Princesses, Hugs and Pictures

We just got back from spending 5 days in California. 3 of those days in Disneyland (Mack's favourite place on earth other than Disney World). It really was alot of fun, but so much more tiring with two kids. Everything took so much longer and we were completely knackered after each day, but, it was so totally worth it to see the looks of glee on the little munchkins face.

We flew late last Saturday night and so just went straight to the hotel. Both kids were so good on the plane which made it a stress free flight. Once we got to the hotel Taz was rearing to go and was not happy that she had to sleep one more night before she got to visit with Mickey. She woke up far too early the next morning, jumped out of bed and said, "Put my clothes on, I need to go to Disneyland." It was really cute to see her excitement. And even cuter to see her little face when we walked through the gates into the Park and Pluto was standing right there. Her eyes got huge, her face split into the biggest smile and she started flapping her little hands in excitement. Then she ran up to him, threw her little arms around him and said, "Hey Pluto, I'm Taz. I came to visit you." She then had a fat conversation with him about what, I don't know.
It was too adorable watching her interact with the Disney characters, believing that they were real people. She met all the princesses and Tinkerbell, Minnie and Mickey, Goofy and Donald and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. Everytime she saw a new character she would say, "Hey mom can I hug them?" Then she would run to them, throw her arms around them then turn to me and say, "Now take my picture." Diva!




My absolute favourite was when she was talking to Snow White. She was telling her all about how she likes to go to the zoo and see the rattlesnakes. With a slightly sick look on her face Snow White smiled and said, "Oh, you like animals? I like birdies. Do you like birdies?" Taz replied, "Yeah, and rattlesnakes eat mouses." Hahahaha!
We took a break from Disneyland to go to San Diego and SeaWorld for a day. Miss Madam was in her element, especially when we bought her some sardines to feed to the seals.


She spent a ridiculous amount of time watching this walrus spit its food out against the glass and suck it back in again.

How did Heidi take all the excitement you might ask? Pretty casually most of the time.
And then a little more casually the rest of the time.
Our last day at Disneyland found Taz in her element. The lines were only about 5-10 min long and she had an absolute blast. She waved to all the characters on the rides. Wanted to do "Its a small world" way too many times, and actually did the "Mad Hatter Tea Cups" about 10 times in a row, with Mack. I did it once with them and then wanted to hurl.


She loved the parade and waved goodbye to all the characters. Then ate a huge ice-cream on the way out and crashed. A pretty good first Disneyland experience if you ask me.
Our flight out the next day was only at 7:30pm, so we had an easy morning at the hotel pool, then took a drive to San Clemente ( I fell in love and would move there in a heartbeat) and spent some time at the beach. Both girls loved playing in the sand. Taz ran around like a mad thing and had a blast chasing the sea gulls. She reminded me of one of those little birds that run towards the water and then run away as the waves come in.

Both girls were exhausted after our trip and spent pretty much the next two days sleeping. Good times. Good times.