California: Day 6 & The Bibbity Bobbity Boutique!

On our last full day at Disneyland, Braylee had the experience of a life time! Before we left Skylar found out about the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique at Disneyland. They give your princess a makeover with a dress and all the works. Kevin and Julie made an appointment for Braylee for her birthday! She was a little unsure of the whole idea so the first three days we were at Disneyland we kept taking her by to see if she wanted to do it. Her response every time was "I just want a dress and then we can leave!" We knew she would love it, so we worked our magic of bribery! She loves the little princess sets that come with all the little plastic dressed to dress them up in so...we told her we would buy her a Belle set if she would go get her hair and make up done. Worked like a charm!

First we went shopping with our Fairy God Mother and picked out Braylee's favorite princess dress. Then the Fairy God Mother told Braylee that she was going to go tell the mice to start making her a Snow White dress with matching shoes. When the mice were done she took us back to the dressing rooms. We came to a curtain where the Fairy God Mother explained that the mice made her dress, but it was really tiny like the mice. So Braylee had to turn in 3 circles and say "Bibbity Bobbity Boo". When she finished they pulled back the curtain and there was her dress! Needless to say...Braylee was amazed!

When they painted her nails they told her that Tinker Bell put pixie dust in the nail polish so it would dry really quickly! So Cute!

When she was all done they turned her around and the birds opened the curtain behind her. There was a mirror with lights sparkling all over it.

She couldn't quit looking at herself! Then they gave her a silk bag that had her make up, nail polish, combs, brushes, and a sash for her to take home.

Then to top it all off they did a Photo shoot with her, and gave us a framed 8x10 and 4 4x6 pictures of her. I don't know who had more fun...me or Braylee!!!

I had to show you this video cause if any of you know Braylee you know that she LOVES to spin. After she got her princess dress, the spinning never ended!!!

And if any of you know me, you know that I love to take pictures of everything. Sorry there are so many pictures!:)

California: Day 5!

Braylee wanted to go on just about every ride she saw. It's a good thing we took the picture of us on the Tea Cups before the ride...my stomach didn't like that one! The picture of Sky and Braylee is on the Matterhorn! Yes, the Matterhorn! She loved it! She also went on Space Mountain and loved it. She's crazy! Disneyland has got it all figured out. They give you these child passes so you only have to stand in line once. One of us would go with Braylee and the other would stay with Tyson. Then we would switch and go to the front of the line. So Braylee got to go on all the rides twice!

The Princess Fair!

This is new since the last time we went to Disneyland. You can wait in line to see the princesses so you don't have to track them down all over the park. They have three in there at a time and they rotate all day long. You can see the excitement on her face!

Captain E O is back!!!! (Of course that was Braylee's favorite ride because it featured Michael Jackson)

We bought Tyson these new PJ's at Disneyland. Do you recognize them from Toy Story?

California: Day 3 & 4!

When we woke up, we went to the Orange County swap meet. We love the swap meet. There are some interesting people at the swap meet, but you can find some pretty good deals there! After we had our fun there, we made our way back to Disneyland. We decided to go over to California Adventure this time, which turned out to be a really good plan because it was dead! We were able to do the entire Bugs Life land in about 20 minutes!

We went on the Bugs Life train, and when we got done there was no one in line. We ended up going around several times without getting off, which turned out not to be such a good idea because Braylee wanted to stay on every ride from there on out!

Sunday we went to the beach. Crescent Bay is our favorite California beach cause there are lots of tide pools to explore in! It was pretty cold, but we had fun anyway. We took a picnic, made sand castles and listened to the waves.

Tyson really enjoyed his peanut butter sandwich:)

Tyson was getting pretty restless in his stroller so we let him loose. He bolted for the water as soon as he was free and we couldn't keep him away from it. Needless to say, our car was full of sand when we got back to the hotel. On our way back we stopped at our favorite dessert shop in California: "Sprinkles". It is the cutest little cupcake shop in Newport Beach. I should have taken a picture so you could see how delicious they look, but we devoured them too fast.

Braylee was so worn out when we got home that she made herself a little bed on the floor and fell asleep!

California: Day 2!

Heading out for the day! Can't you just see the excitement and anticipation on her cute little face?

I think we rode the Dumbo ride about 15 times in the five days that we were at Disneyland! It is the cutest ride. As you are standing in line, they hand you a "magic" black feather so you can help Dumbo fly. Braylee thought that was the greatest thing ever.

And, of course we Merry-go-round about as much as we rode Dumbo. The other pics are in the Submarine of the Finding Nemo ride. That ride is amazing. You look out the windows and you can see all the coral reefs and fish and then you can see scenes from the moving being played out. The details are incredible!

The Parade

Look at Braylee's face...we had just found Minnie in the parade!

Happy Birthday Cole, We Miss You!!!!!

Happy Birthday bud! Hope you have a good one! We really miss you. Hope this puts a smile on your face:)

California: Day 1!

After driving ALL night we got to the hotel at about 8:30am. This was rough for me and Skylar while switching off and trying to keep each other awake, but the kids were only awake for about and hour of the whole drive. That kept us sane:) The kids were ready to play when we arrived, so we went for a swim! The weather was so nice.

Then, after a 3 hour family nap, we headed off to Down Town Disney. We stayed in the Marriott right across the street from Disneyland, so we were able to walk almost everywhere we went. We found Grandma and Grandpa's Disney brick, went shopping, and ate at the Rain Forest Cafe. Do you think Tyson was hungry or what?!

Aren't these the cutest Carmel apples you have ever seen? We were also amazed at the Woody made completely of Lego's!