CAIT loves NATE: CA trip

-Disneyland-

This was my kids first trip to Disneyland, and it was magical!

They were so excited, and they were so good too!

I had a talk with them before we went that we could not ask for anything while we were there. Our special prize was that we get to go to Disneyland. They agreed, and they didn't ask for one single thing. Not tantrums, no begging...nothing. They were perfect and wonderful and just happy to be there. I was so proud of them!!!

The park was really crowded because it was still set up for Christmas.

We went on "It's a Small World" and it sang Christmas songs the whole time.

It was really cute!

Saxon sang along. Bridger missed it because right when we got to the front of the line...he said he had to poop. So, Nate got out of line to take him to the bathroom.

While we stood in line, the afternoon parade started and we were able to watch some of it.

Saxon loved it! He sang to the songs, posed for pictures with Grammie, and tried to reach out and splash in the water...

Brooke pointed out that in every "country" was a hidden Disney character.

Well, they weren't that "hidden", but it was fun to look for them anyway.

Of course we snapped a ton of pictures in the Polynesian section for Brookie...

Lilo and Ariel.

This one is for you Brookie:

It was fun to see everything redecorated for Christmas :)

Next time, my kids will think it's a different ride since all of the Christmas decorations will be down.

We also headed over to the Buzz Lightyear ride. It's like a living video game, and the kids thought it was the best ever! Saxon is sure that he won, and he says it was his favorite ride of the day!

The teacups:

This was Dalton's favorite ride!

If we had more time and less crowds, I would have taken him a dozen times!

My mom and I took just Dalton on our own teacup.

Everyone else went in a different one because they wanted to go really fast.

We let Dalton sit alone on the seat and he laughed through the whole thing!

He cried and tried to hold on to the edges when we pulled him out of the teacup.

It was so cute but I felt bad. I wish I could have taken him again and again!

Me and baby boy on the teacups:

Since it was crowded, we knew we had to prioritize and make it to our favorite rides first. We went on Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion while we were in the New Orleans section. The kids LOVED pirates, but Bridger was mad because he sat in the very front of the boat, and he got wet. I was glad that they let us bring Dalton too. He loved it.

The Haunted Mansion was redecorated as "Nightmare before Christmas". Totally redecorated. It didn't even look like the same ride I remember. The kids liked it because they saw "Nightmare before Christmas" on TV a few weeks ago. They had a huge gingerbread house set up in the ballroom of the mansion, and it even smelled like gingerbread. Yum.

Saxon and Kasen were dying to go on Indiana Jones and luckily, Saxon was tall enough. So, Nate took those two over to wait in line while the girls took Baby and Bridger to the Jungle Cruise. Saxon LOVED Indiana Jones! LOVED it! He is still talking about it. Bridger thought the Jungle Cruise was ok.

We split up for dinner because the girls wanted vegetarian gumbo and the boys wanted chicken nuggets. It was fun to have some girl time with my mom and my sister, and Nate was so nice to take all of the boys on his own. Luckily, Kasen is a huge help!

Somewhere along the way, Saxon fell in love with Aunt Brookie. He kept kissing her and hugging her and telling her how much he loved her. He told her that she was his girlfriend and that he was going to take her on a date. He told her that they could go anywhere she wanted on the date...her choice! So funny!

Bubby snuggled up with me at dinner and fell asleep in my arms. It happened almost instantly. He fell asleep and didn't wake up again until the next day. I feel bad because he missed some cool stuff that night.

Baby was a sweet as can be all day. He only fussed a little when he got hungry. He loved every ride and devoured my Dole Whip. Next time I'll have to get him his own LOL.

As we were trying to make it over to Matterhorn, we got stuck at a roadblock. They block off the roads during shows and parades. Since we were stuck, we figured that we might as well watch the Christmas fireworks show. It was so pretty. At the end, they made the whole castle glitter like it was covered in icicles. Then it snowed on Main Street. We didn't stick around to play in the snow. We get enough of that at home.

Saxon loving his Aunt Brookie in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle:

After the show, we were running out of time. We had a fast pass to Star Tours that we couldn't use until 10-11 p.m. and we had enough time for one ride before that. My mom offered to stay with the sleeping babies (Bridger and Dalton) and the rest of us took Saxon to get in line for Space Mountain. The line was huge (of course) and so Nate set Saxon on his shoulders to rest. A minute later, Saxon fell asleep and was slumped over on Nate's head. LOL. Nate got out of line to go wait with my mom and the other two, while Brookie, Kasen, and I waited in line.

Space Mountain amazing, and worth the wait. Brookie and I laughed through the whole thing. I tried to smile the whole time because I knew they took a picture and wanted to look as cute as Brookie. Unfortunately, the picture was at the very end, and my smile looked more worn out than anything else. So did Kasen. Brooke, however, looked like a supermodel. Figures...she always does.

After Space Mountain, we had to use our Fast Passes to Star Tours before they expired. We tried to wake up the boys because they would have loved it, but they were out cold. We couldn't even get them to budge. Star Tours had changed since the last time I went on it. It was 3D and the movie is different every time. So fun!