January 9th continued

Right after the character breakfast we wanted to go through the famous SLEEPING BEAUTY CASTLE! but was not to be.... yet. Just as we got there they stopped us because Mickey Mouse and the band were on their way to that very spot!

 

 Pluto came up to Adelia to say hi! 

 Then Alice invite the girls up to dance with her for the "unbirthday party" song.  It was just the fuel Adelia needed.......

 As soon as the girls were back with us, I put my camera away. BUT THEN Adelia shot out of her stroller and ran across straight through the characters to Mickey Mouse.  The crowd loved it! He casually took her hand and skipped her back to us.  My only regret is that we ALL had just put our cameras away.

Once the band and Mickey were finished we went through Aurora's Castle and checked our her attractions:

Then off to the Peter Pan ride-- Tianna and Adelia's very first Disneyland ride

Followed by the Dumbo ride

Oh, did I mention, these were also my MOMMY's first Disneyland rides!

My dad's only memory from his first D-land trip was going on the Jungle Cruise.  Now he went on it a second time.

Tianna was fully convinced the animals were real.. Good job Disney! 

*gasp* and who was outside of the Jungle Cruise?  ALADIN AND JASMINE!

For some reason Tianna went all shy on us. Now I am documenting it for PROOF later on in life.  She wanted me to delete this picture.I refused! muhahhah. She did promise to not be shy with any of the characters again... or we would NOT waste our time waiting in line to see them.

That day we also went on Pirates of the Caribbean (some of us more than once), checked out Tarzan's tree house, the Tiki Tiki Room, and Indiana Jones ride (which had really long waits even with fast passes by the way) The Nemo Submarines, Star Tours and more!

Oh no! Warning signs! Ahhhhhhhhhh

"It's a jolly holiday with Mary...."  -Mary Poppins

 And just before the park closed we checked out It's a Small World. I LOVED that it was decorated with Christmas lights still.  I think if we were even a week later we would have missed the Christmas version of this ride.

We walked our TAILS off that first day at Disneyland.  The girls loved every single second of it..... and so did their mommy. It was the most perfect birthday! 

Oh yeah, my birthday.... we snuck in some cake and ice cream that night in the hotel room.  Even with his aching feet, my sweet Luke went out to the store just to pick me up some birthday dessert.  

 I love this picture because Adelia has her fingers stuck in the ice cream! She's such a nut!

 Thanks for all the birthday calls, texts, face book messages, and thoughts.  I had the best day ever and thank you for thinking of me.......  How luck was I to spend my 27th birthday in the Happiest Place on Earth with some of the Happiest Little Girls in the whole wide world!