Early Spring Break Vacation to Disneyland

So we took our last trip to Disneyland using our annual pass that we got last May 5th. It was also Mike's 39th birthday on March 23rd so what better way to celebrate than a trip the happiest place on earth?! We pulled Colin out of school for 3 days and headed down last Sunday.

This first picture is not of Disneyland, but of our trip down there. On the freeway in LA we saw this beautiful car. Mike and I are fans of Top Gear and on a recent episode they showed this car. It is the Porsche Panamera. It is the Porsche 4 door. It is beautiful. They were just released in the US so it was surprising to see it on the road.

Anyway...on to Disneyland....Very appropriate for the day. The hat lights up but hard to see here.The latest Disney princess...Tiana. She sang and everything. It was purely a coincidence that we caught her here in New Orleans Square and happened to be one of the first in line to get a pic with her. Katie's reaction to Disney characters is much different in person. She could care less.Don't ya wish you could trade places with her? I did by the afternoon of day 2.

This picture is ironic because Mike does not ride the teacups. He went on the Matterhorn while the kids and I rode the teacups and went on the Snow White ride. But for posterity sake, we got a pic of it anyway. This is something we had never seen before at Disneyland. They are the volunteer fire department band and they played Dixieland type music. During the show Chip n Dale and Goofy came out and danced to a couple of songs. It was really neat to see. Katie loved the music and danced her fanny off, too.Okay, this was cool. The latest addition to the Anaheim Lego Store. This is an Indiana Jones made completely of Legos. All the kids (including Mike) were thrilled to see it.This was what we found on night 2 when we opened the doors to get the kids out to take into the house we were staying at. They were completely out. The car had never been so quiet.The last day of the trip we could only stay until noon. I had to get back home because of a prior engagement. We took it easy and tried to look at things we hadn't really before. One was Snow White's wishing well. Colin loved the echo it made. Prior to visiting the wishing well, we took a tour through Sleeping Beauty's Castle. That was really neat.Mike had to get his Churro before leaving. It is a tradition.By the end of day 3, the kids were ready to go.Waiting for the tram to take us back to the parking garage. "Say 'bye, Disneyland!" It will be at least 2 years before we head back down. Here's a tip - if you leave at noon, there is no waiting for the tram!