"The Happiest place on Earth"...

is Disneyland!

My friend Summer and I grabbed our kids and a nanny each {husbands couldn't come, sniff sniff{wink} and headed to California for 5 days!!  We stayed right in Anaheim at her condo.  The kids loved having sleepovers every night and we had LOTS of treats to keep everyone fed. ;)

We ate yummy food and of course some "round table pizza"

 {that's always a must when we're in california}

We had So much fun!  The weather was great (mostly) and the kids were 

total troopers!  Don't worry their was plenty of entertainment at our house. :)

We literally walked on all the rides. The whole time!

The only lines we had to wait in were Toy Story {which btw is the cutest ride ever} Peter Pan and Dumbo {20 min waits} We even walked on Splash Mountain Twice!!  

There is this app if you have an Iphone that is a must.  It's the "Mouse Wait" app and it tells you the wait times on all the rides, both parks.  It was awesome. 

Thanks to summer, i may have mastered the stroller/switch rider pass.  She taught me some good tricks!

Olivia & Hayes were both right at 40" and after a few adjustments hayes was height required and able to go on every ride.  I couldn't make them do Tower of Terror, i'm a softy when it comes to those two.  {Sorry Jenn, i couldn't do it!}

Mom's fav's~ Soarin over california, Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, Peter pan & Turtle talk with Crush.

Boston's Fav's~ Tower of Terror, Screamin, Splash Mtn, Maliboomer

Hayes' fav's~ Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy story, Soarin, Buzz lightyear, & Star Tours

Olivia's favorites~ Haunted mansion, Monsters inc, Soarin over california, Star Tours & the carousel

Ivy's favorites~ Turtle talk with crush, running around and dancing to music, Churros,  It's a small world &  buzz lightyear

McCall's fav's~breakfast with the characters, Soarin, & watching the little ones have fun.

We went to the Beast's library and found out what characters we are most like...

Boston - Timone

Hayes - Woody

Olivia - Ariel

Ivy- Nala

Mc call -Dot

Mom -Queen of hearts {what? i'm usually Nala, she's fun and adventurous~wink}

Our gang...

all "12" of us

Maybe my little Boston was so sick of going on all these little kids rides, or maybe he hates that i take so many pictures, or maybe he knows that it bugs me when he does this ...haha  I love his expression.  He did not want to be in any pictures with the Characters, he thought he was way to old for that. ~wink

But these guys were in Heaven!

Thank you {big time} to Mc Call for going on the tea cups with livi & hayes... i get a headache just looking at this ride. ;)

k, now this is classic...  

Every ride, he barely made it!  by the time he was turned away about the second time, we got smart and put napkins in his shoes.  He got on EVERY time.  Great Idea Sum.

DUMBO was one of our "Favorites"

One morning we had breakfast with "Minnie & friends" inside the park.  The food was so fabulous and the kids ate so much.  We seriously didn't eat until later that night. 

well besides a few churros here and there. ;)

The Characters were so darling to the kids and Ivy & Mckelle were freaked!!

  We got to see Minnie which was good, since my girls were so excited to see her... 

Ivy wasn't quite sure what to think of these guys coming up to her!  She was loving them the day before.

Olivia loves that Peter Pan told Boston "I have to go fight Capt' Hook" she just giggles every time she says that.

It's safe to say that my 10 yr old is a HUGE fan of "California Adventure"  he is definitely my thrill junkie child.  he couldn't get enough of Tower of terror, Screamin, & the Maliboomer.  

He's so much fun!

Summer braved it and went with Boston on the Maliboomer!  He went on it like 4X and said he could go more... he's crazy!

 these crazy kids were dancing it up while we were on the big kid rides. You don't have to ask these kids twice to be crazy for the video camera! ;)

Toy story was a huge hit!  we had to wait in line, but it was definitely worth it.  Hayes LOVES Toy story, and luckily right after we got to see "WOODY!"

One of my favorite parts of the California Park has always been "a Bugs life" land... 

it's absolutely the cutest little kids area.  

one afternoon we went to play at Newport Beach.  It was warm for the first part then we got really cold. I didn't think my kids would really get in the water, but those crazy kids were jumping in the water and Body surfing! 

They love the beach Hot or Cold...

and of course what would a trip to Disneyland be if we didn't shop at the Lego store in Downtown Disney.  Boston was so excited!  He just started loving Legos. Hayes just loves to play with the lego star wars guys anyways, so they were loving this store.

This little chica usually wanted to walk all by herself, remember she thinks she's 5.  She would dance  around to the music in Downtown disney.  She was a hit!

This is usually how we left the park at night.  All the kids crashed and passed out in the stroller while Ivy was walking around and on her 2nd wind.  

Even Hayes said to me "mom i don't want to go on any more rides!" 

All 3 kids in the stroller while Ivy is walking around.  Classic.  

this is usually when my husband would think i am NUTS!

We were dying to see our daddy!!  Now ladies don't be jealous, but...

When we got home, he did all my laundry, made us a yummy steak dinner, put the kids in the bath,  all the clothes are put away 

&  he surprised Olivia with her own bed!  She was so excited! Dad of the year right here!!  He is such a stud!

Feels good to be home!