We spent the second day of our trip to Disneyland at California Adventure. We had a great time in Cars Land and A Bugs Life, plus we saw the awesome Pixar Parade. We finally rode Radiator Springs which we missed on our last trip. Nadia road California Screaming with me and was so brave. What a great coaster!
Mike got our car on Mickey’s Fun Wheel swinging so fast and the girls loved it!
The attention to detail that Disney puts into everything is amazing.
Meeting Sofia and Doc McStuffins was a big highlight of the day.
Of course we had to see the Frozen sing along.
These two were so tired by the end of the second night. The slept in the stroller while Nadia, Mike and I shopped and grabbed some more food. It was a great day and we crammed as much as we possibly could into the 2 days we had. There are lots more photos at the link below.
This is a LONG overdue post, but life kept happening and I was overwhelmed by all the photos that needed to be sorted 🙂 After visiting with family in April we went down to spend two days at Disneyland. That way each of the girls had their first trip to Disney at 3 years old. We had a great time and completely wore out Amelie and Dani over the course of two days. Nadia was a champ and had a blast doing everything since she was finally tall enough. She loved the Indiana Jones ride and was so happy about getting to go twice because of the rider swap. We went on Star Tours a couple times and the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster over and over.
Required shot with Walt and Mickey.
Jumping with Tigger.
Putting the stroller to good use.
Amelie picked the spy glass as a souvenir after riding Pirates of the Caribbean.
Dani was excited about meeting all the characters and hugging all of them. It was great to see that she wasn’t afraid, but instead was so excited and happy to be there! We also enjoyed buying the classic Disney snacks like Mickey Pretzels and Mickey Ice cream.
Click the link if you want to see the rest of the photos.
Our week with the Peterman’s was pretty uneventful and relaxed which is what we were hoping for. The 4 big girls spent a lot of time playing and Dani did her best to keep up or hung out with the adults who were chatting. We ate a lot of delicious food including finally going to The French Press which Randy and Jess have been telling us about for years. It was fantastic just as the promised! We will have to go there again on our next visit. Did a little shopping on Black Friday without the kids and had an adult lunch out after we got some good deals at the Children’s Place. Jessica and I scored a cart full of jammies at Target and spent a lot of time talking and laughing.
You can never have too many jammies
After dinner on our last night in town Dani and I went to meet Emma, her mom and her Grandmother for ice cream. Emma and Dani were foster sisters in China. Emma was adopted a few months after Dani and is now living in Colorado. It was a special treat to connect these girls once again. I like to do this kind of thing every chance we get because all of the children adopted from China share part of a story that is so different from their parents. Dani surprised me by being willing to hold Emma’s hand and saying, “Emma! Emma! Emma!” It was really cute.
Emma and Dani in China in January 2014 (this is a guess based on when we sent the camera and the snow). Then in CO in November 2014.
After ice cream I needed to head back and pack up for our 12 hour drive home the next day. I am always sad when it’s time to leave our friends, but we really had such a wonderful week. Thanks for hosting us Randy and Jess and letting us crash your family Thanksgiving 🙂
On the road trip home in a little town in CO we saw a building made of petrified wood. My sweet husband made a u-turn so I could hop out and take a photo. I get a kick out of quirky things we see on our countless road trips.
Jessica is an amazing cook and she did tons of the prep work before we showed up so it gave her a chance to enjoy the visit and made Thanksgiving so much easier. Her parents, Randy’s parents, Jessica’s sister and her fiance were all coming over for dinner so a lot of food was going to be involved. While Jess was busy with the food I went into my area of expertise – craft time with the girls.
There was a little bit of snow on the ground so I had to take Dani outside and she loved it. She kept putting her hands on it and laughing and screaming. Then she saw the big girls throwing it and decided she needed to get in on the action and so she started chasing them all over the yard.
Jess made 6 kinds of dessert – that’s right, 6! The food was fantastic and we had fun playing games after dinner. Randy and the girls even sang us a song. It was a great Thanksgiving 2014!
