Disneyland 2014 - Day 1

There truly is nothing like Disney with the family.  I love storing up these memories that we can touch back on for years to come.



We started with a character breakfast for Lydia's birthday



She was enamored with the characters - well mostly with their noses.



The boys did better than last time, and surprisingly Captain Hook was a big hit.





This "kiss" from Minnie is killing me.

I mean, has Minnie tried to eat your kids?  But, at least Eli agreed to the picture.



Eeyore and Tigger were there, too.  But honestly this is the worst flow of a character breakfast we have ever had.  They sat the entire restaurant at the same time and several of the characters came through while Jason was at the buffet trying to get the kids' breakfast in a very long line. It was still good, but it is disappointing to feel so rushed for something that is supposed to be fun.

Lydia's first ride was a train ride, of course.

No, not the Matterhorn.  It was Casey's Circus Train, and the line was way long.


But we enjoyed the one train ride that was actually opened during our visit.

She also got to ride the Jungle Cruise.  She did not laugh at one of the tour guides jokes.  Not one.


Of course she did her fair share of waiting for brothers to ride, but she didn't seem to mind.

She just charmed every stranger that walked by.

Lydia does not like to take naps anywhere that is not her crib.  This made for some tired moments, but eventually she did succumb to a few cat naps.

She did amazingly well and really the biggest challenge was that her little independent self wanted to walk everywhere.




We accidentally ended the night with the parade.  We had planned to head on back for the night, but though a series of events the parade was in between us and our stroller so we were able to watch the parade.  She was in awe, and Walker wouldn't let us leave until she had seen the princesses and Tinkerbell.  It was pretty precious, and quite the happy accident.



It was more than we could have hoped for in a Disney birthday!