazy for taking them so often because of the price and the fact that they won't remember but since they're free until 3 and we have season passes the money isn't really an issue. So what if they won't remember? We do and even though it can be stressful, tiring, and down-right miserable (when it rains) we love the memories and the time we get to spend with them. I also try to take enough pictures so that they can remember through the pictures (at nearly 1.5 the girls have SEVEN large photo albums of their first year and a half!). We ended our trip by riding It's a Small World and then grabbing some sugary treats for the drive home. Even though the trip didn't go quite as planned, it worked for us and I can't say it enough but we have some pretty awesome kids that go-with-the-flow! It was also a great birthday weekend for me and I know I said this last year but I will say it every year: my birthday became the greatest day ever since the one I had TWO years ago when I found out I was pregnant. The years have flown by and at the same time I feel like the girls have always been a part of our lives :-)